The reveal

Well I can now reveal the complete card. Here she is my lovely lady is wearing the corset from Attic Boutique DSP. The fan I made using the Simply Scored scoring tool. Behind the brad is Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon that has been freyed. The freyed pieces didn't get wasted they are part of her headgear.

The flower she is holding is a cut down section of Reason to Smile stamp set. The background was created in layers.
Layer one - randomly rub over Very Vanilla card, with Crumb Cake, Pool Party, and Pretty in Pink.
Layer two - randomly roll over Crumb Cake with the Jumbo Roller using a retired stamp.
Layer three - I ripped some newspaper and laid it over the card, and sponged the ripped edges randomly.
Layer four - Using bleach as my stamp pad I stamped one of the Circle Circus stamps again randomly over the card.
Final layer - using the Big shot I cut out the 70 and then used it as a stencil to sponge over.

She was made using Skin tone card that is now retired and then assembled and glued to the background.  There are quite a few faces lying on my bench before I was happy with the one she has. I like her and hope the lady that she was made for will think she is sweet.

Reason to smile

I don't need much of a reason to smile as everywhere around me I see plenty of reasons to smile. My lovely husband sitting beside me. New flowers coming up in the garden. Dinners with my children. My cat Gus chatting to the new neighbours cat Ginge. Yes they really are chatting. My interpretation of their conversation goes something like this.
" Hi I'm Gus, you must be new here? You are gonna love it here as my parents are crazy about cats"
 "Yeah, hi my name is Ginge short for Ginger and I can see I have a soft touch in that lady that keeps coming out and trying to pat me".
"Yeah that's my mum Zena you think she is a soft touch, well wait till you meet my dad"
"Oh great I think I'm gonna love this neighbourhood, see ya Gus"
Anyway that's what I think they are saying.
These cards are made using the Reason to Smile stamp set. I am finding so many uses for this set.

Cardstock: River Rock, Very Vanilla, Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango,  Early Expresso, Old Olive

Baker's Twine: White

Stamp sets: Reason to Smile, Fabulous Phrases,

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink: Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango

Organza Ribbon: Tangerine Tango

Stamp sets: Reason to Smile, Short and Sweet

Punch: Bo Ho Blossom

Embossing Folder: Stripes

Big Shot

This panel card was taken off a similar card I received at convention. I just changed the flowers to use the Reason to Smile set.
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Organza Ribbon: Lucky Limeade
Stamp sets: Reason to Smile,
Embossing Folder: Square Lattice
Big Shot

Convention background

While at Convention one of the Workshop WOW's presented by Liz Hicks was a special background. Now that we are back home Ursula, one of our Paper Angels tried it out and created some georgous scrapbook pages. So I have decided to give it a go myself and make some unique cards. I chose Vanilla card stock. Then I randomly sponged on Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Soft Suede all over the card. Next I rolled over the card randomly with the Jumbo Stampin Around. Then I stamped again randomly with  bleach and a background stamp and then filled in a few spots with a smaller stamp.

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Tools: Big Shot, Designer Frames, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Jumbo Stampin Around
Ink: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry
Ribbon: Crumb Cake Seam Binding