Tuesday Throwdown starts a new challenge today with an "Anything Goes" theme and our sponsor is Newton's Nook. This stamp I used was already in my collection but it's also available as a digi freebie on their website.
I decided it was time to celebrate my first dahlia to bloom this year and did this card for a friend who competes with me each year to see which of us has the first blooms in her garden. It's hardly a fair contest since I move southward and she still lives in Northern California but when we started the competition, we both lived in the same city. My having moved south means that now I get warm spring weather before she does. So, I'm celebrating an early spring this year. :-D
The image is so delightfully CAS and I decided that I could add a few embellishments and still have a CAS design.. Although I love purples and purple-plus-something combos, I also love pink/brown, pink/gray, and pink/yellow combos. The image is colored with ProMarkers and then cut with a Cheery Lynn LG Silver Stitched Square die. I also cut the mat with the next larger size die from that set.
I added an embossed panel to the bottom plus burlap and lace to the top. The flowers are made by putting layers of flower petals together with a brad and adding a rose bud. After looking at it several times, I wish I'd reversed where the embossed panel and the burlap/lace were placed. Ah, well, next time. :-D
Challenges:
Aud Sentiments
Cardz 4 Galz
Cheery Lynn
Crafty Friends
Crafty Girls Creations
Cre8tive Hands Friends
Di's Digi Designs
Little Miss Muffet
Moving Along with the Times
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Star Stampz
Time Out
Come celebrate your own spring (or anything else you like) in our "Anything Goes" challenge this week at Tuesday Throwdown. We'd love to see you playing along over there. Happy Stamping. NanaConnie
I decided it was time to celebrate my first dahlia to bloom this year and did this card for a friend who competes with me each year to see which of us has the first blooms in her garden. It's hardly a fair contest since I move southward and she still lives in Northern California but when we started the competition, we both lived in the same city. My having moved south means that now I get warm spring weather before she does. So, I'm celebrating an early spring this year. :-D
I used the colors from the challenge at DRS Designs
and the sketch from Sketch Saturday, rotated 1/2 halfway.
The image is so delightfully CAS and I decided that I could add a few embellishments and still have a CAS design.. Although I love purples and purple-plus-something combos, I also love pink/brown, pink/gray, and pink/yellow combos. The image is colored with ProMarkers and then cut with a Cheery Lynn LG Silver Stitched Square die. I also cut the mat with the next larger size die from that set.
I added an embossed panel to the bottom plus burlap and lace to the top. The flowers are made by putting layers of flower petals together with a brad and adding a rose bud. After looking at it several times, I wish I'd reversed where the embossed panel and the burlap/lace were placed. Ah, well, next time. :-D
Challenges:
Aud Sentiments
Cardz 4 Galz
Cheery Lynn
Crafty Friends
Crafty Girls Creations
Cre8tive Hands Friends
Di's Digi Designs
Little Miss Muffet
Moving Along with the Times
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Star Stampz
Time Out
Come celebrate your own spring (or anything else you like) in our "Anything Goes" challenge this week at Tuesday Throwdown. We'd love to see you playing along over there. Happy Stamping. NanaConnie
