Shabby Chic at Kit and Clowder

Here's a Shabby Chic Card I created using the image 

Roberta's Amigas - Coffee Sue

by C.C. Designs

It's for the latest challenge at Kit and Clowder.

We are also sponsored by Live and Love Crafts this month, 

who specialize in everything Shabby Chic and Vintage !!

I coloured this image up in some of my favourite colours (pink and purple) 

and really had some fun adding all the shabby chic elements

(lace, pearls, flowers, and distressing the edges).

Anyone who knows me, knows this is WAY out of my Clean and Simple comfort-zone!!

I'm pleased with how this turned out !!  

My colouring is improving thanks to the Skin and Hair Class at Kit and Clowder.  

Please pop over to the website to find out more about classes by clicking here.

It's Friday and time for a Fitztown Design Team Day for me...

Oh boy...this was a fun one...this week the theme at Fitztown is SHABBY CHIC (Challenge #34)  I've always loved seeing the shabby chic cards and scrapbook layouts, but haven't really succeeded in creating much in the Shabby Chic style, so this was a challenge for me.

I used this great image called CAR3 (which can be found here) as the starting point for my card, and figured I could turn an old truck into a Shabby Chic card pretty easily.

Hmmmm...it was an interesting journey creating this card.  I found some old distressed blue wood paper and also this grey distressed paper and thought I'd be able to incorporate it into a shabby chic card.  I used a distressing tool from Close to My Heart (which I just had to buy several years ago, and honestly this is likely the 2nd time I've used it).  Funny how we just "have to have" something and then don't use it !!  I was glad to give this lonely tool a purpose for this card !!

I coloured my image with copics and kinda mucked up the ground, but hey it's a shabby card, so I'm letting it go as is !!  I inked the edges of my coloured image and used the distressing tool around the edge of the cardstock mat to make it look "shabby". and around the shabby grey paper too.  I used some plain ol' fashioned string along the edge of the card and frayed it a bit to also give that shabby look.

Overall, I'm quite pleased with myself for having achieved a shabby look to my card, and also for adding another much-need masculine card to my stash.

I hope you'll hop over the blog and play along with us at Fitztown and create a SHABBY CHIC project of your own !!