Cottonberry Creations: Say it with flowers

Say it with flowers

This month the Penny Black at Allsorts challenge is "Say it with flowers". I was very fortunate to have received a set of Aquamarkers from Letraset who are one of the sponsors for this challenge. I had not used these pens before and this is the first image I coloured using just 6 colours from my set. I used Spring green and Straw yellow for the flowers, Sepia for the hair, Lamp black for the cat, Royal purple for the dress and |Gold ochre for the pot.
I had used a very fine wash of mixed watercolours over the base of my image before I used my Aqumarkers. You can see some of the Pink wash on the flesh. I must say I am very impressed with the pens. There are several ways to use them and I am loving experimenting with them. On this image I mixed some with water and used it as paint. I added some strokes direct to the image and pulled it across with a wet brush. There are two sponsors for this challenge and lots of gorgeous prizes up for grabs. Letraset are giving away a set of Aqumarkers and PB stamps are giving away a lifetime discount of 15%

I have entered my card into a few challenges which are listed below.

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ Animal on your card

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ layer it up

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ Spring

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ Flowers

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ Lace

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ "P" Picking flowers

http://thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/ Flowers http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ As you like it

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Use a female image

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ Love

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ Bold and bright

http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com/ Give your heart away

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ Love

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ Photo inspiration

http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/ Flowers

http://resqchallenge.blogspot.com/ Something in straight lines (ric rac)
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ Anything girly
http://iris-zh.blogspot.com/ Use something new (Promarkers)
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ Ribbon and love
http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/ All you need is love
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/ Love
http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ "Whateva"
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

45 comments:

Maarit at Violets Corner said...: The card is gorgeous Shirley, love the wonderful lace and the delicate colouring of the image.

Hugs
Maarit; 1 February 2011 at 09:41
CraftyC said...: Your card is beautiful Shirley and such a pretty image. Thanks for taking part in this weeks CES Challenge!
Clairex; 1 February 2011 at 10:18
Ros said...: Very pretty ...lovely colours thanks for playing along at CCCB; 1 February 2011 at 11:24
debby4000 said...: Oh gorgeous, adorable card and love the pretty colours.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says stamps Challenge.
luv
Debby; 1 February 2011 at 12:44
Diane said...: So pretty...love the image and the flowers and the colors!!; 1 February 2011 at 13:07
Lisa Jane said...: Beautiful card - love the ric rac and lace and the pretty colours
Thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week
Lisa :); 1 February 2011 at 14:26
georgina said...: This is so lovely,thanks for joining try it on tuesday, luv Georginax; 1 February 2011 at 14:36
Katie said...: Super card!
Thanks for playing in The Pixie Cottage this week :); 1 February 2011 at 15:33
Lou Mac said...: Gorgeous card - I love all the lace and the lilac colours. Your flowers are lovely!!

Thanks for joining us over at Pear Tree Designs - good luck in the challenges.

Lou Mac. xo; 1 February 2011 at 15:58
Ellibelle said...: What a darling card Shirley. I love your coloring and all the lace you used. Super cute!; 1 February 2011 at 16:04
Adrina said...: Beautiful with the lace and the ribbon!!
Lovely image.
Thanks for joining The Pixie Cottage this week.
Adrina XX; 1 February 2011 at 16:33
Nanda said...: Very sweet card! I like the colors you used and the lace frame. Thank you for joining The Pixie Cottage Challenge.

Hugs,
Nanda; 1 February 2011 at 16:40
Anonymous said...: Your card is so pretty, I really love the image and the lace detail
Gorgeous flowers too
Thanks for the inspiration
x
Vicky; 1 February 2011 at 16:55
CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...: Hi Shirley
A beautiful card,thankyou for joining us at CraftyCatz for this week's challenge,
Hugs Dianne xx; 1 February 2011 at 17:09
Tamara Morton said...: Hi Shirley, what a beautiful card, I so like the lace behind the main image very inspiring. Thanks for joining us at Creative Belli this time. Please pop back tomorrow for our brand new challenge.
Hugs
Tamara; 1 February 2011 at 17:40
Louise said...: Your card is just so pretty, I love the colours and all the detail is amazing.
Louise xx; 1 February 2011 at 20:08
sparklygirl-Tina said...: Hi Shirl

Gorgeous card love how you've coloured the image and love the bp and ribbon too.

See you soon.

Tina; 1 February 2011 at 20:24
Susie said...: Gorgeous card, love the image which you've coloured beautifully and love the lacy trim. Thanks for joining us at Pear Tree Designs this week and good luck xx; 1 February 2011 at 20:46
Robin Parker said...: What a great way to use your P!! Love the kitty playing with the flowers. Thanks for sharing on the Belli challenge.; 1 February 2011 at 20:55
Tracy said...: This is so pretty and beautiful Shirley, I love your image and colouring.
Happy crafting
Tracy x; 1 February 2011 at 21:11
Mary Marsh said...: this is pretty-love the coloring as well-thanks for sharing it with us at the creative belli challenge; 1 February 2011 at 22:16
Eiglas said...: Very pretty card Shirley! Love your pallette - so delicate.
Thank you so much for coming over to play with us at Top Tip Tuesday this week!
Hugs
Eiglas
x; 2 February 2011 at 00:14
Marjo said...: Wonderful Card, thanks for sharing with us at OSAAT.

Hugs, Marjo; 2 February 2011 at 02:31
Love crafts forever said...: Beautiful card. Thanks for playing at OSAAT.
Hugs Nataliya.; 2 February 2011 at 03:31
Mervi said...: Hi Shirley!
Love these colours and the way you use the lace,
beautiful card;-))m; 2 February 2011 at 09:34
Denise said...: fabulous! Love the beautiful lace trim! Thanks for playing RESQ challenge this week!; 2 February 2011 at 13:38
coldwaters2 said...: Stunning card Shirley, love that image and the colours.
Hugs
Lorraine x; 2 February 2011 at 19:52
Mandy said...: Gorgeous card, so sweet and pretty.
Thanks for joining us at Paper Play
hugs Mandy xx; 2 February 2011 at 21:33
Unknown said...: Great card! Love all those layers. Thanks for joining in our "Layer it Up" Challenge at Paper Play this week. Alicia xx; 2 February 2011 at 22:40
Iris said...: Your cards are always gorgeous! The color is amazing and you did a great job with those new ProMarkers! Thanks for joining and playing along with us at Iris's Spot!

Iris; 2 February 2011 at 23:31
Denise @ kc242 said...: hi Shirley! Such a beautiful card. Thanks so much for playing along with Iris this week!
Denise
Iris DT; 4 February 2011 at 02:24
Anonymous said...: Such beautiful card, like the lace around it. Lovely!
Thank you so much for the Penny Black images which arrived at my doorstep yesterday! I was so glad when I opened the envelope. I just colored the flower girl and working on a Spring card (maybe an early Easter card) right now.; 4 February 2011 at 18:50
Anonymous said...: Fabulous card, Really pretty, Thanks for joining us over at Tip Top Tuesday this week!
Hugs Samantha :0); 4 February 2011 at 21:13
Leonie said...: Such a pretty and sweet card. Love that image. thanks for joining in with us this week at Stamptacular Sunday
Hugs Leonie; 5 February 2011 at 02:50
Debbie (Little Gingham Bear) said...: Gorgeous card - thanks for joining our good luck challenge at OSAAT this week
Hugs,
Deb xx; 5 February 2011 at 10:39
Unknown said...: This is such an adorable card. I love that imagae.. Thanks so much for joining us at CCCB!; 6 February 2011 at 03:58
Kay Carley said...: This is lovely Shirley. I see you've entered it into just a few challenges then! LOL!! xx; 6 February 2011 at 12:57
cnelson said...: So sweet and lovely! Thank you for joining us at CCCB!; 6 February 2011 at 15:44
TannyP said...: Wow! Those are such beautiful flowers and the coloring is stunning. Thanks for playing along with the Sisterhood of Crafters challenge. Hope to see you again!; 7 February 2011 at 16:41
KraftyKoolKat said...: Hey Shirley I have found you!!! Gorgeous card and lovely colours and layout. Hope to be able to make it tonight.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxx; 8 February 2011 at 11:38
Sarn said...: Flipping heck . . . that's A LOT of challenges you've entered! I thought I'd done well at entering one card for TWO challenges!!!! LOL! Nice card! Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving me a comment.; 8 February 2011 at 11:50
XxJULESxX said...: oh gorgeous card!!; 8 February 2011 at 19:27
Jules said...: Hi Shirley

A beautifully coloured image and I love how you used your lace .. .. lovely detail.

I hope all is well with you.

Love Jules xx; 9 February 2011 at 08:16
Doreen said...: Wow this is gorgeous .xxx; 9 February 2011 at 19:59
Cheryl said...: So beautiful,just love the colours and details!!! Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious!!
Hugs xx; 12 February 2011 at 15:35