Friday 7 April 2017

Pastel Spring Flowers - 2 cards

Hello and welcom! I have managed to squeeze in some crafty time this week to create a bunch of Spring/Easter themed cards.

I started out by stamping several flowers and leaves from my NBUS stamp set (In Bloom: Julie's Roses, Winnie & Walter) in soft pink, yellow and grey Altenew inks. For the outlines I used a darker shade of each colour.


My first card was inspired by Shay's and Lydia's inspiration cards for the Rerun challenge at the Winnie & Walter blog, while the colours were inspired by Heather's colour challenge, also at the Winnie & Walter blog. As far as I know, the roses in my stamp set are the same roses as those in this month's Rerun set (The Big, the Bold and Extras), but in a larger size.


I fussy cut all of my images and clustered them on my card base, on which I had stamped my NBUS background stamp (Mini Scenery: Marbleize, Winnie & Walter) in the same light grey ink that I had used for the leaves. I stamped my sentiment (NBUS - True, Winnie & Walter) in the darker grey ink. To finish off, I added a few yellow sequins by Studio Calico, and went over the hearts of the flowers with my SN glitter brush.

Challenges: 
W&W Rerun 18 - The Big, the Bold and Extras


W&W March Color Combo - Inspiration photo above

LIM - #322 Three pastels



(No boo-boos here but plenty of NBUS)


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Since I had already stamped and cut out my roses, I used one of the yellow roses to create a second card, using a cardstock panel that I had used to mop up some of the distress oxide ink that was left on my craft mat after playing with them. I didn't think much of my wet panel at the time, but once it dried, it turned out so soft and pretty. I used a stitched rectangle die (SSS) to cut my panel to size and then used it again to cut out a smaller strip from this panel and add the stitched detail. I stamped my sentiment (Wplus 9) onto the strip and adhered it flat to my card base. I used foam tape to pop up the rest of my panel and to support my rose. As before, I used a few sequins from my stash to finish the design. I also added a little shimmer to the rose using a SN glitter brush.



I'm linking up this card at:


W&W Rerun 18 - The Big, the Bold and Extras




LIM - # 322 Three pastels


Uniko challenge - #40 Spring/Easter



17 comments:

  1. Beautiful flowers and beautiful backgrounds on both cards, Marianne! I am inspired since I tend to leave my card backgrounds white, but seeing cards with backgrounds, even soft ones like these, makes me realize how much more interesting they are! Thank you for that and for joining in my NBUS Challenge #11!! Hugs, Darnell

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  2. Absolutely stunning! Your card is amazing. Thanks for sharing at Less is More!

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  3. What pretty cards Marianne! Such elegant designs and the soft pastel colours suit them perfectly. Loving the florals which are simply stunning! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Less is More :)

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  4. Absolutely gorgeous Marianne! I love the soft shades and your fussy cutting is really quite impressive. It works really nicely being layered over the sentiment strip. Thank you so much for playing along at the Flower Challenge this month. Ruth DT xxx

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  5. They are both absolutely beautiful, loving the clean and simple designs and wonderful spring colors!
    Thank you so much for joining us this month at Penny Black and More!

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  6. Your cards are so very beautiful! Both are such pretty spring designs.

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  7. They have a wonderfully soft feel to them - and I love how you use sequins as accents. Beautiful cards!

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  8. Two beautiful creations, Marianne. I love the use of grey for leaves and it works here beautifully. Particularly love the subtle woodgrain behind your floral cluster on the first card.
    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x

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  9. Super pretty and elegant floral cards here, great use of pastel tones. Great to see you play along at both Less is More and Uniko. Thanks so much

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  10. Beautiful cards Marianne! The soft woodgrain behind the pretty floral on the first card is just wonderful. Loving the soft pastel shades you used on both cards. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Less is More xx

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  11. Beautiful cards, love the way you used the sketch from THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, awesome dimension with the raised stitched panels and soft bling of the sequences.
    Thank you for sharing with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, hope you join us again next time.
    Hugs,
    Maria Rodriguez.DT

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  12. Both cards are gorgeous! LOVE the soft backgrounds to set off those lovely florals! Thanks so much for joining the first Winnie and Walter Monthly Color Challenge!

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  13. A really beautiful floral creations, many thanks for joining us at Penny Black and More challenge.

    B x

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  14. Both your cards are beautiful, the Easter card perfect for our challenge. Love the soft pastle blending you have achieved on the card base, I really struggle with soft colours. Always get carried away. Thank you so much for joing us at The Flower Challenge Aileen DT

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  15. Two really pretty and beautiful creations. Love the soft colours you used. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Penny Black & More. Lynn x DT

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  16. Both your cards are so pretty, soft, delicate and wonderfully CAS designs :) Lovely to see you joining in on the challenge & thank you for being our GD too. Hugs Bev x

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  17. Soft and lovely, the Bg is so elegant. Thanks for joining us at Uniko.

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