Friday, November 27, 2009

Some Flair with a Mercy Sketch...

This has been one very weird week...
And after all the excitement and anticipation of
"New Moon"
coming out...And then TTIC's amazing blog hop last Friday..
Which btw was amazing... I think my mojo has gone on holiday....
So, I am very glad it's Friday and that I can ease myself back into the grove with
Unity's


I missed out on participating on the Unity hop last week due
to the fact that I did two hops for
TTIC and Artful INKables at the same time...
are you impressed cause I am, I have never done that before!!



Anyway, I thought that I might use

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge # 49

for a little inspration to get me started for this one...





I have actually never done a
Mercy's Sketch Challenge before either
...I have always admired them but just never got around to doing one...
And this is what I came up with...




I used the flower stamp from my October KOM..
and after choosing the DP
(which is October Afternoon)
I coloured the flowers in Green and Red with
my Prisma Pencils to match....
I also distressed the card...
Again, something that I always do, and then added a ribbon
to give it that something bit extra...




Just a bit of a close up...



Stamps: Unity's October KOM & September KOM
Paper: October Afternoon
Ink: Versafine Black, TH Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Accessories: Ribbon, Fiskars Border Punch, Button, Brads
Technique: Prisma Pencils, Distressing



Now, please go and checkout the other
amazingly talented ladies who are
participating in this week's
Unity's Friends With Flair hop...
You can get the list from Angela's Blog...





Oh Yeah!! I forgot...
I have the Blinkie this week....


Unity Flair!




Thanks For Looking!
And Have A Great Weekend




69 comments :

Sam said...

Hi Donna,

I don't think your mojo has gone anywhere at all. This card is absolutely beautiful!!

Have a lovely weekend.
:-)
Sam.

Handmade Creations by Stephanie said...

Wow as always this is just beautiful!!!

Michele Lourenco said...

Hi Donna,
great card and your coloring oft hose flowers is spectacular. U sure u lost ur mojo??
TFS!

ellepaulette said...

What a lovely card! Great sketch and beautiful colors!! Love it, love it, love it!! :)

Christi said...

Girly, how can you possibly say that you have lost your mojo?!?! This card is gorgeous! smiles...

WickedPixie said...

Hi Donna! This is another beautiful card!! :-)Traci

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous Card!! Love your coloring of those flowers!!! Great Job!!!

KmoRakefet said...

Hello. I lovred yor card, Really. the colors are great !!!

Also I found the blinki SO I AM HOPEFULL :-)

Jacqueline said...

My dearest friend, your mojo never leaves you! You just didn't have me telling you how much this card rocks before you posted it ;D It does look SO amazing!! The flowers look so real and they are gorgeous!! Every little detail you add makes every card you make just perfect! LY! Xx

Anonymous said...

Donna... you should lose your mojo more often! This is fabulous!

Lisa A.

Marilyn said...

Gorgeous card. Fresh and lovely.

Stephanie Zito said...

Ooooh Donna! Your card is amazing! Your mojo hasn't gone anywhere! Amazing as always! Congrats on having the blinkie this week!

♥ Audrey ♥ said...

Beautiful card. Gorgeous colouring of those flowers.

Rachel B said...

Donna, if this is you without Mojo... I can only imagine where your creativity will take you WITH it! This card is amazing! Stunning, Beautiful! Love it! I love the dp, the colors, everything! So pretty!

Alyssa S said...

Wow! This took my breath away...it's so beautiful! ;o)

Natalie said...

Saw the blinkie, but was blown away by your beautiful card!! It is gorgeous. Love all the colors and the design from Mercy is perfect. Great job, Donna and thanks for the inspiration!

Erica said...

Gorgeous card! I love the combo of colors and papers. Beautiful as always!

Tenia Nelson said...

Gorgeous card and you have the flair..yea!! Have a great day!!

Carpenters' said...

I love your DP and color pallet. beautiful card!

Michelle Woerner said...

Hey Donna! Your card is just darling -I sooo love Early Bird *sigh* AND those adorable flowers!!

ANd bonus! You have the blinkie!! Hugs,

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

You've got your stuff--never went anywhere:) This card is CUTE!! Sooooo pretty:)

jan farnworth said...

love your card nicely done.

Monika in VA said...

Gorgeous! Love the slight distressing ~ really looks great with those papers! Love the flowers ~ they are so beautiful!

Angie Blom said...

stunning card Donna, love the papers and the colouring in your image is amazing!!!

stampjourney said...

Love, love, love what you did with the sketch! Love the color combo and the way you sponged around the edges of the focal image. Just beautiful!

Rona said...

very pretty card - I haven't used that stamp yet but I sure need to!! Great job.

Dawn M said...

love the colors that you used!

Sherry said...

Lucky you...you have the binky and a gorgeous card...I simply love the colors. thanks so much for sharing your talent with us

Miss Boo (a.k.a. jen70) said...

Gorgeous card! Great colors and coloring!! Love it!

jennifer mitten said...

Donna,

Beautiful card - I love that color combination. Mojo is still in evidence:-)!!

Jessica Diedrich said...

Sadly I had too much to do this week and couldn't play this week but OH MY I just had to stop and see this BEAUTIFUL Creation my friend! Absolutely GORGEOUS coloring! LOVE IT!

JPScraps said...

Wow...beautiful card.

Jillisgram said...

This is a beautiful card --- love the color combination!

Mary Giles said...

Wow! I wish my no mojo days looked this good...heck I wish most of mojo days turned out this fabulous. Love the colors and how you did the flowers...Oh and Edward in you sidebar...drool.

Scrapcollectr said...

Great card. I love dissecting the steps. Vibrant card and mat color, love the use of two patterned papers and the shading on the flowers! A wonderful combination.

JenMarie said...

LOVE this gorgeous creations!!

Angela Fehr said...

I love this card - the colouring is gorgeous and your interpretation of the sketch is inspiring!

Angela Bassett said...

Love the red and green flowers, very unique!

Kerry said...

Super cute card, I love the dp and especially the borders... I need some of them. Found the blinkie! Woohoo!

Heather said...

Fabulous! Absolutely super darn FAB-U-LOUS! Wow, too stunning! Thanks for sharing!

Nancy B said...

Beautiful card! I love the inspiration you ladies provide, keep up the good work!

Charlene said...

Very pretty card! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. :)

Andrea Murdock said...

woot woot- I found the blinkie!!!! I am obsessed about all things twilight too- you should go grab that blinkie from my blog- I think you will love it tee hee. This card is fab and I am going to use Mercy's sketch now too, thanks for the inspiration and the kind words on my card girl!

Rebecca said...

Donna :-) how do you do it card after card? Produce absolutely some of the most stunning cards on the web? I LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors you used!

Yvette said...

Donna, your card is stunning! Love the flowers, layout and all the special details you added.

Thanks for stopping by today! You are THE BEST!

Laurel said...

A beautiful card!

Elizabeth C. said...

Wow, it's beautiful! The muted colors and the texture combo are soo pretty!

lana said...

great card and happy i found the blinkie! Yeah!

Linda said...

Hi Donna,
I love the way you used the untiy flowers stamps, and the Dsp. That card turn out just beautiful!!

Shannah said...

Hi Donna! Gorgeous card - as always!! If you lost some mojo I sure hope I trip over it!
Have a lovely weekend!!
Shannah

dani said...

Beautiful card - the colors really rock. Great wekend to you!
dani

Gwen said...

Love the details on your card! Great designing!! And thanks for hosting the blinkie!!

Anonymous said...

Found not only a beautiful, beautiful card but the Blinkie to boot! Your card is wonderful -- love everything about it.

Jennine Chambers said...

What a great card! I really love how you set it up with this paper!

Mandy said...

super cute card...great colors!

cjs said...

Really beautiful card Donna!

Serena said...

it's a fantastic card,,,great job!!!

NinaB said...

Yay, you got the blinkie! I love your card. Your coloring is fantastic and I love your choice of DP!

ANAT S said...

Wow Donna!!!
this card is adorable
love the great color combo
so
beautiful!!

Becky Carafa said...

Oh wow, this is beautiful! I wish I could create like this when MY mojo leaves, lol!

Anonymous said...

I love the red with this other colors on this card. So PRETTY!!

Michelle said...

I loved your card Donna! You've inspired me to ink up that stamp set again! Thanks for hosting the Blinkie! You are all so very talented!

Jules! said...

You make such BEAUTIFUL creations!!!

Jen Shults said...

Wow, Donna! This is gorgeous. I love that sketch and your coloring is fantastic. :D Always such beautiful work from you. :D

Jenn Joncas said...

Gorgeous card!! I love the rich colours you used.

Jenn (:

StacyC said...

Love the colors combo you used.. Beautiful card...

Cheryl said...

Wowza Donna! I absolutely LOVE this! Great choice is colors/papers/image and you did a fantastic job on this girl! Beautiful ribbon too : )

Unknown said...

WOW, donna! this is gorgeous! amazing coloring...and that red is just so striking!

thanks for playing along with my sketch for this week...you've done an amazing job! :)

{{{hugs}}}
mercy

Randi said...

Donna, you can take the simplest stamps and make them sing!! These flowers look incredible in those colors!! Such a gorgeous combo I would've never thought of!! I'll have to try this!
Thanks for your incredible comments! You always make me smile!!