Monday, May 11, 2015

Springtime with Vanessa.


Great News.
They asked me to stay on at 
I am now officially on the DT Team A.  Yay!!
We have a new challenge for you  this week
which is being sponsored by 



I chose to work with this delightlful image
'Vanessa'
As always the challenge is Anything Goes.
Please pop over and see what my 
team mates have created  just for you.
You have a week to enter and we 
would be delighted to see you .

I coloured her with my  Spectrum Noir Pencils
and paper pieced her dress using a matching paper
to the backing papers all by Pink Petticoat
from their  'Isobelline' pack. I love these
papers in grey and yellow.
I used Sizzix Framelits die  657936
and the flowers are all made using a variety
of Spellbinders flower dies.
Leaves are Sizzix Susan's Garden 658413.
Yellow and grey snippets used from my stash
along with the gems and pearls for decoration.

Entering into the following challenges:
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #176 Use up your snippets. (odds of card stock for flowers)
Our Creative Corner # April showers bring May flowers.
Clear It Out challenges Anything goes.
Deep Ocean Challenge #103 Flowers.
Create and Inspire #21 Anything goes.
Fab 'n' Funky #258 May flowers.
Inspiration Destination #32 Anything  goes.
Penny's Paper Crafty #226 Anything goes.
Cut It Up Challenge #70 Paper piecing. 
Fussy and Fancy #138 Lots of flowers



22 comments:

Margreet said...

Congrats on your new job, Mrs A! Your card is gorgeous...love the paperpiecing!
xxx Margreet

Catherine said...

Congratulations Valery Anne ! Your card is so sweet ! Love the paper piecing ! Hugs, blessings and love from Catherine

Unknown said...

Aww this is so cute!! I love her matching dress!
Lucy x

Lisa Mensing said...

Very pretty! Thanks for sharing at CIO for our Anything Goes Challenge. Lisa DT

Di said...

Fabulous Mrs A! LOVE the paper piecing and all the flowers. Well done on the DT role as well!

Hugs

Di xx

Darnell said...

Congratulations on the permanent DT position, Mrs. A! They know a great talent when the see it!! This card is so sweet framed in flowers! I love her matching paper-pieced dress!! Enjoy your day!! Hugs, Darnell

Jenny's Heart said...

Whoo hoo congratulations on the dt.
I love your style.
Thank you for your sweet words of care and kindness too.

Michelle said...

Great job on the paper piecing! Looks awesome and congrats on your permanent DT position. Thanks for joining us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge this week.

Michelle H~DT

Jacee said...

Adorably sweet, so very pretty, lovely work!
hugs Jacee
Simply Paper Card Design

rachel said...

what a pretty card valery - really gorgeous colours - love it - hugs rachel x

Cut It Up Challenge Blog said...

I love how you matched the dress to the background paper. This is so pretty!

Thanks for joining us for our Paper Piecing challenge at Cut it Up!

Evelyn
http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

Kathleen said...

Gorgeous card and love the paper piecing, great papers and a lovely image, brilliant flower display.

Kath x

Brenda in IN said...

I love your paper pieceing on her dress. The papers are so pretty. Those bright yellow flowers just make it pop. Congratulations to you for being a permanent member of the DT. Good for you!

Sarn said...

Congrats on your official DT spot Mrs A. This is one VERY pretty card. I like the paper piecing and all the floral embellishments. xxx

Faye Wynn-Jones said...

Yay, congratulations Mummy. Very well deserved. xx Did you have someone in mind when you made this in lilac and yellow? Loving the paper pieced dress x

Pat K said...

Adorable card and I love the paper piecing. Congrats on your DT spot..well deserved.
Thanks for playing along with us at Fussy and Fancy Friday. hugs, Pat K x

Helen said...

Beautiful card - love the imagel

Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky.

Helen x

Unknown said...

Hi Mrs. A!! Such a fun and playful card! I love all of the yellow blooms! Congrats on your permanent DT posting at Crafting From the Heart! Thank you so much for bringing this darling card to my April Showers Bring May Flowers challenge at Our Creative Corner this month!! XOXO-Shari

Anet's Crafting said...

Gorgeous card. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty. We would love to see you again ... Anet DTx

Gerda said...

What a gorgeous card!! Love the pretty flowers and that adorable girl image you used!! Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up challenge!
Gerda
http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

Your card is so pretty and such an adorable image!! Thanks for joining us at Cut It Up this week!

lilyandthelotus.blogspot.com said...

This is a beautiful little card. so delicate and pretty. thank you for joining us at Create and Inspire Challenges.