Hello lovely peeps,
Some of you will have already seen a snippet of my post as airhead here remembered late last night that I needed to schedule my post as I was working 8am-6pm today and I started typing and uploading pics but the land of nod was calling and instead of hitting save I must have hit publish not realising so you had an unintentional sneak peek lol.
It been a very long day and I rushed off out the door this morning & left my shoulder support at home so I've been clock watching willing 6pm to come so I could come home, take my strong painkillers, have a bath & eat chocolate, Kit Kats are my favourite at the moment mmmmmm lol. I guess before the tablets take effect & while I'm waiting for the husband to get out of the bath I'd better get down to business.
It been a very long day and I rushed off out the door this morning & left my shoulder support at home so I've been clock watching willing 6pm to come so I could come home, take my strong painkillers, have a bath & eat chocolate, Kit Kats are my favourite at the moment mmmmmm lol. I guess before the tablets take effect & while I'm waiting for the husband to get out of the bath I'd better get down to business.
Today is new challenge day at
& this week our challenge is
TAKE A PICTURE
which means anything photograph,camera, & / or film related.
This darn card took me forever to make which caused my plans to go to pot yesterday, it took literally hours of huffing, puffing, fiddling & sighing & I'm still not happy with it lol. A big thank you to our lovely Steph as she kindly sent me these gorgeous Magnolia papers to play with as part of my birthday pressie xxx
TAKE A PICTURE
which means anything photograph,camera, & / or film related.
This darn card took me forever to make which caused my plans to go to pot yesterday, it took literally hours of huffing, puffing, fiddling & sighing & I'm still not happy with it lol. A big thank you to our lovely Steph as she kindly sent me these gorgeous Magnolia papers to play with as part of my birthday pressie xxx
I find that sometimes the harder I try at making a card nice when it's for a special reason / person the more I am dissatisfied with the result so I need to stop trying and faffing and just get on with it lol.
This card is for a young lady called Maddy who some of you will probably remember from when Simon Says Stamp organised a card appeal as young Maddy was battling leukemia, and there was an amazing response from card makers all over the world. After doing well and seeming to be well on the road to recovery Maddy relapsed in January so the card appeal has been launched again so please join me &
More details and the address to send cards to can be found on the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog, to find the post easily I have popped Maddy's photo and a direct link to the post at the top of my right hand sidebar as well as linked back in this post.
The Copic colours I've used are -
skin - E11, E00, E000, E00, R12, hair - C9, C7, C5, dress- RV55, RV52, RV10 / N3, N1, N0, tree - RV66, RV00 / E18, E17, E15, E43 background - B0000, BG000, BG10, / YG25, YG21, G21 / YG61, YG13, YG11 / YG23, YG63, YG61
As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a fabby $50 is store spending spree
Don't forget to visit the SIMON SAYS STAMP STORE BLOG peeps for inspiration, candy and lots of lovely new or featured products.
I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Make It Monday - anything goes, Crafts & Me - lots of layers, Creative Belli - flowers, Fab n Funky - lace, Stampavie & More - ribbon / lace, The Perfect Sentiment - anything goes, Whimsy Inspiration - anything goes, Everybody Art - flowers, LEJ Designs - die cuts / punches
That's me finished for today peeps, it's Kit Kat time for me now :)
Thanks for stopping by
I don't know why you don't like this Mandy, i think it's absolutely stunning!! Love the way you have framed Tilda and all of the gorgeous embellies!!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Hazel xx
Such a sweet card Mandy all so pretty hugs Rebekah xx
ReplyDeleteso so precious card Mandy, i totally love ;)
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céline
Hi Mandy just had to comment your card is out of this world with these beautiful frames and Tilda is stunning !!..sorry to hear about the relapse so disheartening but what a great idea to do the appeal again ;0)
ReplyDeleteYour card Mandy is absolutely beautiful everything thing about it is truly stunning x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Mandy, such pretty papers and details - your image/s is adorable!!
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Heather xx
Hi Mandy, this is gorgeous. I love the frame and the colours and details are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteHugs Sue W.
Stunning card, Mandy! I just love the stamped & colored background!! WOW!
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Steph
Simon Says Stamp!
Also!! Thanks so much for posting about Maddy! We'd love to get as many cards to her as possible!!!
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Steph
Simon Says Stamp!
What a sweet card to send to Maddy! So many wonderful details!
ReplyDeleteSooo sweet and beautiful! Love it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning Mandy! Gorgeous!!
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Stunning "portrait" design, Mandy! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Mandy. The image is adorable and I love the gorgeous flowers and the Thinking of You sentiment.
ReplyDeleteHugs Sharon. x
WOW!Beautiful card,Love your paper,coloring is awesome!!!!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful card Mandy, amazing colouring and details as always. :o)
ReplyDeleteDonna x
Lovely card, great image and super colours. Thanks for joining in our challenge at Fab'n'Funky this week. Good Luck.
ReplyDeletePat xx
Absolutely stunning card. I saw this over on Make It Monday. Love the colours and the image too, stunning! Nicola X
ReplyDeleteThis is stunningly gorgeous - Maddy will love it - thanks for sharing for the Fab 'n' Funky 'ribbon and/or lace' challenge, Hazel, Guest Designer x
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining the LEJ Designs Challenge No 54 - Die Cuts and /or Punches over on our challenge blog.
ReplyDeleteWOW This is amazing. The gorgeous image against that stunning pastel backing with all the layers, flowers and diecuts. This really is a gorgeous piece of work.
Hope to see you joining in on more of our future weekly challenges, there are always plenty of lovely prizes up for grabs from LEJ Designs and our wonderful sponcers.
Hugs Lisa xxxxx LEJ DT Member
This is such a adorable card, Mandy. Love the cute image and your perfect coloring. Thank you so much for sharing at Make It Monday. ^_^
ReplyDeleteWOW - your card is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAn adorable image, beautiful colors and I love all the details.
Thanks for joining us at Stampavie and More.
Anne