Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Card - love

Today was the most glorious autumn day - you'd never think that only 3 hours away towns are flooded and an island off the coast of a town only 4 hours away in the other direction is in shambles thanks to Cyclone Ita last weekend. But here, it was gorgeous sunny weather, with a cool breeze. Such a shame to be working hard inside my office all day!

Tonight I finally decided to bite the bullet and. Make a pink card for the current challenge at Mo's DP blog which is Perfectly Pinkalicious with a Mo image.  I always struggle with pink and flowers and pink and busy and pink (!!!) - must be from living so long in a home dominated by muddy foot and paw prints, fur, laundry and lego! Surely! I swear I thought I was a girly girl but I definitely feel much more comfortable with splatters, distressing, paint, ink and masculine tones!  One of the criteria for the Sketch N Stash challenge is to use "new or neglected" stash items, and for me I have used flowers (severely neglected!) and the spring border die that I had forgotten I had, not sure if I'd ever used it before now! Potentially purchased c.2011 so we will also call it a neglected item! :)

I've tried to give a bit of a 3d effect with the grass that this little one is playing in.




Card recipe:
Card stock/paper: assorted unknown off cuts (white, pink, green, floral)
Stamp: Birthday Fairy Lee (Mo's Digital Pencil)
Dies: circles (SU!), spring border (Memory Box)
Embossing folder: honeycomb (SU!)
Colouring medium: copics, twinkling H2Os, stickles
Other: stickers (Papercraft Australia), old olive ribbon (SU!), pearls, flowers (Prima)

Challenges:
Mo's DP challenges: perfectly Pinkalicious
Sweet stamps: anything goes + embossing (dry or heat)
Sketch & stash: #137 sketch

Thanks for visiting!

5 comments:

  1. Your pink creation is surely lovely! What a great way to start my Tuesday. Thanks for sharing with us at Sweet Stamps . com and I hope you are able to get out and enjoy some of your nice weather very soon. ~Donna K

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  2. Such an adorable Mo's card!
    For someone who isn't comfortable with pink you've made an outstanding job of this little creation.
    Thanks for joining in with Sketch N Stash.
    Chrissie xx

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  3. Adorable! I love the way you've matched the flower to the DP! thanks for joining us in Mo's Challenge.

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  4. OOH this is so sweet! Love the image and all your pretty die cuts! Thanks for joining in our challenge at Sketch N Stash, good luck. Juliexx

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  5. Pretty card :) Lovely arrangement of all the collectables :)

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