Tag: spring

Flowers, flowers, flowers

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Last weekend I went to Iceland and it was fantastic. It was a surprise hen do / bachelorette party for a friend of mine and she had no idea she was even going! No idea whatsoever. What a fun surprise! We went whale spotting (with a bonus of dolphins), rafting and after a night out we had some relaxing hours in the Blue Lagoon before heading back home. A busy, but highly enjoyable weekend!

Anyway, time for another card. I will spend a couple of hours tomorrow as well making more cards. This one is made with a pre-coloured image by Lili of the Valley. I have used ribbon from a local shop, a blank card template by Craftwork Cards, papers by Pion Design, a couple of Martha Stewart punchers, pearls by The Hobby House and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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Springtime

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What a beautiful day in April it is. In fact, the past few days have been great. Warm, sunny with just a slight breeze. I can’t really believe summer is almost here, but I certainly don’t mind! Let’s celebrate with a bright and colour spring card! (Unfortunately, I’ve not taken a photo of the wreath I mentioned in the previous post, so I’ll try to remember to take a photo of it later this year)

The butterfly, ribbon and lace is from a local shop, the lovely image is a pre-coloured topper from Lili of the Valley and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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Spring wishes

Posted on by Liz

May. Almost. At least that’s what the calendar claims. The weather seems to do its best to disagree. Oh well.

It is time for another spring card. I made this one with a butterfly border on top, made with a Tim Holtz die. The image is a pre-coloured topper from Lili of the Valley, and the sentiment stamp is from there too. I have used ribbon and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, card candi from Craftwork Cards and a Martha Stewart puncher for the leaves.

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This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Lili’s Little Fairies – Photo inspiration
Crafting by Designs – Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp – Anything goes
Bearly-Mine Challenges – Anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays – Anything goes

Butterflowers

Posted on by Liz

Bloglovin; love it! It was incredibly easy to transfer all the blogs I was following on blogger over to it and now I have all my blogs neatly arranged in categories so I can easily find blogs I am looking for as I can never remember the names of all of them when I want to look for something. The layout of it all is very good and I love how I get an extra toolbar where I can go to the next or previous new blog post. It is a shame some people require using blogger to follow to enter in things, as I reckon I won’t bother with them for much longer, but hopefully following through Bloglovin will be more popular soon. I love how I can now easily follow non-blogger blogs! Give it a try! Here is a link if you’d like to follow my blog on Bloglovin.

Anyway, I have a card today too; an easel card! The paper is from first edition paper, and the butterfly edge is made with a Tim Holtz I got for my birthday (a bit early). The lovely image is a pre-coloured one from Lili of the Valley. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the ribbon I used is from Dovecraft. The leaves are made with a Martha Stewart puncher and the card blank is from Craftwork Cards. All the scalloped circles are made with QuicKutz dies.

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This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz – Anything goes
Totally Papercrafts – Birthday girl in pink
Divas by Design – Spring colours
Allsorts – Spring has sprung
2 sisters – Anything goes
One Stop Craft – Birthdays
Lili’s Little Fairies – All Stiched Up
Simon Says Stamp –  Happy Birthday
The Ribbon Girl – April Card: Add flowers

Woooo! I won a prize at Totally Papercrafts for this card! Yey! I got to pick some digi images from Doodle Dragon Studios.

Bunny date

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Oh holiday, how I needed thee. It’s already a couple of days into the holiday and I am very much enjoying not having a long list of “need-to-dos”. I am however considering purchasing a cutter and some paper and make some cards while on holiday though, heh..

The stamped sentiment caught the flash a bit, but it says “have yourself a very happy birthday” and is from Lili of the Valley. Its ink really isn’t quite as pale as it looks in the photo, heh. As is the pre-coloured image I have used. The colourful buttons are from Craftwork Cards and are called card candy. All the flowers are (as always) from Wild Orchid Crafts and the branches are made with a Martha Stewart puncher.

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Simon says Stamp – Easter/Spring
Creative Inspirations – Spring Colours
Cute Card Thursday – Easter Parade
Scrappin All Over – Påske (2nd entry)
Party Time Tuesdays – Colour Inspiration (2nd entry)
Lili of the Valley – Spring
Cards and Scrap – Påske
Creatalicious – Colour Palette