Second 'antiqued' card...

I was going to have another day of tidying yesterday, but was inspired to try another antiqued card!

This time, I picked a Sarah Kay image (already coloured!) called First Kiss and picked a paper to go with it. I was braver with the inks this time and went for Tea Dye then Walnut Stain. I under-estimated how much of the Walnut Stain was left on the foam when I went around the stamped image and had to try and even it out, so it is darker than I aimed for.

I like the colours on this card. The paper was a Basic Grey paper called Lemonade "Pretty Petals". I thought it looked old-fashioned, but then on closer inspection I realised it was flowers and ladybirds! The green card is a Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock and the flowers are Prima with a small adhesive pearl in the centre.

I then had a problem. Who could this card be for? It was of a boy and girl kissing, so I thought I'd better make it for a couple. I thought it's too girly to be to a man, so I thought I'd better make it an anniversary card for a woman. Hopefully I'll be able to sell my cards one day, and this will have to be one of them! In hindsight, I should have just made this an anniversary card for a couple... I could still change it...

My first 'antiqued' card...

I have seen some beautiful antiqued cards recently, especially when I went to Stamperama last month. I had wanted to try one myself, but didn't really have alot in the way of embellishments or papers.

I hunted through my paper stash (one of them!) and found a paper that I didn't really think much of as a whole, it was a cheap one from a set, but thought might age well! Therefore, I chopped it up and used Distress inks around the side. I started with pale colours as I wasn't feeling very brave so I used Scattered Straw and then a tiny bit of Tea Dye on the corners.

I then chose an image (from my box of images already coloured) that would go with it and used the Scattered Straw Distress Ink around the edge. I then used ink on the orange ribbon to tone down the colour and chose Prima flowers to match the colours. I also cheated with a Craftwork Cards Birthday Message on the front!

The Stamp was a Rachelle Anne Miller Stamp from the Lily & Milo clear stamp range called "Peek-a-boo". It was coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencils.

I quite like it because it's different, but it could be better. I will keep trying!