Friday 25 November 2011

Dancing Matilda

For this card I used Ballet Matilda from the DigiStamp Boutique. This seemed the obvious choice for a birthday girl who did quite a bit of ballet dancing when she was even younger than she is today, lol. I coloured the image with Spectrum Noir pens and added a Papermania gem to the flower in her hair. IRL this is a very sparkly gem in vibrant turquoise green, a perfect match with the leaves on the PP, but unfortunatly this does not show in the picture.


The birthday sentiment in the punched circle is actually from a Raindrop Echo Design freebie that also includes an image in the middle, but I masked that part by drawing a circle over it in Word. I know how to make these circle sentiments myself, but this was much quicker, lol. The "lace" at the bottom came from a huge sheet that was wrapped around the roses my husband gave me for my birthday. I used my SN alcohol markers to change the colour from grass green to turquoise green to match the PP and applied some double-sided tape to be able to create the pleats. I also used a few circles cut from the same material as a background for my buttons.

Other materials used:
PP - First Edition, Spring Fling
Scalloped circle - Nestability
Number stickers
Papicolour cardstock

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Some Odd Girl - 2 pp + coloured cs + buttons + punch/die cut
Sweet Stampin' - Birthday (they're celebrating their 2nd birthday)
Tuesday Throwdown - #75 Lots of circles
Ooh La La - Bingo (buttons, die cut, lace; hope my "lace" qualifies)
Alphabet Challenge Blog - V for Vibrant


10 comments:

  1. Oh so cute! Love this little mouse and the pretty papers. Thank you for playing at Sweet Stampin' this week. Tracey x

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  2. Fabulicious Marianne...love the colours in the pp, so bright and fresh. Well done recycling the 'lace'...it looks brilliant. Super cute image :-D xx

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  3. So cute!

    Thanks for joining in the birthday celebrations at Sweet Stampin this week.

    Susan xx

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  4. Aww what a real sweetie, I love the colours, really pretty and soft. Thank you also for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week and good luck xxx

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  5. This is so cute love the image.Thanks for sharing this with us at OLL.xxx

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  6. Super cute card! Love the fun colors and gorgeous papers! Thanks for playing at Some Odd girl!
    Hugs,
    M

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  7. Super cute card Marianne! Love the mix of papers and the little ballet mouse in pink! Fabulous use of the recipe! :)

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  8. Absolutely adorable! Love the dp. Thanks for joining us this week at Tuesday Throwdown. Good luck in the challenge and I hope you're going to play again soon.
    NanaConnie TT DT

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  9. Too cute, great colouring and nice DP, thanks for playing with us at the Alphabet Challenge, blessings Hilde

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  10. Congratulations on being a winner this week at Tuesday Throwdown! I loved this card the first time I saw it. :-D
    NanaConnie TT DT

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