Wednesday 10 February 2010

A real challenge


When I saw 3 of the challenges last Saturday I really didn't know whether I would enter them. First there is get distressed with buttons and a bow at Allsorts, then Kraftin' Kimmee wanted me to be a little ripper by tearing my paper, eek, and finally One Stop Craft have a colour challenge of apple green, chocolate and clotted cream. Now regular viewers will know that distressing distresses me, I don't tear paper and I have never used this colour combo on a female card.

So what's a girl to do but take up these 3 challenges together. After all it's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone. So I coloured Clara and her bird with my PMs, inked and distressed edges and tore (yes, that's right) tore paper, not once, not twice but three times! The backing paper is K&Co and the brown spotted paper and spotted flower are from Craftwork cards, which along with the stamped spots on the corners of the image, fits nicely with the challenge of spotted or striped at Lexi's Creations.

I can't believe how much I like this card and I really like the torn paper. Other challenges are love and friendship at the Crafty Calendar and friends at Crafty Creations. The lovely sketch is from Totally Gorjuss.

26 comments:

Kraftin' Kimmie said...

OH Marianne! You did a fabulous job with Clara!!! The papers are lovely and you coloured her beautifully! I also love the corners!! Great job with this week's Kraftin' Kimmie challenge!!

brenda said...

Hi Marianne

This is so pretty, loving the colour combo and beautifully coloured image.

Thank you for sharing with us at Allsorts this week.

B x

gina g said...

Gorgeous card see nothing to worry about lol, you've made a fantastic job. Thanks for joining the OSCC this week. luv gina xx

Chrissie said...

Really pretty card Marianne!
Thanks so much for joining in with our challenge at OSCC this week!
Chrissie

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card Marianne, fab colour combo and cute image. Well done on being brave and ripping away lol
hugs Mandy xx

pinky said...

Well done on challenging yourself, you really have come up trumphs, so this will probably be the norm over here now lol.
Pinky

dolcreations said...

Clara looks so adorable! I love the browns and the greens together! Beautiful job Marianne!
You had mentioned you would like to try the frame card on my blog. I forgot to put the link. If you are interested I have posted it up! Not hard to do at all!

lalkygirl said...

gorgeous card,i love the colour combo and how you have coloured the image
,thanks for joining us at lexis creations
good luck in the challenge
lalkygirl x

Emma (metalicbutterfly) said...

Hi Marianne,

This is lovely and well done for going outside your comfort zone!
The image is lovely and the distressing is very effective

thanks for playing at Allsorts

Emma xxx

Lynsey said...

Hi Marianne! Glad you are not too distressed after making this lovely card! I think the distressing looks great!
Hugs Lynsey x

mudmaven said...

Oh my - she is too cute! Where does she come from? I think I'm in love ... glad you didn't get too distressed as you distressing is very nice! ~chris

Net said...

How fab is that!

I know what you mean about distressing! I'm just the same.

Thanks for playing Gorjuss with us.

Sian said...

Very pretty, love the dots in the corner - it's very effective.
Sian
x

Suzi Mac said...

Hi Marianne, this is just so pretty, love how you've coloured Clara, I just love this image. Thank you for joining us at OSCC this week, we hope you will join us in our next challenge too, good luck in the draw.
Hugs Suzi x

Jill said...

She is a lovely stamp and I just love the colours, sometimes it is a challenge combining 3 together isn't it!!! Jill x

Annette said...

I'm glad you did its a gorgeous card the colours work so lovely together. sandra x

Saskia said...

Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations with this beautiful work!

Greetings, Saskia :)

Michele Spera said...

love the way you did your card!! really neat colors used:-) thanks for playing at TG with us
Michele

Kat said...

This is lovely Marianne. I have a problem distressing too - I think I don't distress enough lol! Thanks for joining us at TG and good luck.

Kat x

Suzie said...

A beautiful card, thanks for joining us at Totally Gorjuss this week. Suzie x

craftymum said...

A lovely card and I love the colours you have put together.
Thanks for joining us at TG
Love Sarah W XXX

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, love the flowers and the image is colored brilliantly!! Thanks for playing the Crafty Creations challenge!!
smiles,Deena

Saskia said...

Wow! Great work! Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations Challenge!

Greetings, Saskia :)

Lexi said...

Oh how pretty! Lovely colours and papers :D thanks for playing along at lexi's creations

Hugs Lexi xxx

Georgia said...

This is stunning Marianna - the colours are lovely and I love those flowers! Thanks for joining us at the Crafty Calendar Challenge! :)
Georgia xx

Tracey said...

Cute card Marianne, love the colours you've used :-)

Thanks for joining us as Lexi's Creations.

Hugs
Tracey
x