Saturday, 26 November 2011

A Gem of a Challenge - monochrome

Hello everyone, hope you're all enjoying your weekend so far :o)  I'm here with my first card for today, for our new theme at A Gem of a Challenge, chosen by the lovely Christine, which is 'monochrome, not xmas + a sentiment'.




I've used the gorgeous Butterfly Chloe and coloured her with promarkers and flexmarkers, with some touches of Sakura clear stardust pen for a bit of shimmer.  The papers are from the papermania 'big one' stack - I tend to forget all about these papers but they're great for monochrome cards.  The border was cut with my favourite MFT die (again!) and I added a Craftwork Cards sentiment, a little punched flower and some little pearls from my stash.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

Off for a huge catch up with you all as I didn't get much blogging time yesterday... back later with my DT card for Sweet Stampin' :o)

34 comments:

Little K Smith said...

Aaaww this is gorgeous Lisa, the image is adorable and I love the colours too :)
Kelly.x

Tracey T said...

What a gorgeous colour - so lovely for a change on a girls card. xx

Dotty Jo said...

Gorgeous colour choice Lisa, this is so pretty. Hope you are doing ok, Jo x

Doreen said...

Just gorgeous,love the image and fab colours.xxx

CraftyC said...

What a beautiful card Lisa. She's very cute and the papers are gorgeous
Clairex

Debs M said...

gorgeous colour and image , you made a fabulous job of her!! great card x

Lorraine said...

Eek, Lisa, this is gorgeous! I love the colors and your coloring of that sweet image rocks! Beautiful design as always - down to that cute little flower with the pearl on the sentiment (and the pearls on her shoes)!

craftymum said...

simply gorgeous Lisa
hugs Sarah

Sue said...

Hi hun
aww adorable card, awesome colouring, the papers are fab luv the colour, sue,x

Vicky said...

Fabulous Lisa..! great image and loving your layout too hun...and I need that die...lol..!

big hugs Vicky xx

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

Thanks for joining our "Borders & flowers" challenge on SECRET CRAFTER SATURDAY CHALLENGE this week :)

Hugs Jane x

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Hi Lisa
A gorgeous card love the image and paper's and fabulous colour,
Hugs Dianne xx :)

cathi139 said...

Gorgeous, I wonder where you get all this beautiful papers you are using!!!
hugs
Cathi

Claire said...

Beautiful card hun - love the colours on this one - stunning. Hugs, Claire x

Lorraine said...

I love this Lisa. The colours are gorgeous and it's an image I haven't seen before. Just lovely.

Wendy said...

This is really gorgeous Lisa, adorable image and love the colour...Thanks for joining us at Divas by Design.
Wendy xx

Jenny said...

eeek....I want that little doggy! He's so sweet :) Gorgeous card Lisa, brilliant shading :)
Jenny x

Christine L said...

Oooooh beautiful card Lisa.... really LOVE that image!
Hugs
Christine x

Kelly Schelske said...

So pretty Lisa!! Love the beautiful color!!

Craftdee said...

This really is lovely, nice colours and fab colouring (but of course!) cute image and great layout. I love that MFT die, (I think I've said that before, lol) TFS, Donna

Debs said...

OMG this is stunning!!!! You really bring the image to life with your colouring.
Gorgeous colour too.
Debs xx

Janet said...

This is stunning sweetie.....gorgeous colouring!x

heidy said...

Oh Lisa,what a wonderfull card,love it!
Hugs Heidy

coops said...

so beautiful lisa.the image is so sweet and i love your gorgeous soft colours :D

xx coops xx

downrightcrafty said...

beautiful creation and love the border and flower choice, thank you so much for sharing your lovely work with us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
Hugs Kate xx
ps I have some new candy if you are interested :)

♥Gemma♥ said...

Absolutely stunning Lisa...your image is ever so sweet & coloured beautifully too :D
hugs and xxx
Gemma

Jacq said...

Hi Lisa,
WOW Absolutely Gorgeous Birthday card!!! Love the adorable image, the dps, the colour scheme is gorgeous. Love the layout and the embellishments. Coloured to perfection. Thanks for joining us at Divas By Design and Good Luck. Hope to see you joining us again.
Hugs Jacqui xxx

Anonymous said...

Stunning Lisa!! Absolutely love it!
xx

Chrissy said...

This card is so pretty, love the gorgeous colours Lisa, really lovely..sweet image and papers.Love it.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Unknown said...

Hi Lisa, what a gorgeous card! The image is just so sweet and beautifully coloured (as always). Great colour scheme as well. Sarah

PS - Thanks as well for joining us at Divas by Design this time!

Anonymous said...

Love this one Lisa, gorgeous colours and image! Love the little pearls on her shoes!
Helen x

Andie's Space said...

Hi Lisa,
Ooooh this is the height of cuteness & you've coloured just beautifully. She's adorable & I love it. Hope you're keeping well. Thanks for joining us at Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge this week.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Sonia said...

I love this card it's so clean and fresh looking.
Thanks for joining us at secret crafters Saturday challenge.
Hugs Sonia x

mylittlecardstudio.blogspot.com said...

This card is absolutely fabulous. The colouring is fantastic and i love the colours, image, papers, everything! Very inspiring. I am your newest follower. Best wishes, Jill :)