Friday, March 16, 2012

Charlotte and Butterfly Gate Fold Card

I made this gate fold card using a beautiful gold ribbon to keep it closed. I love this sweet little girl called Charlotte and Butterfly  from Milk Coffee Stamps and I really wanted her in a red dress and to have a white collar and white socks with white lace trim, so cute!!!! I enjoyed my colour scheme of gold for our challenge this week and the gold cardstock was like a mirror I can nearly see myself taking the photo,too funny! The embossed butterflies added to the theme and added a touch of class. I watched a you tube tube tutorial to try to improve my hair colouring and swapped a few colours around and used what I had to try to create golden hair. It is my challenge to myself  this year to improve my colouring in. I really enjoyed colouring in her dress and then adding spots with my white gel pen, that was fun! On the inside, I wanted it to look like a flower so I added a flourish under the die cuts and I think it looks clever. Then I  added another butterfly so the inside and outside theme was carried through.  Annie March 2012 002

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I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 14th  Challenge

POT OF GOLD

Use Gold in your creations

and the Sponsor this week is  Milk Coffee Stamps

MilkCoffee

Winners prize is 3 digi images and top three will receive an image off their choice also!!!!

Swing by and see the great creations showcased by the Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team.

Challenges that inspire me:

  1. Crafty Sentiments- Things with Wings
  2. Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges-Tie it up
  3. Hooked on Craft-More than one fold
  4. Whimsy Stamps- Embossing
  5. Papertake Weekly-One for the girls or Mum
  6. Cupcake Craft-Going Dotty
  7. The Stamping Boutique-Gold

Have a gold weekend!!!

Hugs Trish

40 comments:

Always with a Sentiment said...

Oh wow, this is really beautiful. So very striking with the gold. Beautiful image too.
Love Sandra xx

Ellen said...

Fabulous card Trish, I like the image, the design and the gold!
Love, Ellen

Nannieflash said...

Oh Trish that is stunning I love your image shes so cute. hugs Shirleyxxx

Creations by Shirl said...

Great job on the image from MCS....
and your gatefold card is really pretty...

Vicky said...

Incredible!!! really gorgeous and rich

Unknown said...

Trish What a beautiful card ....its lovely Hugs elaine

chrissy xx said...

Just Stunning! What a Gorgeous image and I LOve those butterflies..so cute with their little face...Fabulous colouring of this little girl...LOve the spots.
Chrissyxx

NanaConnie said...

Sorry I haven't been around to comment -- it's been a busy, busy couple of weeks. I adore this card, Trish! I just discovered Milk and Coffee and bought a few of their digis. This one you used is precious and I love the way you colored the butterfly! Fab coloring on her dress.

Doreen said...

This is just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing with us at Whimsy Stamps.xxx

Jennifer said...

This is incredible Trish! I love your colouring and her hair is wonderful! I love the "flower" you've created on the inside! That was very clever!

Delphine said...

Fantastic card! The image is so cute and I love all the gold! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake and good luck! Delphine xx

Jenée said...

This is such a beautiful card, T!rish. You've done a bang-up good job with the colouring and the gold and red colour scheme. Top notch!

Judith said...

I o
love this little girl you have coloure her so beautifully Hugs Judith x

Debbie said...

Wow Wow Wow!!! There are so many beautiful things to say about this. FABULOUS! Good Luck at The Stamping Boutique Gold Challenge!

Debbie

Cely said...

this is absolutely adorable! :) love all the gold. :) thanks for following my blog, i'm now following yours!

Caz said...

Lovely card...Thanx for joining us at Crafty Sentiments, and good luck.

Caz CS DT

Jackie Thomas said...

Oh Trish. this is just gorgeous. Inside and out. thank you sharing and joining us at Hooked on Crafts.
Hugs Jackie

Vicki Fraser said...

Hi Trish, this image is adorable! I love your shading on the butterfly it looks like stained glass almost! beautiful :) miss you :)

Beebeebabs said...

Very nice card - such a cute image tfs!!!

Elizabeth said...

Stunning! I love all the gold, thank you for joining us at The Stamping Boutique.

Anonymous said...

Sooo cute!

Lisa said...

Oh wow, Trish, this is fabulous!! The little girl is just adorable!! And wow...the butterfly is stunning!! You colored it so beautifully!! Gorgeous card :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

mags said...

Gorgeous card. Thanks for popping by my blog and becoming a follower. I am now your newest follower.
Mags
x

NEEDLEWINGS said...

Great cards! I also love your blog name, very clever!

I became a follower, if you wish to join mine, pop over for my give away.

Liza said...

Great work, thanks for joining in with our dotty theme this week at CCC.

Liza x

KraftyKoolKat said...

Gorgeous card Trish and a very cute image.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

Marie said...

Lovely card, Trish. Your coloring is magnificent already. Love the added dots on her dress and the cute lacy socks.

MilkCoffee said...

Wow, gorgeous card! Love the golds is very stunning and your coloring is so pretty :)

Sharon Caudle said...

Wonderful card "for the girls"! Thanks so much for joining us at Papertake Weekly and hope you join us again soon!
hugs, Sharon

Yoshiras time to craft said...

Beautiful!love the embossing and all the gold.great job coloring charlotte.

Anonymous said...

WOWZER!! This is such an amazing design sweetie!! LOVE your shinny papers, embossing and such a sweet image too!! Thanks for sharing! :) HUGS

Debbie said...

This is soooo pretty!! I love that embossed gold paper!!

Anonymous said...

She's a delight, Just Beautiful
Hugs Julie P

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous, very pretty little Charlotte and Butterfly, really love that embossing on the gold card stock. Pretty!

Hugs, Lori m

Unknown said...

Wow trish you really out did yourself with this card!!!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!!!! Love the image and all the gold!!!!!! Wow stunning work!!!!

Dr Sonia S V said...

The shiny card stock looks fantastic!!

Creations by Shirl said...

Trish send me your email address so I can tell what color I'm using on the pink dress....
email: snases@hawaii.rr.com
And I was looking at your weather, gee whiz are you at 22' degrees their wow that's freezing weather!!!

Jennifer said...

Hi Trish, do pop over to my blog. I have a little something for you! Hugs
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