Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Happy Birthday Amy !! :-)


Hi all :-) Amy is celebrating her 19th birthday today with a pool party, BBQ and a sleepover ,,,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY :-)

This week on the Papertake Weekly Dawny is asking us to choose a previous PTW sketch :-) This was quite diffy as I do love all Dawny’s sketches ,,, invariably simple ,,, :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp so a fab $20 voucher for one lucky entrant :-) Did you see the All New Just In pages ,,, fabby new stuff !! :-)

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I followed sketch No 27

Of course I had to make Amy a card this week and as part of her pressie is a trip to London ( so sad that she grew out of Barbie’s ,,, much cheaper ,,,,, :-)) Anyways ,,,, I thought I would use 2 Penny Black stamps, La Soiree and Tower Bridge and make it look like she was walking along the Embankment,, she is not walking on water across the Thames !!!! :-)



I stamped Tower Bridge using Archival ink onto Neenah card ( though I should have used watercolor ) and coloured with Distress ink markers and ink pads. I then stamped La Soiree with Memento, coloured with copics and cut out. I sort of ticked glossy accents across her dress and sprinkled with red tinsel glitter to create lines of sparkle and added highlights using a white Galaxy marker and smudging. I used Basic GreyLife of the Party papers and the lovely Velvet Blossoms were in the August card Kit and aren’t they just GORGEOUS ! I added a little black gem to the centre and popped one on her bag and 2 over a Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish cut out of black card.

I used a MFT Retro Squares border die, Amy Tangerine Thickers for the No19 and a Hero Arts Sentiment to finish :-)




Edited to add a photo of Amy and her boyfriend, Ben, on a recent trip to London :-)

Thanks for looking :-) our lovely GD’s and the DT have made some gorgeous cards so please hop on over to the PTW to see them :-)

Challenges :

Cheery Lynn Designs ,,,, Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft ,,,,, Flowers

Basic Grey Challenge,,Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday ,,, Double Trouble , use 2 PB stamps

Card Crafters Circle ,,, Use fabric ( velvet)

Everybody Art ,,,,,, Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday ,,,, Travel,,, going to London ,,,,





19 comments:

Dorte said...

Congrats with the young lady, I love your comment re Barbie, thanks for the laugh.
Beautiful card you have created for Amy, I'm sure she'll love it- and the trip!
Have a wonderful day.
hugs Dorte

Nicola said...

Wow Amy is gonna love this fantastic card Lols, she is such a pretty young lady just like the one on her card. Love how you have created the background scene and the sentiment sure is faulous.
Hugs,
Nicola -x-

shulsart said...

Very cool card, I am sure she will love it. Good luck and thanks for joining in on the fun at Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog.

Safdar Ali said...

This is the gorgeous card. So beautifully designed with the nice color. I have seen many designs at Plastic Card printing company, but no design inspire me like this one.

downrightcrafty said...

great card and Happy Birthday to Amy, wow doesn't she look like you hun, almost a double :)
take care
Hugs Kate xx

Evil Edna said...

thank you for sgaring your creation with us at TIOT, sadly we can not put it forward as we ask that you enter 5 challenges including. WE hope to see you agin in another challenge. Best Wishes EE

Penny said...

Lorraine, first of all, Happy Birthday to Amy! Second, your comment about the Barbie's just cracked me up! :^)
Now to your card. WOW! This is stunning! Love the papers, bright colors, great die cuts and flowers you used. Wonderful scene with beautiful coloring and accents. This is a keeper! :^)
Hugs,
Penny

Sharon Caudle said...

*GASP* Oh Lols, this card is EXQUISITE!!!!! I love the colors and papers you used! And the details are simply AMAZING!!! Gorgeous image which is colored PERFECTLY!!! A very happy Birthday to Amy, my friend! She's going to treasure this card forever! I know I would!
hugs, Sharon

Brodders said...

Lovely and thoughtful card Lols :)

Liza said...

Gorgeous work, such a pretty image and embellishments. Thanks for joining us this week at CCC.

Liza x

Kath Stewart said...

HiLorraine...such a fun happy card..perfect for a 19 year old...thanks for joining in the fun this month over at Penny Black Saturday...hugs kath xxx

debby4000 said...

Gorgeous, fabulous card Lols.
luv
Debby

Lisa said...

A big happy birthday to Amy and what a gorgeous card! Hugs Lida

Jenée said...

Beautiful and happy card. So very colourful. Wonderfully done. Thank you for entering it in this week's challenge at Card Crafter's Circle.

Grandma Bonnie said...

Lorraine, your dress on your image looks like real fabric in your photo..awesome!! Thanks so much for choosing our challenge this week at Card Crafter's Circle!

Words and Pictures said...

Such an amazingly eye-catching card - I can see from the photo of her that such joyous colours and a card full of so much life and fizz are going to be just right for Amy - fantastic! I'm not surprised she wanted you to make one for Ben too!!
Alison x

Delphine said...

Totally fantastic card for Amy, Lols! I love your scene and the colours are wonderful! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake and good luck! Delphine xx

Jodi said...

What a lovely card! love the bright cheery colors! Good Luck and thank you for joining in the fun at Cheery Lynn Designs!

Unknown said...

WOW I just LUV it, so need the background stamp, would go fab with my future SB page I've got in mind,thanks playing long with TioT
hugs
Ildiko