Tuesday 31 August 2010

Cute Card Thursday #127 & Delicious Doodles Special Challenge & CES #1 & Lisa's Celebration Challenge

Hi again girls. back to the normal weekly routine after the holiday weekend. I hope you all had a great time and are fit and raring to go. I am glad you have time to pop in here and I hope you enjoy your visit.
The card above was made with four challenges in mind. Cute Card Thursday had the theme "Dying for a Punch" where we were not allowed to use Nesties or punches or dies but were urged to go back to basic principles to cut our shapes. I used compasses and cut the circles and used pinking shears to edge the red square. Teri at Delicious Doodles is running a special Birthday Challenge using any of her digi images, Crafty Emma's Store where the theme for her very first challenge was "Anything goes" and Lisa at Mess2Magic has a special challenge to celebrate getting to 150 Followers with a theme of "Ladybugs" so I hope the red and black combo qualifies. I chose "Poppies" by Teri and coloured them with my Polychromos Pencils. I used a thick black velvet ribbon to make a double bow as an embellishment but it hasn't come out too clearly on the photograph unfortunately. It looks so much better in real life.
I hope you like this card and have the time and inclination to leave me a comment to let me know what you think of it. I love reading them.
Thank you for spending time here and I hope you day goes well. Stay safe and healthy.
Love and Hugs,

32 comments:

  1. Hi Fiona
    glad you had good time with your family this is a fab card love poppies
    Hugs
    sylvie xx

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  2. This is so very different from your normal style Fiona but I just adore it! The poppy image is stunning and your colouring is truly gorgeous! The velvet ribbon looks totally lush too! Beautiful work my friend!
    Hugs, Danielle

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  3. Stunning card! Your coloring is fabulous. Great job with the challenge. Thank you for joining us at Cute Card Thursday!

    Julie

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  4. Hi Hun
    wow a striking card, your colour work is fantasic, my fav flowers, beautiful design, luv it hun, hi William, sue,x

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  5. really beautiful, elegant card !!
    greetings, martina
    x

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  6. Hi Fiona,
    Such a beautiful card, I love the poppy image and your colouring is amazing...The bow looks perfect...a really elegant card...
    Mandy xx

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  7. Oh wow Fiona ... this card is stunning ( and not just because its ladybird colours lol)
    I absolutely love poppies - they have a bit of a special meaning for Michael and I.
    Your poppies are coloured beautifully
    Gorgeous!
    Lisa ;)

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  8. what a beautiful sticking card,i love poppies. janex

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  9. I absolutely love this Fiona - love the poppies and the colours work really well together - such a fab card and image. Hugs, Claire x

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  10. WOWsers hun! Lovely and dramatic - love the colour combo - just up my street!
    Good luck with the draw hun, and thanks for entering my little comp!
    Hugs,
    Teri xx

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  11. another stunning card fiona I love it
    hugs lia

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  12. AWESOME!!
    this is stunning,
    hugs
    Angie

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  13. What a beautiful card - the colouring is fantastic! Thanks for joining us at CES Challenge! Sheena xx

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  14. WOW. That card is just stunning. See you later. Looking forward to it. Kathleen x

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  15. Hi Fiona,
    Beautiful card. Fantastic colours.
    Have a nice day,
    hugs Anna A

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  16. Absolutely Gorgeous, I adore the way you have coloured the image, and I love Poppies anyway so to me this card is just perfect.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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  17. Wow your colouring is just stunning hun, as is the card I just love it!!!
    Thanks for joining us at CES for our 1st Challenge hope to see you back next week
    hugs shell xx

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  18. OMG this is stunning,you have coloured the image perfectly!!!
    Hugs xx

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  19. Stunning Fiona!! Love the edge you created with the sheers and your poppies!! Gorgeous choice of colors and design. SO ELEGANT. Have a blessed day!
    hugs,
    Chris

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  20. Ohhh wow poppies !! one of my faves and what a card !! this is so stunning. well done
    hugs June xxx

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  21. So beautiful!!!
    greetings
    Monique

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  22. Hi Fiona,
    Those poppies are stunning. You are so good at cutting out circles. Fabulous card and such pretty paper.
    hugs
    Marion

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  23. Wow, stunning mummy, very classy, love that image. Hope you are ok.

    Hugs

    Sarah

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  24. So wonderful card Fiona,I love the image and your papers.
    So gorgeous colours.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  25. Hi Fiona
    This is not just a card it is a work of art!! So beautiful
    Lots of love and hugs,
    Alison

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  26. so so sooooooooooooooo unbelivably GORGEOUS!!!! Love the image...the colour combo is my absolute fav!!!! Stunning and elegant, just love everything about this card! Hugs Juls

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  27. this card is stunning Fiona - I LOVE it and Poppies (perhaps you can tell that from my blog LOL!). You coloured it beautifully.
    Linbyx

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  28. omg Fiona those flowers are amazingly coloured...stunning card
    Mina xxx

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  29. those poppies are stunning! thanks for joining in with us at CCT.
    hugs, annie x

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  30. absolutely stunning! so different from your style card - oh I hope you color more flower images - love the inspiration - never have seen poppies done so beautifully - these colors just pop!

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  31. WOW! This is just stunning Fiona! Gorgeous image and so beautifully coloured. Beautiful!
    Kelly.x

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  32. Such a beautiful card Fiona, the image and colours are just gorgeous.
    Thanks for joining us at CES Challenges & good luck.
    Hugs Emma x

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Hugs,
Fiona x