followers to nessysnotes

Saturday 26 March 2011

with love on your birthday

made this pastel birthday card for a great aunt (my father asked me to make it ~and wanted a simple card ~"not lots of flowers" etc)



followed the fab sketch by deb over on :~

CUTE CARD THURSDAY#157

COLOUR CREATE#67~PASTELS

EVERYBODY~ART#134 ~HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I LOVE PROMARKERS#58 ~GO DOTTY ~used baby pink, buttercup ,saffron, tea green, pastel blue and warm grey.

DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGES ~PASTELS AND RIBBON

MY TIME TO CRAFT#133 ~LADIES DAY



all links on my left side bar



used sandylion and papermania papers, kanban lady stamp, coloured with promarkers, kanban wording stamp, quickutz photo corner and flower circle dies, various ribbons from my stash, finished with a little glitter.


hope you are having a wonderful weekend ~when will all this sun hide behind some clouds??~ cannot remember when we last had some rain!!!

so sorry i have not been around but my neck has been playing up again and to sit at the computer just hurts sooooooooo much!!..and those tablets from the doctor are making me feel so ill!! (cannot understand why my doctor has not sent me for an xray!!)

anyway hope to be back blogging soon.



15 comments:

Nicola said...

Ooh Vanessa, this is one very classy card. Loving the image, papers and layout and your ribbon treatment is so gorgeous.
Hugs,
Nicola -x-

Deb said...

beautiful card, love the simplicity, it draws the eye to the elegant image!
sorry to hear about your neck, hope it is sorted out soon!
Many thanks for joining in the Cute Card Thursday Sketch Challenge!
Happy Crafting, Debxx

Allison Rankin said...

So very pretty. Love the image!

Tine said...

Hi Nessy. How sophisticated and elegant. Love your ice-cream pastel colours and fab layout for your image. Thanks for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers.
Tine :)

Liz's creative corner said...

Hi Nessy, love your card hun, gorgeous image and it looks great as it is, hope your feeling better soon, go back to the docs if it doesn't get better, hugs Liz xx

ps: thanks for joining us at colour create,xx

Anonymous said...

Oh my word Nessy!! This is soooo very beautiful sweetie!! LOVE the image and your soft pastel colors!! TFS!! HUGS

Riet said...

What a gorgeous card Vanessa.

Hugs Riet.xx

CraftyC said...

Beautiful card Vanessa. love the colours and a gorgeous lady. Hope the neck is better soon, nothing worse!
Clairexx

WeirdCat said...

Absolutely gorgeous,love the papers you've used, thank you for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers this week
Ruth x

gillyflower said...

what an elegant card love the subtle colours too
unusual not to see flowers on your cards lol
sure she will love it
gill xx

My name is Wynneth said...

A truly elegant and chic card, I love the gentle colours you've used and they work together so well. Lovely image, beautifully coloured. Thanks for joining us on I ♥ Promarkers this week.
hugs
wynneth
x

Donna said...

Incredibly pretty card Nessy, the soft pastel colours are beautiful and such an elegant image too...hope you feel better soon :) x

Sharon said...

This is such an elegant image Nessy and I love all your gorgeous pastel shades. Beautiful card :) Hope you are feeling much better soon!

Thanks for joining us at Colour Create for the Pastel Challenge.

Sharon x

LeslieRahye said...

Great card--love your use of pastels and ribbon! Thank you for joining Delightful Challenges this week!

Annie said...

a beautiful card and I love the soft ice cream colours with this elegant lady - your aunt is sure to love it!
hugs, annie x