With This Ring

Our next challenge on the Oldie but a Goodie blog has been chosen by Francesca, to create a wedding or anniversary project with an old stamp (at least 6 months old). We have a lovely prize on offer and also the chance to join us as a Guest Designer in May. I've used a Penny Black stamp from 2000 called With This Ring - it's been in my stash for a couple of years but this is the first time I've created anything with it! It is a big image and takes up most of the room on my 5.5" square card so it hasn't left me with much room to play about with embellishments. Well actually, as I was stuck for papers after colouring in the image with my Copic pens, I decided to stick with the pink textured cardstock and just do a lacy punch around the page white layer with my Martha Stewart punches. To decorate I've added a satin ribbon tied in a bow and a little silver heart, then I went and blobbed on the pink pearls with my Waco pearl maker pen. As I took the picture under the craft lamp last night it's picked up the sparkle from the Stardust Stickles - hopefully there's enough interest on the card, what do you think?

The Copic pens I used to colour my image were:
skin tones with E000, 00, 21 & R00
hair with E30, 31, 35 & 57
his suit with BV20, 23, 25 plus 29 on the shoes
and the trims and hat with C0, 1, 2 & 3
his waistcoat is B91
I've shaded the wedding dress and veil with B60 and BV20
the pinks are RV000, 21, 23 & 25
and RV11 for the shading - this is a grey pink and seems odd in the colour sequence
but works well for shading the pale orchid pink colours
the leaves are coloured with YG11 & 41
and I've added a little W0 & 1 for ground shading

The Charisma Cardz challenge is for bling and sparkles - well this one sure is sparkly!