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Saturday, 30 October 2010

Cute alert, cute alert!

No, it's not a photo of my Lulu the cutest dog ever, but a card using those ultra cute Pollycraft Twiddly Wings fairies!  The Pollycraft Monday challenge this week was to use a mega hard sketch.  I dismissed it [cos it scared me] but it's been on my mind all week!  Hating to admit defeat, I decided to have a crack at it and I came up with this...







I didn't mean it to turn out this cute but I love it!  And it doesn't even have my fav colour orange in it!  You can just see how the top of the tree and the fairy's hand on the left both overlap the flaps.   I printed the image below twice, coloured the images I wanted and and cut them out separately and positioned them on the card so they overlapped exactly like the original image.  You can see where I shaded the tree trunk at the bottom in a really dark brown so you can't see the original hand and hair on it. 


You can't see it from the photos, but I added Glamour Dust on the fairy wings, the blue flower, stripes on the dress and lightly shaken on that web ribbon so it all lightly glimmers with those pretty little pearls.  I am going to give it to one my very best friends who has cancer of the throat - she's feeling very low at the moment so I hope it's going to cheer her up.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:


Paper/cardstock: Bazzill white cardstock
Image: Pollycrafts Twiddly Wings digi stamp, Hero Arts wavy sentiments
Mediums: ProMarkers, Glamour Dust
Accents: pink flat backed pearls and web ribbon (both from Bunny Zoe's Crafts)
Tools: Fiskars border punch, Nestabilities label die (inside card), Scor-Pal (to make my gate fold card - so no measuring, easy peasy!)

24 comments:

Lisa Jane said...

This is fabulous Mary J - i love the design .. well done!
Great use of that image !
Lisa ;)

Mayjasper said...

Well Mary J didn't you match the challenge, you've made a great card. I love it. I know what you mean abuot some sketches being too scary.
Best wishes
Mayjasper

pinky said...

Wow did you do that sketch justice or what!! This is just gorgeous, 10 out of 10 for cuteness!!
Pinky

Pami said...

Mary you just continue to amaze and inspire me. Brilliant card. I am sure your friend will love it. Pami x

Monique said...

What a unique card Mary... I love this!!

Anita said...

OMGosh Mary J, you kicked butt on this challenge, girl! This card is so sweet. I love your coloring and the sparkle is perfect.

MANSI said...

this is the cutest card ever...i completely loved it....great going mary..

Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä said...

This is supercute! I love the pink dp, ribbon, pearls and border. It's just so pretty in pink. I'm sure your friend will love it.

Lynne Armstrong said...

This is a gorgeous card Mary. Clever use of the image...works really well :) I'm with you in that I nearly didn't have a go at that sketch lol!!

Vicky said...

Gorgeous card Mary J and love the layout and super cute image too,
hugs Vicky xx

Emma said...

Oh such an adorable card, you have worked the Pollycraft sketch beautifully.
Thanks for joining us at Pollycraft & PFP...good luck.
Hugs Emma x

Maria Therese said...

Woooow I'm in love!! Gorgeous card!! Thanks for joining us at Pollycraft this week!!

The Crafty Den said...

Hi Mary. what a brilliant and clever card. The images are so cute and your colouring is fab. Thanks for sharing with us at PFP this week. Hugs, Denise x

Hayley @ funkyfarmscrapbookbarn.co.uk said...

wow!!! I'm glad you didn't give up and admit defeat (I hate doing that too!) - you've produced a gorgeous card and I love the colouring of the tree and I think you've achieved 99% cuteness (the reson it's not 100% is because I've just seen a pic of one of your puppies underneath (in the you may also like boxes and she looks to be 100% cute!!!)
Hope you're feeling better now
xxx

Tracy said...

Such a cute card Mary. Thanks for joining us this week at PfP, good luck.
Hugs Tracy x

Anonymous said...

Great card, love how you've used the gate fold. Thanks for joining us at PfP. Sue C x

Julie said...

Delightful card - those images are just too cute!! Thanks for joining us at PFP this week. Juliexx

Cindy Haffner said...

Ekkkkkk so so CUTE!!!

.:♥Marit Pettinga-Meijer♥:. said...

Oh my... I love what you did with my sketch! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Pollycraft! And thanks for the inspiration!
Hugs, Marit.

Silli said...

wow Mary, this is fabulous

Mrs.B said...

Great card, what a great idea to use that image with a gate fold card, love it!
Avril B

Mary said...

Wow! What a cute card! I love how you used the image. Thanks for playing along at papertake weekly.

Pauline C said...

Very cute & gorgeous sparkly creation! Thanks for joining in this week's Papertake Weekly
Pauline x

Andie's Space said...

Hi Mary,
Very cute indeed! Love it, the colours look fab! Thanks for joining us at PFP.
Hugs,
Andie xx

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