Saturday 5 September 2009

365 Cards Day 189 Charming


Today the challenge is to use a charm...' Easy peasy!' I hear you say. It really should be, but for some reason today I have been sitting staring into space or generally frittering away my time uselessly.
Finally I had to get a grip and do something. I think I was trying to combine challenges and for some reason today, my mind wasn't in combination mode! So One card, One challenge.
A new home card, using a Dovecraft stamp, coloured exactly as it is on the stamp, using pearly paints.
The charm is a little key tied onto the ribbon. I have devised a way to tie a bow using my Easy Bow (or whatever the thing is called that you tie a bow with) adding a charm and joining it to the length of ribbon which had already been stuck onto the card. It's fiddly, but it works and I think you can agree that it does look neat!
I think that my granddaughter may become dextrous too, here is a picture of her, Daisy 2 forks, aged 14 months, out to lunch yesterday eating her pasta.

14 comments:

  1. Such a lovely card, at least your time spent in your crafting space wasn't a total write off! I love the colour combo of blue and white, it's so stylish and elegant!
    Keryn :D

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  2. LOL! I think Daisy 2 forks is the loveliest 2 forkers EVER! And that card of yours - it's stunning! LOVE that long shape of it and wow, the stamp is gorgeous! Have a great evening!

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  3. I love the scale of this one, Chrissie...the long shape with the rowhouse and the key hanging vertical too. And my oh, my what a precious granddaughter! Hey, two forks works for me!!!

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  4. chrissie this is just perfect! i can completely relate to the challenge of this challenge! when i first saw it on my schedule, i was thinking..'cool, an easy one, finally!'...then i started to try to work on it! haha! great job and your granddaughter is a cutie!!

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  5. and it works very wel, the bow looks fab, mine NEVER look tihat neat, even with the aid of the bow maker.

    Daisy looks like nothing is going to stop her from eating that pasta - fabulous photo

    Victoria
    x

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  6. What a lovely card chrissie and wow your grandaughter is one adorable little poppet.I haven't been blogging much recently and just had a nosey through all your new stuff. all as stunning as ever, especially like pb card below, very pretty xx kerry xx

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  7. Chrissie, I love the card and you always have the best stamps. I usually want each of them and this one is on my want list now.
    Your grand-daugher is oh so sweet.

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  8. Beautiful card, beautiful grandchild. :)

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  9. Love this, Chrissie. The color combo really stands out. I should make more cards this size.

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  10. lovely card! the charm really matches the new home theme. :)
    btw, what did you use to color the stamped house? color pencil? thx.

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  11. Very classy, I love the beautiful simplicity of this :o)
    Jackie xx

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  12. It comes as something of a relief to know that you occasionally break into twiddly, un-productive mode for a minute! Love the card, charms are pretty under-used here, I must say.

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  13. great card! I have that stamp, great to see it used in a different way , love the layout of your ard! very stlish! gorgeous card! thanks for the inspiration!!

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  14. Beautiful card, I do love blue and white, so fresh and it's great to see a DL card for a change. Your grand-daughter is just the cutest.

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Chrissie