Monday 21 June 2010

A fairy and a pirate

This card is going to a very special little girl, Bella. You can read more about her here tomorrow. I love this LOTV fairy on tiptoe, she is so lovely to colour and glitter. Papers are Papermania Capsule collection, flowers are Prima.
Challenges
Townscrapper sketch
Fussy and fancy Monochromatic and wings
Craftalicious Monotone
Totally Gorjuss Sugar and Spice
Paper Sundaes Pretty as a princess (girliest girl cards)
Practical Scrappers Flowers

This jolly pirate is a Pollycraft image which I haven't used before. Papers are K&Co Hopscotch and Papermania Hampstead. I added some doodling and doodled squares with buttons.
Challenges
Simon Says Pirates
Pixie Cottage Sketch
Die Cut Dreams Blue and green for a teenage boy
One Stop Craft One for the boys
I think Summer may have finally arrived about 3 o'clock this afternoon. After a cold weekend it would warm up now we are back at work, typical. Let's hope it is here to stay now.

32 comments:

downrightcrafty said...

oh my a pink mono that is awesome, must search me some of that at the Which Craft UK event in Doncaster on Sunday. and that image is so pretty

Love that bold pirate and the use of the buttons

Hugs Kate xx

Jill said...

What a gorgeous pair of cards Marianne! Jill x

Katie said...

2 great cards and that little pirate is adorable!!!
Thanks for playing in The Pixie Cottage :)

Hazel (Didos) said...

Love them both but have to say the LOTV one is a stunner. She looks sooo pretty, Mmm we have had summer here the last couple of days so thats a miracle for Scotland, hope yours stays, Hazelxoxo

Unknown said...

This pink fairy and the flowers are beautiful! I love that you shared it with us this week at Practical Scrappers!
Blessings,
Kim xXx

Paolchen said...

Beautiful cards!
The first one ist my favorite.

Love
Paola

cheryl said...

oh wow hun 2 stunning cards,the first one is just so beautiful and the one you have done for the pixie cottage is just amazing,love the coulrs on it too,many thanks for joining us at the pixie cottage hope to see you again ,soon hugs cheryl xxxxxxx

Anonymous said...

that fairy is so dear, I just love it more and more every time I see it! Also, I have a wee blog candy if you stop by my blog!

gina g said...

This is so pretty, i love this fairy stamp. Thanks for joining us at Craftalicious for our challenge this week. luv gina xx

Jackie said...

Fab pair of cards, I love the pirate one :o)
Jackie xx

pinky said...

Cute cute cute, love them both.
Pinky

Lorraine A said...

Fabulous cards Marianne :-) I am sure Bella will love her card and the Pirate card is gorgeous too :-)

thanks for joining the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
luv
Lols and the DT x x

email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com said...

I love the papers you chose for both of those!!! The cards look great!!

Thanks for entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

-Sarah

Anne said...

Beautiful cards! The cute little pirat is colored perfectly =) Thanks for joinin us at the Pixie Cottage this week!

Hugs, Anne

Victoria said...

that's one cute pirate Marianne and I love the way you've coloured him and added the matching buttons

Thanks for joining in at Die Cut Dreams
Hugs
Victoria and the DCD team
x

Robin McK said...

I LOVE that fairy card! It's so pretty and sweet! Thanks for using the sketch at The Town Scrapper!!!

coldwaters2 said...

Hi Marianne these are two great cards that little pirate looks as if he is having fun what wonderful colouring and papers fabulous work thank you for sharing it with us at OSCC this week.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Suzi Mac said...

Hi Marianne, two wonderful cards, just love that pirate, so so cute. Thank you for joining us at OSCC this week. Hope to see you again next challenge.
Hugs
Suzi x

Sue Frazier said...

how cute! love both of them! thanks for sharing with us at practial scrappers this week!

Random Acts of Krafting said...

Such a fantastic card. Adorable! Thank you for playing with Practical Scrappers this week.
Hugs
Tanya

Random Acts of Krafting said...

Multitasking, I love it. Both are stunning cards. Thank you for playing with The Pixie Cottage this week.
Hugs
Tanya

Anonymous said...

Your cards are fabulous!Thanks for joining us this week at the Pixie Cottage~
~Pam

HappyCrafter said...

What fun cards, both are adorable! Thanks for playing along with us at Paper Sundaes :-)

Mummylade said...

what a lovely pirate! Thank you so much for joining the DCD challenge this week, good luck.

hugs from Helene and the DCD team!

Unknown said...

Great cards! I love that fairy stamp too & your colouring is fab

Thanks for joining us at Craftalicious & best of luck

Jan x

Val said...

Marianne - these are stunning cards. Thanks for joining us at OSCC this week.
Hugs
Valxx

Nicola said...

Brilliant cards Marianne, love Tiptoe in pink and the pirate is perfect for our challenge - wonderful colouration of both.
Thank you for joining us at Die Cut Dreams.
Hugs,
Nicola and the DCD Team -x-

FitterTwit said...

Wow! Quite the crafter! These are terrific.

Anonymous said...

These are both absolutely adorable! Love your coloring job.

Corinna
Practical Scrappers DT

Cathy Spicer said...

Both are awesome cards. Thanks for playing at OSCC with us, your pirate boy is perfect for the challenge.

Crystal said...

This is so pretty! Love all the pink and this is one of my favourite images! Thanks for playing along with Paper Sundaes this week!

Juanita said...

Both these cards are great, love all the pink in the first one. Thanks for joining us at Fussy and Fancy.