Friday 17 April 2015

Blooming

Its ages since I made DL size cards and having made my New Home card a couple of days ago I find myself making another one, this one because the stamp is so long it won't fit on a 6" square which is what I normally use.  This pretty flower  ( I think it's an Aquelegia or Columbine) is from a Papermania set called Nature's Gallery as is the little script stamp at the bottom.The Happy Birthday is a Stampin up stamp.  I masked the oblong and coloured with ink dusters and momento inks, I had intended making a one layer card but I seem incapable of doing "straight" and my masked oblong was wonky so had to do a bit of judicious trimming and layering. I'd like to enter it into these challenges

Rubys Rainbow Challenge  - C.A.S
Fantasy Stampers Challenge  - C.A.S
Naughty or Nice Challenge - In Bloom
Penny Black and More - Birthdays

13 comments:

  1. Had to pop over and take a look at this beauty Joan, love your choice of colours and beautifully graduated background. Perfect for Penny Black and More this month, thanks for joining in.

    Fingers crossed I am getting back into the swing of things and soon get caught up on my blogging and everything else come to that.

    Hope you have a good weekend.

    B x

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  2. Lovely card! thank you for joining us at Ruby's Rainbow
    Shaz DT

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  3. Beautiful graduated inking Joan and gorgeous colours. I think the clean and simple look works beautifully with the image.
    Thank you for joining us this month at Penny Black and More and good luck in our prize draw.

    Shirley

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  4. Beautiful card Joan, love the shaded layers.
    Yvonne xx

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  5. So beautiful and elegant! Love that kind of backgrounds... Enjoy the weekend, Gerrina

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  6. This is beautiful, Joan. Thanks for sharing your lovely work with us at Naughty Or Nice Challenges, Jo x

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  7. Absolutely gorgeous card, Joan! I love the spring colours - so beautiful!

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  8. Just love the colours Joan such a beautiful card...x

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  9. Right up my street, I love your colour choices, it is a beautiful stamp. A gorgeous card, thanks for joining us at Fantasy Stampers. Caz

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  10. This is so beautiful! Love the inked background!
    Thanks so much for playing along with us at Penny Black and More!

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  11. Such a pretty card -- love the background sponging and the great colouring of your flower. Thanks for joining us at Naughty or Nice Challenges!

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  12. What a lovely fresh design, Joan - thanx for sharing with us at Fantasy Stampers.
    Hugz, Jan (DT) xx
    http://jaybescraftybitz.blogspot.co.uk

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  13. Beautiful card, Joan - love the way you've graduated the colour.

    Thanks for joining us at Ruby's Rainbow.

    Helen N x

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