IHP DT Challenge-Inspired by Living Spaces

For this month's i {heart} papers design team challenge, we were given a selection of 4 photos of gorgeous living spaces to choose from to use as inspiration for our projects.


I went with this pretty photo featuring an outdoor living area. I loved the summery feel of the pool and the pretty foliage and incorporated those elements into my design in a roundabout way.

To represent the foliage, I used the potted dress image from the Hippie Chic stamp set as my focal image. The dress was paper pieced with a piece of patterned paper that reminded me of the pattern seen on the tablecloth in the photo. For fun details, I cut a fringed strip to put along the bottom edge of the dress and added a clear crystal to the heart pendant hanging at its neckline. The flowers peeking out of the base were inked with pink ink (easy to do with the cat's eye shaped ink pads!) and the rest of the image was colored with Copic markers. I used dimensional dots to attach the cutout image to an aqua (pool colored!) card base. Cut apart pieces of a crystal flourish are slipped underneath the dress for a little sparkle.

To ground the image, I attached a rosy pink strip of cardstock along the bottom of the cardfront, then wrapped a piece of green striped twill around the card, knotting it at the left side. The "be whoever you want to be" sentiment is stamped next to the dress in matching pink ink.

Be sure to check out what the other IHP DT members created for this inspiration challenge. Here's where to find them:

Carolyn

Deb

Gretchen

Kate

Loretta

Lori--you're here!

Lynn

Tracy

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Market Street Stamps Hippie Chic stamp set, X-Press white Copic blending cardstock, Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black and Rose Bud inks, Copic markers (E25, E31, E33, E34, C00, C-1, C-3, C-5), Echo Park Country Drive Collection Kit, May Arts celery striped twill, Zva Creative clear crystal flourish, Sticky Thumb dimensional dots

other: Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse, and Hibiscus Burst cardstock (Papertrey Ink)