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Sunday, 25 April 2010

Ballerina Tilda

I am really struggling to find time to craft at the mo ... and when I have the time I don't feel like it thanks to hay fever. We have had friends here for the weekend, so I have only had a little time to escape into the craft room, partly because small children have been sleeping in there.

I got this gorgeous Tilda on Friday (thank you Nikki!) and I just had to ink her up .. and have managed to fit a few challenges in:
Friday sketcher - I rotated the sketch
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
Magnolia Down Under - charms
Raise the Bar - Colour me happy - favourite colour ... that'd be purple!!
Totally Papercraft - recipe (4 embellishments (I read this as types of embellies!), 3 papers, 2 ribbons/lace, 1 image)
Stampavie and More - lace and button

I watercoloured Tilda and distressed the edges, before adding stickles. I added raffia lace and lilac ribbon, bow tied with my bow maker, and a button centre. I layered a flower and added some pearls and a butterfly charm ... don't have ballet related ones ... but might need to get some now!!

The girls are shattered as we have been very active this weekend ... I need to get the ironing done so Ellie has uniform for tomorrow, and do some tidying, as we have a house that resembles a bomb site!

Recipe:
Stamp(s) Magnolia Ballerina Tilda
Colouring: distress inks
Papers: Basic Grey Koishi
Embellishments: raffia lace, ribbon, button, pearls, flowers and charm from stash


19 comments:

Victoria said...

oh wow this is stunning i adore it and the papers are lush. xxx

darcy48 said...

A stunning card and love the colours you have used x

Sue said...

Hi Cathy
beautiful card, luv the soft tones, gorgeous papers & embelies, hope your hay fever soon goes, my gr suffers with it, not nice, thank you for joining us at Totally Papercrafts this week, hope to see you next week, sue,x

Riet said...

So beautiful card Cathy,i love your image and colours.
So gorgeous papers and details.

Hugs Riet.xx

CraftyC said...

Its a gorgeous card Cathy, love the colours on this beautiful Tilda. Hope next weeks a little quieter for yiu and you get more time to play!
Clairex

Tasha said...

Cathy thi is so beautiful! Such a fabulous layout and the colours are goreous> This Tilda is so magical i love her
love tasha xx

Dragonlady said...

Hi Cathy

Your card is gorgeous, love the colouring and all the details.

Hugs Ali x

Uma said...

very pretty

Kat said...

This is gorgeous Cathy. Love that image and the DP. Know what you mean about shortage of time. I've been scraping paper at my daughter's new flat for the last 2 days. Lucky me!

Kat xx

~Denise Lynn~ said...

Just beautiful Cathy! Can't wait to get that image, love how you've colored her! Beautiful details too. Thanks for sharing your creation with us at JM this week, hope to see you back again next week! :)

Cheryl said...

oh this is totally gorjus,love the papers,hugs cheryl xxx

Craftyanny said...

Gorgeous card Cathy. Thanks for playing along with Totally Papercrafts this week
Anne x

Rach said...

you have made a beautiful card Cathy, hope that your hayfever eases..x

pink lady said...

Wow this is amazing! The colours are beautiful and the image is really pretty x

Anne H. said...

Your card is gorgeous!
An adorable image, beautiful colors and lovely laces.
Thanks for joining us this week at Stampavie and More.
Anne :)

Darlene (SCS:akronstamperdpk) said...

I'm a purple lover too and you've done an awesome job on this creation! Thanks for joining us at Raise The Bar! Great job!

April Rose said...

This is beautiful! I love these colors and papers! You've colored this Tilda so beautifully! Thank you for joining us at Magnolia Down Under!
Hugs,
April

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Cathy :-) I love this image and feel a spree coming on !! this is just lovely ,,,, everything is perfect :-)

thanks for joining the TP Challenge :-)
luv
Lols x x

Jodie from Oz said...

Cathy, Charming card, Tilda is adorable and coloured beautifully. A wonderful take on the challenge. Thanks for joining us at Magnolia Down Under this week. Hugs Jodie from Oz