Morning :) I hope everyone has some fabby plans for the weekend and that the weather might give us a break! The flash flooding here on Thursday night was horrendous, it just came from nowhere. Luckily we live quite a bit higher than the river and it has to cross a field or two before it reaches us, but the cottage further down the lane got 3 foot of it as it broke down fencing and took all the path away as well as a couple of trees!
Anyway, my card today is for our new challenge over at Sweet Stampin where this week our theme is 'Scallops'. We are sponsored by the brilliant Crafts & Me, and also our montly sponsor is the ever-generous Joanna Sheen, so a chance to win a lovely prize too!
I used a gorgeous image I bought a while ago called Moon Glow by Hannah Lynn, and this was just fabulous to colour. I hand-stitched MME papers onto white bazzil card and used an MS PATP for the scallopey border. I used Spellbinder, Memory Box, Marianne and Doo Hickey dies on this and the gorgeous flower is from WOC.
I am entering this card in the below competitions:
Wild Orchid Challenge - Punch it Out
Crafts & Me - Birthdays - this card is intended for my nieces birthday on 18th July :)
Crafty Catz - Show us your metal - pins
Thanks so much for visiting my blog, I am doing my best to catch up with everyone and hope to grab a few hours over the next couple of days - in the meantime have a smashing weekend!
Just beautiful Alison, love the image, gorgeous colours and papers and more of your fabulous dies - love it. Have a fab day! Hugs, Claire x
ReplyDeleteThis is full of gorgeousness. Just love it. Wishing you a wonderful creative weekend.
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Desíre
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Doing Life
This is just gorgeous,love the image and fab papers.xxx
ReplyDeleteAlison this is just so pretty! I love how you have coloured this sweet image in those soft tones. The bling in her hair is a really nice touch too :)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Alison! Love the muted colours and the layout is fab! Happy weekend! Laura x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful soft colours, and lovely shimmery effect on her hair and wings. Love those dainty pins too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, as always.
Annette
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oh gosh Hun,this is so beautiful oh her hair is amazing,and the dies,you have used,really showcase the image to perfection, brilliant soft colours too,love it hugs Cherylxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteA stunning card Alison, I love the gorgeous image, beautiful soft colours and I love the dies too :)
ReplyDeleteKelly.x
Love, love, love, love this card. The soft pretty colours are perfect. Have a great weekend. xx
ReplyDeleteLove the patchwork effect of your stitched matting & that floral/pearl embellishing really brings out the peachy colours. This is going to be just delightful for your niece.
ReplyDeleteHope the mop & bucket has been for Hector not for leaks.........or even BOTH?
Paula (PEP)
I love the touch of shimmer on your beautifully coloured image, Alison. Fabulous use of dies and super stitching xx
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours and details:)
Hugs, Heidi:)
Gorgeous, such a soft, feminine feel to this, I love the sparkle!
ReplyDeleteHi Alison!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your kind words on my blog. It really warms my heart that you are still popping by my blog, even if I don't do so many posts right now. But I hope I will be able to do more in the coming weeks.
My health has not been the best this spring, hard to explain in English but some of my problem is that I periodically have incredible pain in my hands, so that I can not make cards, post comments, etc. and can not work as I sit in front of the computer all day long This has meant that I have put it all enegi I had on work so one does not get completely broke :)
But now it has turned for the better and I hope it stays that way. And it's only one week left until I go on holiday, five wonderful weeks. :)
So even though I have not commented on your posts, I've been here and looked on all the nice things you do, it's really inspiring :) And so fun to watch. You make me so happy all the colors and everything nice you paint and decorate :)
Thank you very much
Wishing you a great weekend with lots of sun.
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Alison, your softly colored and wonderfully sparkled Moon Glow image looks absolutely stunning on this beautiful card. So glad to see your entry at the Crafts and Me Stamps' digi team's Birthdays challenge. Hugz, ~ Rose
ReplyDeleteHi Alison gorgeous card the image is gorgeous and coloured beautifully and the layout is fantastic. Caroline xxx
ReplyDeleteLove this Alison! I was hoping you were ok with the floods and am relieved to hear you say that you are. Have a lovely weekend, Judy x
ReplyDeleteLove the image, love the soft colours and love all those dies!! Gorgeous card Alison.
ReplyDeleteHope all that water stays away too.
Lorraine x
This is totally gorgeous. Love how you have coloured this beauty and all the pretty sparkle. Fabby papers and die cuts to.
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Denise xx
wow!! This is totally stunning. I LOVE that image and you have coloured her so beautifully. The colours and embellishments all co-ordinate perfectly.
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Sue
Alison this is absolutely stunning! What a beautiful card and amazing used of dies and punches!!! Thank you so very much for joining us at WOCC!
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this is stunning. love the image. fab colouring in. superb use of your dies too x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Alison and love the soft colours. Hope the weather has improved for you and enjoy the rest of your weekend
ReplyDeletex catherine
wow just another gorgeous card alison.
ReplyDeletegreetings karin
She's gorgeous! What a beautiful card. I have that paper pack and I don't think I could make it look that great. The lace oval is gorgeous. Your cards just bring me so much happiness. Beautiful work friend.
ReplyDeletebeautiful card xxx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Alison, love the soft colours, design, the die cuts and sparkle.We've been quite lucky today up here. Sunny and warm for a change. Carolxx
ReplyDeleteAlison, I love the colors on this. It is really gorgeous!!!
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Debbie
Wow! this is gorgeous Alison! what a sweet image and your colouring is beautiful !! I love her shimmery hair! The papers and embellies are so pretty - it's a stunning card!
ReplyDeleteThis freak weather is awful ! - so many people have had floods - it's really scary!! Stay Safe hun!
Hope you're having a lovely weekend!
Big Hugs
Sue xx
Smashing card Alison, love all the die cuts, glitter in her hair and the sweet little bow. Debs xx
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous, love the layout and soft colours. Chris xx
ReplyDeleteStunning, love the whole thing especially the layout and the image is great.
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Janet
Gorgeous card! Helen x
ReplyDeleteStunning card hun, love the image and great colors xx
ReplyDeleteoh wow this is so pretty alison.beautiful pretty colours and diecuts and i love how you coloured this beauties hair.thanks also for joining us this week at the crafts and me challenge :D
ReplyDeletethe woman in black is not gory at all just very spooky and made me jump.lol.
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A stunning card, so many elements to it xxx
ReplyDeletethis is so pretty I love the layout!
ReplyDeleteReally pretty card Alison love the colours and image, fab!!!!... Big hugs Jo xxxx
ReplyDeleteSuch delicate colours Alison, I love it, love the flower and the pins xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Alison..gorgeous image and colouring, love her sparkling hair...so pretty.
ReplyDeleteLuv CHRISSYxx
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anneke
gorgeous card, fab image and love your colouring and layout! thanks for joining us at craftycatz this week
ReplyDeleteKim x
Wow Alison this just so stunning darlin ,I love the pastel shades and yoru colouring is a delight to behold lol, just fantastic me darlin huggies Juen xxx
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning as always sweetie, beautiful image, the soft colours and shimmer look gorgeous and the die cuts, flower and layout are all soooo pretty
ReplyDeleteLindsay xx
I love the soft pastel shades of this pretty card, the image is gorgeous and that one flower is simply beautiful
ReplyDeletehugs Vicky x x x
beautiful card..love your colouring...such a gorgeous image pam
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Beautiful colours and how fabulous is this image Alison Hugs Elaine
ReplyDeleteWow..I love this card!! It's simply perfect!! Love the image, the colouring , the die cuts, flowers and pins.
ReplyDeleteNice to visit your personal blog,normally I see your work at Charisma Cardz...
Blankina
This is such a pretty card Alison. I love the papers and your colours and details are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDebbie x
Oh! your card is stunningly beautiful as always. Love the simple colours and you have a fab thing goining on with those diecuts. keeleyxx
ReplyDeleteHello "dies queen" ))) lol Another amazing card you`ve created.. This is really beautiful!!
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Natali
I think that it has all been said. But I will say it again - lovely lovely card! x
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous Alison, I love these gorgeous images (I must get one myself!) your colouring is fab, and I love the pretty papers and fantastic layering and stitching.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's still raining here! So dull, and wet, I really hope it cheers up for the school holidays, or we will all be climbing the walls!
This is beautiful love the aqua and peach its a perfect match just goreous xxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteHi Alison, fabulous card (as always). Love the colours and Pom Pom is up there in my top 5 LoTV favs.
ReplyDeleteLove the cards in your previous posts as well - especially the stars and stripes one!
Sarah
So pretty Alison! I love the soft colors you used, your coloring of that beautiful image, the dies and the sparkle!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful xxx
ReplyDeleteAwww another beautiful card Alison, so elegant and pretty, love the image and soft colours.. sorry to hear about the weather and floods over there, hope it's nicer now xxx
ReplyDeleteHmm missed this one as well but did see your frosty one - weird.
ReplyDeleteLoveing the sparkle and soft colours and that is a great colour combination :) xx