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Wednesday 13 April 2011

Love and Laughter

I am choosy about my digis, without wishing to cause offence I find there are a lot of images out there, and not many of them are of a standard I like to work with.  There is a newish designer out there who calls her designs A Day For Daisies, her work is different and fresh and I am very drawn to it (pun).  This card is made from an image called Corset and I think it is very typical, with sparse clean lines that make an elegant image.  I think they are crying out for watercolours so that is what I used but I will try a Copic version and see what I think...

I have some Artquest watercolour paints that are metallics and pearlescents that I used a lot in my early cardmaking days, they have long been neglected and were perfect for this.  The flesh uses Distress Inks.  Sentiment is Craftwork Cards, DP is Basic Grey Kioshi and punch is Martha Stewart Bubbles.  I added lots of stitching and stitched down plain yellow grosgrain ribbon.

My card is for the following challenges:
A Day For Daisies - in stitches
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch
Digital Tuesday - little women
Sweet Stamps - for the ladies
Tuesday Throwdown - sparkle and bling (sparkly watercolours, bling gems)
Digi Design House - stitches
Digital Gems - favourite image (it's my newest image, therefore it's my favourite image - today!)
Stamp'n'Doodle - girly
Papercrafting Journey - for the ladies in your life
Shelly's Images - Scrappy's birthday, flowers, bling, stitches

27 comments:

  1. I like the sketch! Nice card and thank you for joining us at Sweet Stamps.

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  2. Wow, I love this image. Gorgeous job with the coloring. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stamps.

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  3. Hi Anne, lovely card very elegant, and I love the colours you've used. I love this image great for older feminine cards. Great job and thanks so much for joining us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday this week
    don't forget to comment if you want to be considered in the prize draw.
    Hugs
    Kathie SSW-Design Team

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  4. Your watercolor effect is gorgeous. I love your card (beautifully colored) and I agree with you on the images from "A Day For Daisies." She really has some gorgeous images out there. I think I spent over an hour looking at them the other night. Thanks you so much for sharing your beautiful card with us this week.
    Nancy SSW-DT

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  5. What a pretty card! And your coloring is amazing. Thank you so much for joining our challenge this week at Shelly's Images.

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  6. Hi Anne, lovely bold colours and you're right this is a lovely image Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stamps this week

    Tamara

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  7. Lovely card! The Kioshi paper is so pretty and your water coloring is fabulous!

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  8. Your watercoloring is simply gorgeous. Your papers are wonderful too. Thanks so much for sharing. Looking forward to your card for this week!
    Judi SSW DT

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  9. Wow!! Anne this is amazing colouring and a super image.The water colours really suit the image so well.
    xx Vee

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  10. Very nice, love the papers, the layout, the coloring. Thank you for joining our challenge at SweetStamps.com.

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  11. WOW Anne, this is gorgeous! Your stitching is so perfect, too! Thanks so much for joining in the ADFD challenge~ hugs!

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  12. So so pretty…….love your coloring!

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  13. Love this, thanks for playing along at DDH this week!

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  14. Very classy and elegant, and so feminine. Love it. It actually reminds me of a picture I bought for OH birthday moons ago, which now is on our bedroom wall.
    Hugs
    Valxx

    PS: He thinks it is Marilyn Monroe but it is not!

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  15. How lovely!! Such gorgeous watercoloring!!! You are quite the artist!!!! Lovely papers too. Thanks for joining us at SSW.

    Linda

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  16. Beautiful job! This is such a pretty card! I love the papers and all the stitching! Thanks for joining us at DDH!

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  17. Beautiful Anne!

    Thank you for playing along with us @ Digital Tuesday this week!
    hugs!

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  18. Great job with this digi- your coloring is wonderful!

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  19. What an elegant looking card. The image is so beautiful the way you've watercolored it. Beautiful paper combination that is lovely with the colored image. Thanks for playing along with us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!
    Sharon, DT

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  20. Gorgeous card! Congratulations on winning on Digital Tuesday!

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  21. Wow! Fab watercolouring, such an elegant card, I love it. Thanks so much for joining us this week @ Sweet Sketch Wednesday :)

    Genevieve SSW-DT

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  22. Stunning card, thanks for joining us at NettieG's favorites!
    Hugs, Elenor

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  23. Gorgeous coloring and great papers! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

    Peace & Luv,
    Jeannie

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  24. What a sassy image. You did a fab job! lol Thank you for joining us for Nettie G Digital Gem Challenge.

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  25. Love the different paper! Thank you for joining the ADFD challenge.

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  26. This is beautiful! Great job colouring her in as well. Thanks for playing along at NettieG's Digital Gems!

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