Pretty as a Princess

My bestie's daughter turns 8 very soon. I wanted to make her something very special as this will be the last thing she receives from me before she leaves to Singapore on the 15th Jan. Now being nearly 8...and a girly-girl...she LOVES pink, purple and princesses. Hmmmmmmmmm (clunk, clunk, CLUNK!!!!)

I have not utilised Princess Anya for a long time, so I worked around that...whist also trying to maintain my crafting resolutions!!! So....with the brief I had, here is my card....

I did such a happy dance when I put the last touch on the card!! I busted out mu much neglected Nesties for this card (Fancy Tags and Ovals) which also hepled carry the oval/spiral theme through from the Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I paper pierced her dress with the Tea Party DP and firstly painted her star and crown with bright yellow watercolour crayon and then blinged it with Kindyglitz.



I cut Princess Anya out and mounted her on a white Nesties Oval. That and the Fancy Tag scroll sat up on dimensionals.

I finished off the embellishments with some small paper roses. I think they were the perfect touch. Debbie P uses them all the time in her cards and i have admired them for so very long...so thanks Debbie for that creative kick in the keester!!

I have kept Creative Resolutions towards pink, and using things in my stash (flowers, Nesties and Princess Anya)...so I am still ontrack...Woo Hoo!!!! I am also gunna enter this card in a challenge that Bizzy Becs has put forward to utilise Spellbinders Nestabilities (aka Nesties). She has some great specials on them till the end of the month.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Almost Amethyst (ret), Pretty In Pink, Whisper White, Tea Party DSP (ret), Watercolour Paper

Ink: Black Stazon

Stamps: TGF - Princess Anya

Other Bits: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Scrollwork, Spellbinders Nestabilities - Fancy Tags and Petite Ovals Large, SU Small and Large Oval Punches, Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils and Lyra Watercolour Crayons, Kindyglitz Crystalline Glitter, Roses fm stash, Upkit Gold Numbers and Accents, Dimensionals.

Lynda xx

Crafter's Retreat #6....the final one I promise!!!

I have used this getaway to try and do projects I would not usually get a chance to do around the house. One especially is Missy's birthday card (her b'day is early June). If I get this done at home...she is always over my shoulder and I can never surprise her......so camp provised the PERFECT cover!!

At camp I swapped some images with a fellow crafter Steph. as 'payment' she gave me some 12 x 12 paper. She had seen me colouring the hair on the image i was using on the card....and from her payment...the card evolved....don't you just LOVE it???

So here is Miss 6's card....

I stamped the beautiful Princess Anya (The Greeting Farm) onto SU watercolour paper and coloured her up with a mix of watercolour pencils and watercrayons. I tried to get her hair the same shade as Miss 6's but missed the mark BIG TIME!!! LOL!! Here is what it was really meant to look like.. think I needed to up the red a tad huh???

Anyhow...I stamped the dress onto the Bella Rose DSP and another pink DP I had, cut around it and put it back together over the original dress I stamped. I added hot pink KindyGlitz to the star and crown (cause unlike her Mum she LURVES pink) and continued that on the #6 at the base. it sparkles very much IRL. A couple of flower brads to tie in the paper with the image and there you go!!! Unfortunately I cannot recall the name of the numbers set I borrowed.....if anyone knows...can they please let me know in the comments??

I love this card and I sincerely hope she does too. now all I have to do is get something to go with it..hee hee hee.

Thanks for stopping by and enduring all of the Crafter's retreat posts...you can all give yourself a pat on the back!!!

Stuff Used:

Card: (SU) Whisper White, Watercolour paper

Ink: Black Stazon, SU Pnk Passion

Paper: Bella Rose DSP (in dress) and pink DP fm stash and the DP fm Steph.

Other bits: Deckle Rectangles fm Nestabilities, pink flower brads fm stash, Faber-castel Watercolour Pencils and Lyra Aquacrayons.

Lynda xx