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Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 40

OMG, I am so late with my DT card, Vix will be threatening to chuck me off the DT! Paul and I went for a lovely weekend away and stayed at an old mill in Somerset, it was so quiet and peaceful and we even went to the seaside. Anyhoo, I digress and must get back to the job on hand.....

This week Gill has set the challege to feature a fairy and you must use at least 2 punches (NOT DIECUTS!!)

We are sponsored for this one by the lovely

Who has once again offered a gift certificate of £10 to one lucky winner. I myself have shopped there many times and their service is superb. I've never had any out of stocks and the despatch them very quickly.

So onto my offering for this challenge:-


Do you know I went through my ever expanding collection of digital stamps and I only have 6 fairies!! I am sure that is something that would give Vix the sweats as she luvs her fairies and is brilliant at colouring them in. If you have never visited her blog before you NEED to, her cards are so detailed and I am in awe of how good they are. I will never be able to colour as good as she does but I have improved an awful lot :) I am not normally into fairies but I have to admit I really enjoyed colouring this one in.

The Daisy Fairy image is from Prairie Fairy and for the card I chose a colour scheme of Purples and Yellow as they are lovely spring colours and I just want this blooming dull weather to go away now please.....I have coloured the image with Promarkers and really concentrated on my shading to try and add depth to it. I think this is one of my better efforts, for some reason I find working with purples easier than most other colours. I have added a clear Sakura glitter pen to the wings to make them shimmer 'cos little fairies have to have twinkle don't they?

The dotty paper in the background is MME, the yellow stripe is Papermania. I cut a strip of this paper for the yellow 'ribbon' and trimmed a piece of purple cardstock with a Martha Stewart punch.

I also used 2 flower punches to create my little daisies and added some bling to the centres. I made my own stick pin from some hat pins I bought at a haberdashery. The faceted bead came from a necklace I bought at the Rag Market for £1. It had loads of yellow and brown beads on like these and was worth chopping up for that price! I added 2 small purple beads from my stash and there is a glue dot inside the last bead which holds it all in place.

The butterfly is a mirrored glass embellishment I bought from Hobbycraft. There were 3 designs in the bag and they are so pretty. I have just added some gems to the centre and a small sentiment from an assorted pack by Anita's

I hope you will visit the Crafty Cardmakers blog and take part in this challenge. The rest of the DT have made some fabulous creations. Also take a visit to our new Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight blog where the spotlights plus tutorial will be going shortly and we are having a DT call at the moment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

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48 comments:

  1. Dorcas22 February 2011 at 15:33

    Beautiful colors! I'm so glad you could join us at DDCC!

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  2. Anonymous22 February 2011 at 16:04

    Very cute card. I love the colors you used. Thanks for joining us at Stamping With The Dragon.
    Hugs,
    Beth

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  3. Always with a Sentiment22 February 2011 at 16:11

    Hello Mandy. Such a lovely card, gorgeous colours and your image really stands out with your design. Love the border. Thank you for joining us at Tellens Place and good luck.
    Love Sandra xx

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  4. Two Dogs and a Book22 February 2011 at 17:03

    Hi Mandy! What a pretty card! Thanks for participating in our challenge at Guylou's!
    Cheers!
    Guylou

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  5. Regan22 February 2011 at 17:43

    Sweet card! Love the border punch and all the flowers! :)

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  6. downrightcrafty22 February 2011 at 17:51

    What a lovely creations and great birthday card too
    thank you for sharing your work with us at Stampin with the Dragon hugs Kate xx

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  7. pinky22 February 2011 at 18:46

    Lovely combination of colours and image. Thanks for playing along at Crafty Sentiments Designs this week.

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  8. Hazel (Didos)22 February 2011 at 18:53

    Ah this is super, I love the pretty fairy, thanks for playing along on OSAAT and Crafty Sentiments this week Hazelxoxo

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  9. Lorraine A22 February 2011 at 19:44

    Gorgeous card Mandy :-) I love this image ,, soo cute and the papers and design are fab :)


    thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  10. Unknown22 February 2011 at 20:23

    So pretty! And I love all the little details. Thanks so much for joining our challenge this week at Shelly's Images. Please join us again soon!

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  11. Allison22 February 2011 at 20:25

    lovely card
    Thanks for playing along with Charisma this week
    AllisonX

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  12. Jackie Thomas22 February 2011 at 21:39

    Super card and such vibrant colours. Thanks for joining us in Bizzy Becs February Challenge. Hugs Jackie

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  13. Do What You Love22 February 2011 at 21:58

    The color scheme is lovely, Mandy. I love the butterfly and the flowers really add to the dimensional look. Thanks for joining us this week at Tellen's Place for our "Birthday" challenge. :~)

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  14. Mel22 February 2011 at 22:13

    Oh gorjuss!
    I love the fab bright colours and that wee image is super sweet!
    Hugs Melly xxx

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  15. Fleur22 February 2011 at 22:16

    A fab card
    Thanks for joining my nature challenge at ALLSORTS this week, Good Luck
    Hugz Fleur xXx

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  16. lindyloo22 February 2011 at 22:18

    what a faaby card
    Thanks for joining us at the creative cottage hope to see you again hugs linda x

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  17. Love crafts forever23 February 2011 at 00:12

    Thanks for playing with us at Stamping With The Dragon and OSAAT.
    Hugs Nataliya.

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  18. Tracy23 February 2011 at 02:38

    Very pretty! Love the little flower spray. :-) Thanks so much for joining us this week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!

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  19. Tracy S23 February 2011 at 03:19

    Beautifully done! Love the purple and yellow together. Thank you so much for joining us this week over at Guylou's!!!

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  20. Josephine23 February 2011 at 11:06

    So pretty, Mandy!

    Thanks for joining us at One Stitch at a Time this week, and good luck!

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  21. Nancy Wethington23 February 2011 at 12:27

    Ahhh stripes! Thnks for joininig the Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge blog.

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  22. Maggie's Crafts23 February 2011 at 13:37

    What a sweet card!

    Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday @ http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ Please come back on Tuesday for another brilliant tip! :)

    Maggie

    xx

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  23. Cindy Haffner23 February 2011 at 13:47

    BEAUTIFUL, thanks for joining us at Flourishes.

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  24. Marion Kuipers-van Eijsden23 February 2011 at 14:48

    Amazing card.. and what a lot of challenges you could enter! WOW!
    Thanks for joining us this week at Tottaly papercrafts Challenge. Hope you will be back next week!
    Hugs
    Marion

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  25. Kelly23 February 2011 at 16:52

    Very pretty, love the colours. Thank you for playing along at Digistamps4Joy x

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  26. email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com23 February 2011 at 18:40

    I like those complimentary colors and the punched part!! Very eye-catching : )

    Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!

    -Sarah

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  27. Jolara23 February 2011 at 19:15

    beautifull ! Thanks for joining the pixies this week ! Joyce xo

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  28. Unknown23 February 2011 at 21:44

    Beautiful work, fab ....thanks so much for sharing with us at Crafty Sentiments...... Jo xx

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  29. Jennie23 February 2011 at 23:08

    Hope you had a wonderful trip away :)
    Your fairy card is beautiful Thanks so much for joining us at IDIC this week xxx

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  30. Unknown23 February 2011 at 23:18

    Awww this is gorgeous, love your fairy, she is beautiful. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments and OSAAT this week. Good luck xx

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  31. My Sheri CRAFTS23 February 2011 at 23:55

    Oh I love the color combo and image! Thanks for sharing with us this week!

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  32. Taylor24 February 2011 at 00:55

    Mandy, this is just too sweet! And wow you got it into a lot of challenges! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at Pixie Dust Studio!!

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  33. Joynana24 February 2011 at 12:04

    The color combination is wonderful and the fairy is just to cute. Thanks for joining us at Tellen's Place.

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  34. Anonymous24 February 2011 at 15:19

    Gorgeous card, love the colours. xx

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  35. Susan Says (Stupid Stuff)24 February 2011 at 19:28

    Beautiful card; I love the colours! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Tellen's Place :D

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  36. Cheryl24 February 2011 at 20:00

    Beautiful colors! Thank you for joining our Birthday Challenge at Meljen’s Designs.

    --Cheryl--

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  37. Elizabeth Sanchez25 February 2011 at 01:24

    lovely card! thnx for playing with us at cmm!!

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  38. lesleyworth25 February 2011 at 02:52

    so very pretty! love those mini flowers! thanks for playing along with us at the Shoe!

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  39. Terry25 February 2011 at 12:36

    Lovely card thank you for sharing it with the DT from Simon Says Stamp and Show, hugs terry xxxx

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  40. Scrappy Scatty25 February 2011 at 12:36

    lovely card fabby colours
    Thank you for playing the Digistamps4joy Going Sentimental challenge and hope to see you again soon
    Love Jan
    xx

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  41. Spyder25 February 2011 at 19:41

    Your card's lovely Mandy! Good luck on all your challenges! and thank you for joining Quirky Craft's, a new challenge starts on Sunday! It's time to pop back over to Quirky Craft's and chose your favourite top three! and ask your blogging buddies to vote for you!!
    ((Lyn))

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  42. Jackie Randolph26 February 2011 at 21:12

    Beautiful colors for a sweet birthday card, Thanks for sharing with us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

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  43. Linda . J27 February 2011 at 16:11

    Beautiful card Mandy and the colours and design are gorgeous. Thank you for joining us over at Digistamps4joy.
    Hugs Linda

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  44. Kristen1 March 2011 at 01:57

    Super cute card! Thanks for playing with us this week at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations!

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  45. Lauren1 March 2011 at 02:19

    Beautiful card! I love your 3D elements! The stick pin is gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown!

    Lauren

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  46. This N That1 March 2011 at 14:28

    Def catches the eye and adds some beauty to the day. thank you for playing with Card Makin Mamas!

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  47. Marilyn1 March 2011 at 18:01

    Great card & Thanks for joining Stamps R Us.

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  48. Vixykins2 March 2011 at 00:46

    Never say never :P Doing a pretty good job there yaself sweetie! Lovely bold colour scheme Mandy, fab work! xx

    Thank You for playing at Crafts & Me, hope to see you again x

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