Sunday, 1 April 2012

Diva!

What a change in the temperatures! Yesterday was a cold and grey day and although the sun has shone again today and I've got all my washing dry it's a lot colder than earlier in the week when I managed to fall asleep in the glorious warm sunshine and burn my face!

Here's another from the 'use up the coloured images' pile. 
A fab image from the gloriously talented Mo Manning who always manages to capture just the right facial expressions - she just makes me smile. I have coloured her with promarkers and added some black glamour dust on her pearl necklace and earrings after cutting her out with a nestie  and then sitched her onto two layers of scalloped nesties in pink and black cardstock.
The spotty backing paper and pink/black organza ribbon are from my stash and I cut a single 'droplet' from a length of black lace, popped a pink pearl in the centre and attached it to a length of the ribbon.  
The black edging is a Martha Stewart punch. 
Added some flowers,a couple of die cut flourishes and some more pink pearls. The sentiment was a freebie from TLC and I played about with it to alter the colour then stitched it onto a black scalloped circle. 

Inside I used some pink/white paper from Craftwork card as the base and another nestie die to make a blank for the greeting.
Challenges -
Crafty Catz - Use a digi
Crafts 4 Eternity - 3 of a kind (3 flowers, 3 pearls)
CardMadFairy- Dies/Punches
Crafty Ribbons - Black/White and one other colour
Fashionista - Feminine and bling
My Time to Craft - Easel Cards

Sorry my posting has been so intermittent just recently because of the nasty sore bones - but thanks for hangin' in with me and continuing to stop by and leave me comments - I REALLY look forward to reading them and visitng you too. x

37 comments:

Mrs A. said...

Pink and black look so deckidant together. Altogether a lovely card. Now where can I buy the beauty treatment ?
Hugs Mrs A.

Jan said...

Fantastic image and colour palette Viv. How good are you to use up your already coloured stash! Mine is just getting bigger.
Hope you're feeling a bit better today x

Unknown said...

Loving the drama of pink and black - goes with the diva theme so well! A stunning card Viv as always xx

Unknown said...

Fabulous card and image, so cute, Viv, sent over from Janet Clarke, LOL, love your cards, xxxx

pinky said...

Gorgeous project, love the colours and image. Thanks for joining us at Crafts4Eternity this week.
Pinky

pinky said...

Opps thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons too with this gorgeous creation.
Pinky

Alison said...

This is fabulous......

Janet Clarke sent me over... x

Rina said...

Oh girl... your color combo is delightful!!! The image and sentiment are perfect! Thanks for sharing your creation at
http://fashionistachallenge.blogspot.com/

Rina

Rina said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE your color combo! The image is adorable and perfect for your sentiment!

Thanks for sharing it with us at
http://fashionistachallenge.blogspot.com/

DT coordinator,
Rina

Anne said...

Mwah! What a gorgeous image and card. Yes it's cold today isn't it, but at least the sunshine is back
Anne
x

Meggymay said...

Wonderful colour combination. She sure looks a Diva and I love those high heel shoes, its a fabulous card.
Yvonne x

Unknown said...

shes nearlly as adorable as you ....cheers for mail and you have mail now lvs yer sassxxxxxxxxx

Diamond Doll said...

Gorgeous card and perfect for our Black/White +1 colour challenge.Thankyou for joining us at Crafty Ribbons.
(hugs)
Trish (-:

Diamond Doll said...

A gorgeous card and a fab Digi image for the Crafty Catz Challenge .Thankyou for joining us this week.
(hugs)
Trish (-:

June Nelson said...

Oh wow me darlin you are braver than me!!! this is fantastic, and I have her but havent coloured her as she looked mega hard lol, you have done a brilliant job! love it, you have mail me darlink loves u x

debby4000 said...

This is gorgeous Viv, love it.
luv
Debby

Jackie said...

Gorgeous card and a delightfully snooty expression on her face :o)
Jackie xx

Jules said...

Love this colour combo Viv and your flowers are super scrummy!!!

A great card .. .. love it!!!

I hope you had a good weekend.

Love Jules xx

coops said...

fantastic card viv.she is a real diva and i love your striking colour combo :D

xx coops xx

Shelby said...

You've made her even more of a Diva! Gorgeous work and OMG I love the sentiment. the pinks and blacks and just absolutely perfect together and love all of the different elements you've used....beautiful work.

Shelby

craftysue49 said...

Great digital stamp ...and a beautiful finished card ...x

Gillian said...

Gorgeous, the colours are fab and I love all the embellishments especially the lace with the pearl.Thanks for joining in with the Cardmadfairy, hope to see you again. Hugs Gillian.

Teresa said...

This is superb Viv, great colours very vibrant I love it. The image looks like my daughter when she was little always dressing up! xxx

Anonymous said...

stunning card viv love the colours and colouring and layout pretty image xx

Monica said...

Nose up in the air - hers, I mean. Lol. What a beauty this is... love everything about it. So much beauty like always.
Monica xxx

Suzanne said...

Great colours and colouring thanks for playing in our first challenge

Kathya said...

What a great card! The combination of the image with the message...superb. And the colors complete it so well.

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Stunning, love the image & the colour combo is just perfect for her!

Thank you for sharing with us at My Time To Craft!
Hugs Shell xx

Curly said...

Thank you so very much for Joining us Crafty Catz with absolutely adorable creation its just perfect for our challenge,

Have a lovely day,
Good Luck with the challenge,
Hugs Bridget Crafty Catz DT :0) x

michele said...

Fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week hugs x

Jenny said...

What a fabbo card - The sentiment is great. Love your colours. Thanks for joining us at Fashionista Challenges. Jenny x

bonnie said...

So gorgeous...thank you for joining us over at Crafty Ribbons xx

LeslieRahye said...

How much fun is this card! Love it!
Thank you for joining us for the Crafty Ribbons Challenge!

cebelica said...

Gorgeous card! Thank you for joining our Fashionista challenge! Hugs! xx

Viv said...

Love it Viv :) Viv xx

CAROL said...

Stunning card Viv, fantastic colour combination x

Melissa S. said...

This is just beautiful. Fantastic coloring of the image (I just love Mo's images too) but all the detail on the card is just amazing. Love this.