Fluffy Tilda

We have a fabulous sketch this week on Everybody Art Challenge, my card look fine till I decided to turn Tilda into a poodle. I thought using flower soft was a good idea but for this Tilda I think I will stick with glitter. The chimney stack is a magnolia too but it was a bit tall so I had to chop a bit off the bottom.
The papers are Cosmo Cricket but from last year.
I was having issues with light when I photo this card probably due to the awful weather we're having at the moment but its made Tilda look wishy washy and thats not helping with the poodle look.
It was a bit of unsuccessful day in a Christmas present way since we only brought one. We decided to go to Gunwharf Quays cos we hadn't been before, then stopped off on the way back to Whiteley Village and Hobbycraft at Basingstoke.
How come buying things like glue, tape and googly eyes etc cost so much.
Don't forget to check out the DT, their cards are fab and not one of them looks like my poor poodle.