And sweet as English air could make her…

It’s Wednesday and that means a new sketch to play with over at the Outlawz and the card I’ve made with the sketch features Pink Rose and Shimmer Chiffon from our fabulous sponsor, The East Wind.

And here’s this week’s sketch.

With such a beautiful and feminine image I just had to go shabby with this card.  I inked the lovely Marianne die with Distress Ink in Tea Dye and then added in some gilding roughly with my finger and found the pretty Prima trim in my stash.  With all my shabbilicious elements I am entering this over at Fun with Shapes and More.

I only recently found and fell in love the Very Vintage Double Dot paper from BoBunny and scoured the ’net to find some.  It goes beautifully with the image and the shabby chic theme and is so very pretty, so I’m linking up my card over at Cute Card Thursday where their current theme is pretty papers.

The sketch only called for one embellie on each horizontal element but I wanted something more than just the three large flowers I used, I tried different smaller flowers but they were all too much.  Then I thought, what does this beautiful lady need to complete her outfit and I realised of course that she needed a fan.  I was sure I had some fan charms in my stash and sure enough I did, lovely large open ones and they were exactly what I needed to complete my card.  The current challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow calls for a charm so I am also entering my card over there.

Sure hope you’ll come join in the fun over at the Outlawz, there’s a different challenge for each day of the week and always loads of inspiration from the various DTs.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eye BG000, BG07

Lips R24, R29, R89

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Chiffon RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66

Roses G02, G05, G09, R24, R29, R89

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Pink

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Marianne Designs Creatables ~ Petra’s Large Oval

Embellishments

Metal Fan Charms from stash

Mulberry Gardenias from stash

Prima Say it in Crystals Borders ~ Poetry

Inks & Paints etc

Rub’nBuff ~ Gold Leaf

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye, Wild Honey & Worn Lipstick

Papers

BoBunny Double Dot Designs Very Vintage ~ Passion Fruit

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Wild Honey

Ribbons & Trims etc

Green Tara Pearl Trim ~ Ivory

Stamps

The East Wind ~ Pink Rose and Shimmer Chiffon

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday #329 ~ Pretty Papers!

Fun with Shapes and More #164 ~ Vintage / Shabby

Sugar Creek Hollow #90 ~ It’s Charming

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…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

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Between me and the moonlight flitted a great bat...

The gorgeous image on my card today is Rio Gone Batty from the A Roberts’ Halloween collection at Simply B Stamps.  This one is modelled on Betty’s beautiful daughter Rio, pre her cute pixie haircut!

To make up my card I followed a sketch at Cardabilities, I found some lovely papers in my scrap draws that suited the sketch really well.  I tend to just add to my scrap piles rather than ever taking from them so I set myself a challenge to not cut a new piece of paper for this card and I’m proud to say I met that challenge.

While I was hunting out scraps I also came across a packet of Prima leaves that I bought last year, I think.  They weren’t even open but the colours worked well with my dusty pink flowers so I used them in my embellishment detail.  They’ve got a “forgotten things” challenge at Our Creative Corner and those Prima leaves were forgotten in a drawer so I’m entering my card in their challenge.

I love the slightly shabby and definitely vintage feel to Abigail Larson’s artwork and this image has both those elements to it so, with my paper roses, I think my card fits the current challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow so I’m entering it there too.

Don’t forget that we’ve got a layers challenge going on over at Simply Steampunk Challenges, you’ll note there’s just a few on my card!  You’ve got until 3 October to get your Steampunks layered up. 

Ingredients:
Copics 
Skin E50, E51, E53, (cheeks E11)
Eyes E23
Lips R37, R46
Hair, Boots, Dress & GlovesT6, T8, T10, 100
Wings & Dress T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T8, T10, 100
Dress RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99
Stockings RV91, RV93, RV95, T2, T3, T5, 
Dies 
Spellbinders Nestabilities 5x7 Matting Basics 
Embellishments 
Kaisercraft Paper Blooms – Dusty Pink 
Prima Splendor Terra 
Papers 
Close to My Heart La Belle Vie (retired) 
Core’dinations Distress Cardstock – Spun Sugar 
Graphic 45 Renaissance Faire – Masterpiece
We R Memory Keepers Black Widow – Nightfall & Potion 
Stamps 
Simply B Stamps A Roberts’ Halloween Rio Gone Batty 
Challenges 
Cardabilities – Sketch #82

Our Creative Corner – Forgotten Things 

Sugar Creek Hollow #69 – My Rose Garden

 

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