Monday 28 April 2014

Swirls and Pearls

Monday morning and the start of a new week hope the weather is better than last week cold and wet!Son,DIL and grandson were in Poland last week and kept texting how hot it was and pics on FB of them in the sea!Two posts from me today and the first one is for Artistic Inspirations -the challenge is "Swirls and Pearls"//ATG and as the sponsor is Sassy Studio designs i chose the beautiful image "Katniss Girl of Fire" and paper pieced the image,tonic punch on bottom border,B.papers are oddments from stash,Cosmic shimmer ivory PVA glue to make the pearls,cardstock from Papermill Direct and Memory Box Cosmo border die,and made my favourite upright Z-fold card.
challenges-
papertake weekly-white + one
top tip Tuesday-paper piecing
creative card crew-girly
DL.ART-ATG
divas by design-let's go to the movies(Pretty woman)
fab'n'funky-paper piecing----------------------WINNER
word art Wednesday-ATG
in the pink-digi delight
delicious doodles-pink and girly
sister act-ATG
OSAAT-ATG
lacy sunshine-fave colour combo-pink/white
scribble and scrap-ATG
Aurora Wings-monochromatic
whoopsi daisy-hand coloured images
paper nest dolls-ATG
Thanks for dropping by and any comments you wish to leave are much appreciated
See you tomorrow
Carol xx

28 comments:

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Ooh that's gorgeous! Love the elegant design and the fabulously paper pieced sassy gal! Thanks for joining us in the Fab 'n' Funky Paper Piecing challenge. Good luck! Hugs, Wends x FnF DT

Crafty Judith said...

She is gorgeous and elegant - wow wish i could wear a dress like that hugs Judith x

Unknown said...

lovely card and soft colours go well too, thanks for sharing over on divas by designs x

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Carol. I love the glam image with her beautiful paper pieced dress and your card design looks wonderful.
Sue xx

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Like the pretty fashionably dressed image, your coloring, the flourish swirls, embellshing, papers & so much more on this card that stands up with style. Thank you for entering OSAAT Ch 210 Anything Goes.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
OSAAT DT

rachel said...

super card Carol - lovely design - is this the one from docrafts? Big hugs rachel x

crafty-stamper said...

no Rachel same image but the other was was in blue and different design x

Unknown said...

gorgeous and stunning card...love this one.xxx

Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com said...

This is such a breathtakingly beautiful card Carol love the image and the design. Love Alison xx

Lisa said...

This is gorgeous Carol! Very pretty image and I love the swirls! Thanks for sharing on Papertake Weekly :)

Mimi said...

Another brilliant creation, loving how you have used the Memory Box Splash die, it is one of my favourites Good luck in this weeks OSAAT Anything Goes Challenge. Hugs Jane OSAAT DT xxxxxx

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card so pretty and love the MB die you have used too! Thanks for Playing along with us this time at Top Tip Tuesday Challenge, hugs Samantha :0)

Glenda Atkins said...

Love the die cuts , the paper pieced dress and the glamorous look of the card!.
hugs
Glenda

julie1 said...

beautiful, thank you for joining us at whoopsie daisy, hope to see you again and good luck ... Julie xxx

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Beautiful card Carol....love the image and the paper pieced dress...Joolsx

coops said...

so beautiful carol.gorgeous image and details and i love your pretty colours ;D

xx coops x

Jo Ann said...

This is such a beautiful card...Love the folds as well as the colors and lay-out. So blessed to have you join our Challenge at Word Art Wednesday. Please join us again for a new Challenge that started today. Leaving you with God's Word in John 6:35, "Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." Hugs always...

JO ANN
http://jatterburycreations.blogspot.com

Christine L said...

A fabulous card - I love the image and your paper piecing is stunning!

Thanks for sharing at In The Pink this time... good luck and hope to see you again soon.

Christine x

Paper Panda said...

Gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing with us at Lacy Sunshine.
Mandy x (LS DT)

Aluna said...

Very, very elegant card :) Thanks for joining us at Creative Card Crew. Good luck, Joanna DT

DonnaMundinger said...

WOW is this ever GORGEOUS, Carol! Fab paper piecing on the lovely image and that border die is amazing! Thanks so much for joining our Monochromatic challenge at Aurora Wings. xxD

Unknown said...

Wow beautiful, what gorgeous diecutting
Thanks for joining in at One Stitch At A Time this week
Hugs Katie x

Lisbeth K said...

Lovely and elegant card, love your use of the splash border <3 Thank you for joining us over at Lacy Sunshine :)

Lisbeth, LS DT

Heidi said...

What a beautiful and elegant card! Love the softness of the colors chosen. Thank you for joining us in The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge.... Heidi - PND DT

Jan said...

Fabulous card thanks for joining us at CCC xx Jan

Granmargaret said...

Lovely card. Thank you for joining the challenge at Whoopsi Daisy

Hristovica said...

What a cute girl card.
Thank you for your participation in our challenge at Creative Card Crew.
Adriana DT

Desire Fourie said...

Oh wow this is so chic and beautifully feminine. I still have not managed to pull off this design type as yet - you probably think real blonde. Wish I lived next door to you, so that you can help me just creating my first successful one.
Hugs
Desíre
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