twinkle toes {CASE study}

Hi friends!

This is my 4th week as the CASE study muse, and I'm still enjoying every minute.  Have I mentioned that most of my favorite stampers are packed into the CASE study design team?

But enough with the chatter, and onto the card.  Here is the inspiration photo:

I created a few dozen ballerina tags for a little girl's 1st birthday party.  A lot of sponging and ballerina action.  And here is my new take on the photo:

I wanted to keep the difficulty factor to a minimum... and it is... here are my steps:

1. cut a double-layer of post-it note into a leg-ish shape. separate them and lay them down on the cardstock piece.
2. sponge with a grey ink (I've been getting a lot of questions about what inks I use for sponging.  there's no magic in it and I don't stick to only distress inks. here, I've used Stampin Up's "smoky shadow.")
3. take the negatives (from the post-it templates) and also cut off the leg a bit. it's okay, we're making shoes.  sponge pink ink into the empty space.
4. put your mat on a piece of foam and pierce holes.  use embroidery thread to lace 'em up.
5. white-heat-emboss the sentiment (from Hero Arts' "magical castle") and assemble everything else.

There you go. 5 (easy) steps.



ps, it totally pays to have little girls in the house... a princess tutu was the perfect photo prop.

♥.

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