Monday, April 29, 2013

April Showers Have Brought May Flowers

Just a couple more days til May.  Loving the flowers.  The trees are in bloom, the lilacs are making me heady when I step outside my door, the Rhodies are popping out in profusion, Irises are shooting up  Now if the April rains would stop so the flowers would stay nice !
I'm not sure these flowers on the card look like May flowers because my flowers tend to be in the pink and purple family but the patterned paper was so cheery, I went with that color scheme.

I used the sketch at MFT
All the stamping is done with Verve stamps - several sets.  The sentiment piece is created with various thank you stamps that I put on an acrylic block, rearranging until I was happy with the placement. I used my Fiskar's placement block - I love it.  It is the one with sponge feet. Just lined things up the way I wanted them and then stamped. It really helps get sentiments straight.
(Sorry about the small image.)

Let's see, what else?  Nothing much.  I used Sakura Clear Star in the centers of the flowers before adding the brads. Base is SU Pumpkin Pie.

Enjoy your weather, whatever it may be because it is the only weather you will get today!  LOL

Challenges:
Simon Says - anything
Sister Act - anything
Pile It On - May Flowers
Critter Sketch - flowers
Wags and Whiskers - flowers
Verve
Get Inky - flowers




18 comments:

  1. Great card. Love the flowers. Thanks for taking part in our Spring Blog Hop at Created with Love Challenges.

    ~~Chris

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  2. Love those flowers - they really pop on your card. Thanks so much for joining us this week at the Pile it On Challenge.

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  3. Very pretty, Marsha! Thanks for sharing it with us at the Simon Says Stamp challenge!

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  4. Great card! I like the colors and the flowers! Thanks for joining us on the Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge!
    Yolanda DT

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  5. wow love your card and the flowers go very well with it. Thanks for sharing with us at Created With Love Challenges.
    Linda K. DT

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  6. Very pretty card. Thanks for playing in the Critter Sketch Flower Challenge.

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  7. Fab card! Thanks for joining us this week at Created With Love Challenges for our Spring Blog Hop Challenge!
    DawnD

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  8. What a sweet card. I should do up some thank you cards, as there is always someone I'm thankful for. Thanks for sharing, and the inspiration.

    xo

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  9. Lovely card! YOu did a great job w/ the sketch! Thanks for joining us at Sister Act this week! Thanks for sharing!

    Trisha

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  10. Great flowers!! and love the way you used all the thank you sentiments. Thanks for taking this month's Diva Dare!

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  11. This is a wonderful spring card. Love the flowers.
    Thanks for playing along with us this week at Created With Love Challenges.

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  12. Wow! Big congrats on your win with this fab card! Love those flowers!

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  13. This is a such a cheerful and fun card! Congratulations on winning the Verve challenge and thanks so much for the inspiration!

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  14. Love the colors of those Verve flowers and the collage of thank you sentiments. Such a lovely card and congratulations on the Diva Dare win!

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  15. I simply love everything about this card! Thank you for joining us at Get Inky! Challenge

    Please re-establish the link to the Get Inky! Challenge post from your blog. It seems to be broken when I click on it. Please let me know if you need any assistance with linking to the challenge.

    La-Vie B. – Get Inky! DT
    C'est La-Vie Designs Unlimited, LLC

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    1. Thank you for pointing that out. Fixed now.

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  16. Beautiful floral card! Thanks for joining us at Get Inky! Challenge. Don't forget to visit our SHOP and contact us with the names of the THREE FREE DIGIS you would like for participating in our challenge. -Thia

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