Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Sweet Tilda

I just love Sweet Tilda and have had her for a couple of weeks but this is the first chance I have had to ink her up. 

Tilda is colored with Distress inks. I got a distress on Monday and did the edges with it. My local stamp store had and electric distress but at $41.00 I thought I might try the $4.00 manual one to see how I like the look. I do but still don't know that I need an electric one. I said the same thing about copics and now I have nearly 100. Ooh I just figured out how much money that is. Ouch! But I love them. Anyway back to this sweetie. She is stamped with burnt umber palette hybrid ink pad.  Stickles are applied to the lace, bottom edge, sleeve cuffs and a couple of other places. Gotta have sparkle. The shoes have diamond glaze on them. The flowers in the grass are embroidered French knots. The dp is infuse by basic grey. The ribbon is some I have had for quite some time. It's almost gone now though. The "sewn" edges are done with a coffee scroll & brush marker.
Ink colors used:
shadow - tumbled glass
grass - peeled paint
cheeks - spun sugar
hair - brushed corduroy, scattered straw
face - tattered rose
dress - barn door
I did this card to enter the spectacular Sunday challenge to have some sewing - real or fake. I figure this has both.
Thanks for leaving comments they really make my day.

20 comments:

Diana Crick said...

Beautiful card Peggie, wonderful attention to detail, love the french knots!
hugs, Diana

Anonymous said...

Pretty card. I really love how you glossed her shoes and glittered her dress!
hugs,
Shell

Unknown said...

Hi Peggie...I totally love this little Tilda...she's a favorite of mine. I really like the look of your distress coloring...and I think your distressed edges look great. You'll havw to keep us posted on the electric distresser!! (Mine is manual!!) Adorable card!!! Great idea w/the French knots too...you're too clever!! Pat Frank (VA)

Nancy said...

Peggie your card is adorable! Your coloring is beautiful!
Hugs,
Nancy

Barb Hardeman said...

This is so gorgeous, Peggie! I love your distressed edges and the little French Knots are a wonderful addition. Thank you for playing along with Stamptacular this week.
Hugs,
Barb

megline said...

Very cute card. Can`t wait to have that stamp, she is so cute.
Hugs, Line

Sandy said...

Once again Peggy you have created a beautiful card - and who would have thought - french knots for flowers!
Now that's creative
Sandy D.

Cissy said...

I just love this stamp & you did an incredible job!!!

~Cissy

Suzanne J Dean said...

She's a beauty Peggie--love the colors and the distressing. I used the manual tool for a long time, but I LOVE my new electric one--saves me a lot of time and mess, hee hee! Search around--some places have it for only $30 with free shipping!

hugz,
Suzanne

Unknown said...

This is gorgeous Peggy! I love your coloring. Great job.
Aletha

Leonie said...

Beautiful! She is one of my fav Tildas!! Great job on the distress colouring and those french knots!! thanks for joining in with us this week at SSC
Hugs Leonie

Gloria Dawson said...

Beautiful card Peggie! Love all the little details and your distress ink coloring is wonderful!

Shelley said...

I also love sweet Tilda. Lovely card and great job with your colouring. hugs Shelley

Barb F said...

Your card is super pretty!! I love that Maggie! So much to look at and lovely eye candy! Hugs, Barb F

Deb said...

Peggie, Tilda is just lovely! As always, your choice of colour and embellies is perfect. I very much enjoy stopping in at your blog from time-to-time to get more inspiration.
Deb xoxo

Stampin Mindy said...

This Tilda is so sweet. Such a beautiful card. Thanks for listing the colors of Distress inks, I'm always curious. Hugs, Mindy

Gina K said...

I had to laugh, because I do the same thing. I've had several Tildas sitting around for a few weeks now and haven't done nearly enough with them. I also said copics were too expensive and now I own over 200. Yeah, it's an addiction, but there are worse ones and I don't think I want a cure for mine! Your card is adorable! Gina

Karen W said...

Such a lovely crd Peggie. The colors go so well together

Lisette Morris said...

Very Pretty! She's one of my favorites. Too cute!

cabio's craft corner said...

So darling! Lovely coloring and gorgeous card Peggie!! Thanks for sharing :o)
Hugs,
Cabio