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Friday, 1 June 2012

Prickly Holly at the Winter Wonderland

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the next challenge at the


with the theme this week being hosted by the very talented Lisa, the theme is

Holly

We are sponsored this challenge by the fabulous

who are offering the winner a gift voucher of £10

So here is what I created for my design team inspirational piece but don't forget to hop on over to the main challenge site to see the rest of the design teams gorgeous creations.

Now I thought I would move slightly away from the norm here, and have gone with  a Mo Manning image with Holly for her wings.  A simple layout with a layer of red card with the image straight on top of this.  The focus here is on the image only.

Here is a close up of the the image coloured in copics with Atyou glitter enhancements, and two layers of lovely lace from Grimsby Crafts for her underskirt.  The beautiful gem strip is a present I received from a lovely and very generous blogging buddy, but don't they work so perfectly. I placed three tiny tiny white pearls from the hobby house, coloured in R59 copic for the berries on the holly in her hair.

As always, I would like to thank all my wonderful followers and visitors for their lovely inspiring comments, which allow me to hop over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

ABC Christmas - Keep it Simple
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafting - anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Dimension
Scrap Creations - Fairies
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes
Squigglefly - No designer papers keep it simple

Hugs

xx 

43 comments:

  1. Oh wow this is stunning Kate. I love the image and her frilly skirt
    Thanks for joining us at divas and lci this week
    Lisa x

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  2. Kate this is girgeous. I love the way you did her skirt. Have a great weekend.

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  3. Wow I love what you did with this Kate her dress is just superb! Thanks also for entering at Divas sweetie hugs Rebekah xx

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  4. Hi Kate,
    Gorgeous card,beautifully coloured image and love the lace on the dress a beautiful finishing touch :) x

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  5. Beautiful card, love what you have done with the skirt.....

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  6. Wow Kate your card is stunning and the holly wings what a good idea and that lace finishes the skirt off beautifully love Linda

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  7. Wow, this is really very lovely! I love the lace of her dress.
    Liselot

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  8. This is gorgeous Kate! I just LOVE her little petticoat, it's so pretty! What a fab card :)

    Tags xx

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  9. Adorable Kate! Love the trim on her dress!

    Your blog is adding a download of something again. Ugh!

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  10. What a scrumptious card Kate ! Your colouring is stunning and I love the lace ! So so pretty ! Hugs, blessings and love from Catherine

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  11. That is gorgeous Kate, love how you have added the lace to her skirt.

    Pam x

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  12. Hi kate, this is fabulous, love her underskirt and the gems look super, and the holly for her wings is superb a really fab DT card.
    Hugs Sue W.

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  13. Hi Kate, Oh what a lovely card and the image is stunning! another great challenge too:)x

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  14. Wow Kate you have done it again!!! This is really gorgeous. Love the gems and lace along the bottom of her dress.

    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  15. It's a pleasure follow you and your fabulous creations Kate:)
    This card is stunning:)I like the sweet image with the dimension lace:)
    Big big hug,
    Sonia

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  16. Gorgeous! She is adorable, love the ruffles on her dress.

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  17. Holy cow - what a gorgeous dress you've crafted from lace for this lovely little image! Beautiful card and thanks for joning us at Squigglefly's challenge!

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  18. wow kate this is gorgeous, beautiful done and such a sweet image.

    greetings karin

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  19. WOW! I love the lace on her skirt! Just fabulous! My kinda skirt! A beautiful image and so wonderfully coloured too!
    Have a fabulous weekend :)
    Kelly.x

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  20. Fantastic card! The holly works great as wings, the skirt, with the lace appearing as underskirt, is gorgeous. I love every litle details on this card!

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  21. Simply gorgeous Kate...and enjoy the weekend too hun..:o)

    big hugs Vicky xx

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  22. Kate this is just so cute! The image is darling and colored beautifully, but the really delightful part is of course the trim on her dress. Thanks for playing in Squigglefly's challenge!

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  23. so stunning kate.i just love how you have decorated the gorgeous girls dress :D

    xx coops xx

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  24. Hi Kate, this is just so gorgeous. I love the way you did the skirt. HUgs, Frea

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  25. Beautiful card Kate, I like the lace frill you have added to her dress.
    Kevin xx

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  26. Fabulous card, I love what you've done with the lace.

    Sharon (ABC Christmas Challenge guest designer)

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  27. How adorable! Thanks for playing along with us at Kaboodle Doodles this week.

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  28. FANTASTIC job on this image!!! It's cute to begin with, but you've done something gorgeous to it!!

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  29. Oh... So gorgeous!!! This dress detail make huge differents... Have saved it for inspirations )) lol
    Hugs
    Natali

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  30. Fabulous card Kate...Love this image and the skirt is fabulous.
    Hugs Debbie x

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  31. Wowee!! Love how you have made her skirt, what a fab idea! Stunning card hun and a fab challenge. Hoping to join in again this week xx

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  32. Absolutely gorgeous Kate...Thanks for joining us at Divas by Design this week.
    Wendy xx

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  33. Wow, what a stunning card! Thank you for joining us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations this week!

    Chrizette
    DT Member
    Celestial Things

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  34. How wonderful!! I loved the skirt! What a beautiful card. Thanks for playing at Party Time Tuesdays!

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  35. Stunning card Kate! Love the 3d skirt!
    Hugs Lynsey x

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  36. Oh this really is beautiful & coloured perfectly. Thanks for playing with us at Divas this week

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  37. What a pretty card! Love all of your details. Thanks so much for joining the Creative Card Crew for this challenge.
    Denise
    CCC-DT

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  38. What a fabulous card! I absolutely LOVE the ruffle! Great dimensional effect! Very creative idea using holly for the wings! Stunning!

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  39. Goodness me this is simple stunning, so clever how you did her skirt and still have kept the card clean and simple too! Thanks for Playing along with us this time for our Keep it Simple Challenge
    hugs Samantha :0)

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  40. Hi Kate
    I think this is the last card I still have not commented on. Simply stunning for a simple card. Love the skirt. Have seen some but this one looks the business.
    Michaela and DP xx

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  41. Gorgeous card, Kate, such a lovely girl with a fab skirt.
    Thank you for joining our K for keep it simple theme at ABC Christmas Challenge, we hope to se you tomorrow for a new one. L for...
    Dorte,x

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Hugs
Kate xx