Sunday 4 January 2015

It's a Girl

Since I am on a mission to use my existing stash, so far I'm pleased to report that I've resisted the sales, but there are a couple of stamps I have my eye on and my fingers are hovering over the 'add to cart' button.  (someone save me from myself please)

But not only that, in a moment of madness when I tidied my papers, I found some images I'd stamped about a year ago that were begging to be coloured, so I'm also on a mission to colour them to clear them out of my 'work in progress' pile.

The image I've used today had actually already been partially coloured but it was really pale and had no depth or shading on it, so I decided to go over it and give some depth to the colours.  After quite a bit of faffing it was finally at a stage where I was happy with it, and I was pleased I didn't just throw it in the bin.  The kitty was the hardest and I thought I'd messed the face up, but I added some stripes and he didn't look too bad.

I used some of my favourite papers in some pretty pinks, with pink and white embellishments to give the image a home.



Card Recipe:
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Happy crafting
Annette
xx



22 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really love this card, it's beautiful!!!
Hugsss, Gaby

cotnob said...

Such a pretty card Annette, an adorable image.
Pauline
x

loz said...

OMG!! This is so Beautiful Annette..Loz

Larisa said...

Such a sweet card! Love it! The stamp is so cute.

Wishcraft said...

Aww what a sweet image! Love how you've coloured it too, looks gorgeous :o) Hugs, Lisa x

PS. love the new photo! And it'd be lovely to see you at Easter if you get chance to pop over xx

Mojca said...

Oh my it's sooooo gorgeous!!! I love the sweet image and your clouring is just a perfection! Hugs! Mojca

Lin said...

Love how this turned out, Annette! You are very smart to use up what you have first. Thanks for joining us again for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

Rainey's Craft Room said...

This is an adorable image and beautifully coloured too. So glad it didn't end up in the bin.
A lovely card.
Lorraine

Kris B said...

This is absolutely adorable! Love the sweet image and the flower/pearl embellishment in the corner is gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches! Happy 2015!

Chrissy said...

Beautiful sweet image and wonderful colouring Annette..gorgeous card.

luv CHRISSYxx

Sarah said...

The "faffing" paid off Annette, it's a fabulous card!! xx

Carol S. said...

A new technique called 'faffing'? Love the result ....must try it!Lol! Seriously, a gorgeous card with amazing colouring. I think, in fact I know, I have a box of stamped images that have not been coloured. Now you make me feel guilty!! Another job for tomorrow, is to find them! Hugs, Carol S.xx

Kat W said...

I've been starting to have a bit of a tidy up of my craft room too so I hope I find some treasures I had forgotten about too! The image here turned out beautifully and the whole card is delightful :-)

Big hugs, Kat xx

Christine L said...

I'm laughing here as I've read your next post (working backwards through my commenting as always...) and know you didn't just hover over the cart buttons!! hehe

LOVE this... fabulous colouring and gorgeous bow!

Hugs
Christine x

Larissa said...

Awww such a sweet card! Love the cute image and love how you colored it. The little cat is so cute! I am also commenting backwards so I had to lol at Christine's comment. ;)

-xxx-

Debbie said...

This is gorgeous!! Your colouring is amazing and it's embellished beautifully!!
Thanks for playing along with us at TMS!!

Melanie said...

A wonderful baby card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "New Beginning” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw…
Hope to see you again in our next challenge as well…

Hugs,
Melanie
(DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Come and Get It)
(GDT Kreativzeit Challenges)

Debs said...

Gorgeous card Annette - your colouring is totally awesome.
Adorable image.
Thanks for playing along at Sweet Stampin' this week.
Good luck.
Debs xx

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

Such a gorgeous card, thank you so much for playing with Sweet Stampin', hope you can join for our next challenge too.

Warm hugs
Maarit

Thordis said...

Wow! Your coloring is beautiful. And so is your card. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin' :)

Denise Goeldner said...

Fabulous card, sorry for the latest I was on holidays. Your colours are lovely. Thanks so much for joining us over at Creative Knockouts, good luck and hope to see you again.
~ Denise DT ~
Creative Knockouts
{Denise's Patch of Creativity}
{Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge}

Jo said...

So sweet! That image is adorable & your colouring & embellies are fab! Thanks for joining us over at Crafty Calendar this month & good luck!
hugs Jo x
Dt