Saturday, September 20, 2014

A cutie of a card!

So I am in love with The Greeting Farm stamps. It's impossible to get a card wrong when their stamps are involved. This was my first time coloring the hair of one of the beans in such an outlandish manner, and I LOVED it. I am saving this pic and the colors used in my creative journal/idea book.
I'd created the background three days ago and I was just waiting for inspiration to strike and help me decide which image to use. I figured the Twinkle Bean image just suited the funky, fun background I'd created with all the layering and the use of the 5th & Frolic collection by American Crafts. Seriously, I strike gold like 9/10 times I create a card with those papers. Something about the collection just inspires me to no end.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity R#194: My Style -- I believe my style is for the most part cutesy. I've done a bit of vintage but I struggle with it. Mixed media is sometimes fun but I hate the mess! So I go with cute and layered. This card has 7 layers on top of the base card!

Crafty Catz #247: Pretty Women -- Well, my image speaks for itself. Isn't the Twinkle bean the prettiest ever? I don't have grown-up women stamps, so I hope this is allowed!

Shopping our Stash Weekly SOS #169: Who's Who -- We were to use a photograph or person image. I don't believe I have realistic photograph stamps, so I went with the person image interpretation.

Now for the card:


Supplies used:
stamp: Twinkle Bean by The Greeting Farm
papers: card stock is Pink Pirouette by Stampin' Up and Hawaiian Shores by Papertrey Ink; patterned paper is Dear Lizzy by American Crafts, the 5th & Frolic collection.
embellishments: cartwright's sequins in lt. ocean blue green, a scrap of lace, Studio Calico wood veneer shapes
Copics used: Y0000, Y13, YG23, YG25, G00, R83. I only used the R83 and the Y13 on the hair, and through some early-morning magic it came out ridiculously awesome. 
Ink- Prima in Branch Bark, which is what I had handy on my desk. I stamped a bit messily so had to fill in with E57 Copic.

I'll note I'd have used stickles if I had any :( Miss those things, man!  So, I hope you liked the card. Thanks for looking!


4 comments:

  1. Greeting Farm stamps are adorable aren't they?? Love this image, you did a GREAT job colouring her hair! Thanks for playing along with the Shopping Our Stash crew this week for the "Who's Who" challenge!!

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  2. Awesome hair on this little cutie and fabulous papers, wonderfully fun and funky card, thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week, Jac x

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  3. Layers baby - I'm right there with ya! :D

    Super cute card; love all the layers!!

    Thank you for sharing your work with us at Crafts 4 Eternity!
    ~Michele, DT

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  4. This is just too cute and scores a whopping 10 on Chana's Cute-O-Meter. The image reminds me of Pebbles from the Flintstones. You have colored her beautifully and I love the composition of your card. Thanks for playing along with us at Shopping Our Stash!
    Hugz,
    Chana, DT

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