Thinking of you card

Hi!

So today in the wee hours of the morning inspiration struck me and I felt like trying my hands at the shabby chic style of card making. I decided to make a thinking of you card for my niece who turned 13 this June and is becoming a young lady. She will always be our lil munchkin but as she is growing up, we can see all those teenage habits of dressing up, wanting to look good, essentially adolescent vanity :) I guess we have all been there and done that!! (lol) so this is my card dedicated to my niece because we all think of her as a baby but she is turning into a young girl, so I tried to incorporate the things that I know she likes. The rose is a perfect background for this card because symbolically thats our lil girl :) I took 2 of her childhood pictures for this card (didn't have any others, these were the ones I carry in my purse).  The color scheme is hues of pink because that's her favorite color.

Here are a few pictures of the card:

Pictures of some of the Supplies Used:

Applying white gesso on the Blue Fern Studios Chipboard- Rose Wreath

List of Supplies used:

1. Rose Wreath Chipboard- Blue Fern Studios 

2. Wedding Collection Paper Pack and Pattern Paper Pack (vol 2) by Papericious

3. Laces and Net fabric

4. White Gesso by Camlin

5. Ranger's Distress Ink- victorian velvet

6. Tim holtz paper distressor

7. Ranger's Round Ink blending tool and foam

8. Texture Paste by Mont Marte

9. Stencil 

10. Spatula

11. Mulberry Flowers

12. Cameo of a lady

13. Metal Charms - Looking Glass, Comb and white metal brad

14. Wink of Stella - Clear

15. Ranger Heat Tool

16. Zing White Embossing Powder

17. Ranger Embossing Pen- Clear

18. White Half Pearls 

19. Silicone Glue and Fevicol 

20. Artzone pearlized metallic paint- blush 

Summary of Procedure:

The sentiment is handwritten and heat embossed. 

The panel and mats are distressed and to create texture, texture paste was applied through a stencil. 

A multi-layered look was what I was going for and a couple of scraps from the papericious collection were used for one of the mats and also for the sentiment. 

A piece of the rose wreath chipboard was cut up and I applied gesso on it and then blush metallic paint.

The card base is baby pink colored 250 gsm cardstock, 6 by 6 size. 

Thanks for your time! Please do leave a comment, reading them makes my day :)

I am playing along with the following challenges:

1. Blue Fern Studios October Challenge  - I have interpreted the sketch in my own way and added BFS rose wreath chipboard to the card.

2. Papericious October Challenge- Add some fabric- I have added lace and net fabric and used the wedding paper pack and the pattern collection vol. 2 for this card

3. Paru's Card Making Challenges- November - This is a card made for my niece who is an adolescent and I suppose all young girls in their teens (children but also kind of learning to be grown ups) 

4. Simon Says Monday Challenge - Thinking of you