'What you do speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you say.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunday 15 August 2010

Back to the Alphabet Postcards and here’s my D – D for Dance and for Diamonds.  Really not what I had intended but sometimes something comes into your head and you just have to go with it, even if it’s not really very ‘you’, lol.  This was one of those times.

D for Dance

It’s not often I paper piece, but this time I did because I didn’t want to mask the dancers – they would have been really awkward images to cut out and I just don’t have the patience, so I cut the clothing from a patterned paper.  The outside border is sheet music, torn into strips, the harlequin background (Kars) is stamped in Adirondack Lemonade and Juniper on a Lemonade sponged background and the images are from Time to Stamp.

11 very kind comments from lovely people:

Martina said...

Super idea and beautifully designed!!!

Zoechaos said...

Cor this is fun love the dancers and their fancy pants. Sometimes you just have to do something outside yourself. xx Zoe

Dotpat said...

Love these Cath you have a fab eye for colour

Netty said...

Terrific, I love the design and colours. Annette x

WendyK said...

Love the end result, sometimes we have to go outside our comfort zone (I think)

sam21ski said...

Just love those dancers, they look fab and the colours are brilliant xxxx

Anonymous said...

Love your BG Cath, & those dancers are fab!

Tracy Evans said...

Love the dancers, a very african feel to this piece of art. Works so well in these colours. Have a good evening, Tracy Evans x

Sally H said...

Beautiful! Love the colour combo. I think I need lemonade. I tend to reach for butterscotch and then find it's too dark!

cockney blonde said...

Lovely Cath and love the colour combo, x

Lynne Moncrieff said...

Using pattern paper is a clever idea. I have this set and probably only used it the once. TFS. Lynne x