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Wednesday 30 June 2010

Retirement card

Good morning my lovely friends (can you tell I’ve got a week off from work lol!) I am here to share another card that I made for my mother to give to her friend.  Again I’ve actually hand-stamped my image as my printer is still on the blink (it will be going through the window soon :( 

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The colours look a little “washed out” here but IRL they are a little more vibrant – another example of my useless photography skills lol!  I used another cutie PB image (forgot how many I have) and coloured him with my promarkers.

I can enter my card into the following challenges:

Just cute bears challenge – open theme

Quirky crafts challenge – ribbon

Sentimental Sundays challenge – encouragement & support (hope this counts)

Alphabet challenge – I for icy colours

Fun with shapes and more challenge – distressing (I inked all my edges with a chalk ink pad)

Craftalicious challenge – monotone

Paper garden projects challenge – anything cool (colours and teddy looks cool enjoying his drink)

Simple doodles challenge – fun in the sun (teddy enjoying the sun in his hammock)

Paper cutz challenge – use circles, stars or squares (I used lots of little squares in my background)

Penny black challenge – paper patch

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – animal crackers

Crafty cardmakers challenge – inky fingers (I inked all the edges)

Creative cottage challenge – summer surprise (anything summery)

I hope you have a wonderful day today, the weather is still lovely here, although it is supposed to change tomorrow.  It was sooooo warm in bed last night I actually slept on top of the covers :)  Thanks for stopping by today.

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Card ingredients:

Image: PB – kickin’ (3829H)

Papers: making memories – emma paper pack, SU whisper white card

Tools: promarkers, ek success retro flower punch, nellie’s choice stamen punch, SU oval all punches, sentiment created on the pc, SU white ribbon, stickles on drink and flower centres, oval nesties

24 comments:

Wishcraft said...

Such a sweet card, love the image and colour. Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog, and also for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers :o) Lisa x

Catherine said...

What a delicious card ! I adore the sweet image and your colours are fab ! Love it ! Smiles from Catherine

Jane said...

Beautiful soft colours...gorgeous!! Good luck at Crafty Cardmakers challenge XX

Helen Dooley said...

great card, beautiful. thanks for playing along on PCC this week.

Kath Stewart said...

this is so sweet denise..love your paper patching..thanks for joining in the fun this week at PBSC....Hugs kath xxx

CraftyC said...

Its lovely Denise. Hope you can get a new printer, you must be goin out of your mind LOL
Clairexx

Spyder said...

Lovely card, not 'washed out at all! love the image and the papers, really all works well, your mum's friend will love it! Thank you for joining Quirky Craft's "Ribbon" Challenge this fortnight, hope to see you next time too
((Lyn))

annies place said...

Beautiful card, such a lovely shade of blue. Thanks for being a great friend Ann x

Melodie said...

Such a fantastic card, I love this colour very much, and the image is soo cute.
Hugs
Melodie

debby4000 said...

Oh wonderful adorable card Denise.
luv
Debby

Rachel x said...

This is so pretty, Denise!! I love the colours and flowers and the image is great for a retirement card!! :) And I too have more stamps than I can remember!! It's a bit like having more new ones again when you rediscover them, though!! :)
hugs, Rachel x

Cathy at Paper Garden Projects said...

Oh this is cute! And what a perfect image for a retirement card (you gotta love Penny Black).

Thanks for playing the Paper Garden Projects Keep it Cool challenge.

Anonymous said...

Oh this is lovely, thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge. x

Mandy said...

Denise your card is adorable, such a sweet image and pretty colours, love it.
Thanks for joining us at Craftalicious, hope you can play next challenge too
hugs Mandy xx

Linda said...

What fun to be in a hammock with something cold to drink.....very cute card!!

Thank you for joining us on Simple Doodles I sure hope that you will join us again for the next challenge that starts in a couple of days.

Linda B - Simple Doodles Design Team

Kimberly S said...

Super cute card, and such a pretty color you chose for your DP. Thanks so much for joining us for this week's Sentimental Sundays! :)

Sarah said...

Such a sweet card! I love the colours and papers, gorgeous.

Thanks for joining us at Just Cute Bears.

xx :0)

Sandra said...

Gorgeous card...such a cute image and pretty papers too...thanks for joining us this week at Just Cute Bears...

Have a lovely weekend
Take care
San x

Tracy said...

this is so beautiful Denise i love that cute image and the gorgeous papers. Thanks for joining this weeks Creative Cottage Challenge, hugs Tracy x

Pauline C said...

Adorable card - such a cute iamge and the colorus are so soft and pretty. Thanks for joining int his week's PBSC
pauline x

made by fifi said...

great card - thanks for joining in the alphabet challenge x

jenny said...

Gorgeous card Denise! Love all the lilac x
Thanks for joining us at Just Cute Bears x

Jenny x

Kaz said...

What a pretty card, love the soft colours.
Kaz xx

mudmaven said...

Love your card! That image is just perfect. Thanks for playing along with us at Sentimental Sundays. ~chris