Good morning all my followers and friends. It's a glorious winter Thursday and not terribly cold today where I am. My almond tree is in full bloom, my apricot tree has just a few blossoms, and it feels almost like spring.
I'm sitting here with a mug my favorite coffee blend, thinking of a dear friend who is a complete coffee addict! I've already sent her today's card for her Valentine, and it's the one I made for my DT card at Just Inspirational this week, sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs. The image is "Coffee Bouquet", drawn by Heather at Fresh Brewed (their monthly challenge theme is Love.) The photo inspirations this week are about love and flowers (suitable for February) and the one with the bouquet is the one which inspired me. I used a sketch from CPS - Sketch Challenges.
I chose the colors from Crafts 4 Eternity, where they have a wonderful array of "Raspberry Delights" as the colors. Even though Valentine's Day was 2 days ago, it seems to me that there's never a day that can't be better when it's filled with love. Besides, there are so many of the challenges that are still doing love themes, including our own inspirational photos this week. :-D
The image is colored with Copics (Color Me Creative Copics), then I added glitter gel pen to the vase. I rounded the corners with a hand punch, matted it with pink CS, then cream, then raspberry. The dp's are from Webster's Pages, and both of the lace/ribbons are from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I added the large pearl to the lace bow & little pearl swirls to each side of the image for the finishing touch.
Challenges for this card: (Most have a love theme of some kind and since this is probably my last Valentine posting for this year....)
Catch the Bug -- photo inspiration: a bouquet
Crafty Catz -- Valentine
Fairy Fun Fridays -- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Fairy Tale -- Love, love, love
Fussy and Fancy -- Love
I Brake for Challenges -- Love
Jellypark Friends - Shades of Love
Just Tracy's Crafts -- Feminine w/ something that flows (Lace, ribbon, etc.)
Mad for Markers -- Copics in the RV family -- RV11 and RV13
Mami Doodles -- red, pink & white
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle -- red, white, & pink
The Stamp Man -- Texture
If you haven't played at Just Inspirational Challenges before, please come and play with us. Your project doesn't have to be for love or Valentines. Let the colors in the photos be your inspiration or just let your imagination run away. We'd love to see what you do this week. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping. NanaConnie
I'm sitting here with a mug my favorite coffee blend, thinking of a dear friend who is a complete coffee addict! I've already sent her today's card for her Valentine, and it's the one I made for my DT card at Just Inspirational this week, sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs. The image is "Coffee Bouquet", drawn by Heather at Fresh Brewed (their monthly challenge theme is Love.) The photo inspirations this week are about love and flowers (suitable for February) and the one with the bouquet is the one which inspired me. I used a sketch from CPS - Sketch Challenges.
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I chose the colors from Crafts 4 Eternity, where they have a wonderful array of "Raspberry Delights" as the colors. Even though Valentine's Day was 2 days ago, it seems to me that there's never a day that can't be better when it's filled with love. Besides, there are so many of the challenges that are still doing love themes, including our own inspirational photos this week. :-D
The image is colored with Copics (Color Me Creative Copics), then I added glitter gel pen to the vase. I rounded the corners with a hand punch, matted it with pink CS, then cream, then raspberry. The dp's are from Webster's Pages, and both of the lace/ribbons are from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I added the large pearl to the lace bow & little pearl swirls to each side of the image for the finishing touch.
Challenges for this card: (Most have a love theme of some kind and since this is probably my last Valentine posting for this year....)
Catch the Bug -- photo inspiration: a bouquet
Crafty Catz -- Valentine
Fairy Fun Fridays -- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Fairy Tale -- Love, love, love
Fussy and Fancy -- Love
I Brake for Challenges -- Love
Jellypark Friends - Shades of Love
Just Tracy's Crafts -- Feminine w/ something that flows (Lace, ribbon, etc.)
Mad for Markers -- Copics in the RV family -- RV11 and RV13
Mami Doodles -- red, pink & white
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle -- red, white, & pink
The Stamp Man -- Texture
If you haven't played at Just Inspirational Challenges before, please come and play with us. Your project doesn't have to be for love or Valentines. Let the colors in the photos be your inspiration or just let your imagination run away. We'd love to see what you do this week. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping. NanaConnie
32 Comments that I appreciate. Thank you.:
Gorgeous card....love your bouquet of flowers....thanks for playing with Fairy Fun Fridays....hope to see you next time again!
xxx Margreet
Just beautiful. Love that ribbon and bow also. Enjoy your day.
How cute your card is, and what a lovely way to spend the morning. Like you, we have had an extremely mild winter. The tulip tree and azaleas have bloomed early this year, yet the camelias are still blooming. Still no robins, tho! They generally fly through her in the Spring on their way north. The flowers on your card are so unique! Haven't seen that image before. Love the colors you selected, and the glitter, of course LOL ((( hugs ))) to you, my dear cyber friend.
Lovely card, just love the papers you have used.
Hugs Julie x
I LOOOOVE This card!!!! Love the shimmer and the lovely lace! GORGEOUS!
So happy to be able to sponsor Just inspirational Challenges this week.
Thank you for playing along at our RED HOT challenge for Freshly Brewed Challenges.
HUGS
Heather D.
Connie what a simply beautiful card. I love the lace and the vase and flowers are gorgeous.
Hugs
Linda xxx
So pretty! Love the lacy bow and the way you did that vase. Gorgeous!
I've never even seen an almond tree!!!
Lynn
Just a beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Color Me Creative.
Hugs, Patricia
Beautiful card. Just love the mix of lace, really makes the card very feminine and pretty. Thanks for joining us at C4E this week.
Pinky
Absolutely gorgeous card! I love the beautiful lace and colours.
fab card and thanks for joining Crafty catz this week
fab card and thanks for joining Crafty catz this week
What a lovely project! Wonderfull colourcombo! Thank you for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge! xx Bianca
Such a beautiful card.Love the bow and shimmer on the vase.
Choccy x
Fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week hugs x
I love your card- the ribbon and the sparkle are so pretty! How nice for your friend to find a card like this in the mailbox.
What a pretty card love it! Thanks for joining in at Just Tracys. Jill
So pretty NanaConnie! I love that lace!!!
Hugs
Dawn xx
Gorgeous card Nanconnie. So glad you played with us at CMC.
Hugs,
Dana
A really sweet card, love the red bow. Thanks for sharing with us at the Just Tracy's challenge.
That is a beautiful vase of flowers, Connie. I love the way you used the glitter pen on it.
Now, I've never seen an apricot or almond tree. They must not grow in the deep south. I can't wait for Spring, green grass, beautiful green leaves, and dogwoods blooming.
Have a great weekend.
Oh wow! This card is so pretty! I love how you colored the vase, so shimmery! And the bow with the lace is beautiful! Thank you for joining us at FRESHLY BREWED CHALLENGES!
Blessings,
Stacy, Fresh Brewed DT
I love how you have interpreted the inspiration we gave you! Thanks so much for entering our challenge at Bugaboo's Catch the Bug Blog this week. Good luck! I look forward to seeing you again next week.
luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
BUGABOO DT
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous!! Love the image and the shimmer. Thanks for joining us at the Fresh Brewed Blog Red Hot challenge.
Linda
wow, that's a lot of challenges you combined into one card! phew! thanks for joining us for the CPS anniversary celebration! :)
A beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Mad For MArkers. Mel B
Such a gorgeous creation. I love the lace & the bling swirls. The glitter pen on the vase makes it look life like. Thanks for joining in the challenge over on the Mami Doodles blog x
Fabulous card,love the image and colours....Thanks for sharing with us at Just Tracy's,hope to see you next time...
Mandy x
Back again to oooh and ahh over this sweet card
Thank you for joining us this month for our LOVE challenge at
Freshly Brewed Challenges!
Hope to see you at our rubber stamp release hop on Saturday.
Heather D.
www.freshbreweddesigns.com
Thanks so much for joining us on our Jellypark challenge, "Shades of Love". I am really looking forward to your entry for the next challenge. Good luck in the draw.
love
Jen Leeflang
Jellypark DT
Hi there. Lots of lovely details on your project as well as some nice textures. Thanks for playing along with The Stamp Man texture challenge!
Yesssssssss Isee the glittery gel pen there on the vase! Super awesome creation! Thanks for joining us at FFF this week. Good luck!
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