Sunday 29 April 2012

Ice Cream and Pickles

I made this card for our niece Maria's birthday.  She's pregnant with her first child at the moment, due in July, and I know she'll love this funky Saturated Canary image.
I coloured the image with Promarkers, added some Anita's 3D Gloss to the eyes, lips and cherry and some Eucalyptus Stickles to her top.  I cut it out with nesties, using the out of the box technique and layered up with a real stash mash up of papers and cardstock, each layer being distressed with my Tim Holtz tool.
The loopy border punch is Martha Stewart and the flourishes were cut on my Cricut and accented with Liquid Pearls.
The ticket sentiment is a Papermania Urban stamp.
The flower was made with my Spellbinders Anemone die set, the layers held together with a green pearl brad.
I added some lace for texture and finished with some more Liquid Pearls in the corners.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges - 
Passion for Promarkers - #146 - use dies
Papertake Weekly - #67 - sketch
Cardcrafter's Circle - #20 - pearls and lace
Truly Scrumptious - #79 - distressing and dies/punches
Bearly Mine - #32 - baby days
Ribbon Carousel - #50 - anything goes

27 comments:

  1. Brilliant card Wendy, hope you are feeling better today.Tinaxx

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  2. hi wendy hope your feeling better..beautiful card..love the image pam

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  3. Gorgeous card, fab image and great colour choice x
    Wendy x

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  4. Perfect! Fab image and beautiful colouring. Zo xx

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  5. Great colouring, love your card, the textures and layers are fab too.

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  6. Great fun card - she'll love it. Nice colour combinations as well.

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  7. brilliant card - love this image - its just fabulous! Hope you're feeling a little better now! Hugs Rachel xx

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  8. Beautiful card Wendy, pretty colours, hope you are having a great weekend and are feeling better. hugs Teresa xx

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  9. Hi Wendy,
    Gorgeous card,love the image and papers :) x

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  10. Hi Wendy, another gorgeous card. I love the image and your colouring is perfect. The vibrant colours are stunning. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week. Hugs, Denise x

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  11. Lovely little card. I know your niece is going to really enjoy it. You've done such a nice job with the pearls and lace, and your colouring is fantastic. Thank you for entering your little card in this week's challenge at Card Crafter's Circle.

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  12. Gorgeous card Wendy, lovethe colours and papers. Marlene

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  13. Beautiful card Wendy. Well coloured and a really great combinations of colours and card stock. Michelle xx

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  14. Hi Wendy, gorgeous card - love the image (if only I knew an expecting lady I'd get the digi!!) and your flowers and swirls are gorgeous.

    Sarah

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  15. fabulous card wendy.your design is stunning and i love the gorgeous sc image.
    thanks for joining in my theme this week at PFP :D

    xx coops xx

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  16. A gorgeous card Wendy, such a lovely image and lots of pretty detail too :)
    Kelly.x

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  17. Wonderful card Wendy, love the sweet image.
    luv
    Debby

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  18. what a cracking make, love the image and the elements to your creation
    Good luck in the challenges, hugs Sarah-Louise My Blog
    Designing for:
    Crafty Purple Frog , Craft Us Crazy ,Bearly Mine Designs and DT Coordinator Kenny K

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  19. Beautiful Card Wendy, Hope you are feeling Better, Thank you for your lovely comments, Have a good evening...

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  20. Super card Wendy!!a great image so beautifully coloured ,thanks for joining us at BMC
    hugs
    laney

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  21. I just love all the detail in your layers! Wonderful use of lace and pearls! Thank you for sharing with us at Card Crafter's Circle!

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  22. gorgeous card what a beautiful image thanks for joining us at PTW hugs Jill xx

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  23. gorgeous card love the image thanks so much for joining us at truly scrumptious this week
    hugs sara x x

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  24. I just love this! Thanks for playing at RCC.

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  25. Fabulous card,love the image,your colours and design are lovely....Thanks for joining in with us at Truly Scrumptious,hope to see you next time....
    Mandy x

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