W.O.W. - Photo Inspiration #1

Hello Friends,
This week at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog we are breaking from the norm a little for today's W.O.W. challenge with our first Photo Inspiration Challenge!  Don't be scared, lol, it's easy.  Aren't all the challenges like that? (hehe)  Just make a project inspired by the photo below.  You can use the colors, the butterflies, flowers, labels, whatever part of the photo inspires you to create, USE IT! : )

To see what the rest of the DT created and know what inspired them click HERE to be directly linked with the blog post. 

This is such a girly photo, how can you just choose just one picture?  Well I couldn't choose just one, but had to pick several.  I loved the colors, the tulle in the lower corner, the fun scalloped labels, the bright pinks and the butterflies.  When I saw these all together the first thing that popped in to my mind was Fairy Princess Ballerina!!! 

 So how did I create this whimsical fairy ballerina?  Well first off I chose to use the new Ballet Anya digi, available in the online store.  I blew her up to a pretty generous size without going overboard and colored her using the lovely lavenders and pinks from the picture then I stickled her up!  Next I took inspiration from the butterflies and made her some wings using a clear butterfly stamp coloring it up with similar pinks and lavenders then also stickled the wings.  I cut the wings in half and used masking tape to adhere to the back.  The cool thing about that was that her wings actually fluttered!!  I wish I could show you  how they did without attaching a video.  Let's just say, it was magical!!  (haha)  Because I didn't want to crush the wings I decided to go BIG 3-D on this card.   So I popped her using some scraps of paper and cs and here is what it looks like from the side:

 

As you can see I used scraps from the same patterned paper to disguise the card stock.  Love how it blends.   I had some lavender tulle and used it to wrap around the border punch and then tied a knot with another strip of the same tulle.  Since the tulle was kinda bulky the rest of the card went 3-D as well.  I used a small scalloped circle to create the sentiment base and a circle punch for the actual sentiment.  I used a sentiment stamp from ATS because it was perfect for this card.    Here is a side view:

Can you see how everything is elevated?  Added two paper roses to the sentiment and a black butterfly with colored pearls to give it a little added fun...  Here is the card itself:

Does the layout look familiar?  Well it should, I took inspiration from the Mystery Monday case'd challenge card by the talented Kim Dellow.  The dp is also from the same K&Company paper pad, just used the pinks and purples instead.  For more details on that challenge click HERE. 

I have to be honest and tell you that I wasn't really sure how this was going to come out.  I have to say I love it!   All of this from the inspirational picture.  WOW, if I could do it anyone can do it!!  :)

If you're ready to play, here are the rules:

• The W.O.W. challenge is open until Tuesday, 12 pm CST.
• The winner will be chosen by random draw and wins a free digi of choice.
• Upload your project to the TGF Galleria>Farm Fresh Challenges 2011> Which One Wednesday>Photo Inspiration 1

Well my friends, thank you so much for stopping by and hopefully I have inspired you to get your creative juices flowing for this challenge.  Have fun with it and I can't wait to see what you create!
Mahalo for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Wednesday!!
Hugs,
Lilo