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Thank you for visiting me today, I hope you see something here that you like. I love colouring digital images and I am on a few Design Teams.I am taking art classes with Kit and Clowder, and Make it Crafty. I hope maybe you will get some new ideas here or you can leave comments and links so I will be picking up new ideas from you. Anyway I will put on the kettle and have some cupcakes at the ready...

Friday 11 May 2012

The lovely ballerina


Today was one of those days...I had a doctor's appointment..it's so rare to be able to get an appointment I could have sold it on ebay! It certainly wasn't either the doctor's fault nor the receptionist, just too many people between two few doctors. Anyway, I wanted to go to the bank and to the library whilst I was in town and what with Colin retiring today I was in a bit of a tizz. It was an early appointment so I was dashing around a bit but managed to leave home with enough time to get to the doc's. Afterwards I parked up in town and went to the bank and the library and suddenly thought (as you do...) something isn't right. I looked down, no, I wasn't wearing my slippers, I was fully dressed, I had my handbag...then it hit me! I had a shiny scrubbed face!!!ARGH!!! No Make-up!! Not since the 70's have I braved the outdoors (the garden doesn't count)  without 'a face on' Oh boy! I hadn't even checked if the hair dye was still around my face from being re-purpled at the hairdressers yesterday. Luckily I only realised on the way back to the car, and when I got home I thought it would be better if I didn't know what a state I might look. I may check the mirror later under subdued lighting. So, tomorrow is the first day of Colin's retirement and I think he is a bit worried about being home more, he went a funny colour when I suggested he dried the dishes as he passed through the kitchen and maybe he could pair the socks. I think he may be looking for a part-time job.
Anyway, back to today's card. This is one of my favourite digi's from The Paper Shelter. She is so easy to colour and I do think my shading is getting better, I know I have a long way to go yet but there has been some improvement! She has been printed onto watercolour paper coloured with promarkers...there is a link on my sidebar. Layered onto mirriboard and then onto Henbury Lane papers (I think) Swirls from my cricut and flowers from wild orchid crafts. I hope you have a very good weekend, I'm off to join in the docrafts bloghop, I hope to see you there.

I have entered this in the Paper Shelter Challenge 63 'Anything goes' http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/
 DYSU #71 - Use A Flower    http://doyoustackup.blogspot.co.uk/

29 comments:

  1. Beautiful card love the image and the flower's and your layout is fab. Have a good weekend. Caroline xx

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  2. Beautiful card and cute image and I know just how you feel I went to a craft show last Sunday and as I reched up to scratch my ear realised I had left my ear-rings behind then horror when I realised I also had no mascara preys on your mind all day lol
    carol x

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  3. Hi Sue..what a lovely card...you always make me smile!! Have a great weekend and happy blogging...Sharon xx

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  4. Beautiful card Sue, love the colour and image. Chris xx

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  5. Lovely card Sue, good luck with your hubby's retirement! Tinaxx

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  6. This is lovely, the little ballerina is very sweet. x

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  7. How adorable, what a lovely image. Your colouring is fab, and I love the papers and embellies!
    Thanks for joining us at DYSU this week!

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  8. Gorgeous card, i love the image and colours

    just doing the bloghop .. have a lovely weekend

    Lorna x

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  9. Lovely card....have a great weekend...Lorsx

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  10. beautiful card lovely image and colours pretty swirls tracy xx

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  11. Beautiful card Sue, lovely image and colours...enjoy the weekend.
    Wendy xx

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  12. Great card Sue. Love the colours. Hope Colin enjoys his retirement.

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  13. Sooooo beautiful. I especially love the flourish. It adds that elegant finishing touch.

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  14. Great sue hopping on by from dc xx

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  15. Lovely card, the backing paper is really nice and I love the blues :) x

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  16. Sue this is gorgeous love the image so pretty. Love Alison xxxx

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  17. beautiful card, hope you have a lovely weekend xx

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  18. Such a beautiful card.. Thanks for sharing it with us at The Paper Shelter this week.. Hugs, Linda

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  19. great card! your story did make me laugh as I've done the exact same thing before, glad its not just me! lol

    Sarah x

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  20. wow super little card ... love your design and love that little ballerina ... just doing a bit of blog hopping ... thank you for visiting me ... have a great weekend ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  21. Lovely card Sue - glad you survived without your 'face'! Lea xx

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  22. Such a pretty card & your image is beautiful...
    hugs and xxx
    Gemma

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  23. love this little ballerina - it's a great card! xx Jill B

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  24. Fabulous! Aww I am sure you looked fine! Happy leapblogging! Elaine-xxx-

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  25. What a lovely card. Love this lil digi from Paper Shelter. Thanks for joining us at DYSU.

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  26. This is so cute. Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

    -Wenche

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