Tilda as a Butterfly & Flocking Ribbon Technique

Well I have been working on this card for a few days now..more because I make a few copies of the same card.  I admit to struggling a bit with this image..for some reason I just couldn't rap my head around it.  But I stuck it out and I'm pleased with the result.  I will tell you about my struggles as we go through this posting.

I started to colour the purple first, using my Copic's.  I know you should always start with the lighter colours but I never follow rules very well.  Anyway I just couldn't get the colour to work, it just would not blend for me.  So I thought I'm going to finish this image anyway and I will think of some way to fix it.

I continued on and the following two images were not too bad.  Now I'm done colouring what am I going to do with this little mess on the dress?  The first thing I thought of was to paper piece the dress, I had not ever done that before but there is always a first...I love first times for me, I know tons of people do this all the time.  So I went and stamped three dresses and cut them out....so now I'm happy that my little girl isn't going to look like a streaky mess anymore.  Now I'm considering embellies for my card...didn't have a ribbon to match and I really wanted to use this 1 1/2" thick ribbon out of my stash..had it for more than 5 years never used it once.  Only problem was it was white & I didn't want to die it this time....so I got to thinking about the Faux Panel technique I taught a couple of weeks ago...and my little idea was born from there.  What does the Faux Panel technique have to do with this you ask...well it uses a sticker maker or at least that what I use to do it.

I ran my ribbon through my little Xyron sticker maker so that I could flock it.  I recommend that when you start to remove the ribbon from the paper that you go very slowly so the adhesive stays on the ribbon.  This particular ribbon has wire in the edges so it wasn't too bad.

I poured the flocking on very generously and patted it down to make sure it stuck well.  I just happened to have the purple on had that matched my cardstock and my Copic's quite well.  Flocking really goes a long way, I poured everything back into the bottle when I was done.   This is so simple but so cool...now my ribbon feels like fur...I'm lovin' how things are going so far..let's continue..

Since I did the ribbon I thought it would be very nice if the little dress matched and had that furry feel too.

So these are the dresses in progress...

This is a closer look at the flocked dress. 

I air brushed the flowers with the matching green & also air brushed the pearls with the matching purple.  All with my Copic's.  The cardstock is Lovely Lilac by SU, patterned paper is misc. from the stash.  I made the antena with wire & sprayed them a bit with the purple too...final touch was a bit of dazzling diamonds for sparkle.

Copic Colours:

Skin:  E000, E00, E21 & R20

Hair:  E25, Y21 & Y23

Wings & socks:  BV00, BV04, BV02

Wings, pants & shoes:  YG21, YG25 & YG23

This is the finished card...thought I was never going to get to the part!

 

Thanks so much for stoppin' by today...let me know what you think!  Please be gentle this was my first attempt at a tutorial on line!

Cheers,

 

Comments

[Amy Leggate]

This is really cute!!! Thanks for sharing

[Marion (Australia)]

Hi Lora. you have done a super job of your tutorial. I love the idea of the flock. I found it hard to see so I zoomed in to it.
wow! it looks great. A terrifc idea and a terrific card.
Hugs marion

[Jennie Portwood]

Too freakin' cute!!!!!

[Mindy Rapp]

very cute Lora! I really like the flock and the combination of the green and purple is great!

[Sheri]

Adorable card and your tutorial is just perfect!!!!

[Barb Hardeman]

Hi Lora,
Oh, this is just sooo cute! I love how resourseful you were about the dress - very ingenius - and the fun flocked ribbon is a super idea. Thanks for including the tutorial - fantastic job! hugs...Barb

[Patti Jo]

What a great touchy feely card!! Adorable too! Great job and thanks for sharing the info!

[RubyM:)]

SO CUTE LORA!! WHAT A GREAT TUTORIAL TOO! I love the color combination you did. Thanks for the idea. RubyM:)

[Nancy]

Your card is adorable and loved the tutorial! What a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Nancy

[Nancy T.]

you go girl!!!! What an awesom thing to do to add texture...this is just darling..Love your card!!!

[Shelley]

Great job, thanks for sharing this with us. A lovely card! hugs Shelley

[Sandi Kelly]

awwww, she is precious, love her bling. Sandi

[Jean Hempel]

Simply adore your color combination.. never thought I would love yellow and purple together but you pulled it off beautifully.. coloring is perfection... Great all around card..
Hugs, Jean

[Rhonda]

Wow Lora, This is a beauty!

[Debbie Desrocher]

Great tutorial Lora, love the idea and the way the card turned out. Keep em coming.

Debbie

[Deb Zachrich]

VERY cute, Lora! I haven't used flocking like that before, but I'm definitely going to give it a try! Thanks for sharing--and for the excellent step-by-step directions!

[Eulanda Silvey]

What a sweetie and what a fantastik idea of doing your ribbon that way!! So cute!

[Peggie Wilkins]

This is just adorable. I love the die cut behind Tilda.

[KellyRae]

The flocking looks fabulous.

[Christine Riley]

Thanks so much for the tutorial. I love your card, the colors are so fun.
Hugs, Christine

[Juliet A]

I love how you used flocking on this card. I can never figure when it will be a good time to flock.

[Melissa Banian]

What a wonderful card! I love purple but have never thought to pair it with green like this! Love your "Faux Velvet Ribbon"! Love the ribbon you used, great design. I wonder if this means I 'need' more ribbon or flocking? ;D

[Shelly Schmidt]

Lovely card- wonderful idea with the flocking- thank you for the info and visual!!!