25 June 2011

Butterfly Chloe…. A Gem of a chall.#24

1st I apologise to peeps I owe comms. to what with blogger playing me up
and my new BB service provider teething probs felt like giving blogger up..
I’m not the most techy minded & DH is no use at all.. he thinks a mouse is the
furry animal that is living under our new shed.. right onto me post

Happy Saturday folks..gosh another W/end where are the wks. going to this year??
here we are with another Gem of A Chall.
Huge thanks for the stunning creations in our last chall..hop over see if your a winner..
This wk. our teamie Lisa has a fab sketch to follow..

Lisa's_Sketch #24


Nice n easy this one.. I used the new Butterfly Chloe which is 
one of Janet's New Products for June ..one of the new stamps are on me card..
& the post card stamps are so lush, All the design papers are Pinkgemdesigns digi D/loads
Butterfly Chloe image is coloured with Promarkers & prismas, & her dress is paper pieced..Tutorial HERE
The oval shape was cut on the Cricut & put thro a B/fly embossing folder..
MS large B/fly border punch..

PG  ch#24

PG ch#24 x2


close up of the Butterfly digi paper pieced dress.. I used some string
which I coloured with a black  marker for the dog leash..pearls embellishments.

challs for me card are
Sew Many Cards ch.#58   Dry Embossing..
The Stamp Man.  Butterflies/Dragonflies
Saturday chall#140  Embossing
One Stitch at a Time#67  Things with wings

thanks for stopping by hope you find time to join us at
Hugs to all Christine xx

15 comments:

Lisa Jane said...

oh wow this is sooo pretty Christine.. i love the butterfly border ..
LISA X

Christine L said...

This is a beautiful card Christine... as you know I love lilacs to start with, but the image is lovely and your colouring is fab (as always!) Love how you've got the dog's lead done too with inventiveness! LOL
Hope your BB probs are now settled and that blogger gets back to normal SOME day!
Hugs
Christine x
PS - I can see your followers, even if you can't!

Exclusively by Mel said...

Hi Christine,
Oh your card is so pretty!!
Love the dog lead idea!
Her dress is wonderful.
I hope your internet probs stop now.
Love,Mel. xx

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Hi Christine
A gorgeous card ,beautiful image and fabulous colour,have a lovely weeknd
Hugs Dianne xx :)

kelly ledder said...

Fabulous Christine looks so lovely and I love the lilac x

downrightcrafty said...

beautiful embossing and gorgeous card thank you so much for joining us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. I have candy if you are interested
Hugs Kate xx

Renee said...

Love the purple/green color combo. Very pretty card. Thanx for joining us this week at OSAAT challenge. Hope to see you back again next week.
Renee DT

coops said...

stunning card christine, so pretty.the image is so sweet and i love your lilac colours and details :D

xx coops xx

Jennifer said...

So pretty Christine....I love lilac. Thanks again for Jessie's B/day treats. Big hugs! xx Jenny xx

Berry said...

This is so fab Christine I love her paper pieced dress so cute! Hugs Rebekah xx

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

Thanks for joining our "Embossing" challenge this week on SECRET CRAFTER SATURDAY CHALLENGE :)

Hugs Jane x

Curly said...

Wow Gorgeous card fabulous colouring,

thanks for joining us at The Secret Crafter "Embossing" Challenge,

Good Luck
Hugs Bridget :0) x

Bea said...

Cute card, and I love the colors!

Thanks for joining us at Secret Crafter this week

Bea

Lisa said...

Great project! Thanks for joining us at The Stamp Man.

Andie's Space said...

Hi Christine,
This is just gorgeous. I love your super cute image & the gorgeous purpl pallette. Thanks for joining us at Secret Crafters this week.
Hugs,
Andie xx