Wednesday 25 July 2012

Challenge time over at TPS

Hello there dear friends! I am back and I am typing fast as I have had such problems with the internet access and blogger the last week. Felt totally lost and had tons to do needing the computer and the net. How typical isn't that?

Had a blast of a day yesterday or not. First the cat to the vet for some surgery, then one of the kids throw up in the car, then the internet again and to finish of a lovely day the washing mashine broke. Isn't life just wonderful? My brother would have told me to be grateful. It couldn't be much worse. LoL At least I am feeling good even if I am so stressed, but it will pass.

Now to my card. This image has been laying on my desk just waiting to be used just like the others I have been using the last couple of posts. I am not friends with my printer either as it keeps smearing the ink colouring with my dear promarkers. It's fine using the copics but with my crappy hands it's easier to hold on to and colour with as they are bigger.


Ok then back to the card, coloured with my letraset family and some metallic markers from the same gang. Papers are from Maja Design Vintage Summer. Love those so much that I don't want to use them. LoL Some gesso on a metallic star die made with spellbinders. Flowers from WOC, and so is the metal corner and lace. Charms from Bildmålarna, the rose ribbon from the Ribbon girls or WOC. I don't remember. Some distress ink is used to distress all the edges. Pearls from BunnyZoe and metall spirals from Magnolia, Sweden.

As always we have a $20 gift voucher up for grabs if you play in our challenge over at the TPS challenges with a TPS image. (Gosh what a strange sentense that became). If you play with another brand you can win three digis of your own choise. Nice too right?

With this said, I hope that you come and join us for our Metal embellishment challenge over at the Paper Shelter this week.

Love n hugs
Marie


Challenges for this card
I heart Promarkers - Gold, silver, bronze (Going with silver here)
Simon says Stamp Challenges - Anything goes
Celebrate the Occasion - Star struck
Shopping our stash - Something new (the designer papers used)
Make it Monday - Always anything goes



18 comments:

Laine said...

Hi Marie, What a day, whew!! you must have been exhausted.
Lovely card soo sweet image and wonderful design.
I have some Spectrum Noir Pens and they are a wee bit thicker than the Promarkers. I love my Promarkers but the Spectrum Pens are just as good and colour really well. They have a fine and blunt point.
This is not a promotion, no shares for me, it may be another option for you.
Hugs
Laine
X

gracescraps@gmail.com said...

What a charming card with your fabulous color work!! Oh, you're facing a lot of challenges, so sorry. Praying that you make it through and come out stronger on the other side. ~ Blessings, Tracey

http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

Veronica Atanacio said...

Oh hun! This card is so great!!! You did an excellent work here!
Hugs!

Nannieflash said...

Hi Sweetheart, a stunning card and I love how youve coloured her, she looks gorgeous. hugs Shirleyxxx
Hope your having a better day today.xx

mONAmi said...

Hi Marie.Just Sutnning.... love the pastel colors, and your attention to detail, is just amazing. So glad you joined us this week at I ♥ Promarkers

Adrian said...

Adorable, thanks for playing @ CTO!

Rachel said...

Fab card, very pretty.

Thanks for joining us at Celebrate the Occasion this week, Rachel xxx

Lin said...

Love all the pretty blues (my favorite color) on your cute card, Marie - thanks so much for sharing it with us this week at the Simon Says Stamp challenge!

A tip I learned to avoid smearing your printer ink when coloring......dump some clear embossing powder IMMEDIATELY on your digital image when it comes out of the printer, and heat emboss it.....that solved the problem for me....

Unknown said...

Yep, we all know THOSE days, when everything is against us... meh... Anyway, your card is full of joy, love the bright colours & great colouring skills. Thank you for joining us at the Celebrate the Occasion challenge and hope to see you back again. Hugs
Anna xxx

Karen Petitt said...

ooh one of those days - yep really dislike them - the rotters! my hands are so bad just broke some more of the dinner service - lol! thankfully DH gets it and worries more about my hands than the things I break lol!
have you tried changing the menu on your print function? when i print digi's i change from normal to fast draft in the 'preferences' tab. i've found i get a much lighter print which dries a lot quicker and doesn't blue or smear. hope this is of use to you hun!
this is a really gorgeous card, beautifully coloured and embellished Marie! You've got such a good eye for detail sending gentle hugs Karen x

Leslie Hanna said...

Such pretty papers. I love the lace & flowers, too. Thanks for joining us at Shopping Our Stash!

Esther said...

Beautiful card! Love her sassy, pink hair!!!
Thanks for joining us at CTO this week!

CraftyJAR said...

Gorgeous card! I love the coloring job on the image and the roses and the gorgeous embellishments. Thanks for joining us this week at CTO!
Judy

Jo said...

Saw your gorgeous creation on MIM and had to take a closer look. This is fabulous. Hugs Jox


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Karen said...

Really lovely card, and I love the BP's thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers.
xx

Meihsia Liu said...

This is such a fabulous creation. Love the beautiful embellishments and the great color scheme! Thank you so much for joining us at Make It Monday this week...:)

Lorraine said...

Gorgeous card. Thanks for joining this weeks challenge at I ♥ ProMarkers
Lorraine x

Lucianna Dilsaver said...

What a fun image, love your coloring with all your beautiful embellishments! Thanks for sharing your creation with us @ CTO for our "Star Struck" challenge :)