Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Midweek Magnolia - Distressed


Hello, Friends and Happy Hump Day! The Midweek Magnolias Design Team has a new challenge for you and this week our theme is “Distressed.” So easy, right? Hop over to Midweek Magnolias for some awesome inspiration from the DT and leave some love on their blogs. You’ll have a chance to win a fabulous mystery prize from Magnolia Sweden.
My card this week features “Scooter Tilda” which I’ve been dying to color; she's available at Magnolia-licious. I dressed her up in Autumn colored Copics and matching DPs from Deja Views.
My cardstock is from Bazzill and I distressed the DPs with my Tim Holtz distressing tool then added a brush of Vintage Photo Distress ink around the edges. I machine stitched all of my panels and cut a strip of muslin fabric stamped with my Magnolia leaf and acorn using SU’s Crumb Cake ink, frayed the edges and wrapped it with jute twine. Tilda’s scooter headlight got a coat of Glossy Accents for dimension and shine. My flowers and leaves are from Prima with buttons from my stash tied with jute and embossing thread. Finally, I finished it off with a Magnolia fence die cut distressed with Vintage Photo.
The inside of my card has distressed paper and stitched as well. I added a simple sentiment from my PC, stitched and matted on cardstock. 

Supplies:
Stamps – Magnolia
Cardstock – Bazzill
DPs – Deja Views
Flowers & Leaves – Prima
Dies/Punches – Magnolia; EK Success
Buttons – HOTP
Muslin/Jute Twine – JoAnn’s; WestTrim Crafts
Embossing Thread – DMC 

I’m entering this project in the following Challenges: 

Color Me Creative – Falls Colors
Crafty Mess – Distressed/Aged
Pile It On – Fabric or Felt
Ladybug Crafts – Anything Goes

I hope my card inspires you to join us this week at Midweek Magnolias. Happy crafting… 

Hugz,

36 comments:

Chrissy said...

Fabulous card Cathy Lee, fantastic colouring and just love this image.

luv CHRISSYxx

BrossArtAddiction said...

So rich and beautiful! I love that gorgeous background fabric with the leaves! :)

Hugs,
xx Tracey xx
My Blog

A Casa di Ale said...

MOLTO BELLA LA CARD BELLISSIMI I COLORI SCELTI...ISPIRATI ALL'AUTUNNO

CIAO DA ALE

Carla S. said...

Gorgeous card, Cathy! I love the rich fall colors and wonderfully colored image! A beautifully designed card!

Elizabeth Hart said...

I just love the rich fall colors on this delightful card - cute embellishments too!! Thanks so very much for joining us this week at the Pile it On Challenge.

Jenny said...

Wowzers love this. The papers are fab, she is such a cutie to colour up. You have done such a fab job on her :) Jen x

Teresa said...

Cathy this is a beautiful card, I just love the colours, so Autumn and this Tilda looks fabulous, you have a great eye for colour. Love it! xxx

Penni said...

Gorgeous card - I love the Autumn Colours and your colouring is awesome!

Hugs
Penni
X

Becky said...

Lovely autumnal colours chick,
Lovely colouring-I love this Tilda
Hugs Bex xx

Christina C. said...

Love those rich fall colors!!!! This card just blows me away....absolutely spectacular, Cathy Lee! Miss Tilda is colored to perfection and all those special details make this a truly extraordinary creation.

Frances said...

Wonderful creation! Love the colors, your design, all the details on it. great coloring too. hugs, Frances.

Frances said...

Wonderful creation! Love the colors, your design, all the details on it. great coloring too. hugs, Frances.

Kelly said...

Fantastic fall card, I see this Tilda all over and she is so cute. I love how your colored her monochromatic and your shading is perfect. Lovely colors and design.

Desire Fourie said...

Cathy this is so gorgeous. Great design and embellishments.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Madge H. said...

Absolutely and positively gor-just Cathy Lee. Love your coloring and the rich autumn colors.
BTW, thank you for your comment for my friend Barb on my blog. She was so surprised and very pleased.
~ rubber hugz ~

Ruby said...

Cathy, your colouring is fantastic! Fab card! Thank you so much for joining us over at our Color Me Creative Challenge!

Sandra Wright. said...

What a gorgeous card.Loving the autumn colour choices and all those fabby embellishments too.
A good bit of distressing too around the edges.

Thank you for playing along in our challenge over at Craftymess.

Sandie :)

Suzi Mac said...

Hi Cathy, so sorry I'm late with my comment hon (I've had the Grandchildren for a couple of day) your card is as always a delight. Beautiful colour combo, layout and such a sweet Tilda. Loving that material you've used too.
Hugs
Suzi x

Dana Joy said...

My goodness this card is amazing. Love your coloring and the everything about this card. Thanks for joining us at CMC.

cabio's craft corner said...

Fabulous autumn card Cathy. Love the beautiful coloring and the cool DP. The twine looks great on this Tilda card :o)
Hugs,
Cabio

Pam said...

Gorgeous card Cathy!!! You've colored this cutie, beautifully. I love the strip of fabric you've stamped too!!!!
Hugs....Pam:)

Karen said...

So beautiful! This stamp is soooo cute! : )

Doreen Horats, Clayton said...

Full of fall elegance. very pretty and love this image, do not have this one but it is on my wish list.
hugs Doreen

Norma said...

Absolutely darling, Cathy. As usual your colouring is awesome. I just love fall colours. Beautiful DP's--I have them too, woo-hoo. Wonderful design. Love the stitching.
Hugs,
Norma

Chris said...

This is just delightful, Cathy! Tilda is colored perfectly and I love her outfit! The papers are wonderful, and the addition of the fabric is brilliant! All of the included elements, inside and out, just make me wish for the cool temps of fall!

XO,
Chris Christensen

Only By His Grace said...

Gorgeous card Cathy Lee. Love the design especially the stamped muslin.
I think I can see an acorn DP behind Tilda. Lovely colouring too.
hugs maz

Karen said...

Gorgeous card! I love your choice of color, DP and design.

Karen

cathylynn said...

This card screams AUTUMN! Wow your coloring is fantastic! Great job!
Hugs, Cathy-Lynn

rovianne said...

Very nice card. Love the autumncolors. Love the details

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous Autumn creating Cathy Lee! Love your coloring and designing!

Linda Palmer said...

This beautiful card has the most awesome shade of gold on her shirt..love your coloring, love your card and love your design. Just Gorgeous!

Elle said...

I'm absolutely in love with your card! One of my favorite images that you colored to perfection. Nice work!

Gaynor Greaves said...

What a great card, love the image and your layout, thanks for joining our first challenge at Ladybug crafts, Gaynor xx

Rene said...

AWESOME! Just love it!
Rene :D

Beccalite said...

What a gorgeous card. Love the image, colour tones and all the dimension.

Thank you so much for coming over and joining in with us at Craftymess.

Great Big Huge Hugs

Becca xxx

Helen said...

Beautiful card - your colouring is fabulous!
Thanks for playing at Pile It On!
Helen x

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