Monday 11 May 2009

"Brace Yourselves"!!!!



Ok, my poor husband, like many other craft/blog widower's has
been feeling a little neglected of late, so as a compromise I took
my water colour paints downstairs this weekend and sat in the
lounge and painted whilst he watched the TV!!! How fair am I??Lol,
Well I quite enjoyed the T.V. in the background! No intellectual
conversations or anything like that!! ha ha. So that means I have
lots to post!!! First one being........This little card I made for the
Friday Sketchers 1st Year Anniversary! Hip Hip Hooray!!
You all need to enter this one, not only is there a fabulous prize
to be won but you also get to win from the fabby designers,
Their Card!!! (works of art all of them) OMG but can you imagine
owning one of Claudia's???? and a little gift/RAK too!
This great sketch was created by Carole and this is my take on it.
Papers are BG Archaic, Tilda I have coloured with my water
colour pencils and palette. Flowers and lace from stash, the orange
ribbon inserts on two of the flowers I hand stitched by twisting the
ribbon and tacking at the bottom to make a rose shape. Blue
butterfly has been punched and I have used string pearls for the
body and also for the swirls. As I have hand stitched my roses and
used faux stitching around border and on the punched hearts it
makes this card suitable for the Great Just Magnolia Challenge
too!! Hooray two for one!! This is a great week to enter too! not
only do you win a fab prize but you get to be a guest designer for
June whoop magnificent!!! So what are you waiting for!!!
TFL More posts later, need my lunch!! Sue xx

13 comments:

Rach said...

gorgeous Sue, love the fab colours on your card, and all the wonderful details. I colour all my images in downstairs on an evening in front of the tv, so that my hubby doesn't feel neglected too. but also like you there isn't any intellectual conversation either .. actually there isn't any...lol...
Thank you for joining in with us at just magnolis.x

Hazel (Didos) said...

Ah this is so sweet. That was nice of you to be with your Hubby.
I really like the colours you have used they are great, Hazelxox

Saskia said...

Beautiful card!! So sweet and elegant!!

Greetings,
Saskia

peggy said...

Hi Sue,

Love your card ....The colours and details are awesome !!!
So nice of you to de with your hubby .

Hugs, Peggy

Alex (Paper-and-More) said...

hi,
it´s a very pretty card,
i love the colouring and the image!

hugs
alexandra

Alison said...

Lovely colours and that image is beautifully coloured as always. I started cardmaking after getting fed up of being an X-box widow! We do both pack it in and watch some TV together sometimes though!

Claudia Rosa ~ Pretty Pressings said...

wow wow wow.. sue.. what amazing coloring!!! iam speechless... thank you so much for making such a wonderful card using our skethc.

gosh.. now i must look for this tilda lol
thanks for the inspiration

Jeanette said...

Super card Sue! Love that little Tilda! Thanks for joining in at FS this week! Hugs Jeanette

June Nelson said...

OOOh Sue I love this........then again I love everything you do!!!! cant wait for the next one darl. Your hubby bless him at least he had your lovely company so he cant moan hehe. Take care thanks hun for all your support huggies June xxx

Maya said...

Beautiful card,Sue!!
Love the colours and the details,and Tilda is coloured so fab!

Hugs from Maya:)

Michele Roos said...

Gorgeous card. Love the image and the beautiful colouring. Hugs Michele x

designsfromwithinbycharlotte said...

Sue, you made Tilda look so so pretty! The colors you used are fabulous and I love your embellishments...I love the magnolia line but don't have any yet...that will be next on my wish list coz they are so adorable. Fantastic work you do and you are always inspiring me!!
Hugs,
Charlotte
XXX

very_inky_fingers said...

This is such a pretty card...the color combination is super!