Monday 28 February 2011

Die Cut Dreams Challenge #84 Spring Garden scene.



Good morning everyone, hope you had a good weekend. It's time for a new challenge at Die Cut Dreams Challenge but before I reveal it I would like to thank everyone for their fantastic new baby girl creations. It made for difficulties when choosing our favourites!!!

So this fortnight we would like you to create a

SPRING GARDEN SCENE.


Now here is something funny/odd you decide but every time I look at this card I smile and I love it even more each day!!!! I have used an image from a Fairy Doodles set which I must confess I won in a candy over a year ago!!! Can't believe I haven't got round to using this until now.
I have coloured the image with watercolour crayons, glittered the wings and then distressed the edges of the die cut. The patterened paper is from Smirk and is called Love and Friendship. I have cut all the shaped pieces using the Spellbinders nestability Labels 8. The piece behind the image is centura pearl card embossed using a Victoria and Albert Hanoverian folder.



The lace was from a local Haberdashery shop and I have threaded through some ribbon to coordinate with the rest of the card. The flowers and leaves are from Wild Orchid crafts (I think!). Finally the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley - Dreamy Days set. Oh and by the way have you seen the sneaky peaks of the new stamps due out on 9th March - overdraft here we come!!!! Nearly forgot to say the background is stamped using a couple of stamps from the Clearly Hand Stamped set by 3 Birds - can't find it for sale anywhere -sorry.

Anyway I can't wait to see what you come up with and if you would like some more inspiration please check out my teammates creations. Their links are on my left sidebar.

Just a couple of challenges for this card!!!!




Fussy and Fancy Friday - Embossing or paper piecing,

Paperplay Challenge - Let's get sentimental,

Paper Pretties - Glitter,

Crafty Creations - Bottom of the garden,

Flutterby Wednesday - Open plus fairy/butterfly/angel,

Scrap Creations - Birthday,


Oldie but Goodie - Spring is in the air, and,

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Birthday wishes.

Hugs to you all.

20 comments:

Unknown said...

Beautiful Ali so much detail and the little dragonflies are gorgeous.
Chris x

CraftyC said...

Morning Ali, your card is so pretty. Love the cute image and pastels.Thanks for taking part in this weeks Sweet Stampin Challenge!
Clairexx

melsanford said...

Oh this is beautiful! Gorgeous image and colours... and I LOVE those dragonflies :-) Love 'n' hugs, Mel xx

Tracey T said...

This is a very cute card and it defninitely makes me smile! Thank you for playing at Sweet Stampin' this week. Tracey x

Stacey Adams, SweetStamps.com said...

Cute card. I love all the layers and added elements! Thank you for joining us at the SweetStamps.com blog challenge this week and good luck!

DesignerDiva said...

Great card and the most adorable image!! Thanks for joining in at Oldie But Goodie this week
Hugs Laurie x

Tracy said...

A wonderful spring garden creation. I love your image, so cute .
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

oh how soft and pretty Ali!! I just love the springy feel to it! The lacing and the dp paired with the darling image is beautiful!
hugs,
Chris

Chris said...

this is just adorable, the image is sweet and those little flowers are just too, too cute.
thanks for playing with us at Paper pretties.

Jackie Randolph said...

Beautiful with all your layers, lace and embellishments.
Thanks for sharing with us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations

Basement Stamper said...

Gorgeous card, love the flower and the cute image. Thanks for joining us at Going Grey with Scrap-creations.

Unknown said...

Hi hun,
Love this card, that is such a sweet image and I love the layout and the colours too. Beautiful.
Hugs
Dawn x

Fleur said...

A gorgeous card, love your pretty details
Thanks for joining our challenge at OLDIE but a GOODIE, hope you’ll join us again
Hugz Fleur xXx

Unknown said...

Great sentiment and great card! Thanks for joining us at Paper Play this week!
Alicia xx

Francesca said...

Fab Card
Thanks for joining us at Oldie but a Goodie this time and good luck!

Hugs
Francesca

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card hun, so sweet and pretty.
Thanks for joining us at Paper Play for our "Lets get sentimental" challenge
hugs Mandy xx

Kristie W. said...

Very pretty! I love how you threaded the ribbon through the lace.

Karen Wilson said...

This is so sweet and what a nice sentiment too.

Muckyfingers said...

My favourite shape Netsie ;)
Lovely card!
Thanks for playing along with us at Paperplay :)
Annette xXx

Juls said...

cute adorable image, and I love the soft colours! Hugs Juls