Hello Cupcake

It's pearls or buttons at As You Like It Challenge this week and for me it's an easy choice. I have a bit of an aversion to using buttons on cards so it's always going to be pearls for me!  Not that pearls are a hardship because I love the shiny little flat backed pearls and have them in lots of colours so they can coordinate with my colour schemes. They usually make an appearance on my cards!

I've got a new Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen and I've used it on my fairy's wings and skirt. It is difficult to photograph but I've added a little close up below which is the best I can get.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Hair/Cake: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs 
• Icing: Milled Lavender
• Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Worn Lipstick
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn
• Outfit: Wilted Violet
• Ground: Pumice Stone, Black Soot
• Candlelight: Squeezed Lemonade

Card Recipe:

• Cake Glorious Cake from Lili of the Valley
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Oval Stax
• Flat Backed Pearls
• Nitwit Collections Papers Promises
• Wild Orchid Crafts Cosmos Daisy
• Wild Orchid Crafts Open Roses
• Wild Orchid Crafts Hip Rosebuds
• Wild Orchid Crafts Mini Rosebuds
• Purple gingham ribbon

I've been inspired by:

• Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx