Wool you be mine?

It's my turn on the Jane's Doodles blog today.

I had a lot of fun making this card using Dots and Stripes and Seamus.

Seamus was stamped, colored with Copics and fussy cut.  I used some patterned paper for his yarn/knitting.  Then it was time to add some more interest to the card.

This was not exactly the look I set out to make.  I started out wanting to do a simple bokeh effect in the top left corner of the panel, I used first and second generation stamping in the pink color and just second generation with the blue.

Once I had it stamped, it still looked like it needed something, so I added some sequins.  I decided I wanted to stitch those down to add some texture, and doing so vertically added some great movement, the idea that things were kind of falling.



I could have stopped there, but for some extra valentiney-ness, I added hearts from the Seamus set.  Nine times out of ten when I have trouble stopping myself from adding more 'stuff' to a card I end up disappointed, I'm glad it worked out in this case!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Avery Elle - White Cardstock; Fancy Pants - Wonderful Day 6x6 pad
Stamps:  Jane's Doodles - Seamus, Stripes and Dots
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black; CTMH - Hollyhock and Twilight
Other:  Copics; Neat & Tangled - Full of Love Sequin Mix; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Kuretake Glue Pen