Something a bit different

I thought i would do something a bit different for a change, and these Leanne Ellis images from Sugar Nellie are great for playing around with.

 A used A Little Hug and coloured her in using my promarkers, and a little vintage photo distress ink round the edges.  The papers are made using a TH technique ... paint your cardstock with acyrlic paint, and when it is dry stamp over with a patterned stamp in embossing ink, heat emboss and let it cool.  Then paint over the whole thinng with a different colour paint, and when alsmost dry rub off the embossed areas with a damp cloth.  You get a really vintagey, shabby look.  I went over the top of the patterned cardstock with an Indigo Blu crackle stamp and vintage photo, using the ghosting technique, just to add a bit of age to it all.  The heart is stamped onto coredinations cardstock and then sanded and distressed using victorian velvet distress ink. I added an dage ticket, some lace and flat backed pearls to finish.

Now I have bought this stamp as it reminded me of my Ellie nd her bunny ... she has had bunny since birthday and it has gone everywhere with her ... even to school when I haven't frisked her!!!  Bunny is now quite tatty and shabby, and Auntie JoJo has had to do some drastic repairing, including making her a dress she can't get out of!!!  This card is for my Ellie, just to remind her we love her ...

 Challenges:
Totally Gorguss - sketch
Craft your Passion-  anything goes + no design paper
Anything Goes - Bingo (ribbon/lavce, my choice (pearls), distressing
Oldie but a goodie - lace
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Everybody Art Challenge - love
Try it on Tuesday - card for my true love