Hi girls. It's great to have you visiting again. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and that all my American friends are having a glorious Independence weekend. It is nice of you to take time to call in on my blog.Now I must introduce this card by saying that after I made it I didn't like it one little bit but William thought that I was being over critical and that it had a distressed look about it. He thought that it was too far removed from my normal girly pinks and blues for me to like it much. I thought that I had made the white card with the image to dark with the brown stain. Anyway I will leave you to be the final judges. If you like it and leave me comments to that effect he'll no doubt be telling me "I told you so" on the other hand if you say you don't like it the boot will be on the other foot.
The image is Magnolia's "Tilda with Hearts" and she is coloured using Copics and Polychromos Pencils. the paper is From the Basic Grey Capella collection and is called "Mezzo cap 2404". The leaves were cut with an L-Em.com punch and the flowers and ribbon are from my stash.
So it's over to you ladies - tell me what you really think of this.
Hugs,
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The card does have a distressed look and is pretty but i do prefer(u asked for honesty)your normal colour choices which are so cheerful.
ReplyDeleteOf course your flowers are always gorgeous..pop over to my blog when you have the time?
Hi Hun
ReplyDeleteyep its not your norm but i thinks its gorgeous, vintage feel, awesome colouring, beautiful papers & emebelies, its good to do something completely differant sometimes.
Hi William.sue.x
Its lovely, and nice to see something different from you,
ReplyDeleteIt has a lovely distressed vintage look and feel,
Its gorgeous,
Hope your having a great weekend,
How are you now?
Hugs
Angie
I'm with William, it's gorgeous, I love it! You can make more just like it. It's great inspiration for me.
ReplyDeleteYes William is right, definitely being over critical, this is one of the nicest I have seen you post lately. I love the vintage darkness to it, makes it all so gorgeous.
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Beautiful card. I love it. Hope you are having a good Sunday! Kathleen x
ReplyDeleteHi Fiona, I love it! I'm not very good at vintage/distressed cards but yours is gorgeous - listen to William this time :) Hope you are feeling better. Hugs, Denise x
ReplyDeleteI love your card Fiona, but then I do love all of them!! I think when you're not used to doing distressed it can take a while to get used to, but it's gorgeous hon, love it!! xx
ReplyDeleteOh I think this is beautiful Fiona! The colours are definitely more muted than what you normally choose but I really love this card - the layout and papers are fabulous!
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Hi Fiona, what's not to like? It's gorgeous. Ok it's not the sort of colours you usually use but it's still beautiful. You're definitely being over critical. You probably don't like it because it's different to your usual cards that's all. I often don't like my cards....but there's probably a good reason for that lol!!
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Kat xx
It's good to jump out of your comfort zone, I think it is wonderful and lovely. It's the only card I've seen of yours, but I will definitely put you on my favorites.
ReplyDeletehi Auntie Fiona
ReplyDeleteI love this card different from your usual but I really like it the colouring is fab as usual and I love the layout too.
Nice to do something different at times.
Love to you both Carol xx
So beautiful card Fiona,i love the image and the colours.
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous papers and the flowers.
Hugs Riet.xx
Hi Fiona,
ReplyDeleteIt is different for you and when I started with the distressing I didn't like the look much either, but it is beautiful and I love anything with a vintage feel, so if you sit it in your craft room it will probably grow on you love. Your flower arrangement finish it off perfectly too.
Happy crafting
Tracy x
OH I LOVE IT! It's different from your other cards but it works! It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHi Fiona
ReplyDeleteI really like this card sometimes it is nice to do somethig different and it works
hope you are feeling better
hugs
Sylvie
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Wow, I'm behind. Love the colors on this one. Great design. Love that your nephew commented. What a great family you must have.
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Carolyn
Yep William's right its a gorgeous card, Ok not your normal colours but it so has the Fiona's touch with the matching flowers and details.
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Debby
gorgeous! I love the vintage feel of this one! Hugs Juls
ReplyDeleteway way to over critical Fiona...its a great idea to stretch yourself at least once a week and you have made this beautifully distressed card, which is something I struggle with, so beautifully...I love it
ReplyDeleteMina xxx
it's different from your usual soft colors but it's beautiful!
ReplyDeletelove the vintage style!
It's just gorgeus Fiona, and I agree it has a fabby vintage feel. Isn't it fun to change up the colors a bit? xxD
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