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Friday 17 July 2009

You can't beat a good book



I've used a new Mary Hall stamp from Sugar Nellie to make this card. As soon as I saw the sneak peek of it on the SN blog I knew it would find its way home with me :).

The card is for several challenges: first of all the colour scheme is from this week's Passion for Promarkers Challenge: Gold & Ruby with jewels or gems. I've got Gold but I had to substitute Poppy for Ruby as I don't have too many colours yet. I've used the sketch from The Next Level, which is to be used with a 3D effect. I've decoupaged the image, the girl and cushions are raised on pads and then I've put a third layer for her mug, the cat and the book. Stamp with Fun and Dutch Dare both have Challenges to use dies or punches; I've used Nestie circles and I've cut the flowers with a die as well.

On to the card: I've used all Promarkers to colour the image, which is stamped with Cocoa Brown Memento onto white card. Face is Vanilla with some grey shading, dress is cocoa and the rest is Poppy and Gold. I also used the Promarkers to colour pearls to give the card its gems, to colour the flowers I diecut from white card and to colour the lemon yellow ribbon. Aren't they brilliant for this? I plan to buy a couple of reels of ivory ribbon, knowing I can colour it however I want...

The two papers are Artylicious, one from the Seasons Greetings CD and one from Graphicus Guild membership paper. The sentiment is by Elusive Images. The picture isn't the best, I hope to take a better one in the morning, in daylight :).

10 comments:

  1. Such a fun card Anne, I love this sketch from the Next Level, am hoping to make one this morning. The image is really cute, those colours are so vibrant and cheery. Judith x

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  2. This is beautiful! I love how it's basically one color with bits of other color thrown in to give it dimension. And that image is so cute!

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  3. awwwwwwww what a super card! i love it:)
    hugs

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  4. awwwwwwww what a super card! i love it:)
    hugs

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  5. awwwwwwww what a super card! i love it:)
    hugs

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  6. Beautifull card.
    Love the colours, papers and adorable image.
    Thanks for joining the DDCC this week.

    xoxo Karin

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  7. Fabulous card, Anne! I love the colour combo and of course the SN image, it's gorgeous. It reminds me of me, lol.
    Hugs, Vanja

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  8. Hi Anne, a very gorgeous card you have made with a very comfy and nice image :) To qualify for the PfP challenge and prize you need to use the colours for the challenge, and not switch one for another.

    Hugs Ida

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  9. Lovely scene you created on your card. It seems so cosy. Would love to jump into this card ;)
    Thanks for joining DDCC this week.
    xx Monica

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