Yay the first challenge has been posted over on the Quixotic Challenges Blog :), Thank you so much for all of your congrats on becoming part of the DT :), The first challenge is a nice easy one in honour of Elaine's Birthday (Happy Birthday Hunni :) ), so we would like you to create a project with a Birthday theme, This could be a card a tag, an altered item, a scrapbook page, anything you fancy :)
Here is my take on the challenge :)
I know i know, my card is very plain isn't it, i was suffering one of the worst headaches i have had in a while when i was making this card so couldn't think straight i know it doesn't look it but i was working on this card for hours, i was just sooo slow due to not being able to concentrate, I was actually up all night making it because i couldn't sleep with my headache and as i had left my card to the last minute i got working on it seeing as i would be up all night anyway, eventually though i just couldn't see straight anymore and had to put the card down and see if i could get some kip for a few hours and hoped that my head would clear enough for me to be able to finish my card, well after my nap thankfully my head had cleared up a bit but it was still thumping, i knew i needed to finish my card though so sat down to finish it, my goodness you wouldn't believe the length of time it took me just to add the embellie’s that i did, i must have been through every embellie i have and nothing seemed right, so i eventually gave up and settled for the minimalistic look and just added some pearls and ribbon, thank goodness that my Guest DT package for Quixotic Paperie had arrived yesterday though or i don't even think i would have managed the pearls hehe
One thing i am happy about with this card though is the image, How cute is that little deer, This little deer is called Dorothy and she is a Kraftin Kimmie Stamp, she was given to me along with a few other stamps as a thank you gift from Kimmie herself as i had made the banners and blinkies for her new store, Elaine actually stocks these stamps too in Quixotic Paperie if you would like one for yourself :), I have coloured little Dorothy with my trusty Prismacolour Pencils and she has been cut out and mounted onto a Nestie oval, the sky and grass behind Dorothy are actually some papers printed from a Digi pack which i bought ages ago from Sweet Shoppe Designs, the pack is called Sweet Dreams and it really is an adorable Digi Kit :), The papers used on my card are all from My Minds Eye Bloom and Grow paper pack which again can be found in Quixotic Paperie along with the pearls too :), The ribbon is SU and the sentiment which is comes with the adorable Dorothy stamp has been stamped onto the back of a Tim Holtz Ticket :)
Righty oh that's me for now, I hope that you can take part in this weeks challenge over on the Quixotic Challenges blog and that you can stop by the rest of the DT blogs and see their wonderful creations to this weeks challenge :), i should be back on Friday or Saturday with my Just Magnolia card so i hope that you can stop by then and say hello :)
xx
Martine
Ingredients
- Cardstock – Stampin Up (Chocolate Chip and So Saffron), The Papermill Shop (White Linen)
- Inks – Memento (Tuxedo Black), Stampin Up (Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip,Pumpkin Pie)
- Colouring – Prismacolour Pencils
- Tools – Stampin Up (Scalloped edge punch), Nestibilities (Scalloped oval and Regular Oval)
- Accessories – Stampin Up (Ribbon), Half Pearls, Tim Holtz (Ticket)









