Monday, December 5, 2011

Challenge #75 at Tiddley Inks - Ooh La La!




Hello, good people of Blogland!  I hope you are staying warm at your end of the keyboard.  It is quite chilly here in the Duke City and Mother Nature is still attempting to douse us with snow. In some parts of the city she has been successful, in other parts, namely mine, not so much.  Ah, well, maybe that's a good thing, but the 12 year old inside of me is really wanting to see some white stuff :D

Speaking of snow and the holidays, Tiddly Inks has a brand new challenge this week and you are going to love it.  Everybody is being challenged to create an Ooh La La type card, you know, a card to warm things up...something a bit on the sexy side, if you will.  I used Crafty Devil and she is perfect for this challenge!  Right down to her Naughty or Nice list...lol!  I cheated a bit and added the Naughty or Nice part myself ;D

A couple of things about this card...I created the mottled background by heavily sponging Fired Brick Red Distress Ink onto a white circle die cut panel and then spritzing it with water.  The water reacts with the dye based ink and basically makes the ink bleed.  I love that!  Also, I hit the miniature ornament section of my local Hobby Lobby hard the other day.  All of the ornaments were half off, so I went looking for the tiniest ornaments and decor I could possibly find so that I could use them on my cards.  I hit the mother load!  I picked up a ton of tiny trims designed to decorate smaller table top trees.  They are perfect for cards.  No, you're not going to be able to mail your card in a standard envelope once you add them, but I usually do a bubble mailer anyway, so no big deal.  Plus, I picked them up for practically nothing.  I think I paid $1 for a package of 12 decorative balls.  That's a heck of a lot cheaper than most embellishments in the paper crafting section of the store.  Anyway, keep that in mind next time you head to Michael's or Hobby Lobby.  You might be surprised at the treasures you will find ;D

Before I go, be sure to head to the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and check out all of the uber-fabulous cards my fellow DT-ers have created to inspire you.  Also, be sure to stop by Christy's blog.  She usually has lots of fun surprises waiting to be discovered.  Finally, don't forget to hit the shop for all of the latest and greatest Tiddly Ink images and designs.  There is truly something for everybody :D
   

17 comments:

  1. Morning Cheryl!
    oooh La La indeed on this card hun! its fabulous!! I love your red colours, swit swoo and the baubley embelly looks awesome!
    huge hugs Lou xxx

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  2. Ух, ты! Какая красотка!Очень яркая, красивая открытка!
    Uh, you! What beauty!Very bright(vivid), beautiful postcard!

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  3. OOOH LA LA Cheryl this is stunning, I love the glitter bauble, love the image with the list. Joey x

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  4. Holy cow! Those little Christmas bits are FANTASTIC! You did hit the mother load, how fun. And that technique with spritzing the Distress Ink, I have to try!

    Thanks for inspiring. Tres sexy!

    Oh congrats on 400 followers, I don't think I have broken the 20 mark ;D

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  5. OHHH, LOVE it, Cheryl! Fab color scheme and the spritzed background circle looks amazing. Lovin' your details, too. xxD

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  6. OMGoodness... This is so gorgeous!!! I love the image and I must say your coloring is beautiful!!! Cheryl you are awesome!!! Have a wonderful day!!!

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  7. Cheryl this card is awesome! I love how you have created that spritzed background and your Christmas embellishments are fab! Great idea! Gorgeous colouring!

    Arabella

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  8. OH MY..... I would officially like to blame you for at LEAST 1/3 of my craft addiction! hahaha I nver thought to look for mini things to add to cards!!! I need to go ASAP! haha!
    Your card is amazing as always and I must say I LOVE her skull tattoo! haha

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  9. Gorgeous card, love the red outfit she has on and how cute are her little bat wings! Love this!
    Hugs, Mom

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  10. That mottled background is inspired and I get a kick out of your image. She is definitely NOT on the nice list, I mean just look at those sparkly stockings!

    I shop the tiny ornament section as well. I've been doing it for years. Fun, isn't it?

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  11. AWESOME CARD!


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  12. Great card Cheryl and I do believe I will be heading to Hobby Lobby this week! Love all the elements you are always able to add, very inspiring!

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  13. What a fun card Cheryl! Your embellishments are so cool! It's all so wonderful!:)

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  14. Oh my word...Love the card!! Love the little bit of glitter on her stocking and belt...The layout and of course the small embellishments!!
    Fabulous card!!!

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  15. LOVELY!!!!! The bauble is super cool and so is the coloring!

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  16. Wow, I love the mottle affect you created, thats a fantastic technique. Gorgeous card. Lee xx

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  17. So fabulous. That image is really cute. I especially love the skull tat on her thigh.

    Great card. I love your ball. :D :D :D

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