Sunday, June 10, 2018

Dressed for the Ball

     The current challenge at AuroraWings has a theme of "Joyous Occasions" and what could be more joyous for a debutante than her first ball of the summer season?  It's Cinderella time.  :-D


I started with the sketch from The Outlawz.

     I colored with ProMarkers and added glitter to her wings.  I cut the image with a rectangle die from Spellbinders and framed her with deep violet CS which was cut with a stitched die from CUT-plorations.  The corner dp was  in my scrap basket and was embossed with my "Linen" folder before adding it to the purple CS background.  The doily was also a scrap, a leftover from cutting one in two for another project.

     I printed and hand cut the sentiment and then left the card design alone.  The bright and bold pattern in the corner dp and the delicate, lacy border of the doily enticed the eye enough and I still wanted that gorgeous image to be the main focus.

     Challenges:
Aud Sentiments
Brown Sugar
Crafting with Friends
Crafty Addicts
Cute Card Thurs
Cut It Up
Pattie's Creations
Sasayaki Glitter

     Happy Weekend (or what may be left of it) and Happy Crafting!  NanaConnie

16 comments:

Cut It Up Challenge Blog said...

Those images from Aurora Wings are always spectacular. You colored her beautifully and chose pretty papers, too!

Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up for our Sketch challenge!

Evelyn
http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

Deb said...

Gorgeous card, love the image and the fun sentiment you used with her!
Many thanks for joining us at Cute Card Thursday this week!
Deb xx

DonnaMundinger said...

OMG, Connie! This is adorable (and I immediately recognized the sketch, Fabulous job!) Love the details you've added to Iris Sprite and your colors are gorgeous. And what a sweet little story you've told about her. The premise couldn't be cuter and the sentiment is perfect. Also love that "Linen" embossing folder. What great texture. Would you mind letting me know who makes that? Thanks so much for joining our Joyous Occasions challenge at Aurora Wings with this beauty. xxD

jimlynn said...

She's so pretty and really does look ready for the ball! Beautiful card and I love your take on the sketch with this. Perfection!
Lynn

Linda Simpson said...

This is gorgeous, love the fabulous interpretation of the sketch. The image is fabulous.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Annemi said...

Ooooh I love how you have interpretated the theme... It's perfect and so is your card and coloring. Thank you for joining us at Aurora Wings challenge this month. Hugz

Billie A said...

Cute card. I love the image and your colors. Great layout. Thanks for sharing over at Aud Sentiments.

Billie A
Aud Sentiments
Creative With Stamps
Catch The Bug
Inspiration Destination
The Merry Christmas Challenge
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Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

I saw it on the Outlawz loved it there and love it here too, so beautiful Connie.
Faith
x

*Vicki* said...

Oh you have used the gorgeous purples in your coloring this darling image! Love the design and fabulous coloring my friend!! DT hat on: Thanks so much for joining us at Cute Card this week!! HUGS

Gerda said...

What a gorgeous card!! Love the adorable image you used!! Great take on the sketch!! Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up challenge!
Have a great day.
Gerda
http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

Mitzi Sato-Wiuff said...

Beautiful card Nana Connie! Great coloring on the Iris Sprite, and what a fab interpretation of the challenge theme and the sketch! Thank you for joining us at Aurora Wings! Mitzi xx

Melanie R said...

Beautifully colored, Connie! Such a sweet card. Thank you for playing along at Double Trouble.

Melanie R said...

Oops! So sorry about the challenge reference. We love to see your creations at Brown Sugar Challenge but if you haven't visited Double Trouble Challenge, take a look!

Pattie G said...

This is perfect for our current challenge “Anything that Flys” at Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge.
What a cute image!
Pattie
Artist & Owner

cohenna said...

Beautiful! Thanks so much for participating in The Crafty Addicts Challenge this time and good luck :)

cohenna said...

Beautiful. Thanks for playing along with us at Patties Creations :)