Last card of the year perhaps?

I am hoping that I will have time to do some crafting in between cooking and cleaning today but you never can tell. This card was rustled up very quickly last night using a gorgeous Paper Bag Studios image that a friend sent me. Isn't she adorable?
The paper is Basic Grey Kioshi and the cardstock is Stampin' Up! as is the sentiment. I coloured the image with Promarkers and then blended Antique Linen Distress Ink around it.

 I am entering this card into the following challenges

Sketch & Stash - #51
Fab n Funky - quick and easy does it
Passion for Promarkers - Mega Christmas challenge

Wishing all my followers and visitors a happy and healthy 2011.
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Friday Sketchers

I wasn't sure about this card at first - needed shades to look at it but it has grown on me. The papers are from the Lime Rickey collection by Basic Grey. The image is Paper Bag Studios and has been coloured with Distress Inks. Flowers are Prima and brads from stash.The little swirl was done with my EK success swirl punch and the same Basic Grey papers. Loved the sketch and will be using it again and again I'm sure.
Thanks for looking
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Alphabet Street

This week's Sunday Stampers theme is Alphabet Street, set by the very talented Dan. I have made a background using alphabet peel-offs which I inked over with Distress Ink in Spiced Marmalade and then took them back off. The girl is a Paper Bag Studios stamps and I have watercoloured her with Distress Inks too. She has an alphabet running down the side of the image too. I then tinted an A5 blank using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a baby wipe and mounted the background and image on to it. Hope you like it and thanks for looking
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Masking, blending and spritzing a la Dan99

This is a card I made for a friends birthday using my Distress Inks and a Paperbag Studios stamp. The techniques I used were all shown on a fab tutorial by my friend Dan. You can see it Here.

I used Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick and Mustard Seed inks. The image was stamped in black, masked and then I blended the inks on the card. I then spritzed water over it and watercoloured the stamped image with the Distress Inks. Thanks Dan for all your info and thank you for stopping by
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Sunday Stampers/Arty Girlz challenges

This card has been made to incorporate both the Sunday Stampers "Faces" challenge and the Arty Girls "Handmade Background" challenge. I have used glossy card and alcohol inks to create the background paper. The stamp is from Paper Bag Studios and I have stamped this in black archival ink. I took a cream A5 blank and matted some Rustic Gems paper onto it. The image was then matted onto some rose coloured Bazzill cardstock which was then attached to the card using foam pads. I cut another mat of Bazzill and mounted this on foam pads below the image. I then added a peel-off greeting.I love messing about with alcohol inks and these PBS stamps are just fab! Need to make some more cards in this style I think.