S.W.A.L.K

Hi, everyone!  Hope the weather is not being too unkind to you, we've been lucky enough to miss the snow, just have cold, damp and pretty grey weather - not great for taking photos (get my excuses in now!)

Anyhow, I sat at my crafty table and made a card to enter into a few challenges.  I have been umming and aahing over whether I needed one of Krista Smith's Saturated Canary images (seeing as they are all over Blogland) - after visiting her blog and shop, I got my answer...I need lots of her images!!  She is one very talented lady and puts so much detail into her images.  With Valentine's Day looming, it seems a lot of challenge blogs have the Love theme, so my card followed that theme....

...I just had to have this SC image called 'Love letter' as it is quite grown up and sophisticated and the letter could be anything from just to say hi, to happy birthday, so versatile, too!

I coloured my image with Promarkers - Skin: Coral, Dusky Pink, Almond & Sunkissed Pink; Top : Ruby, Antique Pink, Dusky Rose, Pale Pink & Muted Pink (FM), Cool Grey 3,2 & Antique White (FM); Trousers : Khaki, Pastel Beige & Antique White (FM); Hair : Walnut, Cocoa, Caramel, Sandstone & Vanilla...
...I often find that I colour my character images with brown hair, maybe because that's what colour I am, and in my head I was colouring her as me (if only I had her looks and figure!!)  The papers are Actually a Christmas Pad by Papermania called Henbury Lane, but there's quite a few generic papers in it, the only problem being that there's only one of each design!  Aaah!  The large rectangular frame is the Sizzix die that came with my Big Kick many moons ago and I have also used Go Kreate Fancy frames #2, nestie Ovals and my new Marianne Sign Board die, which I just love the ornate ironwork design.  The bow was made from netting in my stash, velvet flowers, pink gingham ribbon and red glittered ornate pins to embellish...and there you have it!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :

Saturated Canary Challenge #10

Red, Pink & White

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

The One I Love

Dream Valley Challenges

Valentine

Crafting When We Can

Valentine/Love

Allsorts

Free & Easy February