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Thursday 30 April 2009

Just Magnolia / Inspirational Sketches Challenges


Good evening everyone, been an eventful day in one way or another. Postie bought me aload more cards since this morning post, then had to take Jessica to Doctors with Tonsilitis and I think she's passed it on but am trying to push it to the back of my mind today. I managed to make this card for this weeks Just Magnolia which has a Pink/Green theme and Inspirational Sketches which has a gorgeous sketch to folllow this week. The backing paper is Bearly Mine Designs Extreme Vol 1 available HERE. My new Tilda stamp, (my favourite atm) which I've coloured with Copics. Not done black hair before so this really was trial and error, used 3 shades of grey and kept layering and blending. The swirls and leaves are done with my gorgeous punches and used my new Martha Stewart punch that I received yesterday. SU punches used for the sentiment. Really enjoyed putting this card together and love the way it has turned out.
I'm off out for a meal shortly, the village pub which is at the end of our road do the best food so hubby has booked a table for all of us. I have such a long list on peeps to thank, would take forever so will say Your Cards Were gorgeous and I'm a very lucky lady to have such wonderful friends, Thankyou.
Have a lovely evening and again thankyou so much for helping me celebrate my birthday.
TTFN
Clairexx

39 comments:

Riet said...

What a beautiful card Claire,l love the stamp and colours.

Hugs Riet.x

Anonymous said...

WOW!! This is gorgeous Claire!! Really love your pretty colors and flowers!! :) TFS!

Nannieflash said...

Wow Claire, your card is absolutely beautiful, I love the way youve coloured her and layered her up. Its quite stunning, I hope youve had a brilliant birthday. love and hugs Shirleyxxxx

Dawn♥ said...

Claire I love what you did with the sketch! WOW it's absolutely GORGEOUS! Love the detail work! Lovely job and thanks for playing this week! :)
♥Dawn♥

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Gorgeous card Claire, love the cute image and the pretty flowers. Hugs Nikki x

Donna said...

Gorgeous card Claire and such a pretty design. Hope you enjoy your meal out this evening :) Donna x

Lilacanglia said...

Super card,
Hope you havent got tonsi,
Enjoy your meal, and share with us what crafty items you spend your birthday money on,
Hugs
Angie

Nicki said...

Gorgeous card Claire, love the embellishments and Tilda's hair looks great. Hope you've had a great day for your birthday. Hugs, Nicki, xx.

Minxy said...

Aw cute card, see your making use of the rollers again, there fab arn't they.. Have a nice meal and i'll catch ya later xx

Bev said...

Wonderful card hun, so much beautiful detail and a fabulous choice of papers. Thanks for joining us this week x

Wendy said...

Gorgeous card Claire
Wendy x

DawnMarie said...

Hi Claire, your card is beautiful, and I think her hair is fabulous. Hope you don't get struck down with tonsilitis, try taking some echinacea. Have a lovely meal and a great birthday. Hugs Dawn Marie.xx

Risa said...

What a super cute card Claire! Tilda is so pretty and your eye for details is awesome!
hugs
Risa:)

The Crafty Blonde said...

Hi Claire, Firstly Happy Birthday hope you have had a lovely day. Your card looks fab I love the cute Tilda image and the wavy border arounbd her. The papers and flowers look great.
Lyndsey xx

pinky said...

Ah really cute card, tilda is beautiful, love her hair! Hope you had a great birthday.
Pinky

Rach said...

a fabulous card hun, love the image that you have used. enjoy your meal.. and thank you for joining us at just magnolia. hugs rachxx

Michele Roos said...

Gorgeous card Birthday Girls. Love the tilda image and the colouring is fabulous. Hugs Michele x

Anonymous said...

Claire Your card is GORGEOUS! Love the stamp! Lovely combo of Challenges..
`Happy B`day` Hope you had a lovely Evening....
`Thanks` for joining in with ICS this week..
A pleasure to see you there..
Enjoy your Friday:)♥

Danni said...

Happy Birthday!! Lovely card!

Anonymous said...

Another beautiful card, love the colouring.
//Malin

Linanna DESIGNS said...

Good morning Claire, another gorgeous card as always hunny. I hope you enjoyed your meal, looking forward to hearing aboutit. Glad you had a good birthday, you deserve it. Big hugs Linda x

debby4000 said...

Fabulous card, wonderful Tilda and I love all the details.
luv
Debby

Nicola said...

Beautiful card Claire, love the cute image and the pretty flowers.
Nicola -x-

Nicola said...

Fabulous card Claire - love that image and your wonderful colouring. Hope you had a lovely meal - belated birthday greetings.
Nicola -x-

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous card! I love the cute image.
Hugs, Vanja

Cheryl said...

So pretty,the colours and embellishments are beautiful!!!
xx

nessy said...

gorgeous card claire ~hope you enjoyed your meal!!
DH paul had the same illness and was very poorly ~i thought he had flu ~takes such a long time to get better.
sending you lots of hugs
vanessa xx

Shazza said...

gorgeous card Claire
x

Jacqueline (Sjakkie) said...

Wonderful card, Claire. And I saw you changed your photo on the blog, realy different!
Hugs from Jacqueline

Tricia said...

claire, she is just beautiful! I really ought to try some of these stamps out! I need stamp therapy though!

Victoria said...

It is beautiful, the hair is fantastic - hope Jessica gets better soon - hope you have had a wonderful birthday and well done on your new DT.

sorry I have not visited all week we have had the front of the house rebuilt due to a failed lintel and have had no internet connection! Hope to be able to catch up with all your wonderful cards over this long weekend x

Cindy Haffner said...

Super sweet, awesome job.

Anonymous said...

Adorable card Claire, love it.

Enfys said...

What a gorgeous card, loads of yummy details to drool over!
hugs
En x

Jill said...

beautiful card Claire, thanks so much for your lovely comments you made my day hugs Jill xx

Victoria said...

Hi It is a penny black image which I am not sure of the name of as it is Cathy's that I stamped some of when I saw her last.

Jo Capper-Sandon said...

Good composition, flows well. Love it.

mueppi said...

Another beautiful card Claire with fab colours and cute image!
Hugs Gisela

Kim Costello said...

Gorgeous Claire! Love the colouring and fab papers! Great take on the sketch and thanks for joining us at ICS and happy birthday your the day after mine so many this month hope you had fun!!!♥ HuGs Kim x


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