Here’s the other card I made the same day as Fishnet Tilda. This Tilda is more along the ‘expected’ lines I’m sure. Equally cute – does she look younger? Maybe, maybe not. I think the dress is quite sophisticated, and she’s wearing a lovely brooch. They’re so tiny it’s hard to tell, but I modeled her shoes on a pair of my own that shade from white-grey at the toes to almost black-grey at the heels.
The flourishes are Maya Road, and I coloured them with a BV04 Copic marker, then smeared Diamond Stickles all over them with my fingertip. The same Stickles are on Tilda’s wings.
I knew I wanted to use the pale blue paper, and I wanted the flourishes to stand out, which is why I made them comparatively darker than the rest of the card. No sentiment, I think I might send it as a thank you card.
You can definitely get very different looks with the same stamp, and I think it is a good thing for stampers to remember. You can add whatever you want with a fine-tip pen. She could be wearing argyle tights (I love mine so much!), or a patterned dress. Paper piecing is your friend too, for clothes, or even tights (although you won’t get the lovely ‘bent leg’ detail without drawing it in). I think my crafty resolution this year might be to EXPLORE more, and be open to different styles and techniques. I don’t want to say ‘work outside my box’ because I don’t like to think that I have a craft style that fits in a box. One day grungy, the next all flowers and pearls, maybe the next day can be grungy pearls and flowers! I think the greatest thing about paper craft is the ease with which you can combine styles and techniques.
