Joyful collage card

I've had great fun using the Joyful collage stamp for a card this week and included one of my hand-made buttons.

  Isn't she a cutie!

I've also used Splatter Long on my card which is such a handy stamp to keep in your collection. Thank you for calling today and leaving a comment if you get the chance. Gez

Joyful

Like yesterday's card, this one I got to play with another favorite challenge just for fun!  The colors for this challenge were definitely a challenge for me.  I don't have a lot of gold/silver things, but I do have some embossing powder.  

This is the newest color scheme over at The Play Date Cafe and I sat on it for a few days wondering how I could incorporate those colors.  Okay, I won't lie to you, when I picked this image from Stampotique to use, it only took me about 6 times to heat emboss the images before I got one I embossed evenly and looked good.  After I embossed it with some Shellac Gold EP (from Stamp N Plus Scrap N) I sponged on some Cool Carribean around the image and colored in the face with an E00 Copic marker.

 

I had to take a side view picture of this card as the image kept glaring at me since it was embossed.  I added some layers of Kraft & Cool Carribean to the card.  The strip was embossed with the Argyle cuttlebug folder after I had inked it up.  I used the Viva Pearl Pen in silver to add a few dots to the card.

Of course I had to combine this challenge with a sketch challenge- the Card Positioning Systems sketch for this week.  I eliminated the rounded edges on the card & my image, but followed the rest of the sketch best I could.

Card details:

Stamps: Joyful from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Cool Carribean, Kraft Like a Rockstar, A Blanc Check

Inks: Versamark, Cool Carribean

Embellishments: Shellac Gold (EP-113) Embossing Powder from Stamp N Plus Scrap N, Open Scallop punch from My Favorite Things, Viva Pearl Pen-silver