Friday 25 October 2013

Purple Rain

Hello!

It's Friday!!! and of course.. It's raining!!!! putting a smiley face to the wet and cold weather!

I'm looking forward to this weekend... we will get our coats, boots and hats to enjoy the Halloween events in our area... There is a Ghost train! (I would love to go, but not sure If it's the best for a 4 and a half year old...) we'll see. It's supposed to be for families after all!

So, I've got the perfect card for you today... with umbrella and everything! It's an easel card, loving this type of card at the moment. I'm pretty sure I'll show you a lot more of this in the future!


The digi stamp I used is from Polka Doodles. It's so nice and it can be used for so many different cards, Birthdays, Friendship... 


The backing papers I've used are from Pink Petticoat Colour Collections and Papermania Capsule Collection Designer Die-Cuts (the black polka-dots). I've distressed all the black card stock and the papers with sandstone and inks. 
I made the sentiment with my computer (the quote is not mine).  I'm starting to play around with the idea of creating my own sentiments.... I would love to make some cool ones to share with you all!




And now let's talk about the colouring! I used my promarkers (as always!). 
For the face and skin: sandstone and vanilla.
For the hair: Blossom and Pink Carnation (yes, Pink hair!)
For the dress: lilac, lavender, orchid and Slate. 
For the boots: slate, lilac and blender pen

I decoupaged the umbrella with the lovely papers I used in the backgroud.








I also used Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Marianne Creatables and Nellie's dies as background and to embellish the card. 




The roses and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and leaves are die cut from a Marianne Creatables Die set.
The buttons, ribbon (and bow) and pearls are from a local shop. 





I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers #221 - Give me a "P"  (purple, pink, pearls, polka dots)

Wish me luck!!!!

If you like my card, don't forget to leave a comment! you can also follow me using Bloglovin' and/or Google + (see buttons on the side bar).

Thanks and see you next time!






28 comments:

  1. Great card, Mirella! Love the purple colour combo, sweet image and pretty embellishments! Thanks for joining us this week at Passion for Promarkers! Lisa x

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    1. Thank you for the nice comment, Lisa!

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  2. Gorgeous purple creation Mirella, and I love the way you have paper pieced the umbrella! The sentiment is very apt and looks beautiful on your card. Enjoy your Halloween weekend! Emma x

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    1. Thanks Emma!!! let's hope the weather let's us enjoy it !!!! you have a lovely weekend too!

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  3. A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and good luck.
    Mags
    x

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  4. Mirella this is so sweet - love the image and your perfect coloring as well as those dies and pearls. The sentiment is awesome, too! :)
    Have a great day...

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    1. Thank you for the lovely comment Sanja!!!!! still a long way to go, but excited about it!!!!!!

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  5. a vision in purple and gorgeous die cuts too, thank you for joining us at the Hobby House challenge
    Hugs Kate xx

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  6. Love all of that purple! A lovely overall card. Thanks for linking up with us at the Sister Act Challenge Blog.
    Cathy xx

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  7. Gorgeous card! Thank you for being part of the Digi Choosday challenge at Polkadoodles...good luck
    Debbi x

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  8. Totally gorgeous card Mirella, love your paper piecing! Jo x

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  9. Absolutely gorgeous...Thanks for playing along with us at Fab'n'Funky this week.
    Wendy xx

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  10. Gorgeous card thanks for joining us at Incy Windy this week
    Jenny x

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  11. Wonderful card and fabulous shades of lilac! I especially like the paper-pieced umbrella - so cute :-)
    Thanks for joining our challenge at Crafty Little Fairies this week!
    Hugs, Kat x

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  12. Such a pretty card, love the paper pieced umbrella. Thanks for joining us at I Love Promarkers xx

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  13. Beautiful card! Thanks for joining in with Crafty Little Fairies this week!
    Hugs Lynsey x

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    1. Thank you Lynsey for the nice comment!
      Mirella

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  14. Gorgeous!! Purple is my favorite color and you have done a beautiful job on this card

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    1. Thank you so much for the lovely comment!!!! I love purple in general as well!!!!!
      Mirella

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