Red Hat Girl

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday, my day to post at One Crazy Stamper.  Two things inspired the card I have to show you today ~ 1) I have a birthday coming up this weekend (on which I have to work an 8 hr day.....you think I would have thought to book it off....LOL!) and 2) the stamp from the new line of My Besties looked like a red hat lady.  I did a little research about the Red Hat Society and this is what I found:

The founder of the Society is artist Sue Ellen Cooper, who lives in Fullerton, Orange County, California. In 1997, Cooper gave a friend a 55th birthday gift consisting of a red bowler purchased at an antique store along with a copy of Jenny Joseph's poem "Warning". The opening lines of the poem read:

"When I am an old woman I shall wear purple  With a red hat that doesn't go and doesn't suit me."

 Originally, the society was open to women over 50 (in which category I fit) but is now open to women of all ages.  It was interesting to find out facts about how and why it started and what they do.

Here is the card that my research inspired:

Inside:

RECIPE:

(all linked supplies are available at One Crazy Stamper)

Copic Xpress It Blending Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ My Besties by Sherri Baldy "Downtown Abigail"

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Creative Memories, Close to My Heart, American Crafts

Punch ~ Fiskars Apron Lace

Memory Box Dies ~ Riviera Corner

Sentiments ~ Whimsy Stamps Birthday Greetings

~ High Hopes Raggedys Birthday

Flowers ~ "Use it Up" Inventory

Rhinestones ~ Kaisercraft Silver

Stickles ~ Purple 

~ Silver

Glossy Accents

A close up of the image:

Copics Used:  Skin ~ E00, E02, E11, R20; Hair ~ E55, Y21, YR23; Clothes ~ 0, BV02, BV04, BV08, R32, R35, R37, W1, W3; Hat ~ BV02, BV04, BV08, G29,R32, R35, R37; Shoes ~ E40, E42, E43

I would like to enter her into the following challenges:

An Inky Situation ~ Anything Goes

My Besties ~ Use a Flourish

My Besties UK Challenge ~ Anything Goes Using a Bestie stamp

Make It Monday ~ Always Anything Goes

Thanks for coming by today.  Don't forget to join our July "Kraft Challenge" (use the colour kraft on your project) for a chance to win a pack of High Hopes stamps HERE.

Enjoy your day and keep crafting.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather