My favourite Tilda again

Hello everyone :)

Do you ever find that by the time you've finished a card, it bears little resemblance to the one you started out to make?  That's what happened with this one: it was meant to be an all-white design, but I thought the pale blue cardstock looked nicer with the white lacy doily;  also I bought some white-on-white pearl patterned card specially for this project to use as a background underneath the doily, but I've ended up using no backing paper whatsoever, and allowed the hammered blue cardstock to show through instead; and originally, I had pictured a square card shape, but have ended up with a book-fold A6 as you can see.  Only the idea to use a head-shot of Tilda made it through to the finished result, but I think that's probably the way a lot of cards are completed, with lots of changes along the way from the original idea.

I coloured the image with Copic markers, then added an Anita's Glitterations circle around the head and cut around it. This circle I then stuck to a recycled doily rescued from a restaurant (from my own food, I hasten to add, I haven't yet reached the stage of foraging around other people's tables).  Some faux stitching, a large organza bow and some bling in the form of a big brad, pearls and some sticky gems complete the card. 

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Just Magnolia: a Christmas card

Let's Ink It Up: Christmas - Twist add Sparkle or Bling

Spoonful of Sugar: Christmas cards

Docrafts: Tilda challenge

Happy crafting!
Carole x