…That perches in the soul

This is my second card for someone on the Simply B Stamps’ Fan Page who has cancer and I have again used Go Pink Betty.

To make up my card I followed the sketch at Stamps & Fun = Creativity and have gone with a mostly teal theme as this is the colour for ovarian cancer.  Love my layers and there are plenty with this sketch design and they are also the theme over at Sentimental Sundays so I’m entering my card there.  This time my sentiment is a rub-on, which I thought was fitting.

Now you can’t have a card to cheer someone up without some bling so I added in some Prima crystals for a bit of sparkle and also added in some glitter to Betty’s shoes and the ribbons.  With my glittery elements I am also entering my card in the current challenge at Creative Knockouts.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E21, E23, E25, E27, E30

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E30, E31, E33, Y28

Outfit BG11, BG49, BG53, BG57

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Rub-ons ~ Enchanted Garden

Prima Say it in Crystals ~ Forever Green

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Sky Blue & Turquoise

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans, Old Paper & Weathered Wood

Papers

BoBunny Weekend Market ~ Around The World

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Pine Needles

Lili of the Valley ~ Antebellum

Reprint Hobby Summer Wings ~ My Rose Garden

Ribbons & Trims etc

Teal Satin Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Go Pink Betty

Challenges

Creative Knockouts #65 ~ All That Glitters

Sentimental Sundays #235 ~ Lots of Layers

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #227 ~ Sketch

 

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Thou wait beside me for the wind to blow...

A colleague at work got engaged last week and this is the card I made for her featuring You and Me from Tiddly Inks.

To colour the image I actually copied the way Alyce from Kit and Clowder coloured the image, even using her colour combination for the dress and suit.  I hope to be able to colour well enough in the future to be able to determine the pleats and folds in clothing without a visual guide but in the meantime I am thankful for the talent of others that they share on their blogs.  For awesome colouring I recommend checking out Alyce’s blog, she is phenomenal with hair and clothing.

I was going for a very romantic feel to this card so there are lots of roses and lacy edges and Fran-tage and loveliness to it.  When open as an easel it still looks like the sketch from A Creative Romance I followed but when closed up you can really see the sketch.

I raided my stash for all of my co-ordinating embellies in soft pastel colours and, where I didn’t have the right colour or couldn’t find it my Copics or Distress Markers came out to match them.  I coloured my gems with Copics and the chippie banner with a Distress Marker, the latter got some Fran-tage around the edge to make it extra special.  The Creative Memories’ sticker has been in my stash for a long time but was perfect for an engagement card and thankfully the Kaisercraft Sparklet Hearts came in the right colour too.

The love charms are from Prima, they were hanging off a metal branch so I unhooked them and added them to the beaded trim from my LSS that fit better with the romantic style.  Nesties are my weakness but when they look as gorgeous as these it’s hard to resist them!

My card is definitely a love thing so I am entering it in the current challenge over at Jo’s Scrap Shack.  I have five layers if you count the card base on the front of my card plus two sentiments (outside and in or is it both outside when set up as an easel?!) so I am also linking my card at Sentimental Sundays.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53, (E02 & E11 cheeks)

Hair E29, E31, E33, E35, E37, BV20, T6, T8, T10, 100

Dress BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Suit W1, W3, W5, W7

Shoes W6, W7, W10

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel – Aged Rose & Shabby Blue

Dies & SVGs etc

Spellbinders Nestabilties – Grand Decorative Ovals & Opulent Ovals

Embellishments

BoBunny Jewels – Glaze (coloured with N4 Copic)

Creative Memories Sticker

Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms – Misty

Kaisercraft Paper Blooms – Misty

Kaisercraft Sparklets – Hearts

Maya Road Chipboard – Wavy Layerable Banners

Mini Paper Roses from LSS (coloured with BV31 Copic)

Prima Vintage Trinkets – Love

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Tattered Rose, Tea Dye & Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Marker – Milled Lavender

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock – Blue Lilac

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock – Tattered Rose

Magnolia Something Old, Something New – Sixpence

Prima Delight – Decorative

Ribbons & Trims

Lace from LSS

Pearl Trim from LSS

Stamps

Tiddly Inks – You and Me

Challenges

A Creative Romance – Becky’s Sketch

Jo’s Scrap Shack Friday Fun Day Challenge #33 – “It’s a Love Thing”

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #190 – More Than 3 Layers

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