Woo Hoo, it's Sunday & we're back!!!
It's finally time for the first challenge of 2012 over at
The theme for our challenge #153 is New Year Sparkle!
The design team were asked to make a project using one of the latest
Crafty Pad images, Lulu with Cake!
She's a delightful little lady & look at that cake!
She's on Special Offer too at just 59p!!!
I made an A6 gatefold card.
I used a piece of green A5 cardstock for the base.
Scored & folded then added matts of "Celebrations" patterned paper
from The Paper Cellar to each panel, inside & out.
I coloured little Lulu up with my promarkers & added more than
a touch of Diamond Sparkles.
I then cut her out with an oval Nestie, inked the edges with an Ink It Up
ink pad & added more glitter too.
I matted the image onto a scalloped oval, cut from the green card!
I cut out the sentiment ticket
(A Freebie on the challenge blog this week)
then edged with the ink pad & glitter before matting
onto the green card.
This is a close up of the mulberry paper roses which I added glitter to.
Not sure you can make it out very well & the pic does look a bit odd
as there's a bit of glare from the glitter!
Next I added the computer generated greeting,
which I made using the same font as the sentiment ticket(Vivaldi)
The little black circle you can see is a magnet which is used to keep the card closed.
It's the first time I've used these & I'm really happy with the result!
Here's a close up of the greeting which I cut out with the oval nestie &
matted on to a scalloped oval of the green cardstock!
I added a few little self adhesive gems just to keep the theme going!
Don't forget to stop by & check out the other DT projects for a bit of inspiration!
I do hope you'll find the time to join in our
New Year Sparkle Challenge this week!
Forgot to mention our lovely Sponsor for this week.
The prize is £10 to spend in the Online Store
I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint Birthdays
One Stitch At A Time Anything Goes
Pan Pastel Anything Goes
Sparkles New Crafting Goodies (Magnets & Papers)
Stampin' Sisters In Christ Something New Magnets & Papers)
The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan Sparkles
Catch The Bug Birthday Challenge
Sweet Stampin All That Glitters
Totally Gorjuss Use A Star Somewhere
Coffee, Chocolate & Cards Glitter Latte
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge Something New (Magnets & Papers)
Just Inspirational Challenge Photo Inspiration
Sassy Studio Designs Let's Celebrate
Some Odd Girl Bling It Up
Southern Girls Sparkle
My Mum's Craft Shop Here Come The Girls
Whimsy Inspiration Happy Birthday
Going Grey With Scrap Creations Glitter
Paper Take Weekly Die Cute Special
Passion For Promarkers Inspired by a song (Happy Birthday)
Wow what a wonderful way to start the new year!!!! Your card is just adorable!1!! Image colors and sentiment are all perfect together!!!! Way to go Dawn!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Dawn I bet your sister will absolutely love this.
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Linda xxx
This is so pretty, love that shade of green, it give's the card a real fresh look
ReplyDeleteLindsay xx
A great pretty card lovely fresh spring colours x
ReplyDeleteA great pretty card, love the fresh spring coloursx
ReplyDeleteDawn, this is just beautiful! Love the colors you selected and those gorgeous flowers and leaves just top it off.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty.
Lynn
I'm just drooling over that paper, Dawn! Your flower embellishments are fantastic, as is your coloring. I love everything about this one!
ReplyDeleteHi Dawn, Wow this is so stunning just love the image and those flowers are just so gorgeous:) Sandra H
ReplyDeleteHi Dawn
ReplyDeleteloving the shades of green and the image takes me back to when my daughter was a little girl i also like how you have decorated the inside of your card too thank you for joining us at the panpastel uk linda x
So pretty, such lovely pastel colors! Really like the paper that you used, very nice card! So glad you played along with us at CC&CC. Aloha, Joanne.
ReplyDeleteHi Dawn, this is really pretty, love the colours, I'm sure your sister will love this.
ReplyDeleteHugs Rachael xx
lovely card...pretty image.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin this week.
Fi
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Hi Dawn, back again, really love this card with it's fresh look as I said earlier, the fold is fab too. Thank you for joining in with the PanPastel challenge blog.
ReplyDeleteLindsay xx
BEautiful card Dawn, I love the cute image and the colours are so fresh and pretty. Thanks for joining our challenge at PanPastel UK and good luck
ReplyDeleteClaire xx
Wow really pretty i especially like the sparkle you have added.Thanks for joining us at PanPastel Uk this week.
ReplyDeleteKerry DT Leader
sweet sweet card !
ReplyDeletethanks for joining us over @ PfP inspired by a song challenge . Hugs xx
Smashing card Dawn. Love your colours. :o)
ReplyDeleteAdorable image. Love the gatefold too. Thanks for joining in our "sparkle" challenge at Southern Girls.
ReplyDeleteSuch a Sweet Card. I love how you colored her and the flowers are just gorgeous. Thank you so much for playing with us over at Sassy Studio Designs Dare to Be Sassy Thursday.
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Kate
What a sweet card! Love the fun colors, Dawn! Thank you for celebrating our 2nd Birthday with us by sharing your creation in our “Happy Birthday” challenge at Catch The Bug! We hope you’ll join us in our mini challenges, this week, too! ~~Sammibug,~~ Guest Designer For Bugaboo Stamps.
ReplyDeleteLove the touches of glitter! Thanks for playing along with Southern Girls.
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Amber
Very pretty card. Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week.
ReplyDeletePam x
Beautiful! So detailed and pretty. Thankyou for sharing all the extra photos and information ..... lovely!
ReplyDeletexoxoxo Carly (Whimsy DT)
Oh your card is so lovely, thanks for sharing it with us at CraftyCatz this week.xx
ReplyDeleteYour card is beautiful, lovely little image. Beautifully finished inside too. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT. Hazel x
ReplyDeleteAnother adorable little girl card - love it! Great coloring too! Thanks for joining us this week at Stampin Sisters in Christ!
ReplyDeletelove the colours and the card Dawn..good luck with the challenges.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, love the colours, thanks for joining us at Just Inspirational
ReplyDeleteCaroline xx
Beautiful creation, such a lovely image and sentiment, thanks so much for joining us at One Stitch at a Time this week, we hope to see you again real soon
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Really cute card! Thanks for joining us at Some Odd Girl!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card Dawn - I love the colour combination - really pretty.
ReplyDeleteThank your for joining us at Totally Gorjuss this week and the very best of luck. I hope you will be able to come and join in with our next challenge.
Hazel x
I absolutely love your project!!! Simply adorable! Thanks so much for joining our Birthday Challenge, I hope you will join us again very soon!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card with a lovely, well coloured image.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for joining in with our Anything Goes challenge over at OSAAT & hope to see you back again soon.
Mandy (DT member for OSAAT)
Lovely soft colours, and great use of the bling!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along at Some Odd Girl!
Hi Dawn,
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Gorgeous!!!! Love the adorable image, the dps, the colour scheme is fabulous. Love the layout and the embellishments. Coloured perfectly. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Challenge and Good Luck. Hope to see you joining us again.
Hugs Jacqui xxx
This is such a pretty card, great layout and wonderful colour scheme, it's got a real spring feel to it - lovely :D xx
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