First day of the holidays.. Jake has gone on a schooltrip to France, so it’s just me and the girls this weekend!
So today we made a day of it and took the dog to Coombe Abbey park this morning and took my camera to take some autumn piccies 🙂
We went to the cinema around lunch and seen High School Musical 3.. which was fab, Cherise and Laurelle totally enjoyed it, this just ment a non-stop singing session all afternoon from the both of them!!
I also found out this morning that I won last weeks Basic Grey challenge… YAY! soo thrilled!!
Loving this week’s theme too.. so will get my thinking cap on 🙂
Only a few more sleeps until Caz and Georgia come for a visit.. can’t wait!!! and I’ve also managed to book a little trip to Holland at the beginning of November to see all my family!!
While I am in Holland.. guess what?? There is a big craft show [KreaDoe] in Utrecht!!
So I’ll definately be going with my mum & sister.. probably on Friday 7th, So.. if any of my Dutch blogfriends are going to be there.. please mail me!!! Would love to meet up if at all possible *Ü*
Now.. on to my project for today.. and I had to use Elizabeth’s Partridge in a pear tree image from SugarNellie
Wanted to make this super adorable new image into an acetate card, but the acetate I had to hand is just too thin to be used on its own so I’ve made a sleeve instead, you can’t see it very well on the photo.
Stamped onto the acetate with white stazon ink, accented with red stickles and let dry, coloured the main image with distress inks [you can check out my tutorial here] and cut out an oval with the tree as the main focus.
Stamped the image again, coloured and cut out the girl and the gift + teddy and 3D’d them onto the image, overlapping the oval.
Really pleased how this turned out but will try and get some better acetate to make a clear card 🙂
The insert is stamped with a pear & apple border (bargain find at £1!) and also a mini pear tree stamp from Anita’s
Even the back panel is decorated.. no wonder this card took me an age to do.. lol
Right, I’m going to finish watching Strictly and X-Factor,
Hugs, Marlene xx
A Lil' bit of me... 
October 25th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
What a lovely card Marlene – it’s absolutely wonderful. No wonder you liked High School Musical III – I saw it yesterday with my niece and nephew and we all thought it was great. Have a nice weekend 🙂 Linda
October 25th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Ah this is Beautifull Marlene, Congrats on your winning the Basic grey challenge 😉
BTW where in Holland are you going to stay? I don’t know if I can manage to go to the Kreadoe this year. I need a puppysit 😉 hahahahaa
hugs Ria
October 25th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Your girls are beautiful, sounds like you had a wonderful day!! Congrats on winning the challenge!! This card is gorgeous!
October 25th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Your girls are sooo cute! Just like their mom ;-)) Hope you are having a fab Saturday evening and what a great card you made again. You’ve been really busy after your trip. I hope to be able to create some new cards tomorrow when one of my friends are coming over for some cardmaking.
Windy regards from Sweden,
Anki
October 25th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
The card is gorgeous, and your two girls are beautiful, that is a lovely photo of them together.
Love Roz
October 25th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
o wat mooi Marlene ,ik zit echt met open mond tekijken, schitterendddddd.
veel liefs Riet.
October 25th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Wow Marlene! what a fabulous card and I love the image – and just ordered it along with a couple of others .. .. love the white swirls on the acetate with the red glitter dots, and of course the beautifully coloured image. hugs, annie x
October 25th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Wow what an amazing day you have had and am amzing card 🙂
I would love to be able to colour like you.
Hugs Sonia x
October 25th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Fantastic Fantastic Fantastic xxx
October 25th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Marlene this is absolutely stunning!
October 25th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
A fantastic card! You never stop suprising me with your creations! BTW you have two beautiful daughters.
xx :0)
October 25th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
aww your daughters are just so beauitful Marlene, must take after their mummy. gorgeous card and beautiful colouring as always Jill x
October 25th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
hoi marlene,
deze kaart is weer zo mooi en fijntjes echt geweldig,
groetjes lia
October 25th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
A stunning card, I love the stamped acetate, I must have a go at this – I just need some white Stazon !
Many congrats for winning the BasicGrey challenge this week, what a fantastic theme it was. Hope to see you back again this week !
Jo x
October 25th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Beautiful card & so much detail!
Congratulations on winning BG!!!
Your girls are very pretty :o)x
October 25th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Oh Marlene, your girls are just so beautiful!! they obviously take after their mother! and what a gorgeous card, these new Sugar Nellie images are adorable, i love daisy and wasn’t sure about this stamp, now seeing what you’ve done with it, I do want it!! thank you for that!?! hugs linda x
October 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
this is so beautiful Marlene, love the light colour choice, though unfamilliar surrounded by your usual darker colour choices, it is still awesome :0)
**Hugs** Heather x
October 25th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Utterly exquisite Marlene – a work of art!!!
Love the picture of your girls, they are such beautiful girls
hugs Bev x
October 25th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Your card is absolutely GORGEOUS, and your daughters are adorable! Congratulations on winning the Basic Grey prize!! Your blog is beautiful!!
October 26th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Oh my goodness, this is amazing Marlene!! So beautiful…as are your girls!! Kelly
October 26th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Marlene!!!
Your girls look soooo much like you, they are beeyootiful!! And oh, your card is TO DIE FOR. Omigoodness, not only did I start hyperventilating, I actually STOPPED breathing when I saw your stunner design!!!
LOL! Ok, just kidding. 😛 But wow, chica. You. Are. Sensational.
LYTP!!!!!
Elisabeth xx
October 26th, 2008 at 8:44 am
What beautiful girls 🙂 Made me smile too!!!
I love your card it is marvellous 🙂
October 26th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Just caught up with your posts, glad to see you had a great time in Venice and loving all your new cards, have a great weekend.
October 26th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Prachtige kaart Marlene! Ik ga op zaterdag naar de KreaDoe, jammer!! Ik hoop dat je een leuke tijd hebt in Nederland!!
groetjes Leonie
October 26th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Wow Marlene, this card is amazing – absolutely stunning. I love what you have done with the swirls and dots on the background. I have never tried a card with acetate, but you have done a fab job here.
Karen x
October 26th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Your girls are gorgeous and look so much like you, Shaleise love both their names, she said she likes different names, and obviously so do i…
I love the card to hun, the image is great and the sleeve looks like somthing you would find in a posh shop, fantastic…
Love Pops x x x
October 26th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I am awestruck this is fantabulous I love everything about this little masterpiece
Hugs Jacqui x
October 26th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
OMG!!!
It`s been a while since I`ve had the time to go bloghoping, and I`ve been scrolling up and down just amazed once again, over your fabulous cards!!!
Love the coloring, and the colors and of course the design and details too!!!
hugs,
Jorunn
October 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
WOW Marlene, wonderful and heavenly. Love the idea with the acetate. And the swirls go perfectly with the cute motive!
Katharina xx
October 26th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
What beautiful girls dear!!!!!! They are just darling. Your card is just gorgeous dear I so love what you have done to it. But your work is always gorgeous dear
October 26th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
lovely card really pretty I haven’t inked this one yet.
October 26th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
thank you for your visits and kind words, I am just back from holiday and haven’t started on the paintwork yet, that will be this week!
Your photograph of the girls is beautiful, so glad you are all having a fun weekend! hope you have a great trip to Holland too!
Your card is fabulous as always, love the acetate sleeve and the beautiful image, have just ordered this one (along with some others) so looking forward to them arriving!
I have really enjoyed catching up with your blog, such beautiful creations and your birthday treat looked wonderful, Venice is such a romantic city, how perfect for your getaway!
Hope you have a great half term!
October 26th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Wauwwwwwwwww wat een geweldige kaart Marlene en wat een leuke meiden heb jij!!
Ik weet nog niet of ik naar de KreaDoe ga … maar laat het anders zeker ff weten hoor!
Ik wens je wel alvast veel plezier in Holland … hihihi
xxx Christa
October 26th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
OOoo ik ga op woendagggggg ooo zou leuk zijn je dan te ontmoeten Marlene!! en gaaf je kaartjes ,wat zijn de stempels weer super hé..hopelijk vallen ze komende week op mijn mat!
Liefs Tiets
October 26th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I LOVE coombe abbey park and I LOVE staying at Coombe Abbey. That’s where hubby and I had our honeymoon (just a long weekend) and it’s where we go back to every anniversary…..Hope you and yours are well….just catching up with your gorgeous cards….
Much Love
Mandi
October 26th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
What a gorgeous photo of your beautiful girls. We loved HSM too and I even blubbed in places! Your card is stunning as always. So glad to read you won last weeks Basic Grey Challenge too, Hugs, Nikki x
October 26th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Love your card Marlene…your girls are so beautiful…have a great week!
Hugs
Carole 😀
October 26th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Fantastic photo, I too went to see HSM3 Saturday, what fun, lol!!!
Congrads on the win!!!
Beautiful card, I love the colours and brightness of the card, the acetate work is fantastic!
xxxx
October 26th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
What a gorgeous card Marlene. I really like how you cut the little girl away from the rest. It is a wonderful idea. Hugs Jeanette
October 26th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Just me again! Hope you had a great weekend. Too bad that it’s working week already….. Well – I just had to tell you that ther is a Scandinavian web-magazine coming up – Dec 1st. Just got the news from talented Aija – she is going to be one of the DTs – so I know it’s going to be great. There is a link on my blog so you’ll find it easily. Have fun and don’t work to much – you need some more time for cardmaking…hihi……
Kramis – Anki
October 27th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Holy macaroni, this is a werry cute card, Marlene. I like it so much. I have use some overlays at my Christmas card too, it so nice to work whit overlays ore acetat
October 27th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
your girls are so like you! They have lovely smiles! I love that cute image and the overlay is a lovely detail. I’m wating for my new S.N.’s to arrive! Can’t wait!
Judy x
October 27th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Geweldig leuk kaartje weer! Veel plezier op de KreaDoe trouwens, ik ga donderdag maar na een paar reacties op je blog durf ik mij toch nog geen blogfriend te noemen 😉
Fantastische foto van je meiden, ze zijn echt fotogeniek!
Hartelijke groet, Renata
October 27th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Your card is So Beautiful Marlene!! I love the embossing and Fabulous dimension!!
Your girls are both beautiful!!…and it sounds like you all had a lovely day..TFS!!…Hugs, Ila
October 28th, 2008 at 11:57 am
c’est superbe, tes réas sont trop trop belles, very very wonderful. bises chatdoro
October 28th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
WOW absolutley stunning card and love the idea for the acetate jacket.