Wednesday, 28 October 2009

A bit of Sparkle

Its been a busy start to the week. We saw my Gran on Monday and did a few jobs for her - she's 94 and still in her own home with no external support, just family... but we do always go prepared for the list of jobs!!!
Yesterday we went to Tatton Park and the girls had a great time in the gardens and at the farm. One of the children I mind had never fed a goat before and LOVED it, especially when it nicked the whole bag of food!!
Today we met friends at Trentham Gardens Monkey forest - they have Barbary macaques running wild. The girls loved seeing the babies and we did try to leave them behind LOL!!
I have torn myself our from my latest acquisition - a Wii (oh and the fit bit!!) to make a card tonight. And it fulfils several challenges - !!

Stamp with fun - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp - All that sparkles
Stampavie and More - blue and silver
Creative Card Crew - Snowflakes
My Time to Craft - rip it up
Magnolia Down Under - distressing
I water coloured Tilda and stamped the snowflakes round her. These are the last papers of their name in my BG stash :( I was really sad to cut into them. I matted them onto blue cardstock. All the papers are distressed and some inked in Starlight, and the bow on the bell is coloured in the same ink. I stickled the fur on Tilda's coat and the bell. Some of the papers are ripped and inked up. I masked the tag stamp and then added the sentiment.
Shock horror - no ribbon or flowers!!!


Recipe:
Stamp(s): Tilda with bell' tag and snowflakes; WOJ sentiment
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: Basic Grey Blitzen, Periphery
Embellishments: none!!

23 comments:

Cheryl said...

gorgoues card hun love the image too love cheryl xxx

Kristy Young said...

Fabulous card, love the sparkle.
Thanks for joining in with Magnolia Down Under Challenges.
Kristy x

Samantha said...

Really pretty so delicate Hugs Samantha :0)

Rainmac said...

Wow, I love this card, it's absolutely beautiful xxx

Mel said...

Beautiful card :)
Mel x

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Jodie from Oz said...

Cathy, Beautiful card, love the soft pastel colours and all the sparkly goodness. Thanks for joining us at Magnolia Down Under Distressing Challenge and hope to see you next time. Hugs Jodie from Oz

Daniele said...

Oh this is so sweet thanks for taking part in this weeks challenge at MTTC Hugs x

Vicki (basement stamper) said...

Hi Cathy!! Woah, she's just gorgeous with her pretty sparkle and the blue papers!! I love this!! :)

Karen said...

Stunning cards Cathy and some gorjus gorjus work while I've been puterless.

Love Karen x

Pat said...

Beautiful card Cathy, love the blue colours you have used on Tilda, thanks for joining in the MTTC challenge this week.

Pat xx

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Cathy :-) I love the image and all the sparkle :-) Pity about the paper :-( can you get some more it is lovely ?? :-)

have you changed your photo ,, I think so ,,, as I don't remember seeing you before :-) you are gorgeous ! :-)

Thanks for joining the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and for your lovely comments on my blog x x x

Luv
Lols x x x

made by fifi said...

beautiful card - love the colour - thanks for joining in this weeks MTTC challenge x

Lesley said...

Pretty card, fab sparkle! Thanks for taking part in the MTTC challenge xx

Tracey Feeger said...

Grogeous creation. Love all the sparkles and great xmas card. Thanks for joining us at MDUC.
mwah
Trace

Tasha said...

Gorgeous card Cathy - i love the papers and the sparkle and yur colouring of sweet tilda
love tasha xx

Sue said...

Such a cute image and colored so beautifully and love the sparkle you added. Snowflakes look great and BG papers are wonderful. Thanks for joining the fun at the MDUC this week. Hope to see you back for the next one.

Kellie Winnell said...

Ooo I love the added sparkle, perfect touch! Another Tilda I just must have. Gorgeous card, thanks so much for playing along and joining us at Magnolia Down Under Challenges. Hope to see you back again next challenge. xx

Hugs, Kel
MDUC Site Owner.

Alicia said...

Very pretty! I love it! Thanks for participating in the MDU Distressing Challenge and good luck!
Alicia xx

Debbie Pamment said...

Beautiful card - just perfect for a sparkly Winter Christmad scene. Fabulous layout and colouring.
Thanx for joining us again at MDUC
xXx

tina46 said...

wonderful card !!!!
hugs tina46
swf-team

stephanne said...

Awww, this is soooo pretty, lovin' the glitter on the vintage-esque papers, what a lovely kick!! Such a beautiful wintery scene, someone will be very lucky to recieve this!! Thanks for joining in at MDUC!!
Stephanne