Sketch and Stash Challenge #8

I love these challenges because they get me to either use stamps/papers and embellishments that haven't yet seen the light of day and have been loitering amongst all my crafting stash or a chance to use a brand new item that has been waiting for the right project to come along.

So today's card is a mixture of the two, I've had the Smirk stamp for ages, but hadn't yet inked it up, so it was lovely to use that & I've coloured it in with pencils as I didn't have the right coloured pink in any of my markers, apart from her bag which I coloured with a Sakura Stardust pen to give it some glitter. The "cute as a button" embellishment is from a pack of Smirk plastic tags I bought recently and have been waiting to use one of them. The papers are from some freebies I had in my stash as are the buttons.

Sketch Saturday Challenge No. 38

This week's entry for Sketch Saturday Challenge, I've used one of my brand new Smirk stamps, which I think are so sweet, and I've coloured it in with watercolour pencils and a black Sakura glaze pen on her hair. It's not very clear in the photo but her dress is a scrap of the pink dotty backing paper. The backing papers are from one of my favourite collections at the moment, "Funky meets chabby chic" which I downloaded from Funkyfairiespapercrafts.com. The brad is from my stash and the sentiment is from Penny Black.