...which was inspired by this sweet photo of my little ballerina...
Courtney looooooves tutus! She wears one every single day. Truly. She started taking dance classes in the fall and gets so excited every week when she gets to go. The result is that her mama has become slightly obsessed with buying ballerina stamps!! I have quite a collection going. And this precious image from MFT's Ballet Recital Jolinne is one of my absolute favorites. In the photo of Courtney, she's wearing a tulle tutu I made for her - so of course I had to make a little tulle tutu for the card, too! :-)
I played along with the latest MFT WSC sketch challenge, it worked perfectly for this card!
And now, I thought you might like to learn how to make a tutu for your own little ballerina! It's sooo easy to do!
1. Gather your supplies. You'll need ribbon, ~4-5 yards of tulle, scissors and a measuring tape. The amount of tulle just depends on how full you want your tutu. Cut your tulle into strips 4" wide. The easiest way to do this is to roll up the tulle & then cut.
2. Measure around your little ballerina's waist, and use that measurement to tie knots in your ribbon, leaving tails of ribbon beyond the knots for tying. The tulle will be tied between your two knots.
3. Tie the tulle to the ribbon using the loop method - make a loop and then bring the tails of the tulle up through the loop. Pull to tighten.
4. Continue in this method to fill up your ribbon, making the tutu as full as you'd like. Here I used two different colors of tulle. After I finished with the tulle, I also added some strips of ribbon in the same manner.
5. Voila! My finished tutu! :-)
If you make a tutu, or a tutu-inspired card, leave me a link so I can check it out - I'd love to see!
And I have to tell you, I just got the BEST compliment on my ballerina card. Courtney came over here and saw it and said in her sweet little 3 yr old voice, "Mommy can I have that ballerina card? It's amaaaazing!" Yay, the very best approval. :-)
Have a wonderful weekend!
- Stamps: Ballet Recital Jolinne and Happy Thoughts from MFT
- Paper: SU Pink Pirouette, Hobby Lobby hot pink dots, Memory Box light pink dots, GP white
- Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers
- Accessories: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots , tulle, pearls, Stickles, velvet ribbon, PTI scallop edge die, straight pin
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Beautiful card, daughter, and tutu, Libby! I also love when my kids ask for my cards. :)
ReplyDeleteShe is SO CUTE!! Love the card, and the tutu tutorial, too!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, that's too too cute (sorry, couldn't resist). Ah, man, think I can get my 23 year old to dress up? Nah, probably not. I Know! The Dog! Okay, off to tutu. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes, it tutuly IS amazing! Cute card, cute tutu, but GORGEOUS girl. Happy birthday Courtney!! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Courtney! What a gorgeous PINK! tutu and a sweet sweet card. Congrats on it being featured on the SCS FB page too!
ReplyDeleteLibby, It's so funny that I checked your blog today. A couple of days ago I was thinking of you and your cards inspired by your daughter's outfits. My grand-daughter had a really cute outfit and I was thinking it would make a cute card. Then I thought of you and wondered if you still did that segment on your blog. I'll have to make a card now. Thanks Mari P.
ReplyDeleteThat tutu is adorable!
ReplyDeleteLOOOOOVE this! Love how you made a tutu for your daughter too! Love the tutu on the card--so so so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ballerinas :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial.
I love using tool on my cards, great job on the tutu and love the instructions on how to make a real one!
ReplyDeleteCrazy cute! The gal on the card is almost, almost as cute as the real live beauty :) Great details!
ReplyDeleteHi Libby! My daughter loves ballet too! She dances all the time even for strangers and takes ballet/jazz/tap classes and luckily it was 2 for 1 so she gets to take Hip Hop too! I have bought her a lot of ballet inspired outfits that she wears everywhere, Carter's has such great ones. I love this card so! That tutu is adorable! Hearing how you buy a lot of ballet stamps makes me want to buy some too. Hmmm....thanks! :> Happy Birthday sweetheart your tooo cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a super cute card....and awesome tutu!!! Hope all is well...
ReplyDeleteI'm tempted to make one of those tutus for myself. I love it!
ReplyDeleteOh, Libby, this is so cute! And that picture of your daughter is so special - love how you are inspired by her sweet little girl clothes!
ReplyDeleteAww...3 is such a good age, Happy Birthday to your little Princess!! And thanks for that neat tutorial!
ReplyDeleteLibby, this is too-too / tutu cute!
ReplyDeleteI love the tutu on your card! And thanks for the tutorial on how to make one for my girls! Very pretty card!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your card. And the pic of your daughter in her tutu is adorable. How talented you are ... a cardmaker and a seamstress! Great job!
ReplyDeleteBelated Happy Birthday to Courtney! She is so cute and I love the ballerina card! Wonderful idea to add the tutu to the cute image! Great tutorial too!
ReplyDeleteawwww Libby! Courtney looks so darling and I love the perfect card you made her. Happy b-day Courtney!
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAw what an adorable little princess, not bad card either ;o) (I'm joking, it's GORGEOUS!!) Just love where you got your inspiration, fab job!!!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are awesome, Libby! Your daughter is such a doll, too!
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