Monday 3 October 2011

Powder Puff

Sorry for you folks having lots of rain but you probably slept better than we did last night as it was so hot. Seems a bit fresher today and lots of cloud so I think the unseasonal heatwave is over. We're off to the coast today but I wanted to post this card before we go. In fact I was so eager to post it that when I went to add it to the post I found I hadn't uploaded the photo I took yesterday.

It's so easy to use new stamps that sometimes we forget our older ones and I love this sweet bear so thought it was time she was used again. Papers are Prima sweet fairy. I distressed the edges and coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The lace was a RAK from my TG teamie Hazel. I used one of my fave MS border punches and a Nellie die. The flowers are Prima with various buttons and pearls added. I love that little rose button, shame I only found one of those in my stash.
Challenges:
Paperplay White plus one
Papertake Great sketch
Whoopsi Daisy Lace and pearls
Allsorts At least 5 flowers
Sweet Stampin' Lilac and lace
Paper Sundaes Lots of layers
Dream Valley Monochrome
Cutie Pie Bingo (Sentiment, lilac, border punch and flowers, border punch, lace)
Aud Sentiments Happy Birthday

Catch you later this evening.

32 comments:

Linda said...

What a beautiful colors, the card is gorgeous
hugs Linda

Pamela said...

Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week with this beautiful card. Such a sweet image. Hope you have had a great day at the seaside.

Pam x

Nannieflash said...

Hi Marianne love your image its so cute and your colouring is gorgeous and card design is fabulous. hugs Shirleyxxxxxxx

Mandy said...

Hi Marianne,
Firstly sorry I didn't get to Ally Pally to met up with you all,but as you know life always throws a spanner in the works,hopefully we will get to together sometime...Told Lisa we hope to come back to Norfolk next year so finger's crossed....Your card is so pretty,gorgeous colours and image...Hope you've had a lovely time at the coast,I adored he beach at Horsey especially when we saw the seals....
Mandy x

Sandra H said...

Marianne your card is so beautiful and the colours too!:) Sandra H

Lisa M. (aka. Lisa @ Farm Fresh) said...

What a fabulous project with great layers! Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week! Good luck!
♥ Lisa M. PSDT
http://lisabeesponderings.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

This is gorgeous, I love that image, it's so cute. Thanks for joining our challenge at Dream Valley. xx

Lisa said...

Hi Marianne, Gorgeous card! Such a cute image and she looks very pretty in purple. Love the buttons ... just not on my cards lol!

Hope you had a lovely day at the coast. It has been hot again today but at least there was a breeze :-)

Lisa x

lindyloo said...

Gorgeous card hun love the image i have this too not used her for a while mmmm make a note to myself to dig her out lol
Thank you for joining us at the cutie pie and good luck hugs lindyloo x

Wishcraft said...

Lovely card Marianne, so cute! Love those flowers and the rose button is gorgeous. Thanks for joining in at Sweet Stampin' hun :o) Lisa x

Debbie said...

Lovely card and you have used one of my favorite MS punches, just love it. thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin this week. debbiexx

Anonymous said...

Marianne! Such a gorgeous card! Love your image and your lovely embellishments! I saw you at Ally Pally, but was too embarrassed to introduce myself! Lol! just in case I was wrong! Thank you for joining in at Cutie Pies Challenge! Woo x

Hazel said...

That is such a sweet card and you're saying we forget our older stamps. Its just the sheer excitment of lovely new stash. Thanks for joining us for our bingo challenge and good luck,
H xx

Donna Mosley said...

This is so beautiful Marianne, love the very sweet image and scrummy colours.

Donna x

Kathleen said...

Fab card, lovely colours. Thanks for joining us this week at Paper Sundaes
Hugs Kat xx

Whisper said...

Oh gorgeous and such pretty tones of lilac too, Luv Sam x

Susie said...

Love the image and how you've coloured it! Thanks for joining our Monochrome challenge at Dream Valley. Susie x

coops said...

gorgeous card marianne.the image is so sweet and i love your pretty lilac colours :D

xx coops xx

Donalda said...

Oh this is just adorable !!! Thanks for joining us at LOTV

Carol said...

Gorgeous card, beautiful colours. Thanks for sharing with us at Aud Sentiments this time. Carol DT x

Anonymous said...

Really lovely card

Nicola said...

Stunning card Marianne, I love these colours and the super sweet image and your attention to detail is fab!
Thanks for using 5 flowers this week for Allsorts and good luck in the draw!
Love Nicola xxx

Kozmik said...

Such a lovely card - thankyou for sharing with us at sweetstampin - good luck with the challenge xxkozmikxx

Kim. said...

This is a super cute card, love the sweet bear and your beautiful colours and embellies all tie together so well.
Kim xXx

Anonymous said...

Delightful card, Love the pretty image and soft colors. Thanks for joining in the White plus One Challenge at Paper Play this week
Hugs Julie P

Mummylade said...

What a brilliant project Marianne! Thank you so much for entering it in my flower challenge at Allsorts this week and good luck!

xxxtglxxx said...

Lovely sweet card and adorable image. The flowers and buttons look great too.

Thanks so much for joining us at Sweet Stampin this week,

hugs

xxalisonxx

Unknown said...

Hi Marianne, what an adorable image and you have really got the Lilac and Lace theme down to a T! Perfect. Thanks for joining in with us at Sweet Stampin'. Sarah

Audrey Ernst (hippieaud) said...

Oh Marianne, I just love this gorgeous card and the cute little bear. Thanks so much for playing at WHOOPSI DAISY - always enjoy getting to visit your blog:)

deesdesigns said...

ADORABLE! So sweet! I'm so glad you shared your creativity for our Happy Birthday Challenge at Aud Sentiments!

Love crafts forever said...

This image are so cute, and you used gorgeous colours to go with it. Thanks for playing at Whoopsy Daisy.
Hugs Nataliya

Maria Matter said...

so beautiful Marianne!
So happy you could play along @ Aud Sentiments!
hugs!