Saturday 10 January 2009

Pink Dream........A Gift For My Pink Loving Friend.....

There is a challenge over at Everybody Art Challenge but this time it is not to make a card, it is to make anything but a card...... there is an amazing prize for the winning entry, Lelo Stamps, have you seen them they are scrummy......even if you don't give it a go, take a look at the design team creations they are just wonderful....and will really inspire you to go and create something...

My wonderful friend Moni is one of the design team members this is how i discovered this challenge site, and i decided to give this one a go.... i knew exactly what i wanted to make, it is another gift to make a friend smile..... her son has gone on a skiing holiday this last week and she's been a little poorly...like so many suffering with colds and flu....so i thought i would cheer her up with this pink dream, her favourite colour..

I decided on a plaque, and it is ****PINK**** i know, but i actually like the way this one turned out... I'd got these hangers last year in the summer from Crafty Individuals and still haven't used them till now, i thought they'd be a great way of hanging a plaque, i took a 12" x 4" piece of hard board and i covered it with Basic Grey Sugared pink designer paper, then i used Basic Grey Bittersweet which is just the yummiest designer paper i have seen, a Martha Stewart Punch (another gift from hubby...) to punch down the sides of three sheets of Bittersweet then layered them on top of each other for the center panel.., I'm a Basic Grey freak, i love to buy every single line that comes out and i always have to buy the brads then the Bazzill that matches, Basic Grey is a really good basic to have in your stash...if you're stuck and don't know which brand to use then turn to Basic Grey, SU, or October Afternoon you won't go far wrong.....anyway back to the plaque, i coloured a stamped image of an oven, it's a retired SU oven my darling hubby got me last year and i thought the WOJ Willow With Cookies(she is so cute you can buy her here) would go perfectly with this oven and i think she did...what do you think?, i finished off with the Magnolia tea towel... all of the images i coloured using Prisma Pencils and Sansodor, i then went over parts of the images with H2o's to give them a little sparkle... Then there are the embellies....ooooooh where do i start, the lace which is threaded through the buttons and attached to the hanger is from Hobby Craft, the buttons and Flowers were from my lovely Friend Claudia, she always sends me the most wonderful embellishments, the brads are of course Basic Grey and the tickets which i just love are Tim Holtz and the wax stamp which i only just got is 7 Gypsies....i added a little Frosted lace Stickles to finish off...

Before i go, i wanted to let you know that it was my Blog Anniversary at the beginning of January, and I've just about hit 10,000 hits so this month i have so really yummy Blog Candy to give away and just to wet your appetite Mark ( my darling hubby ) got a pack of Nestabilities (just a single pack) to add to the candy so keep an eye out towards the end of the month....

Ingredients: DP Basic Grey Sugared & Bittersweet ~ Brads Basic Grey Bittersweet ~ Stamps WOJ, SU & Magnolia ~ Prisma Pencils, Sansodor, Stumps ~ Tim Holtz Tickets ~ Flower & Buttons From My Lovely Friend Claudia ~ Wax Stamp 7 Gypsies ~ H2o's ~ Lace & Ribbon From Stash ~ Hangers Crafty Individuals ~ Stickles Frosted Lace....... I think that's it....LOL


25 comments:

having a {me} day said...

This is absolutely AMAZING! I LOVE IT! WOWWWWEEEE! I love all the elements in there. I love the basic grey (I am a BG junkie too! LOL) I love the dimensions you used. It is lovely. It all goes together FAB-U-LOUS.
kat
having a {me} day
PS are you on a commission? {lol}

Anett said...

What a great thing!! A lot of work to do - fantastic!!
Anett

Kati said...

wow wow wow wow - what a beautiful, lovely artwork!!!
Thanks for playing eac.
hugs
mamapia

Iris said...

Wow what a wonderful artwort, really amazing. I love all the detaills. Thanks for joining in our challenge.
hugs
Iris
EAC-Team

Unknown said...

What a pretty and thoughtful idea!
It's one of those things that you glance at and smile every time and always find a little something new. I love it!
Viv xx

Tindaloo said...

fantastic! I love the embellishments on this and the gorgeous pink :)

Murielle said...

WOW....Great creation, Tina!!!
Lovely colours and fabulous details...Love it!!!
Fantastic work.
Big hugs, Mumur

Unknown said...

OH! WOW!!! This is great!

Deborah said...

What an awesome project~!! I love it. I can only imagine how much time you spent on doing it too. Great work. It's beautiful.

Rach said...

wow Tina this is amazing. so much work has gone into your beautiful creation, i am definitely sure that moni is going to love it to bits...
hugs rachxx

Nixe-Moni said...

Ooooooh my Sweetie, what a great surprise!!! Woooow, wow, wow this is just so stunning ... what a gorgeous creation with sooo many great details, especially the great colours, hihi ... can´t believe what you´ve done for me! It´s really a pink dream, I love it so much and makes me smile :o) Thanks a million my dear friend, I really feel so honoured ...
Big, Big Hugs and Kisses
Moni
EAC-Team

Anonymous said...

Hellooo Tina :)
That is gorgeously lush hun, wow.. what alot of details.. simply stunning and an amazing gift!!

Hugs, Marlene x

6 wacky women said...

Fabulous work of art, Tina.
Your painting is amazing and what a unique piece it is. WOW! I just love it!

Karen x

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Wow Tina, what a wonderful idea, i love all the wonderful details and the beautiful colour scheme. Hugs Nikki x

Bev said...

WOW!! This is fantastic! You have put so much work and detail into this Tina - AMAZING!!

hugs Bev x

Frances said...

Hi Tina! glad to see you back again! This is absolutely amazing - so much detail and thought has gone into it, what a wonderful gift. I love that oven and I too love BG ;) xx

Zoe said...

Hello Tina, I love your creation and I love the cute image.
love
Zoe
xxxx

Ila said...

Wow!! This is Absolutley Amazing Tina!! and so Beautiful!! I can look at over and over and see something new!...Hugs, Ila

Inger Marie said...

Wow what an amazing creation.
The colour and all the detailes are so beautiful.

Carole said...

OMG Tina...how do you make such wonderful creations....this is absolutely stunning, can't believe it! That oven image is wonderful and I love the BG papers...Moni is one very lucky person.
Awesome accents and colouring as always my friend.
Have a good day.
Hugs
Carole x

Karen said...

This is gorgeous Tina, and VERY pink!

Claudia Rosa ~ Pretty Pressings said...

oh my gosh.. you are totally back Tina,
how absolutely stunning its that?
you are just so creative. this is such a pretty gift.

hugs
cluadai

Anonymous said...

Tina, my friend, could you please tell me the make of the oven stamp? I have to have that stamp LOL!!! Also, can you please email me you birthday.
Thank you
Hugs
Carole ;-)

mi sello personal said...

I love your work is beautiful.

Heidi said...

Tina! You are back my friend and right on target. This is absolutely beautiful, surely a wonderful gift for your friend. It would make it worth getting sick to get this in the mail I tell you. I love the colors- I myself ama a pink gal- and your coloring is FAB. Awesome!
Heidi