It's been really hot and humid here, and I've not really felt doing much at all. I've been feeling a bit 'meh' (must be in need of a holiday!!) but I decided to use one of my new images to try to perk myself up a bit.
And whoa, talk about clean and simple - I hope you're sitting down for this one :0)
Plus, I only added the pearls in order to qualify to enter the Bunny Zoe challenge!!!
Ok, so you might wonder what the 'accident' was from the post title? Well, I'd finished colouring the image, and I don't know what happened, perhaps something in the paper, but on the girlie with the pink dress, 2 black flecks appeared near her hem. I have no idea where they came from. One minute they weren't there, the next they were all my eye was drawn to. :0( I was so annoyed as I'd literally just finished, so I tried to cover them up with a white pen, which looked worse!
In the end, I had die cut a Nottingham Border in white for another card, and the little 'negative' bits that come out of the flowers were waiting to be popped out. So I poked them out and created a dinky little flower on her dress using them, and dropped a pearl pen dot in the middle. Yeah, sure it's not meant to be there, but I thought it didn't look too bad, and saved me either paper-piecing her dress, or worse, starting again.
So, my first Uptown Girl card. Boy these images are huge!!!
Card Recipe:
- Image and Sentiment - Stamping Bella Uptown Girl Victoria and Juliette's Night Out
- Colouring - Promakers (blues & aquas), Copics (pinks & skin),
- Annoying black fleck appearing from nowhere
- Memory Box Nottingham Border die (negatives) to hide the above!
- Cardworks Card base
- Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
- Momento Stamp Pad Ink
- Pearls
- Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White
- Wink of Stella
- Bunny Zoe Challenge - Bingo (diagonal : Stitching, Pearls, Sentiment)
- I Love Promarkers - Girls Girls Girls
Annette
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This is a stunning design and well done you on covering the black dots you shouldn't have said we would never have known !! Love this stamp so girlie love and happy Crafting Hugs Carole x
ReplyDeleteSimply love this!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Annette..fabulous images these girls are and fabulous colouring too..my last card had a blackspot from no where too..but it was on her neck and I could not stick a flower there..great cover up.
ReplyDeleteluv CHRISSYxx
Lovely card, great colouring and even the black spot turned out beautifully..LOL. hugs, Ursula
ReplyDeleteThis is a stunner Annette and the "save the day" flower looks brilliant!! Hope you are feeling better to face the week xx
ReplyDeletewow, stunning card and colouring, fab idea with the flower -we would never have known as it looks like it should be there! x
ReplyDeleteoh the colours are so divine Annette! gorgeous card. hugs! Mojca
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Need I say more. yes...I LOVE...Love..love it. Hugs, AntoinetteT
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful and a great cas card. Not my suual style either but. I have made a cas card for a friend which will be blogged later this week, similar style and I love it. Very ingenious with the flower, looks oerfect on her dress. Often you can cover up on a card and nobdoy would know.
ReplyDeleteLOVE your card Netty and if you hadn't said you'd dropped some ink, I'd have thought that was utterly by design. I think the lil' flower fix is perfect! Clever you! Love the stamps and your gorgeous CAS card style. Hugs, Wends x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous CAS design, Annette. Love your colouring. Hugs, Tracey x
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous Annette, love your colouring, super job.
ReplyDeleteHugs Jacee
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Annette this is a gorgeous example of how well you do C&S and I love the addition of the little flower too just perfect! Xx
ReplyDeleteA beautiful CAS card using this gorgeous stamp. You've coloured it perfectly and who would have known that the flower wasn't intentional?
ReplyDeleteLorraine
Fabulous colouring, Annette and I love the little flower on the black dots uuuh dress. Perfect CAS! Luv, Wilma
ReplyDeleteSimply stunning - amazing colouring and I love the flower :o)
ReplyDeleteHave a fab evening.
Debs xx
Oh my! You are right about the size of these stamps, but then they are so fab that they demand to be centre stage. Awesome CAS hun, and what an ace save with the flower, it looks brilliant. I do hate those pesky flecks, the atmosphere must be riddled with them..... Beautiful work. Hugs xx
ReplyDeleteWow! Annette you had truly done it! The bar is set really high with this card. What next!Lol!!:-) Hugs, Carol S.xx
ReplyDeleteWow! Annette you had truly done it! The bar is set really high with this card. What next!Lol!!:-) Hugs, Carol S.xx
ReplyDeleteI think she looks very CHIC with her little flower decoration on the dress.... and KNOW you meant it to be there all along!! hehe!
ReplyDeleteBig hugs
Christine x
PS... pen splatter is usually MY culprit!
CAS perfection! I adore this image (and all the SB images!) but colouring the dresses always turns me into a nervous wreck! I have a different SB image on my desk right now and I think I may have ruined the dress on it so may need to start again :-( Hey ho.
ReplyDeleteI think it was a happy accident with your black specks as the little flower looks so sweet and really like it was meant to be there :-)
Big hugs, Kat xx
Love this Annette, and what a fab image too, thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers.
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Gorgeous card! I love this stamp I'm gettin it for my birthday in a couple weeks! :-) oh I've had those naughty specks before too! But when they appear on the characters face there's not much hiding them so I called them freckles! Hehe
ReplyDeleteLovely CAS design and your colouring is so fab!
Lucy x