Sunday 12 June 2016

Interlocking Octopus Legs for Leonie

Hello peeps, I hope you are having a lovely weekend.


I'm in a silly mood so thought I'd show you the octopus I made with Leonie's 'Interlocking Love' die from her latest collection 'Entwined'


First I made another inky background on glossy card in blue & green to look like water.
This is the same technique that I used on Rosy Heart but I didn't use rock salt this time.

Next I cut out the heart twice from a lovely patterned pearlescent paper in the 'Falling Leaves' 8x8 pad by Trimcraft. To make the legs I cut each heart shape into four and rounded off the cut ends with my scissors. One of the middles cut into half serves as my octopus body


The sentiment is from the 'From the Heart' stamp set that accompanied the dies

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Send a Smile for Kids Anything Goes
Star Stampz Challenge  For/with kids
Southern Girls The Kids Are Alright
Through the Purple Haze #103 Use die and/or punch
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #111 Use a die cut
Cut it Up #98 Sun & Surf
Happy Little Stampers June Anything Goes with Dies Challenge June

Come and Get It  #122 Weird/Whimsical

Leonie had some lovely demos on her shows. If you missed them they are still available on Hochanda's catch up service - select Thursday, Jun 9 from the list at the top and then click on the relevant show
 i.e. 12am/9am/12pm/4pm/7pm (this little fella appears on the 7pm show)

Thank you for visiting me today,
Katrina x

10 comments:

Cut It Up Challenge Blog said...

How creative! It always amazes me when people look at things in a different way. I love that you looked at a heart die and saw octopus legs!

Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up for our Sun & Surf challenge!

Evelyn
http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

Carolina Girl (Cely) said...

Well this is as cute as can be! How creative the way the octopus came together!

McCrafty's Cards said...

this is fun Katrina I love it!!
Kevin xx

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

Now that is one awesome octopus - talk about thinking outside the box!!!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at HLS!

Barb said...

This is so different and so very charming. Thanks for sharing with us at Come And Get It. Barb

Olga Fink said...

So cute and fun card! clever design!
xoxo Olga

Jane Royston said...

Great card! Jane :) X

AO Creations said...

Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Cut It Up, good luck!!! Amy DT

Amy Seigler said...

I love it when people think outside of the box! You did a great job with the octopus. Thanks for playing with us at HLS Anything Goes with Dies.

EdenLand Designs said...

What a great way to stretch the use of a die!! Such a cute card :) Thanks for playing along with us at Come and Get it this week!!
Susan - DT