Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life

My card today features an awesome image from The Stamping Chef called The Artist.

Now Tamara, the Stamping Chef herself, is running a competition to be the ‘colouring face’ of the Stamping Chef, details can be found over in the shop where you buy the image.  I couldn’t resist entering as it would be such an honour to have my colouring featured on her shop.  Also the image was clearly going to be a challenge with all that curly hair so I really wanted an excuse to colour it up.

Of course, once it was coloured I had to put The Artist on a card.  I followed the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 to make up my card and selected papers that made me think of painting and paints.  I don’t know how long I’ve had the Echo Park or Little Yellow Bicyle pads I used, they’ve been in my stash for a good while so I’m entering my card in Crafty Creations’ current challenge to use something old from your stash.

As always my card is a 6x6 square, so I am also entering it in the current challenge at The Crafter’s Café.  I made the circle elements I mounted the iamnge on using my trusty Nesties, layering a plain circle on a blossom pattern.  I also made my own embellies with some pretty butterflies from a Marianne Design Creatables die.  With my die cuts I am entering this in the current PDE Linky Party challenge.  To finish off my butterflies I added in some adhesive pearls and mounted them on some lace tape, another thing I’ve had in my stash for ever, and pearl trim so I am also linking my card up at Divas by Design.

Seeing I have used a Stamping Chef image on my card I am also entering it in their current challenge, where it’s always anything goes.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (cheeks E02)

Eyes E30, E35, G02, 0

Lips R24, R29, R59

Hair BV29, R85, RV10, RV63, RV69

Outfit B21, B23, B37, B39, T4, T6, T8, 100

Paint, Palette & Brush B99, E21, E23, G05, R29, YR68, 0

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Marianne Design Creatables ~ Butterflies

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Blossom 5 & Classic Circles

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Rose

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Victorian Velvet & Weathered Wood

Papers

Close to My Heart Cardstock ~ Indian Corn Blue

Echo Park Everyday Eclectic ~ Doily Multi & Hexagons

Little Yellow Bicycle Hello Spring! ~ Pretty in Plaid

Ribbons & Trims etc

Christina Re Decorative Lace Tape ~ Antique Lace Black

Green Tara ~ Pearl Trim Pale Pink

Live and Love Crafts ~ Pearl Trim Lilac

Stamps

The Stamping Chef ~ The Artist

Challenges

The Crafter’s Café # 77 ~ Square Cards Only

Crafty Creations #270 ~ Dig Deep Use something old from your Stash

Divas by Design ~ Pretty pearls

PDE Linky Party #17 ~ Metal dies

The Stamping Chef #43 ~ Always anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #25

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