Monday 12 September 2011

Happy Birthday to You

Good evening to you all in the land of blog
Today I get to show you something that I have whipped up tonight, an brilliant way to wind down after a stressful day at work :)

Whilst catching up with my commenting I spotted a couple of challenges and a hop I just had to play along with.

The first one was the House Mouse and Friends challenge and Birthday celebration hop, now if you know me well you will know how much I adore these gorgeous little critters :), and the second was inspired by the very talented Kevin and his interpretation of the Sketch and Stash Sketch
So after tea I knew exactly what I wanted to do, so here is a girls birthday card, with those oh so pretty Wild Orchid flowers.
The base layer and contrast is a black pearlescent card, the papers are Papermania from the mono collection, the ribbon and hand created double bow is from the Hobby House as are the pearls.  The flowers from Wild Orchid and the lace and ribbon down the centre are from a local department store. I used Marianne Creatables for the foliage.
The outer edge of the image plate, front sentiment and inner sentiment have all been air brushed with V15 and then the edges have all been glittered with a fine clear glitter, this then picks up the colour of the spraying.  The image is also coloured in with copics. 
The flowers were all originally white, and again have been airbrushed with the V15 and stickles diamond added for that extra twinkle.

I would like to welcome all my new followers and wish you all well in the 400 follower candy.   For those of you that have not yet entered the 400 follower candy you can do so here

I still cannot believe I am at 493 followers, you guys are all amazing thank you,  if you are already follow me please don't forget to put your name in the hat :)

As always and very importantly I would like to say thank you to all my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave such inspirational comments on my blog, allowing me to hop back over to see your own beautiful work. THANK YOU!!


I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges
House Mouse and Friends - Birthday theme with a bunch of flowers
Sketch N Stash - Sketch 62
Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
Die Cut Dreams - at least five flowers
Lia Stampz - Birthday
Marianne's Design Divas - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - Ribbons (3 different types)

Well off to hop, enjoy the rest of your evening
Hugs Kate
xxx

32 comments:

Dragonlady said...

Hehe, I love HM too. What a beautiful card Kate. Love the colours and ribbon. Then of cuorse the flowers, and the shading and .... well just everything!

hugs Ali x

KarinsArtScrap said...

fabulous card kate, he is cute and great details.

greetings karin

Anonymous said...

WOW WOW WOW Kate!!! You are right on the ball lady!! :) Your creation is absolutely gorgeous hun!! You know I adore the purples here!! That image is so sweet and just perfect for the theme....and look at those flowers! WOWZA!!! :) So stunning GF!! Thanks so much for joining along with us at House Mouse & Friends and helping to celebrate with us!! Good luck for the prizes!!! HUGS

Sandra H said...

This is a beautiful card l love the image and the colours are gorgeous:) Sandra H

The Crafty Elf said...

Just a stunning card and the most lovely colour combination...well done!

Doreen said...

This is gorgeous,doesn't that mouse look content.xxx

Heather Huggins said...

This is really cute. Love all the flowers.

Natali said...

How beautiful this card is!!! Paper looks familiar )) Perfect mach with sketch!! Love Purple!! Graet Job!!
Hugs,
Natali

Sue from Oregon said...

oh righty...this is a great creation! Love how you airbrushed your flowers to make them match too! Good luck with our blog hop at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge! ♥ Sue Kment

CraftygasheadZo said...

So cute. Thanks for joining us over at Crafty Boots. Zo x

Anonymous said...

ONe word! YUMMMMMMMIIIII!!!!!
tehehhee that a cute fun card, love it! saw you card on MIM too! hugs Samantha xx

Wendy said...

Absolutely beautiful,sweet image and love those gorgeous flowers.
Wendy xx

coops said...

wow this is gorgeous kate.i love the sweet hm image and your colours and details are beautiful :D

xx coops xx

Christine said...

Awesome creation Kate nice to see you with us..love this colour combo & that likkle guy has a full belly of cake..beautiful flowers love the air brush technique..

thanks for sharing our 3rd celebration hop at HM & friends chall. good luck..

smiles Christine xx

Eve said...

what a pretty color you used for this card! Very Sweet! :-)

Tracy said...

A cute and Pretty creation. Thanks for joining Die Cut Dreams & House Mouse Blog hop challenges, good luck
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Lisa Jane said...

oh this is so pretty - the flowers are gorgeous
Lisa x

Sue said...

Kate, this is absolutely stunning! Love the soft colors and those flowers are beautiful. Darling stamp, colored to perfection. Thanks for joining us at the Blog Hop and House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge. Good luck with the prizes.

Hugs
Sue

Debbie said...

Hi Kate...absolutely gorgeous card. Love this image and I love the colours you have picked.
Debbie x

McCrafty's Cards said...

An absolutely gorgeous card Kate, great take on the sketch, Thanks for joining in with us at Sketch N Stash.
Kevin xx

Amy Tidd said...

That image is super cute!! Thankyou for taking part in the first Crafty Boots Challenge! Amyxx

ladyjanet_56 said...

It's my birthday in 4 weeks thank you for this virtual card I love it, colour, image, flowers, bling & layout, Janet

crafty amy said...

This is just adorable :D I love how you have used those dies with the flowers.
Thank you for joining us at the first ever Marianne's Design Divas challenge. Good luck with the draw and I hope you can join us again tomorrow for our new challenge.

Hugs

Amy xx

Jill said...

wow wow wow this is gorgoeus! love the image so cute and your arrangement of flowers and foliage is fab thanks for joining us at sns hugs Jill xx

America said...

WOWZERS creation, beautiful color palette, fabulous detailing!!! LOVE THIS!! WONDERFUL BDAY take to help us celebrate!!!! Thanks for playing along in our House-Mouse & Friends Birthday BLOG-HOP Challenge. Good LUCK to you!!! :)

Laura said...

How cuuute!!! And I love those flowers and your coloring...and the purple :D

Thanks for playing along with us over at Lia Stampz and don't forget we have a 50% off storewide untin 30th of September!

Hugs,
Laura
Lia Stampz DT

Lorraine A said...

aww this is just sooo cute Kate :-) The image is adorable and the loayout and flowers are gorgeous :-)
Sorry it took me so long to get here ,, was busy with visitors ,,, :-)

thanks for coming to the party and helping us celebrate the HM&F Monday's 3rd Birthday :-)

luv
Lols x x x

Arline said...

Aww such a cutie and a fabulous card! The colour is stunning and I love the airbrushing...how fab is that!!xx

BarbaraW said...

Fun card. Adorable image with the gorgeous embellishments. Thanks for sharing your art in the Creative Inspirations Paint challenge.

Dee's Craft Room said...

I love what you have done with this House-Mouse image.

Thank you for entering the first Crafty Boots challenge.

Dionne

Lynn said...

Oh my gosh what a cute card! Love that HM image and the colors you used! Purple is my favorite color! Absolutely adorable!

Susan said...

Super cute image and a very pretty card!

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