Champagne and Roses Card

I made this card for two challenges but the real challenge ended up being the photography! This card was so hard to photograph. Without flash, it looks too dark overall. With flash, the 'champagne' looks uneven and blotchy. I did my best but when you are entering a challenge with a prize, this really sucks! Anyhoo, this is for Mojo Monday sketch challenge 72 and SCS Ways To Use It 203 Bottoms Up! Make a card with something to do with alcohol. Along with the image, I used Copics as shadows.
 
The image is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with gold powder. The 'champagne' is painted with a mixture of Radiant Pearls and pink gold Pearl Ex. It looks so beautiful IRL; it just  looks OK here. The rose is coloured in with riding hood red ink using a watercolour brush, same technique using old olive for the leaf. The shading is just multiple layers of the same ink. I shadowed the image with Copic C-1 and C-3 in areas where the items touch the 'base' or 'table' but the glasses are edged in B-00. TIP: Just so you know, I found out on a previous card that you cannot actually touch the embossing with your Copic. It seems to dissolve the embossing ruining the shine on the embossing and mucking up your marker. I was careful to come close without actually touching. The ribbon is actually two ribbons layered together. The ribbon rosette actually matches much better IRL; it looks a bit too peachy here.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Stamp: unknown
Ink: Versamark; riding hood red, old olive SU!
Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet paper pack; pretty in pink, pink pirouette, white CS-SU!
Accessories: ribbon rosette with pearl-UK, SU! scalloped edge punch, MS lace edge punch, Pilot gold paint pen, foam dots-SU! and UK, Radiant Pearls, pink gold Pearl Ex, watercolour brush, Copic Markers
Techniques: heat embossing, ink watercolour, gold edging

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Love-ly Bling Rose Card

I haven't done a triple challenge card in a while! This one is for SCS Sketch Challenge SC213. Then I did the Stamp Simply No Time To Stamp weekly challenge SSNOTIME72 to make a love card. The last challenge was Creating With Chrissy Belli Challenge - Make a Cake CBC52. This was a really unique challenge; Chrissy gave us a
list of cake ingredients and we were to choose 5. Then she listed each ingredient and either a technique or embellishment that corresponded. I choose flour, sugar, vanilla, eggs and chocolate. These corresponded to brads, designer paper, ribbon, scalloped punch/Nestabilities and buttons. I had a blast working these in.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Paper: Basic Grey Gypsy pad, chocolate chip, pink pirouette, pretty in pink, white CS-SU!
Stamps: Wild Rose, Love-retired set
Ink: pretty in pink, pink pirouette, chocolate chip
Accessories: old olive, certainly celery markers, foam dots - SU!Basic Grey buttons and brad, tag die Quickutz, Nestabilities Label 1, Cuttlebug embossing folder, bling-Zva Creative
Techniques: two-step stamping, embossing, masking

Ribbon and Roses - Twinkling Tuesday

I think this stamp has seen ink maybe once. I seem to be doing well with my goal to use older stamps instead of buying quite so many new ones. (I just switched my addiction to embellishments and tools!! HEHE LOL) I have always loved this stamp but it is bold and doesn't like to 'share' with other stamps. It is so big it takes up almost the whole card. I had to go with a larger size than I normally use to get the ribbon on there, it is 6x6". It's a beauty though, right? I wish I could draw like this. It is hard to see how shiny it is from the main photo; be sure to click on the enlargement so see the embossing shine!

My oh my. Miss Maddie has her own blog now! So, if you would like to play along with her sketch, be sure to link your creation to Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesdays whether you upload to your blog, SCS or PCP with MTTSC8. Every week will feature a different team member. Any team member particularly fond of their creation can also upload their card even if it isn't their week. I will still be uploading my cards here as well even when it is my week to be featured. Be sure to check out the Twinkle Team's work-links on my sidebar! <--------
 
I was going to use my Copics to colour this. I didn't know that Copics and embossing do NOT get along! It seemed to dissolve the embossing and took the shine right off of it and icky grunge ended up on my marker tip. **ARRGGHH** Thank goodness I had only done a tiny bit and the marker tip cleaned itself while I scribbled on a scrap! Next time, I'll use vellum and colour on the back. I think it needs something in the upper corners. It is too blank up there. What do you think??? Maybe a subtle swirly rubon? I don't think I have any in vanilla. Maybe a white one and lightly sponge it with Copic scribbled on a sponge soaked in blender solution to make it more vanilla? I don't think I can apply it directly though I could try it. I actually coloured the pearls on the pretty pin with E00 so they wouldn't be quite so bright.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Stamp: UK
Paper: barely banana, vanilla CS-SU!, Basic Grey Two Scoops
Ink: Versamark, regal rose-SU!
Accessories: Pretty Pins-CTMH; ribbon, gold EP and foam dots-SU!, Nestabilities, SU! markers, Copic E00,

You Grow Girl

This card is for my son's teacher; she is expecting this summer. She recently took time off work for health reasons with no return date given and we were worried that it was serious. Turns out she was staying home to avoid getting a disease, measles I assume, because of the baby. Remember, I am getting this info from an 8 year old! Jameson really missed her and did NOT like the substitute so I think we should celebrate her return and good news. Honestly, it's about time I had something happy to make a card for that wasn't just for my stash!! The last few cards I made for specific occasions were sympathy cards. :( She loves purple so the card is purple. Dontcha just love how easy it is to make a customized card? No way I would find a purple expecting card with a dark haired woman on it!

This is an almost all SU! card. Easy to put together, no surprises. I would credit the artist who designed a pink and brown ballet Sophia card with this same layered tag I CASED but I can't read the watermark, sorry. If it was your card, please let me know and I will credit you.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Stamps: Stripes and Swell News by SU!, hearts by Hero Arts 
Paper: perfect plum, white, pale plum CS
Ink: Adirondack black, perfect plum, pale plum
Accessories: tag punches, oval punch, brads, piercer and template, foam dots, Copic markers, eggplant grosgrain and white taffeta ribbon. All products SU! unless otherwise noted.