…she in thee, calls back the lovely April of her prime

I’ve been in a shabby chic mood of late and have another project, a card this time, in that style featuring the gorgeous new Mother’s Day Betty image from Simply B Stamps.

To make up my card I’ve played along with my favourite sketch challenge over at Outlawz, this week’s sketch was just perfect for a shabby chic style card.  I had to swap out the rectangles for ovals though as I didn’t have anything in my stash (dies or chippies) that were rectangles of the right dimensions.  I tried to keep my flowers in a sort of oval shape but they ended up a bit bigger than the bottom oval, again I was limited by what was in my stash.

To help me select my shabbilicous elements I used the tic tac toe board at Sugar Creek Hollow.  I actually couldn’t decide which row or column to use so I used two (lace, ribbon, pearls and embossing, ribbon, distressing), I also have some flowers in there too for good measure.

Hiding in My Craft Room has a Mother’s Day challenge on at the moment so I am also entering my card over there.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E33, Y26, 0

Lips R81, R85, R89

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, V09, V91, V93, V95

Flowers G03, G05, G07, RV 63, RV66, RV69, YR23, YR68

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Rose & Chunky White

Pebbles Chalk ~ Pearlescent Mauve

Embellishments

2Crafty ~ Tiny Kathleen’s Fames

I Am Roses ~ Mini Roses & Small Flowers (coloured with Various Inks V91 & V93)

Marianne Designs Charms ~ Vintage

Mulberry Flowers from stash (coloured with Various Inks V91 & V95)

Twiddleybitz ~ Fancy Oval Frame

We R Memory Keepers Eyelets ~ Purple

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Lilac

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Mystic Grey

Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love ~ Paris Pink Peony & Vintage Plum

Ribbons & Trims etc

FabScraps Bead Ribbon ~ Pearl
Live & Love Crafts Venice Lace ~ Rose Round Edge (coloured with Various Inks V91)

Mauve Satin Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Mother's Day Betty 2014

Challenges

Hiding in My Craft Room #147 ~ Mother’s Day!

Outlawz Sketch

Sugar Creek Hollow #85 ~ Tic Tac Toe

Thanks for stopping by!