| I told myself that this year I was going to spend more time working on my cards and scrapbooks....in order to remedy this... I signed up on 2 challenges at Outlawz Challenges and have pretty much made both cards to date... whoo hooo....... hope I can keep up with the pace.... LOL... I also needed a few cards for special birthdays coming up... and decided that there was no time like the present to make a start.... The challenge was .... a recipe this week. You must use these 3 items on your card, you may use additional supplies, however, you MUST use these... 1. Patterned Paper 2. Twine/Linen Thread 3. A "Happy" Sentiment  Started off with one of my Penny Black stamps... (4080K a cupcake for you) and stamped it with Archival black ink. Used my Hero arts watercolor wheel to color. I have recently found that an angle brush is brilliant for coloring... you can use the sharp point for small areas... and the same brush can also fill in larger areas... I love mine.. and was sooo happy I bought one... |
| to add texture... I distressed the edges of the patterned paper... and edged it with Stormy Sky distress ink... |
 Layered my image on Yellow, green and turquoise card stock. |
| added some Glossy accents and Hero Arts glitter to the cupcake |
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| Close up on the flowers on the white flower I added green smooch (it just looked a bit too white for me and after all.... I prefer the distressed look) and layered it onto a Hero Arts Hues flower. Added a yellow brad in the centre and layered in on top of some Hessian Twine. (Outlawz CAS challenge 20 Feb 2011 requirement) I also added a small tag with the words happy birthday (this is the cupcake happy birthday stamp from Hampton Art. In this instance I only inked up the words... ) stamped it in turquoise ink and edged the tag with the same ink. added some twine here too.... |
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and the final product......
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Well done you! Two challenges completed already. Way ahead of the game :)
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