Sunday, April 18, 2010

EBTKS challenge - fun paper pieced car

EBTKS has come up with a fantastic sketch to flex my creative muscles! It looked soo cool i just had to try it out, plus the prize for the winner is pretty fabulous too, a load of May Arts ribbon!!

So take a look at the sketch..





And this is what i came up with!.. the oval bit reminded me of a beetle. Super fun, so i hand drew the car and cut it apart. matched it up with colours and here we are...




And here is a closer look:-)




The paper for the background was Sassafras Apple Jack collection paper (thought it looked like the marks on roads- dont know what they are called, I dont have a licence), I managed to snatch a few when i was shopping in Thailand. I used Kraft paper for the boxes, and added some string to 'secure' the boxes on top of the car:-)


I added dimensional adhesive behind the lights for a more realistic look.


Also used my new distressing ink to give some dimension to the hood (I used Tea dye), but once it dried out it kind of faded, so the result was not what i was hoping for... Oh well, but i still love the end result:-)


Thanks for looking!!

16 comments:

  1. What an adorable card!!! You are so creative and talented! Love everything about this card and most of all the fact that is really handmade... even the car! Good luck on the challange ;)

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  2. there's no words to express how creative you are. You're an inspiration :-)

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  3. Oh this is fantastic! Thanks for playing along!

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  4. Wow! That is really cool, from that sketch to a pieced car. I am impressed! You need to try some of Digital Doodles downloads!

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  5. This is so cute! I just love that paper pieced car!! Great job with all the challenge!

    ♥♥♥Lea

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  6. This is absolutely brilliant! That car is the cutest! Thanks so much for playing along with EbtKS!

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  7. this card is absolutely lovely!!! :)

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  8. How cute! I love it! Thanks for playing with us in the EBTKS challenge! :)

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  9. Congratulations on your mention at EbtKS! This card is so much fun, the colors, the design, everything!

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  10. Congratulations on your mention on the EBTKS challenge. Your illustration is amazing and your card is so cool! So creative!

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  11. Wow! Congrats on being a diva- very deserved! :)

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  12. Oh my, what a fun card!! Congrats on being mentiones as one of the Domestic Divas on the EBKS!! Well deserved!!

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  13. Wooow congrats on being choose by EBTKS..your card really fun and creative...love your creation, hugs, Monika

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  14. Such a cute card, congrats on being a domestic diva!

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  15. what a fabulous card. Reminded me of my trip to karachi, where I had to get all bags tied up to the top of the radio-ed taxi (small little taxi) on the way to the airport..lol, was so worried about my bags all the way... just fabulous! Congrats on your win.

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