Hi all :-) Amy is celebrating her 19th birthday today with a pool party, BBQ and a sleepover ,,,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY :-)
This week on the Papertake Weekly Dawny is asking us to choose a previous PTW sketch :-) This was quite diffy as I do love all Dawny’s sketches ,,, invariably simple ,,, :-)
We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp so a fab $20 voucher for one lucky entrant :-) Did you see the All New Just In pages ,,, fabby new stuff !! :-)
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I followed sketch No 27
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Of course I had to make Amy a card this week and as part of her pressie is a trip to London ( so sad that she grew out of Barbie’s ,,, much cheaper ,,,,, :-)) Anyways ,,,, I thought I would use 2 Penny Black stamps, La Soiree and Tower Bridge and make it look like she was walking along the Embankment,, she is not walking on water across the Thames !!!! :-)
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I stamped Tower Bridge using Archival ink onto Neenah card ( though I should have used watercolor ) and coloured with Distress ink markers and ink pads. I then stamped La Soiree with Memento, coloured with copics and cut out. I sort of ticked glossy accents across her dress and sprinkled with red tinsel glitter to create lines of sparkle and added highlights using a white Galaxy marker and smudging. I used Basic Grey ‘Life of the Party papers and the lovely Velvet Blossoms were in the August card Kit and aren’t they just GORGEOUS ! I added a little black gem to the centre and popped one on her bag and 2 over a Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish cut out of black card.
I used a MFT Retro Squares border die, Amy Tangerine Thickers for the No19 and a Hero Arts Sentiment to finish :-)
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Edited to add a photo of Amy and her boyfriend, Ben, on a recent trip to London :-)
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Thanks for looking :-) our lovely GD’s and the DT have made some gorgeous cards so please hop on over to the PTW to see them :-)
Challenges :
Cheery Lynn Designs ,,,, Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft ,,,,, Flowers
Basic Grey Challenge,,Anything Goes
Penny Black Saturday ,,, Double Trouble , use 2 PB stamps
Card Crafters Circle ,,, Use fabric ( velvet)
Everybody Art ,,,,,, Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday ,,,, Travel,,, going to London ,,,,
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