The Wine of Friendship

Crafter Companion's S.W.A.L.K. "Wine of Friendship"

This past weekend I have been busy making some birthday cards that my mom had asked me to make.  Her request was that they be for a more "mature" group which was a bit difficult for me as most of my stamps are geared toward the younger group.  I went searching the many magazines I have and even searched the internet and have discovered that for the most part feminine cards have lots of flowers or butterflies.  Now don't get me wrong, those are very nice and yes for they do sell in the stores but I was looking for something different, something outside the normal.  I went to one of my favorite sites, Spectrum Noir, and went searching through their tutorials to see what ideas they had and I found this beautiful stamp that was definitely more mature then most of the stamps I have.  This meant a trip to my local store, Treasured Memories Scrapbooking and Cards to see if they have this stamp.  Lucky me they did and it was on sale!!

Back home with my new stamp, and an extra one that I will post later, and straight to work I go.  What should happen but creativity block!!  OH NO!!  Back to the computer, but this time I searched my favorite blog sites to see what their challenges were this week - sometimes the best inspiration can come from a challenge.  Found a few that I still had time to enter and decided on how I was going to put this card together.  The end result - a cute but more mature card.

The following is the list of Spectrum Noir markers I used to color this image:

Left Side Woman:
Hair - BG1, BG2, BG4
Skin - TN2, FS2, FS3, CR3
Shirt - IB1, IB2, IB3
Skirt - BG2, BG3, BG5, BG6
Shoes - IB3
Eyes - BT9

Right Side Woman:
Hair - IG10, EB3, EB5, EB8
Skin - TN2, FS2, FS3, CR3
Shirt - PP2, PP4, PP6
Skirt - CT1, CT2, CT4
Shoes - CT4
Eyes - EB4

Table and Chairs - TN3, TN5, TN6, LG2, LG3
Wine and Glasses - CR1, CR2, GG1
Shadow - IG1, IG2

CHALLENGES:

Loves Rubberstamps - Challenge 91 "Use a Funny Sentiment" LRSBC91
The Pink Elephant - TPE238 Sketch Challenge
A Gem of a Challenge - Challenge #133 Spots AND Stripes
Just Us Girls - Challenge #228 Color