Thank You... Kind Friend...

Afternoon all, well stressy day today, have a friends 60th birthday party on Saturday and were are meant to be dressing up.... I cant find anything to wear! I have tried everywhere, fancy dress costumes come up so small, and I dont have time to make one myself! But I will be in town tomorrow so hope to find something! 

So in-between stressing I have made my friend a special card, she has been 'using' me as her 'party planner'. I have had so much fun with all the planning, its going to be so much fun! I wanted to make her something a little special, I have tried!!! 

This is 'Butterflies and Pigtails' available over at Funky Kits, i think she is so sweet! I haven't finished the card yes as I have lined the inside with paper too and would like to decorate the inside like the front... but I think I may keep it a bit more simple! 

The die cut has been done using a marianne die, I love this butterfly, I have covered it with stickles although you cant see that in the picture! I also used my nestabilities to cut out the cloud paper my image is sat on.  I cut the red paper slightly larger and rounded the corners off.

Here are the flowers I added too, I felt it needed them to take the harshness from the edge of the die cuts. I tried to keep the colours to the red and blue.  I also added some crystals and some white buds that have been sat in my stash for ages! I added a double layer of thin lace that followed one of the challenges that I would like to enter this to. 

I also added some self adhesive pearls around the edge of my die cut, mainly because i felt they looked good!

Here is my beauty up close, i coloured her using my pro-markers for her dress and shoes I used all Ice Greys for her shoes and apron and Crimson, Poppy and Cardinal red for her dress, ribbons and parts of her shoes, I lilac to colour in the butterflies.  I coloured her hair using her watercolour pencils. 

Well I hope you like her, i would like to enter her into the following challenges;

Anita Be Stampin - Pearls and Lace

Bearly Mine - Die Cuts and Lace

My Time to Craft - Use Die Cuts

Pro-Mrker Challenge - use 2 (two papers, two colour flowers, 2 lines of lace)

The Stampin Boutique - Red White and blue

Craft your Passion - Let it all Hang Out

If you have time I would love to know what you think

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My First Sassy Card!!!

Hey everyone, how are we all??  Well I got some of the gorgeous Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy stamps this week, I have resisted for so long and couldn't hold back any longer.  

So after stalking the postman as he arrived, he delivers me my little package and I was so excited to see my new babies, I had thought all day what I wanted to do with these beauties, but by the time I came t sit down and play tonight my Mojo had vanished! 

But I have tried! I sat and stamped the gorgeous Bedtime Snuggles (available here at Funky Kits) about 5 times, just so I had enough copies of her to get me going, I then used my watercolour pencils to colour her in.  As a base card I have used a kraft card base and I distressed the edges using sepia ink and a sponge.

I tried as best as I could to make the most of the watercolours, trying to make areas lighter and darker but I don't think I have done it right! I had also treated my self to some lovely new papers today... oh and a bit of ribbon to tie it all in!

Here is a close up of bedtime snuggles, she is so cute!! Love the little teddy too! I did use my pro-markers to colour in her skin as I have not mastered skin tones with pencils yet! 

I also used my lovely stamp from lili of the Valley, but i realised after I had put it all together that the colours did not go, so I will change that one later! I used the reverse side of the paper to wrap a bit of ribbon round and tie a knot and then added the pearls for more detail.  I distressed the edges of all the papers using my ink pad and a sponge.

This is just a view from the top of the card! 

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes (option Kraft)

Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girlie

Divas By Design - One For The Girls

Flutterby Wednesdays - Must have Butterfly

The Paper Shelter - Distress

Pennys Challenges - Anything goes

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Well I would love to hear what you think! Thanks for stoping by! 

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