Janessa - Saturated Canary

I was lucky enough to be a guest Bar Tender on the Mardi Gras challenge of purple, green and one other colour at Raise the Bar this week and this was my contribution.  After Christmas I couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to make cards but did spend some relaxation time colouring in images and this was one of them.  When Joni, over at Raise the Bar Challenge Blog, told me what their challenge for this week was I looked on google images for inspiration and, from seeing the picture below, decided that this coloured image would fit the bill and set about making a card with it.

 

The image is one of Krista Smith's called Janessa and can be found at her Saturated Canary Etsy store. I've coloured her using Promarkers.  Krista's images are ideal for colouring.

The Happy Birthday backing paper is from A Patchwork of Papers - Purple and the striped paper is from Peppy Papers Purple/Lime.  Both are digital downloads from Cuddly Buddly.  The pearlised card and scalloped card base is from the Papeterie.

To make the large flowers I used Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die and then embossed some of the layers using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The small flowers were made using the X-cut small floral punch and the paper roses were from Wild Orchid Crafts.  A few brads, bows, peel off dots and a strip of So Saffron ribbon from Stampin' up finished this one off.

I have a few more different coloured versions of Janessa ready to put on cards so hopefully I'll get around to sharing them with you soon.  This one's going to wing its way north to a grand-niece next month.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges
The Cutie Pie Challenge 12 - Flower Power
Sisterhood of Crafters - Use a Digital Stamp
Raise The Bar Challenge 93 - Mardi Gras - Purple, Green and one other colour
PaperPlay Challenge Week 8 - for a Mother or any other female relative

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge 115 - Let's Case  ( This card was cased from this one)
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for reading

Liz xx