Monday, August 23, 2010

A Bit of Metal in The Shabby Tea Room


Welcome back for another fun challenge in The Shabby Tea Room!  A few weeks ago, I found this cool glass bead bracelet in an Etsy shop called Essex Glass and immediately thought it would be PERFECT for an inspiration challenge in TSTR:


So this week's challenge is this: Using this picture as your inspiration, create a project with metal somewhere on it.  Now, it could be a brad or eyelet, it could be metallic paper, metallic embossing powder, metal cord...the possibilities are endless.  And feel free to get creative with your metal - a pop can tab would fit the bill.  :)

digital stamps

This week's sponsor in the Tea Room is Some Odd Girl and do they ever have some cute digi stamps!  And for all you STR peeps, they have a discount on your purchase this week - what could be better than that? 


I found this new-to-me challenge a few weeks ago but haven't been able to play along - until now.  The Bling Sketch Challenge over at Annabelle Stamps Blog is a sketch with a {twist}... use the sketch AND some bling!  HELLO??  Right up my alley!  I liked the simplicity of this sketch and it fit my "Fairy Mae" image perfectly:




Recipe - Stamps: Fairy Mae (Some Odd Girl), Beautiful Kindness (Verve)  Ink: Early Espresso  Paper: Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Whisper White  Accessories: Paper piercer, rhinestone brads, striped grosgrain ribbon, Copics, silver metallic cord, button, Spica atyou Glitter pens

I colored her with my Copics and used my glitter pens for her wings...they are so sparkly:





Make sure you stop by and see what the rest of the Shabby Girls created for this week's challenge...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog
Cathy Clark - Papier Girl
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Thanks for stopping in - see you in a bit with a new PPC Color Challenge and a new challenge from Totally Stampalicious! 

10 comments:

Debbie said...

WOW ... absolutely fabulous coloring -- I love the sparkly wings!! Fab job with all your metal and bling elements :)

Audrey Pettit said...

Adorable card, Melissa! Your coloring job on that sweet fairy image is fabulous...love the sparkle you've added to her wings, too. Super cute use of metallic cording and gems. And now how perfect is that sentiment with that stamp?! :)

Tamie said...

She is adorable Melissa. I will be going to look for some metal. I know I have something somewhere I can use. This will be a challenge to me one of look forward to trying. Thanks. Super card too!

Patricia Rose said...

super, super adorable Melissa... love all your wonderful details....
Hugs.. Pat

Leanne said...

Nice job on the card...that Metal is awesome...love it all...very cool!

Stacy Morgan said...

So very cute, great coloring and colors.

Andrea said...

Wow so very cute! A gorgeous card! Love the ribbon and silver thread through the button, and of course the bling!
Thanks for playing along with us this week :)
Andrea

Unknown said...

awww... your card is stunning! Love the glitter on the wings! Have a great day!

A Consuming Passion said...

So good to see you take part in the Annabelle Bling/Sketch Challenge. Your card is gorgeous, love the silver thread and button detail. Good Luck and hope to see more of your cards soon.

Ida said...

Simply Adorable. What a cute image and I just love how fun this card looks. Thanks for joining the Annabelle Sketch Challenge.