Glitter & Sew On: crafty sentiments

This is my first challenge for Through The Purple Haze and I've really loved making this card.

The challenge this week is sponsored by Crafty Sentiments.

http://www.craftysentimentsdesigns.co.uk

The theme this week is 'Anything Goes' and we were given some lovely digis from Crafty Sentiments with a Manga theme. Now I LOVE Manga and brought a book on how to draw Manga while I was on holiday in Bath. I chose this girl digi as dressing up in cute outfits/costumes is a big thing in Manga and I loved the sailor style outfit.

I coloured her in using Spectrum Noirs and chose to colour her hair purple (using PL1, 2, 3 and 4). I wanted to try a new technique for me and went for the shiney hair look.

When it came to putting the card together I didn't want to add too many layers (making the card heavy in weight) so I ran the chisel tip of a Spectrum Noir Pen (PL1) around the edge to give a faux matting look. I then layered some pattern card onto purple co-ordinations card stock and then layered it all up in a jaunty angle on the card.

I added some paper roses to my card. These were left over from a felt gingerbread couple I made for a friend and had wire attached but I snipped it off with scissors to make the backs flat.

I finished off matting and layering a 'Happy Birthday' sentiment onto the card.

I loved making this card and it was so fun to colour hair in a bright 'unnatural' colour.

Head over to Through The Purple Haze Challenge Blog to see some of the other cards and take part in this challenge yourself.