Wednesday 25 January 2012

#101 Pinks & Purples





















Theme at I ♥ Promarkers - pinks & purples
Sponsor & prize this week - Digi Doodle Shops - $10 gift certificate

I have chosen to use the Digi Doodle Shop image of 'carousel' for my card this week & coloured it with  Promarkers - and using the specified colour combo this week, very girly I think it looks too.  I kept my variation of purples to the softer, lighter lilac variety and setting the merry-go-round horse in a circle he could almost be in a snow globe. LOL.

On the front, I have punched several of the dps corners using a Fiskars punch which also gave them an embossed finish that I thought tied in fairly well with the floral design on the carousel - it is just that photographing such intricacy is never easy! In case you are unsure which corners these are (because of the poor camera work of yours truly), I you can tell as I also dotted them with tiny 2mm gems - lilac & pink ones of course.  The white die cut border peeking out behind the pink horizontal paper is actually just the very top of a Nellie Snellen border punch. The flowers, this time sporting 3mm gems in their centres, where created using a Woodware punch & layering up.














On the inside I cut circles to accommodate my Irish blessing sentiment from Raindrop Echo Designs but on the opposite side I went all arty & fiddled with the carousel image to make my row of horses go up & down. That is the trouble of having my head - prone to seeing other possibilities too!

Tine :)

Challenges:
Totally Papercrafts - make your own flowers
Hotshot - flowers
OSAAT - round & round (carousel imagery as well as circles)
Sentimental Sundays - dies/punches/digi cutters etc (& use a sentiment - just on the inside this time)
Clearly Inspired - pastel colours
Sundays With Crissy - beat the mid-winter blues (I think the pastels are so spring-like)
Truly Scrumptious - something forgotten (not used this punch in ages - but rang the changes by constructing the flowers differently to how I normally do them)
Joanna Sheen - celebration
Stamping With The Dragon - anything goes.
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15 comments:

  1. catherine25 January 2012 at 08:52

    Such a stunning card and so beautifully finished,
    x catherine

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  2. Joey25 January 2012 at 09:18

    Christine this is so pretty, love the soft colours, the image and follow through to the inside is gorgeous. Joey xx

    ps: thanks for joining us at totally papercrafts. xx

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  3. Dorcas25 January 2012 at 16:57

    This is brilliant, Tine! I love the horses on the inside going up and down, pure genius! You know I'm not a pink and purple fan but sometimes we need to do these things cos others love them and little girls especially! It came out real nice, Tine.
    I hope your eyes are better today. :)

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  4. craftymum25 January 2012 at 19:13

    A beautiful card. Thank you for joining us at Hotshot Craft for our challenge
    hugs Sarah x

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  5. Suzilou25 January 2012 at 22:29

    Love this image Christine and it looks so sweet in pink and purple. Fabulous flowers it's all so pretty :)

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  6. SAMARA25 January 2012 at 22:30

    Hi ChrisTine. Wow this seems like it would be a HUGE amount of work! The coloring is immensely wonderful and artistic. I love the inside. Thanks for bringing it over to SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS. Luv Samara

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  7. Stacey G.-2 Craf-t-4u26 January 2012 at 03:10

    This is gorgeous Tine! I love the colors and the softness! Love the flowers and the sweet image too! You always do beautiful work Tine!

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  8. Turtle In The Sand26 January 2012 at 04:10

    Absolutely stunning colors. That carousel is gorgeous is lilac and pink! Thanks for joining us at the Totally Papercrafts challenge this week. Linda

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  9. Shari26 January 2012 at 05:10

    Lovely card with all of the layers, embellishments and your wonderful coloring!! Thanks for playing with us at Sundays With Crissy.

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  10. NGCARDS26 January 2012 at 12:22

    A fantastic creation hun! Thanks for playing over at Joanna Sheen! xxx

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  11. Jennipher27 January 2012 at 00:28

    so soft and beautiful.

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  12. Meihsia Liu28 January 2012 at 19:45

    Your card is really gorgeous! Love the color scheme and how you color the image. Thank you so much for joining us at Stamping with the Dragon. Hugs xx

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  13. Chris29 January 2012 at 03:58

    Hi Christine, I love this card. I think carousels are so pretty and you did a marvellous job. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
    http://chelencarter-retiredandlovingit.blogspot.com/

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  14. Riet29 January 2012 at 20:15

    What a wonderful card.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  15. downrightcrafty2 February 2012 at 19:04

    such a sweet card love the colour choice
    Hugs Kate xx

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