Whoopsi Daisy 'No Layers' challenge

Morning all & hope you've all had a great weekend & enjoyed the wedding & the time off! Now onto this weeks Whoopsi Daisy 'No Layers' challenge......I do like a challenge & this sure was in the real sense of the word! - I think we use layers so readily that when there taken out of the equasion - you kinda feel you've nothing left! Even though to qualify for entry you only need to make sure you do not do multiple matting & layering - I wanted to try & actually have no layers at all, so I decided to use my Tim Holtz papers as thy are sturdy enough to stand alone like card stock. Also they're double sided & these ones I've used are printed in 6x6 squares with a different pattern on each - PERFECT for the job!!! (& I absolutely LOVE them!!!)...

Don't forget to head back to Whoopsi Daisy & check out the rest of the DT who've doen some fantastic work & theres some really clever ways of interprating the challenge.

Now how adorable is this image? - If you've never seen these WD images - you really must check them out, they are so well drawn, charming & at less than £2.00 for 4 images they're amazing value use this link if you wish...Whoopsi Daisy. I coloured the image with Distress Inks which again is really handy as the colours match the papers perfectly & you can get that muted soft look too...

Skin: Tattered Rose

Cheeks: Fired Brick

Hair: Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap

Tu tu: Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood

Ballet Tights: Tattered Rose & Spun Suger

Pointe shoes, wings & flowers in hair: Spun Sugar

Highlights:

Tu tu & stick of wand: Art Glitter Ultramarine fading into Doodle Bug design Lily White

Netting under skirt: Silver glitter

Wings & Wand: Doodle bug design Lily white

Poite Shoes & flowers: Doodle bug design pin

..Now onto the flowers - I made these flowers using the spiral technique - which I just LOVE at the moment - I think thy're just so pretty & effective & they look particularly good in these scrummy papers & colours, look out for a tutorial on them soon. The image is hanging from a little chain secured with jump rings through a tiny hole at the top...

...The metal pieces are from my trusty We are Memory Keepers metal hardware tin, which you may have noticed I am slightly obsessed wtih at the mo! I mean WOW how good are these metal pieces? below is my fave bit of the card - I think it really suits the design & just can't get over how good these things look. Its the first time I've used these side pieces with eye-lets, as I've always used brads so far - but think they look just FAB! thankyou sooooo much We are Memory Keepers for such a fantastic product!!!

... The last thing I wanted to add was this charm, so I made an organa ribbon detail, I think the ribbon had been sprayed with DI's for another project in these exact colours - so again it matched really well. The I finished with 2 hat pins standing above the edge of the card.

I'd like to enter into the following challenges:

Pear Tree - Free for all
Sarah Hurley - Butterflies/ Things with Wings
Ai Factory - Anything Goes
Carisma Cardz - April showers May brings Flowers
Stamp Something - Something with Wings
If The Shoe Fits Scrap It - Things with Wings
Totally Papercrafts - Glitter
Sweet Stampin - Try something new (No layers with digi)