Wednesday 29 September 2010

#34 Pearls and Swirls




The DT at I ♥ Promarkers are all using images from Pollycraft for the latest challenge. My choice was to add ‘pearls & swirls’ to this darling image from their Lilybean Fairies range – Clover Butterfly Wishes. Isn’t she a cutie, with such an innocent face?

Needless to say, I coloured my image with Promarkers, adding a touch of Stickles to her wings and those of the butterfly she is conversing with. I used just the one background paper, running it in a broad horizontal sweep across the centre of my square white card. For my ‘swirl’ element, I stitched the meandering path of two Martha Stewart punched butterflies as well as slightly haphazardly around the periphery of the card itself to indicate that the butterflies had been there also. It also echoes the swirling sinuous plants alongside the toadstools on the image itself I think.

The butterflies were punched from card I had coloured on both sides with Promarkers, and were given a short burst of Crafter’s Companion Spray & Sparkle which also stiffened them, helping to maintain the ‘fluttering’ state I had moved their wings into. For the pearl element of the challenge, I added flat-backed pearls and dabs of pearl dimensional paint to the butterflies’ paths - but also to the ‘dots’ on the toadstools. I created my own larger toadstools to complement those on the image, adding the pearl painted dots to them also before using silicone glue to add them to the card.

This was one of those cards where I could see the card the minute I saw the image so I hope you all like what my head had automatically created!

Tine :)

Challenges I will be entering this card for:

Stamp Challenges – Fall (autumn) colours

Stamptacular Sunday - Fall (autumn) colours

Craftalicious – autumnal colours

Crafty Catz – stitching

Allsorts – plain & simple

Paper Sundaes – things with wings

Charisma – anything goes.

22 comments:

  1. This card is so pretty, I so love your design & colours... and basically everything about it, it's wonderful. Jx

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  2. super gorgeous card, thanks for joining us this week at Craftycatz, do hope you can join our Birthday celebration next week too! x carol

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  3. This is lovely, Christine. You wre very daring with the stithed edging but its so effective. I would have ben scared using a dark color like that. But its perfect. Love the mushrooms and butterflies too.:-)

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  4. This is absolutley fabulous! Your colouring is immense I sure wsh I could use my Promarkers to colour so beautifully like you have.
    Have a nice day
    Rach xx

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  5. Hi Christine - this really is an OH WOW! card, love everything about it. That image is georgous, the colours are georgous, just OH WOW!

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  6. WOW! this is absolutely GORGEOUS - i love the colours, the simple white panel with your funky stitched frame, and the pearl accents. i just love the whole card! thanks for sharing it with the Charisma Gals! xo

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  7. Great fall colors. Love the image and touches of pearls! Thanks for joining us at SS!

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  8. Oh how sweet!! I so love all your details and design!! The stitching is a gorgeous touch. Beautiful image and scene! Thanks for joining the ODBD Shining the light challenge this week.

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  9. Wow, love this card, your colouring is super. Thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays.

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  10. Absolute and utter WOW. Your colouring takes my breath away!! The face has wonderful features and the shading on clothes is brilliant!!
    Hugs
    Annika

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  11. Great Card love the stitched elements!

    Thanks for playing at Allsorts this week

    Emma xxx

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  12. This is lovely! I like how you have used the liquid pearls on the toadstool spots and the stitching looks great! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week x

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  13. Gorgeous card & fabulous stitching and colouring! Thanks for playing along with us at Paper Sundaes this week!

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  14. Your card on the Pearls & Swirls challenge immediately caught my eye and I just had to come visit your blog to tell you how much I love it. I look at a lot of cards during an average week and yours stands out by miles. Incredible design--stitching, toadstool treatment and beautiful coloring of the sweet image. New fan/follower here. TFS.

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  15. What a marvelous card. I love it when I can commnet and don't really have to. This one is just begging for some love. It's fabulous!

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  16. Gorgeous card! Your coloring is beautiful, and I just love that image! Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week!

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  17. I just love this image and how you have made itthe focus of your creation. just stunning! thanks for joining us this week at SSC for our seasons change challenge.
    Hugs Leonie

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  18. OMG, such a stunning card. Your coloring is outstanding, simply perfect. I love how you added the stitching and pearls. perfect. Thanks for sharing it with us during our Change of Season challenge, please come back and join us this week for the Layer It On Challenge.
    Hugs xx
    Carolyn

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  19. I am loving this - how cute!!!! Thanks for joining us on Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog -x-

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  20. OMGosh, this is such an amazing card!!The image is colore to perfect and those little special details....fabulous!! Thanks for taking the time to play along in ODBD's Shining the Light Challenge to "wing it"!! Hugs and blessings, Sabrina

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  21. GORGEOUS coloring! Beautiful work! Thank you for joining us in the ODBDSLC!

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