I used the image with the bird and masked it off so I could put her on these steps. I watercoloured the image and distressed it. I added the butterfly but haven't coloured it. I resisted the urge to distress the papers - I wanted a faintly grungey look, but not too shabby, but did distress the flowers. I sanded the coredinations papers and added metallic eyelets. The sentiment is from a Take That song - couldn't stand them 1st time round, obviously I am mellowing! I distressed the tag and added a couple of butterflies.
The idea is to put some photos round it at angles ... just need to summon up the courage and get a box of tissues before doing the pictures thing!
We're off to Vicky's this afternoon to celebrate Edward's birthday - so I will be back tomorrow moring with the March Sugar Sugar project and my WOJ GDT card - well I won't be, hopefully the scheduled post will work!!
Recipe:
Stamp(s): Sugar Nellie Gorguss Girls A Little Birdie otld me; Magnolia steps; WOJ Spring stamp kit butterfly
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: K & Co Blue Awning; Coredinations; cardstock
Embellishments: Prima flowers; Papermania eyelets; ribbon from stash
I used my prize from a couple of week's ago, Twinkle, as my image. Ellie has made a few cards with this stamp so I hadn't had a look in. I watercoloured her simply in and, with some help from Beth, stickled the sparkles and crown. I have kept it quite simple and as it will be for a 4 year old used metal flowers - they don't seem to appreciate Primas!! I thought the PB sentiment was quite appropriate with this fairy.
I coloured the image in using promarkers (I wanted to see how she looked in Promarkers) and matted her onto purple and black cardstock.I ran the purple and lilac cardstock through CB embossing folders and matted them onto black cardstock. I printed out the sentiment and mated that onto black cardstock. I decided to leave it embellishment free, except for the two brads. I followed Becky's sketch on My Time to Craft, and followed CCT and Charisma Cardz challenges theme, animals.
I am really pleased with the shaker - it is only the second time I have made a shaker card.
I couldn't resist using one of my latest WOJ stamps as I think it looks a little like Edward. I used cardstock and bright patterned papers, and stamped the sentiment. The three stars are for Edward's age and I cut them using my star nesties.
I cut my card and dp using my Mega rectangles from Nestibilities - I hardly ever use them as they are generally too big - never thought to use them to cut card blanks -DOH! I made sure that I would still have some fold in the card when I placed the die in the folded card. I then had to find an image cute enough and small enough to fit in the middle!! I coloured this gorgeous Sarah Kay image in and then chopped the bottom off! I used turquoise cardstock that match ed the centre of the darker flowers to matt the image onto. I ran some acetate through my d'vine swirls folder and scruffed the back up so it showed on the cardstock. Two flower brads attach the cardstock and acetate. Finally I distressed the edges of the image, card blank and dp as it looked too stark. Hopefully they will like it.
I watercoloured the image a couple of times and distressed the edges with distress ink. My waterbrush is misbehaving at the moment so the hedgie looks a bit blotchy! I cut and decoupaged the hedgehog and 3 of the daisies. As Ellie was hanging around I let her glitter the daisies which is why they are GLITTERED! I matted the image and papers onto orange cardstock and added the sentiment.
I coloured the image and distressed the background. I love these papers, and often layer the flowers up to add some depth. As the papers are quite busy I have just used simple brown buttons for the embellishment. No sentiment yet, I only add them when I use the card.
This has to be my current favourite image from the Stamp Kit - she is just gorgeous. I watercoloured her and resisted the urge to distress the background! I added some ribbon and ric-rac detail to a couple of the corners and ric-rac acrooss the middle. The sentiment is set off to an angle as it didn't look right straight, with the ribbon corners.
I love this cat - he looks like he has just got the cream. Strangely I didn't make any cards with him on last year. Again he is coloured in distress inks and all the papers are from my scraps and left over Christmas paper. I added stickles to the berries on the image and the paper, and stamped a gold scroll onto 2 corners. Of the two I do prefer this one.
I watercoloured the image and distressed it. I went to town with the distressing, and ripped and sanded everything!! I embossed the background cardstock using my Swiss dots folder and sanded it. The image and red card stock are cut out using my nesties, and the cardstock sanded. I delibrately matted everything at an angle to add to the grungey feel. I set eyelets to hold the image and star. Just need to find a grungey teenager now!! 
I have kept it quite embellishment free as the papers are quite patterned (and I am trying to make my embellie stash last as long as possible!). I watercoloured and distressed the image and matted her onto 2 plain papers. So the pink patterned paper stood out I also matted that onto black. Did a bit of faux stitching, added some ribbon, bow and charm and ... voila!
I have used three of the stamps for this card and have done some masking to position them all. I'm really pleased with the masking as I am usually rubbish at it (Thanks Samantha for the tutorial!)
The layout of the card is quite simple as the image is big! I used the red heart from the folded heart template (used on the pillow box) to pop over the top of the card. 
I made the folded heart (thanks again Samantha for the template) to put on the pillow box to hold the tag. I edged the heart in Brilliance Starlight black.
Not too much detail as they aren't a very fussy couple, but Nancy does like a bit of pink!
When I saw this I instantly thought gatefold card. So I have made a thank you/wedding acceptance for a couple of friends who ar getting married in a couple of months.
Inside the card I have done the acceptance text in gold pen on a nestie label (hidden as it is personal), and satamped hearts in versamark and gold embossed them.
