Thursday, February 7, 2013

Made a start ....

.... on the February workload!  My mother-in-law's birthday is this Saturday, but since she comes over for dinner every Thursday evening, today was my deadline for getting her card done.  I was sticking the last bits together before I left for school this morning, and had to bring it to school for half-decent light to photograph, bit last minute-y really, but it's done and she liked it very much, so phew!!  Here's what I made:


Update 11th Feb: This card was picked as a Cupcake Cutie on Cupcake Craft - thank you!
Another Update 13th Feb: This card was picked as a winner on Mojo Monday - thank you!

I used the sketch from this week's Mojo Monday (turned on its side), and I'm also entering this into the following challenges: Cupcake Craft ("Yellow and Grey"), Moving along with the Times ("Only Girls Allowed"), Crafts and Me ("Favourite Colour Combo") and ABC Challenge ("G is for Going Dotty").

I really like yellow and grey combined, so much so I'm thinking it might look nice in the sitting room!!  I pulled together papers from 2 different manufacturers and 4 different collections, and added brads and buttons from another 3 lines.  Such diversity!!  I printed the digi image twice and cut out and layered up three petals over the base image, adding a few stripes of glossy accents for extra oomph!  Here's a closer view:


Recipe:
Papers: October Afternoon "Seaside", MME "Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks", "Stella Rose Hattie" and "Stella Rose Hazel"
Image: Digi but I can't remember where I got it - can anyone enlighten me?
Colouring Medium: Prismacolor Pencils
Other: BG "Sugared" brads, BG "Bittersweet" and "Urban Prairie" buttons, needle + thread

Thanks for looking!

11 comments :

Kristine Porter said...

Your card is gorgeous!! I am sure your mother in law was delighted with it! Thanks for sharing!

Janice said...

Julie this is such a lovely card, but unfortunately we were looking for little ladies on the front of cards in our Only Girls Allowed challenge at MAWTT - sorry for the confusion. The good news however is that you still have plenty time to do us another card - so, I hope you will as this is a beauty. Jx

Faye said...

Fantastic card. I love the flowers and the stitching. Heck, I love it all! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake this week. Good Luck. x

Liz McGuire, said...

This is a beaut! Love it!

Liz x

Kathy Sheely said...

So lovely! The color combo is great...love the gray and yellow too.
The flower looks awesome!!

Delphine said...

Fantastic card! I love the layout and the stitching! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake and good luck! Delphine xx

§hawnie said...

Congratulations for winning the Mojo Monday challenge!

paperribbons said...

Julie, I love your card and your work, first time visiting your, but won't be the last since I will be following now.

Alma :>)

Unknown said...

wou, lovely...

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

This is such a stunner! Love that stitching!

June Houck said...

Oh, this is a pretty card! I never got any Stella & Rose, but I may buy it for sure now. I do have a bit of Miss Caroline...you coordinated the different paper collections perfectly!

 
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