Sunday 28 April 2013

A Breath of Spring

Spring has arrived (sort of!) in the Highlands and the buds are fattening on the trees, I'm really looking forward to see the pretty blossom, it's so late this year.  I decided to make a card with spring blossoms on and this Little Claire stamp seemed to fit the bill.
I coloured the image with Promarkers to match these gorgeous Prima Hello Pastel papers, the colours and designs of this stack are just stunning.  I inked all the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  The sentiment was stamped with a Papermania stamp onto a tag element that I cut out from the paper pack.
The flowers were made with a Woodware punch and I finished my card with assorted pastel pearls, some yellow gems and some grosgrain ribbon and a bow.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Sweet Stampin' - Anything But Birthday
Totally Gorjuss - #181 - Ribbon and Pearls
Incy Wincy - Sketch
Stamping With The Dragon - Spring Has Sprung
DRS Designs - #67 - Pastels
Loves Rubber Stamps - #49 - The Great Outdoors
Love To Create - #62 - Bingo - sentiment, ribbon, bling
Great Impressions - Pastel Colours and/or Polka Dots

26 comments:

  1. Pretty card, lovely image and the pastel colours are gorgeous, another winner Wendy, love it, Kate x

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  2. Spring really is late this year Wendy, it's a good three weeks behind here and still reluctant, last night we had minus 5 again so no wonder things are slow.

    But your pretty card really does have a feel of the season.

    B x

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  3. So very pretty Wendy, love the little owl up there in the tree and the little girl is gorgeous, fabulous soft colours and love the blossoms..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  4. such a cute stamp wendy - lovely card xx

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  5. Gorgeous image and theme Ginny x

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  6. Beautiful spring card! Cute image and lovely papers!
    Thanks for join ing us at Sweet Stampin' this week.
    Chris
    x

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  7. Beautiful Card, fab image and colouring...

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  8. Lovely spring card whatever that is - spring?

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  9. Lovely card! The scene you created is beautiful! Thank you for joining us this week at Love to Create Challenge Blog.
    Ruza, LTC Designer

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  10. another pretty card Wendy, lovely image and design
    pam

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  11. so gorgeous wendy.really pretty colours and details and fab sweet image :D

    xx coops xx

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  12. Cute card.

    Thanks for sharing at Love to Create and Sweet Stampin' this week.

    Susan x

    PS Spring?! Are you absolutely sure it's not still winter?!

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  13. Hi Wendy thank you for your lovely comments,I have now entered it into the button challenge Just hope i done everything right as this is only the 2nd time i have entered a card into a challenge, hope i will get to do a few more, thank you again....

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  14. I truly love all your little details...Just wonderful!
    Thank you for joining us this week over at love to create challenges.
    Amanda LTCDT

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  15. Thanks for playing along with our Pastel and Polka Dot April Challenge!

    What a great use of pastels! A lovely layout and use of DP!

    ♥ Sue Kment

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  16. This is such a lovely card!! Beautiful color combo and design. Thanks for playing along with us at DRS Designs.

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  17. So sweet. I like the images and design. Thank You for joining us here at Loves Rubber Stamps this week.
    Good Luck and Tons of Hugs, Dangina

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  18. Lovely card and super scene! Thanks for sharing at Sweet Stampin' and good luck with the Challenge. Judy x DT

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  19. adorable scene and I love the design. Thanks for playing with us over at Loves Rubberstamps and don't forget to Blog Hop and comment in our Sunday Blog Hop! http://www.lovesrubberstamps.com/

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  20. Fabulous card, love the colouring job and all the details on your card! Thanks for playing with us at Loves Rubberstamps!

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  21. Simply adorable done in these soft colors! Thanks for playing along with us at DRS Designs!

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  22. Precious and oh so cute! Love how you added the sentiment! Thanks for playing with DRS Designs this week! Good Luck!

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  23. Great outdoor setup card. Thanks for playing with Loves Rubberstamps.

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  24. Oh this is so cute!

    Thanks so much for joining us at Sweet Stampin this week,

    hugs

    xxalisonxx

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  25. Fabulous card, love the coloring job and all the details! Thanks for playing with us at Stamping with the Dragon!

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  26. Very sweet card with a lovely palette of soft colours. Very pretty.

    Thanks for sharing with us in the Stampin' with the Dragon challenge Srping has Sprung.

    Angela (DT)

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