Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Ginger Rogers


Ok, can anyone tell me what company this image is from? I have no idea. (Edited to add: Thanks to Ramsey, I now know this is a Penny Black image! Woot! Thanks Ramsey!) I hosted a bella swap recently on SCS, and one of the swappers included a few images as a hostess gift for me. I posted on that thread, asking what company they were by, but never did get a response. I think she is super cute though, don't you!? And she goes perfectly with my Ginger Rogers stamp. I think that sentiment is one of the first stamps I ever bought back in 2001 when I started stamping... and this is the first card I've ever used it on! I *love* me some Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire though - I had to have it. I even have some of their old movie posters framed and hanging in my upstairs hallway!

I had no idea what kind of ink this image was stamped in, and being that there was only one image, I didn't want to run the risk of ruining it with my copics if the color bled, so I used my Prismacolors and Gamsol on her for the most part. Her dress, hair, and seat cushion are prismacolors, her skin is copic (Skin White), and so are the shadows, but I was very careful to not go over any black lines with my marker. Not as easy as it sounds! The legs of the stool and her earrings are Sakura gelly roll pens (silver and gold respectively). I also used SU's white gel pen to make the dots on the black paper, and a little pink SU chalk on her cheeks (the devil is in the details, right?!).

Recipe:
Stamps: Inkadinkado sentiment, Evening Glow by Penny Black
Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red (sponged edges)
Other: Sakura gelly roll pen (silver and gold), SU White gel pen, RibbonFX dotted ribbon, black brads, Prismacolors, Gamsol, Copic Markers


In other news, have y'all heard of High Hopes Rubber Stamps? They have some of the cutest images (and you know me, I'm all about the cute!). I just fell in love with them when Lorie used their giraffe stamp for this card that she submitted for my kid-cards swap a few months ago. Anyhow, they recently released some new stamps and you can win a set of them via blog candy here!

There's also AWESOME Hanglar & Stanglar blog candy available on Maya's blog, here!

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19 comments:

Melzie said...

No idea, but she is adorable!!!

Ila said...

I've seen it before but can't remember where....Great stamp though and your card is Fabulous!!
Thanks so much for entering my blog candy....Good Luck!!

Kristine said...

wonderful card! Love the text ;)

Mary Dawn said...

i think it's a penny black girl...she's wonderful and i love love the sentiment!

Lorie said...

That is just a super cute card but I don't know who the image is...love it though! And that sentiment...love it too! :o)

Maya said...

Thank you for you`re participation on my blog candy!
You`re name is written down and good luck to you :)

Hugs from Maya

Ramsey said...

Looks great! It is a Penny Black girl. I found her here. http://www.pennyblackinc.com/display_item.php?PID=1434&CAT=RSgirls

Holly Young said...

oh, that is a cute image! You did a great job coloring her too. That quotation is perfect!

Melissa said...

Sarah, your card is so cute! You did a great job of coloring the image.

specialcraftmom4 said...

What a great stamp!!!!! I love the saying (:

Mandy said...

This is SO adorable!! I'm not sure where I've seen it either, but I LOVE your card!

Meredith said...

This is so cute, and goes perfectly with the sentiment :) may just need to head on over to find some new penny black stamps....... ;)

Rhonda Langley said...

Nice coloring & love the quote!!

kk127g said...

OMG adorable Card. I love it.
KK

Kim said...

Hi Sarah~ No we won't be at the NEW Zoo this weekend! We are heading to Wis. Dells Sunday! You must live pretty close to me b/c I am only 45 mins away from the NEW Zoo!

Jennifer Love said...

Such a fun card! hee!

Lori Barnett said...

CUTE!!! I have a couple of those stamps myself (like who doesn't! ha ha ha) Great card!

Dragana Skoro said...

This made me smile. Very nice!

Debby said...

This totally Rocks!

 
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