Hippy Chick

 Hello my friends, and I hope your weather is as nice as it is here today in North London.  Sunny, warm(ish) and a light breeze. Perfect!

Today's card was made yesterday but couldn't get it uploaded here as my neck has been playing up the  last couple of days.  Can't put my finger on where the pain is tho but it doesn't feel like it was before my op - I do wonder if it is muscular as I am using muscles that have been asleep for over 3years.  I had a lovely warm soapy bath last night and that helped a bit.

I have used the gorgeous Hippy Chick and coloured her with my Promarkers (not sure I like the black and white look but have to try it).  The DP is from My Craft Studio Professional and is just a simple background paper with a floral design - perfect for this hip chick I think!  The black scalloped paper was made using an Xcut edger and the flowers I made all by meeself!!  They are hard to make out on the pics but all I did was cut a circle of black paper, then cut a spiral shape into it and coiled them together!! Hey Presto flowers!!  I like the distressed look on these fab Simply Sassy images so I did the edgs of the card I used with my scissors - can't get the hang of the distress tool I bought - may be I need to try another brand - any ideas girls?

Ingredients:~
Hippy Chick Rubbr Stamp from Funky Kits;

PMs used~ Cool Grey 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, Ivory, Blush, Dusky Pink, Pastel Pink;

DP from MCS Professional;

Ribbon and stamens from stash;

Xcut edger punch;

handmade flowers;

Rubber sentiment stamp from Paper Makeup Stamps (got it in a gift).

I am entering this into the following challenges:~

Pear Tree Designs Stamped Images;

FabNFunky Make Your Own Blooms;

Scrapbook Sisters Black and White;

Divas by Design and

Truly Scrumptious.

Thanking you very much for your comments - they are much appreciated.

Vintage Hippy Love

What a gorgeous day we have here in North London and my day was made extra special because my postie brought me a lovely little package in which there were 6 ever-so-pretty Simply Sassy rubber stamps that I ordered at the weekend - thanks so much Royal Mail (for a change) and also THANKS to the fab team at Funky Kits for such a speedy dispatch!!

This card I have pottered with all day in between sitting in the sun, stroking  my new stamps and helping Lynne with a Uni assignment!  Using the fabulous Hippy Love (another one I got in a gift from a lovely buddy of mine - thanks again), I coloured her in PMs and once again used my Nellie Snellen Oval Die (using Jenni's tip to cut around the die to create another oval shape).  I mounted her onto fabulous DPs I got from the same buddy (she is such a generous buddy to have so NO you cannot share her with me he he!!).  I used  perfect (well I thought so) 'With Love' clear stamp from Pink Petticoat (freebie see below) onto one of the Dps and mounted that onto the other DP then onto black card.  The wee flower I made using a Marianne Flower Die and a lovely wee pink button from my stash. I can see now the button is a bit bright but what the heck - I like it!!

I think I need to invest in some new PM colours as I have outgrown the ones I have and have a massive urge to go to Cowling and Wilcox (shop or website will do)as they are always on offer there - just need to decide on colours now!!

I am entering this one into the following challenges~

Totally Ladybug Anything Goes;
Pollycraft Vintage plus a Sketch;
Charisma Cards Pink/Black/Green Challenge and
Truly Scrumptious Vintage Challenge.

Ingredients:~
Image is rubber stamps 'Hippy Chick' from Simply Sassy range at Funky Kits coloured with PMs~
Ivory, Blush, Dusky Pink, Pastel Pink, Dusky Rose, Coral, Vanilla, Satin, Sandstone,Caramel, Meadow Green, Apple, Moss, Cool Grey1, 3, 4 & 5;
DPs were a gift so unsure what brand they are (gorgeous tho);
Sentiment stamp is freebie from Pink Petticoat in recent Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine;
Dies used ~ Nellie Snellen Oval and Marianne Flower;
Distressed edges with Whispers Archival Ink in Pine Green;
Black paper and pink button from stash.