Monday 6 May 2013

Turn around and touch your toes

Hope you're all enjoying the long weekend.
It's nice here - not sunny - but pleasant enough to sit outside, 
with a good book and a glass of wine :-)

Here's the birthday card I made for my SIL.
She has a brilliant sense of humour and always finds funny cards for us - so I needed to get her back ;-)


I found a piece of this gorgeous, bright ribbon a few days ago and knew that I wanted to use it. I didn't have enough to wrap around the card and do the usual bow - so I opted for these little tags instead. 
A cute way to use up any little scraps of ribbon you have.

I used digi papers from Pink Petticoat, teaming the orange up with my favourite smoke grey.


I never usually decorate the inside of my cards - can you tell???
These pennants aren't good - but it's all I could come up with.
It's definitely something I need to practice.
  
Challenges.
Wags 'n Whiskers - Girl Birthday
Mad for Markers - Mother's Day (for a female)
Love to Create - For Mum or Special Lady
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Any Papercraft

  • Digi Stamp, Mashi's Muffins Mom
  • Copics E00/E11  YR04/YR07  C1/C3/C5  B23/B26  E31/E33/E35
  • Pink Petticoat Digi Papers, Brocade, Stripes 
  • Spellbinders Small Triangle Die and Nested Pennant Die
  • Gems, coloured with Copic
  • Satin Polka Dot Ribbon
  • Sentiment Made On My Comp

29 comments:

Juls said...

Really fun!! Love it!! Hugs Juls xxx

Sue said...

WOW!! A fabulous card Caroline. I love image, colours and the way you have added the ribbon. The sentiment is just brilliant!!
Sue xx

Unknown said...

Your coloring is terrific on this image and I love how you used the ribbon. :) Thanks for joining us at Make It Monday.

Unknown said...

wow this is so superb it jumps of the page fantastic colouring awesome work hugs sassyxxxx

Vicky said...

Simply gorgeous hun...and I so love your pretty layout too...:o)

biggest of hugs Vicky xx

Anne said...

pmsl love the sentiment Caroline.
A great card
Anne x

KT Fit Kitty said...

What a cute card! Saw it on MIM139 Make it Monday and had to get a closer look. Your colouring is beautifully done. KT

Mian said...

Your card is absolutely wonderful! Love the sentiment and your design and your attention to details are fab!

Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us this week at Love to Create.
Best of luck and we'd love to have you visit again!

Hugs Mian
Love to Create Design Team Member
http://mianspysselhorna.blogspot.com

Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...

Fabulous card, love the sentiment! Thanks for joining us at Wags 'n Whiskers, Susan x

Pop's Cards said...

Good morning sweetie this is just gorgeous hugs Pops x x x

Elena V. said...

It's so cute! I love this stamp! I'm visiting from MIM.

Joey said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Caroline this made me chuckle, we often say things like kicking our boobs along, bet she LOVED IT! Fab job hunny. Saw it over on mim too. Joey xx

loz said...

Gorgeous card and image..Loz
Visiting from MIM...

Eve said...

Hi Caroline,

this card made me LOL - fabulous!

Great ribbon tip!

xx

Unknown said...

So cute and I think you did an awesome job on the inside. You kept it Sweet and Simple!!! Thank you for sharing with us at Love to Create Challenge.
Zenita(aka Zenita)
DT member Love to Create Challenge
http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com

catherine said...

This looks fantastic Caroline and I'm sure they will love it too. love how you have used those pieces of ribbon
x catherine

Lisa Lynn said...

This card is adorable. Love your coloring especially the hair. Great color choice, and wonderful way to use the ribbon. Saw this on MIM.

cebelica said...

I never used grey and orange colour combination before but I really like it. Thanks for the inspiration! Your card is very nice. Thanks for playing with us at Crafty ribbons! Hugs! xx

Anonymous said...

Lol, love it!! I can do that too without even trying!

Love the image and colours too.
xx

debby4000 said...

What an fabulous, gorgeous card.
luv
Debby

♥Gemma♥ said...

Absolutely stunning card and thank you for joining us at Wags n Whiskers for the recent challenge and good luck :)
hugs and xxx
Gemma

Unknown said...

This is just... PERFECT! :) First I liked the image so much and than... than I've read the sentiment and started laughing... Awesome card!
I saw this on MIM!
Have a nice day!

Lisa T said...

This is so cute! Love the grey with the pop of orange. And the greeting is just too funny! You got SIL back good. :)
We miss you at Totally Papercrafts. Hope all is going well!

carol said...

Super simple card....looks just perfect, saw your creation on MIM x carol

mixamatoasties said...

That's fab Caroline! Really made me laugh.

Susan x

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

That's hilarious! Love the image and sweet layout, but that sentiment inside made me laugh out loud!!! And yes, I had to type it in full - LOL ;) xxx

Deanne Saunders said...

Sweet card! Funny sentiment!! Thanks for participating in our LOVE TO CREATE challenge!! Hope to see you again next week!

~DEANNE~
A Little Bit O' Paper

Lee said...

Hi hun,this did make me laugh.A really Fantastic card you clever girl.Huggles to all.xx

Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...

Fab card love the sentiment! Thanks for sharing at Wags 'n Whiskers, Susan x