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Wednesday 6 July 2011

Everyone Needs a Little Time Out...ABC Birthday Blog Hop

Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us........

Wow can you believe that the ABC Challenge Blog is 3 Years Old! Well today we would like to invite you to join in our fabulous Blog Hop. There are loads of prizes up for grabs so remember to visit all members in turn and make sure to leave them a comment and some love to be in with a chance to win one of the super prizes kindly donated by our many sponsors.
Back to the challenge, this week it's on to the letter Y so the theme is yesterday so use your imagination. You could choose a vintage theme or choose from any of the past ABC challenge themes. I chose to use the theme of D is for Distressing.


I chose this gorgeous image by Stamping Bella 'Anna On Her Time Out Chair' which is available from my very generous sponsor Joanna Sheen who has kindly offered a £10 voucher to be spent in her online shop for one lucky commenter who leaves a comment on my blog at the bottom of this post.
 I have stamped onto kraft paper and coloured this cutie with Prismacolour Pencils. The whole thing has been distressed with Frayed Burlap DI. The scrummy DP's are Hopscotch by Basic Grey, I added a few punched flowers some lace, pearls and faux stitching and that was that.

Little Close Up of Anna
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Paper Sundaes - Challenge #76 'Stitching/Faux Stitching
Sweet Stampin - 'Use Something Unusual' (I have never coloured on kraft paper with pencils before)
Allsorts - Week 110 'Free and Easy'
A Spoon Full of Sugar - #159 'Sewing' Real or Faux
Stampin for the Weekend - #11 'My Favourite Things' (I love to use lace, pearls, flowers and especially kraft paper, just learning with the pencils but loving them!!)

 Well good luck with the challenge and here's the order for the blog hop. You should have reached me by first visiting Vicky but if not just check the list below and make sure you visit all the team.

1 - Vicky
2 - Distressed Miss aka Me
3 - Sue C 
4 - Hanna
5 - Emma
6 - Cecilia
7 - Gro
8 - Sari
9 - Lin
10 - Jackie
11 - Kendra
12- Angelique
13- Karli
14- Suzanne T
15 - Lols
16 - Ali
17 - Sandie
18 - Cathy
19 - Ruby
20 - An
21 - Minna








56 comments:

  1. Lovely card and beautiful colors.
    Hugs,
    Babette

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  2. Gorgeous card, Love the image! xx

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  3. Aww...She is adorable!!! Love your coloring and the papers are yummy!! Hugs & Sunshine!

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  4. love this card reminds me of my daughter when she is in a mood, great image and layout x hugs sharon

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  5. Beautiful card!! Your coloring is fantastic
    Louise

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  6. Great card! Love the coloring on the kraft!


    *hugs*
    Angélique

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  7. Really like the color combos, Anna is so cute!

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  8. Hi Clare, gorgeous card hun,
    hugs,
    Em.x

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  9. Love this card .Great design
    Hugs Julie P

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  10. Beautiful card - stunning colouring.
    Thanks for playing Free & Easy with us at Allsorts this week.
    Good luck.
    Debs xx

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  11. Love the card Clare, the colours on the kraft are brilliant, the image reminds me of those large dolls from a while back that you would find leaning against someones wall as if they were a child counting in hide and seek. hugs heidi x

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  12. what an adorable image and i love how you have coloured it. Thanks for joining us this week at Paper Sundaes.

    Fi
    x

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  13. Wow, a great design! And the image is so lovely! Happy Blog-Birthday,
    Michi

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  14. Hi!
    Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Love the colouring and every detail.
    Great Job!
    -Sony

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  15. Gorgeous card, I love it
    Trish
    krazykcrafters at msn dot com

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  16. Pretty card, but the girl looks a bit lonely and sad to me. Hope she'll find a friend to play with:)

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  17. it shows you have used your favourite things! Thank you for sharing with us at Allsorts and Stampin for the Weekend and good luck.

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  18. So lovely! I adore the colouring onto kraft and have been meaning to try this myself! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin this time xx Jenny xx

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  19. Just beautiful, love your coloring! Thanks for playing along this week at Paper Sundaes!

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  20. Oh what a stunner, your colouring looks beautiful, Thanks so much for playing along with our Sweet Stampin challenge x

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  21. Very beautiful. I love the soft colors so much! And the image is of course totally adorable.

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  22. I adore this, its gorgeous and your colouring is perfect :-) Elaine-xxx-

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  23. Oh my, this is absolutely adorable! I just love your colouring, so gorgeous! I really need to dig out my kraft cs and pencils and give it a try.

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  24. Hi Clare, I loved the flowers and papers you've used!
    Hugs,
    Geri Urumova

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  25. What a super image. It takes me back to my time as manager of a nursery school. We weren't allowed to have a 'naughty chair' but 'Time out' was just fine. I love your card. Kate x

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  26. Delightful card. Beautiful embellishments! Happy 3d birthday. :-)

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  27. Love that image and the card you have made. Even from the back....that image speaks attitude!
    Joyce xx

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  28. Aww this is so beautiful! Love the soft colours and the image is adorable!

    Hugs Sue xx

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  29. Beautifully coloured image. Gorgeous card.

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  30. Gorgeous card. Beautifully coloured image!

    Lin xx

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  31. Stunning card! I love the image and the papers. Fabulous colouring.
    hugs
    Vanja

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  32. Such an adorable card, and lovely flowers. Love that lace too. Annette xx

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  33. I never thought to stamp on kraft paper! How cool is that. Oh and love the image of the time out stool. never seen one before and this one is just too adorable

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  34. Lovely card, this image is so cute :)

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  35. What an wonderful Image, never see them before.. I love it!!!
    A very wonderful creation you made!

    LG
    Michaela

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  36. Just hopping by, Love this card its so sweet, Love Hazelxo

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  37. Such a super sweet card. Sometimes I feel like I should be in a time out. LOL
    Happy Birthday to ABC! And thanks for the chance to win!
    Huggies ~
    Sharron♥

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  38. WOW!!!! gorgeous card!!! love it!!! =)
    hugs, SannaS

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  39. Love this image!! a fabulous card hun
    hugs
    laney

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  40. Oh this is so sweet! I love your coloring on kraft.


    --Cheryl--
    Stop by my blog to check out my blog candy!

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  41. Your card is beautiful - thank you for the chance of winning a price :-)

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  42. Love the image, it's coloured so beautifully and it reminds me of my eldest!

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  43. Beautiful :) I love the colors you used, and the stamp you chose!

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  44. Cute! I defenitely love the flowers! You should check out my Candy!

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  45. WOW, I absolutely love the way you've coloured the image. Fab!

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  46. This is stunning - I just love Prisma's on Kraft! I'm gonna 'hop' over to Sue now!

    Carol x

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  47. Your little Anna is sweet beyond words. Lovely work!

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  48. Absolutely gorgeous Clare, love your beautiful colouring.

    Hugs
    Maarit

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  49. a very charming card with an awesome stitching!

    hugs and kisses from germany,
    silvi xoxo

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  50. What a lovely card! And it's a coincidence that we've both used the same sentiment stamp! Thank you for your comment on my entry for 'Y is for Yesterday, I really appreciate it. Rebecca x

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  51. hi Clare - stunning card. Love your colouring and the fab colour combo for your background and papers. . Thanks so much for the blog hop and chance to win - happy birthday to ABC!
    pauline x

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  52. awww such a sweet and cut card, great image, hugs sandra xxx

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