On the 17th of each month, Claire and the team at Waltzingmouse Stamps have a blog party. I have never played along before but when I saw Claire's post on February 1st I decided to try and meet the deadline and play along - it's "Looking Forward to Spring".
For me, Spring is all about the rebirth, renewal and regrowth. I think this is especially seen in our gardens /plants at this time of the year so I focused on flowers for my "Spring" card. In our family there are also lots of birthdays in Spring!.
Supplies: Waltzingmouse Stamps - Frame it set & Free Spirit Boy Set,
pp kissing booth - Basic Grey, Pink cardstock - Penny Black,
kraft cardstock - Anita's/Papermania, tea dye
distressing ink, blending tool, Papermania white pearls,
ribbon from MemrieMare - Etsy, heart pin - Making Memories,
corner punch - X-Cut, threading water border
punch - Fiskars, stamping press - Fiskars, guillotine - Purple Cows,
foam dots, tombow roller adhesive and detail cutting scissors.
Initially I was going to colour the flowers with copics so I created a mask to stamp the flowers repeatedly in the same "bunch", but in the end I decided to paper piece with different shades of patterned papers from the Kissing Booth collection.
I am also entering my card into this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.
It is full of pinkness! and was inspired by Fancy Schmancy Tuesday Trigger on Moxie Fab World.
Thanks so much for stopping by - hope you have a great day/weekend.
Oh wonderful flowers! Love how they are popped up on dimensionals. The positively rosy color is making me have happy spring thought already! Awesome card for both the sketch challenge AND the blog party :)
ReplyDeleteOh hun, i love it, i love when peeps mask and make gorge arrays of flowers, they look fab, the pinks and reds look fab with the simple border around the card,
ReplyDeleteHugz
Kenzi xx
I went with flowers for my spring card also today (will be on my blog later this afternoon!) Love your pretty layered blossoms and the wonderful reds!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, i love the 3d-ness of the flowers :) very pretty.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful harbinger of spring, Deirdre - lovely colors!
ReplyDeleteWonderful dimension and paper piecing perfection! The colors are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks Elizabeth - the plain pink cardstock is by Penny Black - I really didn't want to cut into it but it was a perfect match!!!
DeleteLove it! The different shades of the flowers are fantastic, and I love all of the dimension. Perfect touches all around :) Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI adore these hibicus flowers and use them alot. I love the way you've coloured them and layered them for depth. Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Deirdre! I love your colour combination and your colouring is fab! Kx
ReplyDeletegreat masking - it's a totally beautiful card.
ReplyDeletelove what you did with the flowers and how you put them in the frame.
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous creation. Those lovely flowers literally pop off the page. Awesome dimension and a lovely design!
ReplyDeletethis is fabulous!! Love it
ReplyDeleteali x
This is just really lovely. The colors on your card are fabulous (beautiful paper piecing)!
ReplyDeleteAmazing bouquet!
ReplyDeletefabulous Deirdre. Love the pinks... Looks stunning
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Deirdre!! Love the beautiful pink flowers and the ribbon treatment.
ReplyDeleteWOW! What stunning flowers Deirdre! Thanks for joining along with WMS :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms! I love the effect of the paper piecing and the pretty ribbon and pin embellishment.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Dee! I love those gorgeous flowers and how you gave them dimension by layering them on top of each other. Stunning card!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card Deirdre. Love it.
ReplyDeleteOooh this is just gorgeous! LOVE that frame and your flowers too
ReplyDeleteAnne
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Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove those paper pieced flowers and how you layered them...
and in that frame...
just gorgeous! :)
Deirdre, this is absolutely beautiful! Great masking:) Thanks for reminding me about that stamp too!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, love the layering and your coloring. Nice to know its your first time in this blog hop too. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! The pink is so pretty :)
ReplyDeleteGenevieve
What a beautiful card. I love all those pink flowers.
ReplyDeleteDeirdre, this is terrific, I love your paper pieced flowers, the bold colour is super!! Gorgeous card!! thank you so much for playing along with us!!
ReplyDeleteYour pieced flowers are simply stunning Deirdre!! What a beauty!!
ReplyDeleteLove your beautiful flowers so much! Gorgeous coloring too!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely fabulous!
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful colours combination. I love the delicate and elegant cards.
Thanks for visiting my blog and your kind words.
Fantastic card Deirdre as are all your cards, I am so sorry for being a bad blog reader, I am nearly as bad at blogging lately!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, love your masking.
ReplyDeleteLove the deep, rich colors on this! Very pretty
ReplyDeleteLove the gorgeous pinks and stacked flowers! Fabulous card for both challenges!
ReplyDeletei love your paper piecing, kissing booth is one of my favorite lines -- the colors are just delish!
ReplyDeleteStunning card Deirdre and I love the paper piecing - and the colour - WOW, fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are just beautiful, what a wonderful card!
ReplyDeleteChris
There's no card you made I don't like. LOVE your projects!!
ReplyDeleteYour piecing is gorgeous and I love the frame for the flowers! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteso pretty in pink! beautiful card, Deirdre!
ReplyDeleteYum! Love the pink paper pieced flowers! This is a great design!
ReplyDeleteA bit late going around after the WMS Blog Party but still really enjoying all the fab inspiration... thanks for sharing!!!!
ReplyDeleteHope the teeth are ok!
Robin