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...

Sarah Kay (again!)

A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have my husband take the kids to the zoo for an afternoon so I was able to get to work on a card idea that I had in my mind. I had pulled out a turquoise-ish paper that I thought would go with a Sarah Kay image that I had coloured and I wanted to put it together. Anyway, I am quite happy with the result as it is again a bit different to anything I had made, which was the aim again. The only thing I wasn't so happy with was the ribbon.. it was the wrong shade of turquoise! The stamped image was again the Sarah Kay "Precious Moments" clear stamp, coloured in with Copic Ciao markers. The wording stamp was from Elzybells; the paper was from Doodlebug; the cardstock was Core'dinations; the flowers from Prima and the large brad from Papermania.

Sarah Kay cards

I was so happy when I discovered Sarah Kay clear stamps! I used to have a Sarah Kay sticker album when I was young, probably around 7 years old - actually, I still have it! I loved seeing those images again so jumped at the chance of owning some of the stamps. My first purchase was the one used in these three cards: "Precious Moments". As it has the chicks, I thought of Easter first of all, but then I thought I'd try it for other uses as it was so cute and I came up with these. They were an absolute joy to colour with my Copic Ciao markers. On the Lilac card, I decoupaged the hat so it stands out more but on all the cards, I tried to keep them quite simple as the image is a generous size.