Sunday 18 August 2013

Cute as a bug!

Good morning all and I hope that your day is brighter than here - although I think the rain has eased off a bit now and there's a bit of brightness peeping through!  It rained such a lot yesterday that we need a bit of a dry bright day today to balance things up a bit lol!
A quiet morning here as my son had a sleepover at one of his friends last night and my daughter has headed off to do a shift at the hotel where she works in holidays and weekends.  But sadly no lie in for me this morning!  Tilly the Dog is not feeling too good and obviously has some tummy discomfort and keeps pacing around - and decided at 6am this morning that she really needed her mum to come down and sit with her!  Not sure what the problem is but we'll just keep an eye on her today and hopefully she'll brighten up as the day goes on.  I think she'd be better if she could sleep for a while but she's obviously finding it difficult to settle.  It'd be so much easier if they could tell you what the problem was lol!  The joys of pet ownership!

And I've had to put comment moderation on the blog as I seem to keep getting plagued by spam comments!  They're so annoying - with such utter drivel! - but I'm not sure of any other way to get rid of them!  Thankfully Blogger seems to filter most out but they're still a pain.  I don't know whether some 'key words' seem to trigger them or what, but it's often certain posts that generate the most spam! Hey ho.

But despite all that, thank you for calling by my little blog - and a huge thank you for all the lovely comments that you leave!  It's lovely to think that other people like my crafty creations - and I love browsing around everyone's blogs to see what people are doing and get inspiration and ideas.

On my card today I've used one of the gorgeous little characters on the 'Baby Fairies' set from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I've been tempted by these for ages and keep seeing odd ones pop up on blogs so decided that I would get the set when Mo had a 20% discount on last week!


I've coloured this cutie with copics and promarkers and tried a different colour combo for the skin - I'm never 100% happy with my skin colouring as I think it often looks too pale, but I don't want them to look like they've had a bad spray tan either!  I've added some glossy accents to the wings and ladybird and a sprinkle of glamour dust to the wings.  Don't you just love that little tummy! 
I've used First Edition papers, with Spellbinders edgeabilities for the side borders, a Joy crafts leafy die and flowers from WOC.  The sentiment tag is from LOTV (I've used these SO much!). 
Hope you like it! 
Enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Back soon,
Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-
Mo'sDigitalChallenge - something sweet
QKR Stampede - Don't Bug Me
Cut It Up - What's Bugging You?
Card Crafters Circle - winged things
The House That Stamps Built - things with wings




28 comments:

  1. Utterly gorgeous in every way!! xx

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  2. Morning Kim Hope Tilly Is Back To Her Usual Self Soon Buddy Had A Off Tummy Last Week Trouble Is He Its Good And Sleep But Then We Can't Get Him Too Eat.
    This Is Such A Sweet Card And Your Skin Its Brilliant O Always Think That These Babies Should Have Delicate Skin Don't You. Off To Get House Sorted Before Son And The Gang Arrive

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  3. Really cute card Kim. Love the flowers! :)

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  4. Hi Kim, such an absolute sweetie. Love this image and your soft colouring and palette are adorable. Hope Tilly is better soon.
    Laine
    xx

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  5. Awww, hope Tilly feels better soon, poor pet! Gorgeous card Kim, I took advantage of the sale too, Mo is just amazing, her images are fantastic and she's such a great person to boot! I love the layout of this card, it's fab :D Hope you're having a good Sunday.

    Tags xx

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  6. Wonderful card - I love this image. Fabulous papers. Hmmm, might have to dig this image out :-) TFS

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  7. Oh this is lovely Kim, and I agree with Sue, babies shouldn't look like they've been sunning themselves on a beach, your colouring is fab and the contrast of the zingy lime works beautifully with the delicate skin tones I think :) xx

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  8. Hi Kim, I do hope Tilly soon perks up they are such a worry when they are poorly. This card is so lovely, fab colouring and gorgeous colours and layout.

    Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  9. Your card is gorgeous Kim. I love the cute image and your colouring is fabulous. I know what you mean about colouring skin and I often find my colours look really washed out on my photos.
    I hope Tilly is feeling better soon, it certainly would be so much better if our pets could talk to us to say what is wrong.
    Enjoy the rest of the day
    Sue xx

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  10. What a little beauty this is Kim! Love the image, colouring and layout and those pretty scallops.
    I do hope Tilly is feeling better soon.

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  11. What a sweet image. I love how you used the pearls on your borders.

    Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up Challenges for our buggy challenge!
    Evelyn
    http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

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  12. Absolutely Precious!!Love it!
    Thank you for joining us at Cut It Up Challenges.
    Have a wonderful day,
    Migdalia
    ♥ Crafting With Creative M ♥
    ♥ 2 Creative Chicks Challenges ♥

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  13. Beautiful Kim and the skin looks just grand to me.

    Hope the dog is ok now :)

    Susan x

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  14. Gorgeous card Kim. the image is adorable and I love the design and pretty colours.
    Lorraine x

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  15. This is so adorable Kim! Love the image! Great card.
    xx

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  16. Hi Kim,
    such a superb card. Just love that image, and your colouring in is fabulous. The skin tone looks great too me. I have never seen your skin tones look other than fab before, but I know what you mean I too strive to get my skin colouring better. Love the hair too, that's another thing I keep trying to get right. Hey ho maybe one day I will get it right. lol.
    Love your design used and the paper.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

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  17. Aww..this is so beautiful Kim..gorgeous colouring and love the scalloped sides..I sneaked over to Mo's this weekend too..what joy!!.

    luv CHRISSYxx

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  18. Absolutely gorgeous Kim, adorable image and love the colours.
    Wendy xx

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  19. Oh I love these cuties too. Love your coloring on the hair. :-) The layout really works well. Hope Tilly feels better soon. Hugs!

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  20. Oh she is uber cute Kim - amazing colouring and love the touch of sparkle.
    Debs xx

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  21. Gorgeous card, love the image and fab colours.
    Hugs
    Caz x

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  22. Awww sorry Tilly isn't well hope she's better soon hun, this is really cute I must admit I purchased some too but haven't coloured any yet! they are really cute huggles hun Sue xx

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  23. gorgeous. love the image. hope Tilly feels better soon x

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  24. A beautiful card, with the cutest of images all in a wonderful layout.
    I love it

    Patricia xxx

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  25. This is adorable. What a sweet little image, and I adore your embellishment. Thanks for joining us this week at Card Crafter's Circle!

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  26. Hi Kim! Sorry to hear about your furbaby! Mine gets tummy upsets occasionally...and he just needs TLC until it passes. Poor little thing!! Your card is precious! I love this image...and the design you used is so much fun! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Mo's! Hugs. Pat Frank

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  27. Wow! Amazing colouring Kim, especially in the hair! And what a lovely card, just adorable!

    Thanks for joining us at Mo's Challenge blog this week :*
    Hugs, Franz.

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  28. Quite lovely, your design and coloring are beautiful. Thanks for joining CIU Challenge blog.

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I love reading your comments - and thanks for taking the time to leave one!
Kim x