Sunday 6 September 2015

Sometimes all you need is coffee

We all have those moments when we just want to stand and scream I'm sure you will agree but often a better solution and far less noisy and less likely to attract attention is to sit and have a moan with a friend over a cuppa. It really is true a problem shared is a problem halved and often all you need to put things into perspective or find a solution to what initially seemed impossible .

For this card I used these two cute ladies partaking in a warm beverage and a natter, I used all different shades of purple promarkers to colour their attire and sakura gel pens to highlight bits on their handbags and for the table and stools.I had stamped it onto cream card cut with a spellbinders circle die to match the base card which I had dry embossed with a dotty pattern. I kept to the dots as they were used on the image and thought it would be nice to carry the theme through the whole card.


The sentiment is hand written by my ugly scrawl sad to say I am not one of these people who has handwriting that just looks so perfect and if I try it looks even worse but at least my recipient will know it is sent with love and kind thoughts that are reserved for family and special friends.


The other layer on the card is also dotty and purple and is a freebie paper from bird house just love these. Think I might have to download them again though as hubby still hasn't found time or inclination to recover my profile from the laptop that  windows has decided I can no longer play on and has so many of my downloads stored on. The card is finished off with an accent of pearls.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

chocolate,coffee and cards - fancy and feminine

Kraftin kimme wonderful wednesday-anything goes and monthly layout

The paper shelter - embossing

Time out - make your mark twist monochrome


fab n funky- doodle a frame or a sentiment

creative moments - use a sentiment/anything goes

Pennys-use a sentiment

crafting by designs - anything goes


squirrels random challenge-friendship and purple

13 comments:

Nannieflash said...

Gorgeous card love your embossed background. Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxx

Unknown said...

Your card is so lovely. The images are so sweet, and I really love the design and colors. Thank you for joining our 'Fancy and Feminine' challenge over at CC & CC. Hope to see you again!
~ Bonnie DT

Nonni said...

This is such a cute image and I love the layout of your card. Thanks for taking TIME OUT and playing along in our challenge!

Judy V said...

Sweet card! Love the cute image! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner!

Ginny said...

fab card, thanks for joining us at FnF :)

Anet's Crafting said...

Beautiful card Julye. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty. We would love to see you again ... Anet DTx

Shona Chambers said...

What a cute little twosome these little girls are. Just love this image and you've coloured it so beautifully. Really love your design too with that polka dot embossed background. So very glad you joined us at TIME OUT!!

Helen said...

A beautiful card - love the embossing.

Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky and Penny's.

Helen x

Lisa Kind said...

Sweet image for your lovely card! Love the personalized message too! Thanks for taking the Time Out to play with us!

Michelle said...

Cute card! And I love the purple. Thanks for joining us this week at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge! Hope to see you back again soon :)

Cicci said...

This was so Cute:))) love it and great colour sams well

Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at TTCRD DT
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Vannessa said...

Cute card and comment too. Thank you for joining in the Paper Shelter Challenge this time. Hope to see you again soon.

Hugs, Vannessa
The Paper Shelter DT

thecraftycavalier said...

Fabulous card! This is one of my favourite LOTV images. Beautiful design. Thank you for sharing this with us at Squirrel's Purple Friends challenge. Hugs, Jayne xx