A challenge card, and a blog award

Hello everyone, I hope this finds you all well and happy today. Did you have a good weekend? Mine was quiet and sneezy......yes I've caught a cold! Don't worry, I shall try not to sneeze in your direction, he he.

As the weather outside has gone quite cold again, I have a card in some nice warm tones to show today.  The theme at Copic Creations this fortnight is for warm colours, which is good for me as I like using reds and yellows, and the challenge at Make It Colourful this week is to have smooth gradients in your colouring, which is what I tried to achieve on my little Tilda for this card. Her coat is made up of no less than 7 different shades of red, and the umbrella also has a lot of smooth blending on it. I love colouring her coat, and this was the first time I'd tried to get the light shining through her umbrella like this.  Still have to work on making the puddle look better though, he he. No flowers and fussy embellishments today, I kept it fairly simple with some faux stitching, a lacy border made with a Martha Stewart punch, a recycled bow and a circular sentiment.  Hope you like it.

Image: Magnolia

DPs: K&Co, Brenda Walton

Colouring: Copics - Coat: R00 R20 R22 R24 R27 R29 R59; Brolly: Y11 Y21 YR23 Y28; Boots: R32 R35 R37 R59; Hair: Y21 E31 E34 E37 E29

I'm entering my card in these challenges:

Make It Colourful: Smooth Gradients

Copic Creations: Warm Colours

Top Tip Tuesday: All Stitched Up

Simon Says Stamp And Show: Show Some Stripes

The lovely Anne of Stamps and Paper has passed on the Stylish Blogger award to me.....thanks Anne! Check out her blog - she is an accomplished cardmaker with some smashing designs.

The rules/mini challenge for this award are:

Step 1 - Make a post linking back to the person who gave you the award

Step 2 - Share 7 random things about yourself

Step 3 – Award 7  recently discovered bloggers with this award

Step 4 – Contact these bloggers and tell them they’ve won the award

What 7 things can I tell you, let's see..... Well these are pretty random:

1. I keep staring at curtains and clothes to try and work out how to colour pleats (yes, I am mad!)

2. My favourite piece of music is Bach's Air from Suite 3, even the music score is beautiful.

3. My favourite chocolate is a Daim bar, luckily they don't seem to be widely available!

4. I'm a bit addicted to distressing since I learned how to use my distressing tool properly. 

5. My favourite colour is green, although it's a colour I hardly ever use in crafting.

6. I used to be a footie fan and could even tell you the offside rule. But that was over 20 years ago and I have long since lost all interest in the game.

7. I have a lunch date with a handsome gentleman today!!!

These are the stylish blogs I'm passing the award on to:

1. Joan from Stamping With a Passion

2. Kevin from McCraftys Cards

3. Doreen from Doreen's Dream

4. Jackie from Craft Designs

5. Jami from Sgt Stamper

6. Alex from Eisbaerentraeume

7. Sue from Craftymoone

 

Check out their blogs, each and every one makes inspirational cards.

Happy crafting!

Carole x