Good morning everyone, I hope your all safe and warm after the terrible weather the last few days, we still don't have any of it yet...did you all have a fantastic weekend?...we had a lovely Sunday lunch yesterday and it was brilliant catching up with my lovely Dad, he said he hadn't realised his eyes were so bad until after the tests he had and he was amazed he had driven so long, which is not a good thing to tell his constant driving companion is it lol...he is so looking forward to getting them fixed and my lovely Phil and our wonderful Daughter will all muster through for him until he can drive again and he is going to spend half his time at my Sisters too as she drives...I have never felt so frustrated in my life that I'm not able to drive and be his chauffeur like he has to me for many years, I so wish I could but will just have to make it up to him in other ways...right now onto my card for today, which is an unusual one for me, I don't usually do distressing as I find it really hard to get right but had a go at it with this card...its for our new challenge at The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop challenge and this month its a brilliant anything goes challenge, I cant wait to see what you come up with...I used one of February's new release digis at Crafts and Me called Forest Guardian for my card, what a stunning image isn't it, I coloured it with distress inks and even distressed the edges with Tattered rose...the amazing paper is a double sided one from the Baby 2 Bride collection called From This moment...isn't it just beautiful, I distressed the edges and cut out some of the roses for embellishments...I added some Clear Dew drops - 5g pack amazing value at 50p for 50 and a lush Silky Crush 38mm Ribbon - Champagne these are both from the Pretty Little Ribbon shop...I finished with a sentiment...I made the sketch up as I went along but I'm entering this for the Allsort's challenge, Secret Crafter Saturday challenge and Fab 'n' Funky challenge...I'm off out today as my Phil has a day off so you never know where we will end up, oh and of course Dad will come too...whatever your up to have a fantastic day and when you have time pop on over to The Pretty Little Ribbon shop challenge to see what the rest of the amazing team came up with
Mina xxx
Morning Mina this is delightful I love it, we havent had the snow in blyth but we had bad rain which froze!! its clear this morning though, have a good day xxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Mina! We have in Poland -19 today! and your card is great...
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NATKA
Absolutely stunning. Love the little water drops.
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Desire
Gorgeous card Mina. Love the image and your distressing is great. Like the addition of the dew drops.
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I dont do a lot of distressing, but it certainly makes me feel good sometimes to rip the scissors around my image..lol..This is beautiful Mina, perfect colour, so soft and gorgeous.Beautiful Bow, and love the dew drops...I needed those yesterday, but had to resort to oval beads...
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Mina, so glad you're dad is getting the best from his family. Super image and love the drops of water. Enjoy your day! Ruby x
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card, so pretty :o)
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OOO - it's great, so pretty colours and the ribbon...
ReplyDeleteFabulous image Mina, and so beautifully coloured. Your distressing looks great hun (mine tend to look more traumatised than distressed). We've had about 5-6 inches of snow - glad I have today off so I can stay in the warm! Hugs Sxx
ReplyDeleteSo very lovely again Mina, and I adore your bow, such a pretty ribbon. The papers are gorjus too. We had snow, about five inches - just one day, mostly all gone now. Still it was nice to hear the happy kids (big and little) out playing in it. hugs lin
ReplyDeleteGood morning Mina,what a gorgeous card and the image is beautiful.I do try and distress the edges with scissors,it's not always good,lol.
ReplyDeleteI hope you all have a lovely day.
Hugs Sue xx
I love the colours and that GORGEOUS bow! x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card anda stunning image. Love the soft colours.
ReplyDeletePretty card Mina lovely pastel colours. Enjoy your day with Phil and Dad. Im the same I dont drive and wish I did when hubby isnt up to it. Take care.
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Wow Mina, your card is really beautiful!! The distressing looks gorgeous!
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Amazing card Mina, just gorgeous, Jo x
ReplyDeleteSuch a gorgeous card. Divine papers and stunning image beautifully coloured of course! Enjoy your day out.
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Vicki x
Beautiful card. We had about 5 inches of snow, caused minor mayhem but its well on its way to being gone now as we currently have rain
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Hugs, Lesley
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ReplyDeleteLove this elegant and romantic card.
Amazing papers and ribbon.
Wooow! Your card is sooo beautiful and romantic. Love it!
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Pretty pretty card. As always you have used beautiful backing papers and wonderful ribbon.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you will do equally as much for Dad as always Mina, he has a lovely caring family xxxx
ReplyDeleteLove the card, the image is beautiful and just love that crush ribbon, its yummy xxxx
Hi Mina - Your card is absolutely stunningly beautiful - the papers are gorgeous, that ribbon is lush, and I love the way you've used the dew drops - reminds me that I have loads of those I must use!
ReplyDeleteWhatever you do today, I hope you have a fabulous day.
Love, Andrea xx
This is gorgeous, Mina! I love the paper and the dramatic image! Your coloring is so beautiful! Have a good day!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Mina... so sorry to hear of your Dad's eye problems..
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Christine x
Awww Mina the stiries about your Dad always bring a smile, he reminds me so much of my own Dad, it's lovely to hear....
ReplyDeleteThis card is so beautiful and the image is gorgeous.xx
Absolutely incredibly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis card is incredibly beautiful Mina. I love the image. I have these wee dew drops and never knew how else to use them other than flower centres. They look gorgeous on this card. Lee x
ReplyDeleteSo pretty colors, so soft, lve your card very much Mina !
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Stunning card Mina, wonderful image!
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Hello Mina, this is so pretty, I love that image, very romantic and so are the colours you picked for this card. Hugs, Frea
ReplyDeleteWow!! This is stunning Mina!!
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Hazel xx
Gorgeous and beautiful card love the image and fabulous colour's
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What a beautiful card! I love the distressed look, looks great. I can understand how frustrating it must be for you to not be able to drive your dad. I will be keeping my fingers crossed that he will soon be able to have his procedure. Hugs, Hanneke
ReplyDeleteWow this is brilliant! Your coloring is absoluetly amazing!
ReplyDeleteBlessings Bernie
beautiful image and fab papers as per....... lol....we only had a small amount of snow and it's all gone now
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Hi Mina. Gorgeous card and beautifully coloured image. Hopefully your dad won't have to wait too long for his operations. Donna
ReplyDeletewhat a gorgeous creation, thank you so much for joining us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
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This is really gorgeous..lovely image and papers...love that bow!! Hope everything works out for you soon..
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Marjorie
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fabulous card, gorgeous image, and love that ribbon, xx
ReplyDeleteStunning Mina! Your coloring is so amazing.
ReplyDeleteGreat weather here this weekend. Sunny and in the 70's. Today on the other hand...cloudy, grey and in the 50's.
I bet your Father appreciates all the other things you do for him, you can't do it all. ~jeni :)
Fab card, Mina, that image is stunning!Stay well & warm!
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oh wow.this is absolutely fantastic mina.the image is so beautiful and i love your delicate colours and design :D
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Hi Mina , gorgeous card , love the image, tfs.
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That is one stunning image and the paper is so pretty. Love that beautiful bow too.
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Denise xx
Beautiful design and coloring!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, what a lovely image and so soft and serene!
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Pendra
Oh what a beautiful image, wonderful card Mina.
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Debby
Hi Mina, this is gorgeous, beautiful image and love the soft colours...Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky this week.
ReplyDeleteWendy xx
What a wonderful card Mina.
ReplyDeleteHugs Riet.xx
Hi Mina,
ReplyDeleteThis looks beautiful. What a gorgeous image, lovely papers & the luscious ribbon. I love it. Hope you're keeping well. Thanks for joining us at Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge this week.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx