Monday 21 February 2011

Love in the little things

I'm back with a little Sarah Kay card to share with you today, although it wasn't without problems in the creation! The image is coloured with Copics and the papers from my stash, the second lot I tried out, are edged with Sahara Sand Versamagic chalk ink and Platinum Stickles. They are actualy a soft yellow .. .. I still can't get the colours right with the camera. I was stumped when it came to flowers too .. .. I tried several different punched shapes but eventually found these yellow felt flowers and added Marianne diecut stamens. The gold pearls are made with my Waco pearl maker pen, but I had more problems! Originally I had a row of pearls to the right of the image but after accidentally sticking my thumb on half of them, and then redoing and not getting them the same size I decided they didn't look right so scraped them off and put on a piece of ribbon to cover the residual mess! I love my cream pearl maker pen, but the gold ones seem to stay more pointed rather than settling into a beautiful half pearl. I stamped the LOTV text with Tea Leaves Versamagic ink and edged it, and the image, with Magnolia Bud before doing the stickle thing. So at the end of it all, I'm lucky to have a card to share with you at all!

Copic pens I used:
skin tones - E000, 00, 21, 02
hair - E30, 31, 53, 34
chicks and gold tones - Y21, YR23, E33
greens - G20, 21, YG93
pinks - R000, 11, 12, 14

The Dutch Dare Card challenge is for sparkle, glitter and bling - well I have sparkly glitter and the gold pearls for bling.

19 comments:

  1. Hi Annie!! WOW!! This is really sweet hun!! LOVE your coloring and the added glitter around the edges!! VERY SWEET!!HUGS

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  2. Hi annie a lovely card, love all the sparkle & the fab image (clever minds think alike ~ wink wink) I'm sure these things are sent to test us LOL. I have had so much trouble with cards this weekend
    Hugz fleur xXx

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  3. Beautiful card Annie,I love the image and the colours.
    So gorgeous papers.

    Hugs Riet.x

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  4. Well rescued - sounds like my normal cardmaking! I , oh so carfully glittered a straight line on flower petal - only to do the thumb trick - seems I have very good company with that one. Anyhow this little image is delightful & the ribbon works really well as do the flowers.
    Paula (PEP)

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  5. adorable card Annie, such a sweet image, beautifully coloured and those flowers are fabulous! hugs Debx

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  6. Hi Annie
    aww a totally gorgeous card, awesome colour work, lovely papers & embelies, sue,x

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  7. lovely pastel card Annie, lovin' the glitter edges
    hugs

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  8. what a sweet little image .. i love the yellow and green - so fresh
    Lisa ;)

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  9. Stunning card Annie, adore the SK image and just love the soft neutral colours too :)
    Kelly.x

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  10. Hi Annie,

    every time I visit your blog you impress me with your gorgeous card. This sweet sarah kay card is so beautiful in every little detail.

    Hugs,

    Lins x

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  11. This is lovely Annie, that's such a sweet image and your flowers look just perfect. I'm home again, tired but having had a great weekend in Accrington. The workshop with Rachael Grieg from Darkroom Door was really fun.
    hugs
    wynneth
    x

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  12. Despite the hiccups in the creation of the card it looks absolutely gorgeous.

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  13. Hi Annie,at the end of it all a beautiful card came to be.Its fab.
    Hugs Sue xx

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  14. This is really sweet Annie. That image is so cute. Love your flowers.

    So it's not just me that touches pearls or stickles before they're dry!

    Kat xx

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  15. So soft and delicate! Beautiful!

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  16. Hon this is just gorgeous !!! Love those flowers too. Just beautiful dear. Hugs

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  17. A lot of trouble,but the card is beautiful. I love Sarah Kay's images.
    hugs, Dorte

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  18. Beautifully understanted papers and colours. Gorgeous colouring and I love your flowers with those stamens! Hugs, Lesley

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