Good morning to you all, it's time for our new challenge at Allsorts and this week I have chosen a Spring theme and have designed an inspirational photo. Our sponsor this week is Digistamp Boutique and there is a second prize of a Spring inspired stamp set.
My card at the top is one I made for the recent TV shows on Hochanda featuring a lovely collection of Spring stamps from Chocolate Baroque. Their stamps are superb quality and a joy to work with and I can't tell you how much I love being on their team. I used the negative from Tim's cabinet card to create the frame stamping the Daffodil and Tulip both of which I used distress markers to ink the stamp then dragged out some colour. I added some soft stenciling, inked the edges, added a bow and stamped one of the worker stamps in the top corners.
As I love the Penny Black Wordsworth quote I had to make a second card with Daffodils which are also PB. A really simple card inking the flower stamp with DI's and spritzing with water before repeat stamping, adding the sentiment and some twine.
My team mates have some lovely takes on the inspirational photo so please do pop over the challenge blog and see their creations.
Happy weekend all.
Stunning cards. Love the floral images and beautiful pastel colours.
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Valerija xx
Both so beautiful Brenda, xxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful makes here B, gorgeous colours and stamps and I agree the CB stamps are fabulous quality. [in fact I am ordering more]
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Beautiful cards Brenda
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Brenda, love the soft colors.
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Brenda it's a gorgeous card
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Two very pretty creations. Love the spring colours. Enjoy the sunshine today. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is very beautiful! Beautiful flowers stamps
ReplyDeleteOh wow Brenda, I love the top card with the Chocolate Baroque stamps and have to agree with you their stamps are such good quality. I also love the bottom card with it's water colour effect too. Hope this finds you well.
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Gorgeous cards Brenda, love the pretty flowers and soft colours
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I too love Chocolate Baroque stamps, they are gorgous and have a really good quality. I just adore your first card, such a fabulous design with the negative of Tim's diecut, the two frames are just perfect for these amazing stamps and your colouring on the flowers is just superb! Love the honeycomb stenciled on the back and the purple lace!
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Your second card is so sweet, and love the sentiment and the opposite rounded corners! I have yet to learn making quick cards...!
Loving all the stamps and colours Brenda, beautiful designs.
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ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful project both of them. I always stop a while and admire your blog header cause the view is amazing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful spring cards, and I agree CB stamps are wonderful. I hope you are doing well, Shirleyxx
ReplyDeleteFabulous springtime creations, lovely stamps all.
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend, it's lovely winter day here, with little sunshine;-))m
Gorgeous! Adore the daffodil card especially B - and the poem is a fave and one I studied at school and do you know I can remember it in it's entirety!
ReplyDeleteHoping for 3 but very despondent after the display last Monday. xx
Such beautiful Spring cards! I love the flowers! Hope you're doing ok. Hugs, Robin
ReplyDeleteooooh, lovely! Loving the shape of your frame, Brenda, giving the pretty flowers a wonderfully "garden-y" backdrop - almost botanical in nature. Your colors are soft, alluring, and sweet - I can almost smell your beauties all the way over here, where those types of flowers do not grow. Beautiful! hugs, de
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty! I love springtime and the beautiful flowers!
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Lovely Spring cards Brenda...the daffodils are in full bloom in our Garden looks like Spring has sprung!
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WOW absolutely stunning Brenda all the images are absolutely gorgeous and you have showcased them perfectly
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Two beautiful cards Brenda, loving that Penny Black quote!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful hun love the flowers hugs cheryl xxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Spring cards...fabulous stamps and great coloring and design.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Brenda and I find myself being drawn to the ones with the Daffodils on, to me, they are Spring. I'm hoping to join you in your Challenge over at Allsorts in the next day or two, so thank you for your Spring inspiration. Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend, much love, Sandra x
ReplyDeletePerfect Spring creations Brenda. Beautiful made and very stylish! Marlies x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful spring projects Brenda xx
ReplyDeleteTwo stunning cards Brenda, beautifully coloured and designed, Kate x
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful Spring cards Brenda!! Love the stamping with DI!! The first card is stunning!
ReplyDeleteYour first card is absolutely amazing, Brenda & I so adore the second one which is perfectly designed!
ReplyDeleteTwo fabulous creations, love the subtle shades and the use of the negative die.
ReplyDeleteThe second is a superb CAS card, great images and the sentiment brings back awful memories.
GCE English Lit. ... Book - Great Expectations - loved it knew it off by heart.
Poetry - Wordsworth - ok with I wandered lovely as a cloud and The Lady of Shallot but no chance with the other two that I can't even remember
Shakespear - The Tempest - absolutely no chance. I didn't pass.
Kath x
gorgeous cards!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful spring cards Brenda, love the design of the top one.
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Beautiful flowers!!!
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Gorgeous cards! Xx
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! I look forward to spring! It is still so cold here!
ReplyDeleteSo much spring on your blog and so less spring outside...
ReplyDeleteThe CB-card is a beauty! But my favorite is the last one; love that grungy look! Hugs, Gerrina
Hi Brenda
ReplyDeleteSuperb spring creations with such beautiful details.
Happy crafting
Tracy x
Wow, Brenda! This card is more a work of art than a card! I love how you put this project together. Thank you so much for the inspiration!
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Oh what a gorgeous breath of spring. I love the stamps and whenever I see the first daffodils flowering that poem always comes to mind xx
ReplyDeleteWhat memories you brought back to me! When I was 14, I visited England, most of my time spent in Cleator, Cumbria and the LAke District. I remember my uncle taking me up for a picnic somewhere in the Lake district and there were thousands of naturalized daffodils. I had never seen anything like it and we pulled the car over and took a walk, had tea from a flask and he recited that poem!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fabulous memories. He was a grand old fellow!
me again...your cards are wonderful too!
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