Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Happy Hump Day!!

I hope you all are having a great week!! We had a FANTASTIC day yesterday ~~ it was in the 70's!! It's only about 50 today, which is still just fine with me!! It's nice to know spring is on its way!! I worked the last 2 days & have been having trouble finding the time to finish this card that I started on Sunday, lol.



The coloring alone took me forever. I decided to try my hand at coloring with Distress Inks. Why? I don't know.....lol....my watercoloring skills stink & I don't know why I thought it would be easier with these inks. Maybe I thought they had magical powers. So....I inked up this lovely Tilda which hadn't seen any love yet.....& found some gorgeous K&Company papers....& went to work. I only have 5 ink pads, so I was pretty limited. Anna, you'll be happy to know that I used my waterbrush AND I used it the proper way....filled with water! I used my heart Nesties behind Tilda....although the very bottom one is hand cut....didn't have one big enough....& I also used my Nesties to cut out & layer the sentiment (which is from SU's Riveting). I don't think you can see it in the picture, but I tried my new Shimmerz on the bottom flower, just to see how it would look. I bought the Angel Wings, because it seemed the most versatile. It definitely shimmers!! I finished it off with 3 Dew Drops in the lower corner.



Here's Tilda's close up......she's happily sitting on her beautiful shimmery ribbon I received recently in a goodie package. I didn't get around to decorating the inside yet....but I will probably use the same layout with the same papers & a big ole heart in the middle :)

Hope you have a wonderful day....I'm off to finish laundry & run some errands....I will be back tomorrow with a recipe (or two) for recipe Thursday!!

19 comments:

Tracey said...

This is a gorgeous card Michelle! You coloured Tilda beautifully!!

Annie said...

you did terribly well colouring Tilda with only 5 ink colours, she looks gorgeous! and those papers are pretty fab too! hugs, annie x

**CrEaTiNgWiThAlOhA** said...

Love her...i still need to try and cut my tildas out and place her on an object she looks adorable on the ribbon

Sue said...

beautiful card coloured beautiful, luv the colour combo, sue.x

Dawn B. said...

This is incredible of course. I need to catch up on your blog...Sorry. Darn springbreak.. Love the way you watercolored her. Everything you touch is amazing. Hugs..

Anjou Krelovich said...

Wow! GREAT watercoloring. I can't believe you achieved that with 5 pads. Super job!

Jacquel said...

Another beauty Michelle and your coloring is awesome as always! tfs!!!

Karen J. said...

Your watercoloring is awesome!!! I'm always in ah!! Very pretty colors.

Anonymous said...

Very beautiful! Your coloring is awesome!!
~Lacey

Anonymous said...

Oh my heavens Michelle. Your watercoloring skills are so lacked! NOT! Girl this is absolutely drop dead gorgeous!

slbt17 said...

Well, I just wanted to say that I love your work, and I think you did an absolutely wonderful job on your water coloring .... I wish my work could 'stink' like yours!
thanks for the inspiration.
Sandra

Cassie said...

wow! love this! those layered hearts are wonderful!!

Denise Marzec said...

I love how you roughed up the edges of the heart, and how Tilda is sitting on the ribbon. Very cute card!!

Amy Sheffer said...

She is absolutely adorable and expertly colored!

Ellibelle said...

Oh , wow, this is fantastic. I love your coloring, and the way tilda is sitting inside the heart. Your papers are beautiful too!

Kelly Schelske said...

Love this Tilda, so sweet!! Great colors, fabulous coloring, it's gorgeous Michelle!!

Ila said...

Totally Gorgeous!! Tilda is colored Beautifully and I love the colors and layout...Hugs, Ila

Cheryl said...

She is very pretty! Love the colors paper and use of heart nesties! I bought distress reinkers to paint with. Have I tried it? Nooo! Soon!
Have a great weekend!

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Gorgeous colours and love the hearts, your watercolouring is fabulous, Have a great weekend, Big Hugs, Nikki x

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