Fantastic News Guest DT for a week & Challenges

Hi all, Finally come down off the ceiling, one of my ambitions this year is try and achieve a DT position (got 11.5 months), not an easy achievement considering all that fantastic talent out there. Anyway Doodle Palace have asked me to be Guest Designer in a couple of weeks (my card won their challenge random.org). Then at work took a sneek peak at my blog and found I have 35 talented followers a following little old me, so you can imagine the grin on my face, Morgan said he didn't know I could skip!! LOL!! Anyway enough waffle.

This card has been created with one or two challenges in mind and has been possible because of my lovely friend Debbie P at stamp camp we exchanged swaps (she has one awesome collection of Magnolias) and she let us all have the use of her cuttlebug inc embossing folders and cutters, so needless to say I am topped up with Snowflakes until I get my own, which hopefully won't be too long. Thanks Debbie.

Materials used

Touchmarker/copics to colour (still practicing)

3D Kindyglitz puff white then coated in powder fluff for the trims,
Then I had to go to the craft shop to buy something new (what a shame LOL) so I bought 3D Kindyglitz GLT Lilac for her wings, also bought Crackle accents, which you will see my disaster at the end, also bought some chipboard birds to colour like a robin, then found the Magnolia bird, possible could be a duck, but it's Christmas and he is in fancy dress as a robin LOL! As you English people will know there are often Robins around when it is snowing.

Special effects for her cheeks and boots

Magnolia DSP Papers - Kellie's Magnolia Store

Ribbon and tag Kaisercraft
brad, threads - my stash

Now for the tricky bit, I cut around her thumb on her mitten so I could place the thread under so it looks like she is holding it

I have torn in various places and stitched it up as a repair, also knotted the potential rope as a repair too, so hopefully this should qualify for Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge seeing as my tag was a disaster.

I have turned this card into an 84th Birthday card for our children's Great Aunty Nan (on Edward's side) in England, as some of you will know they are very much covered in snow, so she looks like to be having a snowy birthday. This is the inside of the card, this special lady has certainly lived, laughed and loved, we definately miss her, she reminds me so much of my very late nana.

Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge #1 - sketch
Bizzy Bec's Creatalicious Challenge #5 - Something Old, Something New, SomethingTorn and Something Blue

Just Magnolia - Paper Pleating

Stampin Sisters in Christ #21 - to try and have your creation looking broken but then fixed

The Corrosive Challenge #46 - Distressing

Stamp With Fun #41 - Snowflakes

Cupcake Craft Challenges #73 - Girly Card

Roses on Paper #29 - Show us Winter

Tuesday Taggers - Tag it with Birds

The Pink Elephant #49 - Birthday

Flutter By Wednesday #92 - butterfly, fairy or angel + candy

Alphabet Challenge K - is for kids

Creative Inspirations Challenge #43 - New Year, New Products

Finally

Simon Says Challenge - Shabby Chic, signs of wear and tear, distressing, whites worn or bleached and Design Team Call

Phew got there in the end!

Edited to add to tell you about Chris's Freebie Friday #22 at Catt's Scratching Post chance to win a gorgeous stamp when entering the Simon Says Challenge, please give her a visit.

Thank you very much for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

As you can see I need to visit a tutorial LOL!

Realised when posting forgot my middle strip oops! so posted new photo but colours look so different when taken at night. (this is the one with the missing dsp).