The challenge this Friday over at Daring Cardmakers is to create a card inspired by the street artist Banksy. As I really like Banksy I thought this would be an easy one, but then when I tried to think of what pieces would translate to a card then it became a bit tricky! After flicking through a book of his work, this image made me think of the ‘Betsy’ stamp I have and I thought she’d work well to recreate this image.
I stamped her in black soot distress ink, then used a waterbrush to drag some of the colour to shade her. The heart balloon is stamped in red brick distress ink, and I used the waterbrush to add a little red to the bows on her shoes. The text stamp is a Papertrey one, and I stamped it in ‘London Fog’ Memento ink as I thought black would be a bit harsh and might detract from the little girl image.
Pop over to the Daring Cardmakers blog to see the wonderful cards the rest of the design team have come up with – there’s some fabulous interpretations!




That stamp is adorable and I love the splash of colour - just perfect.
Posted by: Kathy | 19 August 2011 at 12:27 PM
Gorgeous card, I love this Banksy image. Perfect little girl stamp, how lucky to find it!x
Posted by: Keilly | 19 August 2011 at 07:56 PM
Gorgeous :)
Posted by: Vanessa | 21 August 2011 at 01:16 PM
Fantastic card - Love the stamp and the red heart
jo xx
Posted by: jo | 21 August 2011 at 01:22 PM
That stamp is perfect for this challenge! Love what you've done with this card. Fran x
Posted by: Fran | 21 August 2011 at 06:51 PM