Card Sketch Challenge!

Over on the Card Positioning Blog they hold a sketch challenge every week, this is my first time entering! This is the sketch that is this weeks challenge




and here is the card I made with the sketch!




My good friend Sue is selling her craft shop to my good friend Tracey!!! So it is a sad and happy time! I owe a lot to Sue for her brilliant inspiration, her kindness and her being a very good friend! I popped down to see her today as it is her last day trading, she is handing over the shop tomorrow to Tracey. I would like to wish Tracey all the Irish luck that I can give her in her new venture, and I shall be propping up the counter and drooling over her supplies!! Good luck hon, you deserve it!

I would also like to wish Sue all the best and hope she can find the niche that she is looking for and as always my offer of help is still there!

I made this card for Sue just to wish her luck, I thought the sentiment fit just right.

As you can see I have been painting again, a bit better than the first attempt!
Recipe

Whiff Of Joy Stamp - Melinda reading book
Stampendous sentiment wooden stamp - Precious Memories
White Bazzill cardstock
K & Co paper
Brown Ribbon
Prima flower
Button

Tim Holtz inks I used are
Antique Linen
Fired Red
Faded Jeans
Black soot
Vintage photo

Whiff Of Joy Challenge #17

I finally have used one of my beautiful Whiff of Joy Stamps!!! I have been admiring these stamps for ages, and Steve said he would get some for my birthday, and lucky me got to pick six of them, so here is the first stamp that I used - Melinda Blowing Kisses. My SIL's birthday is today and I decided to use the stamp! I was blog hopping to get some inspiration and I came across the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog, which had a fantastic sketch by the very talented Donalda. I have never used a sketch when making cards, I always just struggled along, but now I am defiantly converted and will be looking to sketch's to make cards in the future, just as I do with most of my scrapbook pages!

Here is the fantastic sketch


and here's what I did with the sketch.

Some close up of the glitter work

I haven't got any of the expensive pens to colour the images, and I can't afford them right now, so I used my Tim Holtz distress inks and a paintbrush!!! Not bad for a first try, but looking at it now, I am ever so sorry that I coloured the green around the image, should of just left it alone, live and learn! I know it's not as neat as it should be and I went outside the lines in a few places, think I am going to invest in some good quality paintbrushes as the ones that I have are cheap naff ones!

I am going to enter it in the Whiff Of Joy Challenge, just for fun, as the cards that are entered into this challenge will blow mine out of the water, lol So if any of you talented ladies have any comments, hints, tips, techniques you would like to share with me I would love you to! If you use Distress inks to colour your stamps, which one do you use to colour the face and body????

Receipe

Whiff of Joy Stamp - Melinda Blowing Kisses
Penny Black Stamp - Happy Birthday
Cream Bazzill cardstock
Mellow Basic Grey Paper
Stickles - Icicle for the wings
Stickles - Cyrstal for the swirls and buttons
Buttons - have for ages
Metal Photo Corners - Inspirations (thanks Ruth)
Green Crystals - have for ages for the desgin on her top
Blue Crystals - have for ages for the text corners
Papermaina flowers - Silk blues
Gold Sparkly Organza Ribbon - bought in Paper Paradise
Scalloped edge - traced around a Woodware chipboard desgin
Hearts in the scalloped border - heart hand punch
And the list of Tim Holtz Distress inks -
Face and body - Antique Linen
Top and hair band - Pine Needles
Jeans - Faded Jeans, Broken China, Fired Brick
Jewelry - Fired Brick and Pine Needles
Belt - Mustard Seed and Pine Needles
Hair - Vintage Photo
Outside border - Pine Needles, which I wish I didn't now