Just a little card

I had some time today to make a card for a friend. I wanted to try my new red lead background stamp.

It's Pile It On week!

The theme this week at Pile it on! is Warm wishes. We were to translate that any way we wanted. So I decide to do a "best wishes" card. This one was fun, I knew I wanted to do a "get well" "wish" card, because I have a girl friend who had gall bladder surgery on Friday.
And I know she'll need a pick-me-up.

Challenges that I am accomplishing:

• Pile It On-Warm Wishes
  
• DCRU-Sketch
• Quixotic Challenge-Ink up an old stamp
• Creative Card Crew - Punch It
• Simon Says Stamp -Punch It
• Ooh La La - Create a Scene
• Tuesday Taggers-Leftovers
• A Spoon Full of Sugar-Lots of Layering
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday-Create a Scene
• Incy Wincy-Color me wonderful (use favorite coloring medium)
• Charisma Cardz-Fruity Colors

Isn't she cute?

I started this card by stamping the background flowers with Versamark and then going over them with chalks. I just swirled the chalks over the image and they magically appear. I like the soft look they have. Then I stamped the girl on Neenah paper and colored her with Copics. I trimmed her out and placed her over the flowers using pop-dots. I then cut that whole piece out using a scallop Nestability. I cut another scallop out slightly larger and punched holes in each of the scallops and edged it with white ink. I found some pretty purple paper (PTI) and layered it with purple ribbon (May Arts). I added a sentiment from PTI on a "tag" to the left of the scallop. To finish it all off I added 3 pearls that I colored purple with my Copics, to the bottom right corner.

Recipe:

Stamps: The Angel Company (girl and flowers), Papertrey Ink {PTI}(Sentiment)

Paper: Solid (Core d'nations), Patterned (PTI)

Ink: Memories, Versamark, PTI (fresh snow)

Other: Copics, EK Success (1/16" hole punch)(chalks)(tag punch), Hero Arts (Pearls)

Remember this Mojo Monday card?

I MADE THE TOP 7!
The Mojo Monday Layout Challenge that had 500 entries.



Finally! I have been playing this layout challenge for months. I re-did this card 3 times to get it right. So glad I kept on going instead of just giving in/giving up!

ATC JAM #8

Have I explained a ATC JAM? If I already have read on...if I have not... here's what it is all about: What are "jams"/jam cards? Jam cards are ATCs worked on by more than one artist. Each artist adds to the card and passes it on to the next artist until it's complete. All of the JAMS I have participated in include 3 artists.

I was the second person to add to this card.





The Rose JAM was started in North Carolina and then came to me in Maple Grove and I sent it to my girlfriend in Coon Rapids, MN to finish it. I added the chic girl (stamp from The Angel Company) and gave her a sparkly necklace and a pink boa.