“Hope” is the thing with feathers…

There are a couple of ladies on the Simply B Stamps’ Fan Page who are fighting cancer so a group of us are making cards to brighten their day and here is my first featuring Go Pink Betty.

I’ve done the card up in white and teal as they are the colours for cervical cancer, which Rachel sadly has and kept it fairly CAS.  CAS is the current theme at Crafting When We Can so I’m entering it in there.

I tried to do the butterflies on the teal paper in white but I didn’t have any other white ink pad handy other than my StazOn and I think it dried up so they are sparkly but not white and a bit hard to see.  They are, however, embossed so I am entering this in the current challenge at Time Out.

To jazz it up a bit I did add some extra sparkle and bling in the Sparklets, with those I have the twist for the Time Out challenge and also meet the theme for Fairytale Stampers' current challenge so am also entering my card there.  I swapped the sentiment element for my Sparklets as I used a Tim Holtz Word Band instead of a ribbon slide; I thought the sentiment was fitting.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E23, E25, E27, E30

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit BG11, BG49, BG53, BG57

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Magic Moon Pearls

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Sea Breeze

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Word Bands

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Peacock Feathers

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Pine Needles

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Coconut

Ribbons & Trims etc

White Ribbon from stash (coloured with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink)

Stamps

Marion Smith Designs ~ Mad Tea Party Curious (Butterfly)

Simply B Stamps ~ Go Pink Betty

Challenges

Crafting When We Can 83 ~ Clean and Simple 
Fairytale Stampers #48 ~ Bling Bling: Glitter

Time Out #19 ~ Embossing with the optional twist of sparkle

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Je suis calme comme on l'est quand on a conscience reproche un rien

There’s a fun new sketch over at Outlawz and I’ve made a vintage inspired card featuring the beautiful Marie Antoinette image from this month’s fabulous sponsor, Aurora Wings.

I just had to go vintage with this gorgeous image, I love Marie Antoinette and Mitzi’s version is just stunning.  I’m entering my card in the current vintage challenge over at Just Inspirational.  Of course being vintage and featuring Marie Antoinette I just had to put some flowers on this.  Lots of them, including some paper ones and some metal ones so I’m also entering it in the current challenge at Craft Horders Anonymous. 

The metal ones have been in my stash for quite some time and were perfect for this especially when I added the pretty pink brads to the centre.  With my brads I am also entering this at Use Your Stuff.  I certainly don’t use my brads enough, these ones came off an unopened packet that has been in my drawer for so long I had forgotten I even had them!  As I also have three metal flowers, three paper flowers and three brands I’m also linking this up at The Crazy Challenge.

Now you can’t have a vintage and shabby card without a lot of layers and I do love layers.  For this one I have three layers of paper, all a bit grungey and shabby.  With those three layers I am entering this over at Stamps & Fun =Creativity.  As I also have an image coloured with markers, my trusty Copics of course, I’m also entering the current MarkerPop! challenge.

I love how this card turned out.  Hope I’ve inspired you to come play along with this week’s sketch, which will be my last for a little while as I take a lovely and long holiday overseas.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes BG000, BG02, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit RV00, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV17, V000, V01, V09, V12, V15, V17

Cupcakes E30, E31, E33, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Chunky White

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Magic Moon Pearls

Embellishments

Flourish with a Bling ~ Grace Swirl Pearl

Kaisercraft Pearl Brads ~ Pink Ice

Live and Love Crafts ~ Decoration Berries Lilac

Metal Flowers from stash

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Mini Mix Teastained Pink

Prima Flowers ~ Pankita Rose Winter Mix

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Blossom, Gold, Lavender, Lilac & Pink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tattered Rose, Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Brandy Wine

FabScraps Industrial Chic ~ Concrete Chic 2

Marion Smith Garment District ~ Manhattan

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Marie Antoinette

Challenges

Craft Horders Anonymous #15 ~ All the Pretty Flowers

The Crazy Challenge #179 ~ Three of a kind

Just Inspirational ~ Vintage

MarkerPop! #51 ~ Anything Goes with a Marker

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #214 ~ 3 layers of paper

Use Your Stuff #151 ~ Brads

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Keep your jests for the king

This is my last card featuring one of the latest commissioned images from Simply B Stamps, the image is Jester Karen and it really is a fun one.

I love to play along with the challenges at Sketch n’ Dies and I’ve used their sketch to make up my card.  I have three die cuts on this card, I’ve layered two Nesties for the rectangular element Jester Karen is framed by and another for the sentiment.  With so many die cuts I think I’ve got the twist covered for the Craftitude current challenge so I’m entering my card over there.

With a jester as my image I just had to go with bright colours and a real rainbow of them, it’s certainly how I think of jesters.  The candy stripes of the designer paper really work well with the image.  Over at Tok Bobok they’re running a rainbow theme for their challenge into which I’ll be entering my card.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E23, E27, 0

Lips R29, R46, R59

Hair E25, RV63, RV66, RV69

Outfit RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, T4, T6, T8, V000, V01, V12, V15, V17, Y23, Y26, Y28, 100

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ 5x7 Matting Basics & Nested Pennants

Embellishments

Flowers from stash

Freckled Fawn ~ Wood Chip Pin

Glitter Stars from stash

Petaloo The Penny Lane Collection ~ Forget Me Nots (Soft Pink)

Prima Say it in Crystals ~ Create Memories Small Flourishes

Inks & Paints etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold

Rub’nBuff ~ Gold Leaf

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Seedless Preserves, Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar & Victorian Velvet

Papers

BoBunny Double Dot Designs ~ Bold & Bright

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Spun Sugar

Echo Park Bella Road Summer Days ~ Purple & Rainbow

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Marion Smith Mad Tea Party ~ Rabbit Hole

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Jester Karen

Challenges

Craftitude #65 ~ That’s Die-licious (Use a Die)

Sketch n’ Dies #7

Tok Bobok #12 ~ Rainbow

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