Sunday 13 January 2013

Eleanor & Pickles - Blooming Lovely!

Hi Folks!

Hope you're all having a great weekend?

Today's card features another of Heather Valentin's fab digi characters, Eleanor & Pickles.  This digi is really called 'Happy Lil Flowers' but I like the name 'Blooming Lovely!' so I'm sticking with it, lol.
It's only available from Lacy Sunshine, which is the official and only authorised home of Heather's digis.

And here's the card:

And don't they look cute?!

Just noticed that the sentiment had slipped slightly for this...perils of taking pics when all the glue's wet, but it's now been put straight.  Also...Pickles looks brighter than he actually is.  I have seriously bad lighting in this house at this time of year and it means I have to have an Ottlite directly on it and it sometimes makes the colours a little louder than they are...and Pickles isn't really this loud!

I've used an 8 x 8 scalloped square base for this one, along with green textured cardstock from Papermania.  I have given it lacy scalloped edges by using my Cheery Lynn Reflections Boutique Mini Pearl Square dies, which I absolutely love and which are really useful!

The papers I've used are from a Hunkydory kit and My Craft Studio's Quintessential Country Garden.  I've layered them onto the lacy edged green card and shoved them on the background card/paper at jaunty angles!

I've then made corners and edged the long side with the Cheery Lynn dies.

The flowers and flourishes were cut from mulberry paper using a Marianne flower die then layered up and fixed together with a brad from my stash.

I finished off with some faux pearls from my stash.

The promarkers I used for the image were:

Caramel, Sandstone and Satin.
Coral, Sunkissed Pink and Blush.
Antique Pink and Baby Pink.
Forest Green, Bright Green and Lime Green.
Marine, Turqouise and Cool Aqua.
Cool Grey 1
Orchid, Amethyst and Purple.
Putty
Blender.

Quite pleased with this one, though the picture doesn't do it justice.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.be/ where the theme is 'Use a Digi.'  Top Three!

http://craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/  where the theme is 'Flowers.'

http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup  where the theme is 'Use Pastel Colours.'


Take care everyone.
Happy crafting!
xx

31 comments:

  1. Such a sweet card Lexi. Wonderful colours.
    Laine
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  2. A great card, love all the layers and colours x

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  3. like the layout and the topper looks great. thanks for list of colours used, helpful to me as only just learning.
    jane

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  4. Fab card, the colours you have used are gorgeous!
    Mandy x

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  5. fabulous card Lexie and love the layout - so effective
    Kim x

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  6. wow what a fab card and oh I love the image :-) x

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  7. A stunner of a card Lexie and fantastic colouring of Eleanor and Pickles.

    Hugs to you both
    Linda xxx

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  8. Its beautiful Lexie. Love the colours and the embellishments, xx

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  9. So gorgeous Lexie, love the sweet image & wonderful colours.
    Wendy xx

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  10. A fabulous card Lexie. The image is adorable and I love the colours. The papers and corners are wonderful x

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  11. Great card - cute image. brilliant colouring xx

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  12. OOOOh Loving this combo of Pink, Purple and Green.. They fit perfectly! And this image is adorable! Great colouring..
    Thanks for sharing this with us at Glitter n Sparkle.. Good luck..
    Toni - DT

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  13. Stunning as always Lexie, sure falling in love with these images, thank you for sharing with us at Glitter N Sparkle this week, good luck hun, huggies xxxx

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  14. Lexie you have made a gorgeous card yet again , The images are just so great and always make me chuckle . Beautiful colours and great layout xx

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  15. another gorgeous card, with a super image and gorgeous colouring
    Hugs Kate xx

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  16. a beautiful card with plenty to admire, well done

    Lynnda

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  17. Gorgeous card Lexie, lovely colours and oh so cute love Helen x

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  18. Another beautifully coloured image Lexie and I love your layout

    Andrea x

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  19. Such a stunning card thank you for joining us at glitternsparkle Sam DT xx

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  20. This is fabulous Lexie and the colouring is superb.

    Joan x

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  21. Another fantastic card Lynn, the image is great and the colours gorgeous
    Janet

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  22. LOL Back again with my DT hat on!! Gorgeous card and thank you for joining us this month over at Crafty Bloggers Network. I hope to see you next month too!!!!!!!!!

    Hugs
    Linda xxx
    CBN DT

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  23. Beautiful card and image. love the design and great colors. Thank you for joining us at Glitter n Sparkle this week. Abbie DT xx

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  24. Beautiful card & layout - such cute images :)

    Mandy :)

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  25. This made me smile, the image is awesome and the colour combo and layout are beautiful
    Lindsay xx

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  26. Just so pretty and colored so wonderful and love love all those beautiful soft colors. Thank so much for joining us at Color Me Creative challenge. We love seeing your creation. Good luck on the challenge.
    Hugs, Patricia

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  27. Absolutely stunning and beautifully coloured. Thanks for sharing with us at glitternsparkle hugs trisha x

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  28. wonderful creation :D

    Thanx for joining us over at Crafty Bloggers Netwrok

    Ger x
    CBN DT

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  29. Very pretty card, love that image, really cute, thanks for joining us over at the CBN Challenge this month
    Hugs
    Ang
    Crafty Bloggers Network DT
    My Blog: A Crafty Blether

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