Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #18 - Vintage/Distressing - Guest Sketch

It's Once Upon Wednesday time at The Pixie Cottage and it's time for another Special Guest Sketch Artist!
This time we have one of the Queen's of the Copic Markers, it's with great pleasure that today our sketch is designed by the very lovely Suzanne Dean from Scrapbitz!
Suzanne is a whizz with Copic's and has done many tutorials showing us mere mortals how she creates her masterpieces. She also has online classes at her Color Me Creative Classroom for those wishing to learn hands on.
This is her fabulous sketch!



As well as the sketch we'd love to see you use a Vintage or Distressed technique on your projects. Remember you can choose to play with the sketch, the technique or both!

I have a few other challenges to go along with this card:

Crafty Cardmakers - Distressed
Die Cut Dreams - Shabby Chic
Tuesday Taggers - Out of Your Comfort Zone (this is the 1st Wedding card I've ever made and I'm not usually a vintage girl so both things challenged me)
Clearly I Stamp - Flowers
One Stop Crafts - Wedding Wishes
CRAFT - Weddings
Charisma - Weddings
Creative Inspirations - Celebrations
Creative Craft World - Easel Card
Stamp Insanity - Easel Does It
Creative Cottage - Fancy Fold
Crafty Pad - Use Punches
Crafty Ann's - Anything Goes
Paper Scissors Rocks - Die Cuts
Opus Gluei - Fit to be Tied (ribbons)
ABC - U is for Unused Stash (I've had these wedding papers and stickers for ages)
The Wildflower Patch - Ribbon, Sparkles and Dimension



Card Recipe:
Image - Maisy and Matts Wedding by Di Carubia
Paper - The Paper Studio
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch and Leaf Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiments - Marcella for K&Co
Pearls - Hobby Lobby
Ink - Chalk Ink and Memento Tuxedo Black



Here is the easel from the side.



I tried to make the image look like an old sepia photo, not sure if it turned out just as I wanted it but I like it anyway and hope you do too :)
Please come and play with us over at The Pixie Cottage and show us your inky fingers!
Katie

38 comments:

cheryl said...

this is one stunning card hun so love what you have done,and the coulrs and detail are just perfect,hugs cheryl xxxxxxxx

Erin... said...

so pretty,love the shimmery ribbon

Cor* said...

AH......another masterpiece! This is gorgeous!!
Congrats on winning a couple challenges as well. You are on a winning streak girl!

Beryl said...

Hi Katie - Lovely to see you joining us at Crafty Ann's. Your card is wonderful, those flowers -mmmm - and the vintage colours are gorgeous.
Beryl xx

Random Acts of Krafting said...

How Gorgeous Katie. Love the pearls and how fantastically you colored the bride and groom. You were very successul in making it look like an old photo.

Hugs
Tanya

Suzi Mac said...

Wow!! this is a stunning card Katie, love the image, design and all the beautiful additions. Thank you for joining us at OSCC this week, good luck in the draw. Hugs Suzi x

Beautiful Greetings said...

This is such a beautiful card Katie! I love how you colored the bride and groom. Wonderful vintage card!

Zoechaos said...

Congratulations Katie you have succedded here with a lovely vintage feel wedding card. Thank you for sharing with us at TT this week.

Beth said...

Oh MY!! WOW! This is just incredible! Gorgeous details! Beautiful work! WOW!! Thanks so much for participating with us at StampInsanity! xx

dragonllew said...

wow that is stunning I love the paper that you have used and the image definatly looks like an old photo. Thanks for joining us at Creative Craft World & good luck.
Jenny x

Rosemary said...

Katie, you do amazing work - loving this and great use of the ribbon but then again, everything on this card is just fantastic!

Thank you for participating in the challenge at Opus Gluei!

Ann Whitfield said...

Ooooooh - this is absolutely stunning Katie! Thank you for joining us at Crafty Ann's and I hope we'll see you for the blog hop on the 21st,
Ann x

Trimgym said...

Lovely card, thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge this week and good luck!

Jo and Tigerlover.

MiniOwner said...

No that is just gorgeous!
Sue x
(Creative Craft World DT)

Debbie said...

Oooh stunning Katie - very pretty indeed. :)

Thanks for joining us at the crafty pad and good luck. :)

xxDebbie CPSdesigns

Jenn K said...

Cute card! Thanks for joining in the fun at The Wild Flower Patch

Choccy said...

Wow what a gorgeous card. I love the colours that you have used.

Thanks for joining the easel card challenge over at Creative Craft World.
Good Luck !

Choccy ( DT ) x

Unknown said...

OMG. This is gorgeous card. The stamped image looks vintige wow again. I would not think this was out of yr confort zone
hugs
Ildiko

Crafteezee said...

Ahhhh Katie, I love this. Hugs Tracy x

Anne said...

Katie, your card is beautiful!
Do I have to say I love that image *giggle*

And thanks for the challenge list =)

Hugs, Anne

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Beautiful wedding card.

Sarah A said...

Love everything about this card, the colours are perfect!

Thanks for joining in our Creative Craft Challenge!

Sarah x

coldwaters2 said...

Hi Katie what a beautiful card the colours I just adore and the flowers display along with the image is gorgeous thank you so much for sharing this with us at Crafty Ann's
Hugs
Lorraine x

Angela said...

THis is just Stunning!!! Love the creamy colors and all the details you added!! Thanks for joining our Wild Flower Patch Challenge.
Angela:)

Juanita said...

Wow another stunningly beautiful creation. Love the colors you used, gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at StampInsanity.

Tracy said...

wow this is stunning love the colours and beautiful design. Thanks for joining in with this weeks Creative Cottage Challenge. hugs Tracy x

Mummylade said...

what a stunning easel card. Thank you so much for joining the DCD challenge this time, good luck.

Linanna DESIGNS said...

What a totally stunning wedding card, love the image you've used and all the added detail. Thank you for joining in with this weeks Creative Cottage challenge. Hugs Linda x

Kym's Crafty Cards said...

Katie, what a gorgeous and elegant card. Thanks for taking part in Crafty Ann's Challenge this fortnight and we hope to see you back again very soon - maybe even for the blog hop on 21 May 2010. Best wishes, Kym xxx

Nicola said...

Stunning creation Katie,such an adorable image and awesome floral detail.
Thank you for joining us at Die Cut Dreams.
Hugs,
Nicola -x-

Sally H said...

Elegant and beautiful! Thanks for joining us at TT this week!

jude said...

Gorgeous Card Kate,thanks for joining us over at Creative Inspirations this week.Hope to see you tomorrow for new challenge.
hugs judex

Jana said...

Stunning card. Love how you took a cutesy stamp and made it elegant enough for a fabulous wedding card. Thank you for playing with us at Opus Gluei.

vikkithescrapjunkie said...

Stunning card perfect for our Shabby Chic challenge this week. Thank you for joining in at Die Cut Dreams this week.
Love n hugs
Vikki xx

Michelle said...

A fantastic entry for Tuesday Taggers, thanks for playing along.
x Michelle

Made by Mandy said...

What a gorgeous card, the colours are great, it does look like a vintage image.

Thanks for joining us in our latest challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers :)

Victoria said...

a gorgeous card - thank you so much for joining us on abc this week
Vicky x

Shelly said...

Hi Katie! This is lovely...gorgeous colours and pretty flowers! Thanks for joining us at The Creative Cottage. Shelly ;)