Colourful Cups

More direct to stamp colouring with my Distress Markers for this card, this time using an old Papermania, Henbury Lane stamp that has quite large areas of shading on it, making it perfect for this technique.  I used to colour direct to stamps with my old Whispers pens (remember them?!) years ago, but Distress Markers are sooo much richer in pigment and give a much better result, it's been great fun revisiting this old favourite technique and falling in love with it all over again.  After stamping the image, I've gone in with a water brush, then back in with the pens, adding more shadow where needed, and adding coloured details to the patterns on the crockery that were left white.
The markers I've used for the stamping are, Ripe Persimmon, Peacock Feathers, and Mustard Seed.

 Once the image was dry, I used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink round the edges of the topper, then I used an Imagination Crafts stencil and more of the same ink to add a pattern to the edges, concentrating on the corners.  I also used Tumbled Glass ink to add a touch of colour to some crochet lace, which I layered with some variegated twine, and topped with a button.  To finish, I made a fish tail banner and added a sentiment stamped with a Personal Impressions stamp.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Simon Says Stamp - Stencil It
Crafty Girls - #20 - Anything Goes
Creative Corner - That Old Stamp
Creative Inspiration - #269 - Bold, Bright Colours
Totally Gorjuss - #239 - Embossing -  Embossed dots on the yellow card
My Time to Craft - #250 - No Designer Paper
Perfectly Rustics - #24 - Glorious Buttons
Crafting from the Heart - #22 - Anything Goes
Penny's - #181 - Anything Goes
Cupcake Inspirations - #264 - Colour Combo - Banana, Pool, Coral