Your Number's ....

.... Up!!  My turn to set the challenge this week on PaperPlay - I'm asking entrants to feature a number prominently on their work.  We are sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp, who are offering at $15 voucher for this week's winner.

I used this week's sketch on Totally Gorjuss (rotated a bit!), and the photo inspiration on this fortnight's Basic Grey Challenges - an icy fruity dessert picture that immediately brought to mind the lovely new BG Olivia papers, which have my favourite dusky pink and green colours.  I can't believe my friend's daughter, Ava, is nearly one already - it seems no time at all since I was making a card to welcome her arrival.  Here's the birthday card:

I'm also entering this into Bunny Zoe Crafts (nice and girly), Creative Card Crew (die-cuts), and Totally PaperCrafts (one for the girlies),

I coloured my Tilda with Distress Inks - I love this little one - she's called "Summer Time Tilda with Bow", only I cut the wings off her, didn't like them, and the funny lumpy bits under her skirt, I think they were the bottoms of the wings, didn't like them either!!!  I glossy accented the bottoms of her shoes and the dots on her bow and stickled the smock bit of her top.

I made the big Number 1 out of cardstock, then painted with cream acrylic paint, slathered in stickles and then when it was dry I slathered it again with Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.  I think they reacted a bit badly to each other, 'cos when the crackle paint dried it was trying to peel away from the stickles, but I shoved it back with my fingertips and it seems to have stabilised!  Here's a close-up of the image and number:

Recipe:

Papers: Basic Grey "Olivia" and "Perhaps"

Stamp: Magnolia "Summer Time Tilda with Bow"

Colouring Medium: Distress Inks

Other: Diamond Stickles, Glossy Accents, Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint, Needle + Thread

Thanks for looking!