Pretty In Pink

I thought today, I'd give you something a little bit different from my recent posts and this card was made using the new acrylic stamps and backing papers from Kanban featuring the characters called, Patchwork Pals.

On this particular card, I cut out squares of backing paper and pieced them together, to give the feel of patchwork behind my main image. Then using the Epic 6 die cutting machine, I die cut the matts for the layering behind Bonnie, the little girl character.

I then hand stamped two images of Bonnie, using Archival Ink, onto white card and using Promarkers,  coloured in the image in co-ordinating colours to match the background papers. Once that is done, I cut out Bonnie's t-shirt, jeans, shoes and ribbon from the second image and decoupaged these on top of the first image to give the definition.

Once all this is done, the rest is easy...it's just a matter of putting the card together and adding the final touches of ribbon and greetings. And there it is....

Dance the Night Away

Another day and another wonderful set of decoupage images from The Crafthouse Press. These designs are from the "Jolly Nation ~ Couples Collection" and feature the Charleston Couple. Once the image was decoupaged, I cut a piece of the backing paper which complements the design perfectly and matted it onto a DL size card.

Then with my new, much loved and much wanted toy, (yes, I finally treated myself to it for Christmas and I will never look back) the Epic 6 die cutting and embossing machine from Quickutz, I embossed the background matt to the main image, with the dots embossing folder.

Before adhering the decoupaged couple to the rest of the card, I hand glittered the skirt and wrapped a small piece of organza ribbon around her waist. As a final flourish and the finishing touch, I used a small adhesive stone on the headband and added some shimmer touches and highlights to the image.