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Friday, April 22, 2011

PATTIE'S CREATIONS DESIGN CHALLENGE #20 - "MOTHER'S DAY"

The theme for this week's challenge is 'Mother's Day'. Mother's Day is May 10th and we wanted to get an early jump on creations for a Mom. You must use a digital or stamped image. The DT has created some wonderful inspirations for this week's challenge,and this is the African-themed card that I made, using Mother and Child 2 from Patties Store:



I printed the image onto brown kraft and coloured with regular and watercolour pencils and oms, then cut out using a Nellie's Choice Die. Offcuts of raffia were tie around the diecut to symbolise a basket in the process of being woven. The beads that I sewed onto the cards are the kind that the local African people use to make jewelery and their famous beaded love letters, where every colour has a different meaning.

Are you ready to add your card to this challenge?

A winner will be chosen by Random.org. The winner will receive 3 images of their choice from Pattie's Etsy Store and an 'I Won' badge from the sidebar.

'Allie's Top 3 Award' will be given to 3 entries that have caught our eye. The winners will be chosen by the DT Coordinator, and can proudly display our badge on their sidebar. These winners will also be put into a monthly random draw for a chance to win 2 images of their choice from Pattie's Etsy Store. The drawing will always fall on the last day of the month. Please make sure you grab your badge and place it on your sidebar (HINT, we'll be looking for it)!
We also have a new spot for posting the challenge Winners! It's at the top of the sidebar called 'WINNERS CORNER' and also in the menu bar across the top.
The challenge starts now and ends Thursday, May 5th at 1PM CST (Central Standard Time).

Here are some useful links for you:

To enter This challenge ... click HERE
To go to Pattie's Store .... click HERE
To join the Pattie's Creations group on CDAC ... click HERE

I look forward to seeing your entry for this challenge!

luv n huggz
Jen

6 comments:

  1. Jen - AWESOME creation! Great African elements make this a spectacular sight to see! Great post too!
    ♥ Sandi
    DT Coordinator for Pattie's Creations Challenge!

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  2. jen dit is helemaal geweldig wat een mooie afbeelding en kaart.

    groetjes karin

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  3. WOW Jen... This is just so beautiful! You are very talented and you have such great ideas with your embellishments. You colored my Mother & Child 2 image perfectly. I love it!!!

    Hugs
    Pattie ♥

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  4. Wow, Jen! Soooo fantastic! Love everything about it! I agree with Pattie....you do wonders with your trims and embellies.

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  5. wow Jen, I really don't know what to say. I mean I always love your cards, but this one...this one is such an inspiring card. The image itself is such a wonderful testament to motherhood and then all the wonderful embellishments that you added...it is truly a work of love and of art. Thanks so much for sharing it.

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  6. That is a cool card. So unique and just all around pretty. Great job.

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