Lollyrot digis

A couple of years back, I was blown away by a particular paper crafter known as, Lollyrot. 

I saw her work on the Stampotique challenges blog as an entry,

 and started following her personal blog posts. Then she became one of their DTs and has since designed stamps for Stampotique, and she even has her own line of digital images. 

Her style is one that I admire and one that is immediately identifiable 

as all her own.  

When I saw that she had released some digital images of her own here,

I had to buy a couple and try them out!

This one is called, Lollyrot.

I cannot tell you  how long I have had this metal charm.

Too long, but maybe it was just waiting for this particular project.

I edged it with Stickles, added some sparkly fibers, and a paper rose to 

make it feminine and pretty.

Such a beautifully unique image, with tons of coloring and creating possibilities.

Check out her Lollyrot blog, her digi shop, and her tutorials for more info

and inspiration. 

See! I can do it too!

As part of my new outlook for 2013, I'd like to 

start entering more challenges.

Unfortunately, sometimes my 'style' of paper crafting isn't 

fit for mass consumption.  

I am far from a conformist, but I do want to play with 

the big, fancy dogs (sorry ladies) on occasion.

Which means I have to 'fluff up a bit', and make pretty things. 

I can do this. Watch me! 

I have been wanting to play along with Kenny K challenges, 

but haven't been in the right mood. 

His images call for a bit of work to color in all of the details, 

and then the actual card has to be just as detailed (in my mind, anyway).

So, when inspiration hit, I started with this image.

As if she wasn't self explanatory, her name is "Warrior Princess".

She's pretty bad ass, huh? Even with pink hair.

Then, I broke out with my terribly underused, pretty things.

Roses I colored to match my color scheme, a metal heart brad, lots of 

half pearls, a pearl stick pin, and some fancy pearled sprigs.

Yes, I did own all of this pretty schtuff prior to my life as a 

creepy chick crafter. Funny, how personal styles change. 

I admire this style of crafting immensely, and try to imitate it

in my own work when it seems fitting.

LOTS of dimension on this project. 

This will definitely need a padded envelope when it's mailed.

Ta dah!

I always have trouble with the whole "less is more" concept,

 but I think I stopped just in time on this one. 

I really enjoyed this project, and adore the way the card turned out.

I can make pretty things, too!   

I'd like to enter this in the current Vintage challenge at Kenny K.