Monday 29 April 2013

April Showers...


Hello and good afternoon everyone! Sorry everyone that I has been so quiet here lately. I really lost all energy the other week and just thought about my granny that passed away a few weeks ago. It totally drained me, and even the weather worked with me on this. All rain, just poured down and didn't want to stop, which is really suitable for this challenge from the Crafty Card Makers team. The theme for the coming two weeks are "April Showers gives May flowers". So a rainy image together with at least two flowers and you'll be fine for our challenge this time. 

My card this time is done with quite a lot of Magnolia products. I really was in the mood to colour with my distress inks and images that is the most fun to colour with these are the Magnolia stamps for some reason. Besides, I have an huge box filled with Magnolias that I have never use so I better get started. This is one of all my Tildas with rubber boots. I love the images with that, I actually have a whole collection with them. LoL 

Tilda is paired up with an old Kaiser Kraft pad called The Daisy pad. Flowers are from Magnolia, The ribbon girls and Wild Orchid Craft. Butterflies made with a MS punch, the fabric ones comes from my stash. All edges are covered with some heavy gesso, and I followed the sketch from CLP challenges. Glossy accent and Crackle paint is also used on the image. Some text stamps is also used and they are from Magnolia too. 

And this is what our challenge post says more or less this time. Be sure to pop by our challenge blog for all details and see what my teamies has been up too. Some fabby inspiration to be found there. 

"Tracey said 'Hello friends. When I think of April, I am always reminded of the saying "April showers bring May flowers". For this challenge, I would like to see cards that include an image of something rain related and are embellished with at least2 flowers. Your image could be a child splashing in puddles, a person walking in the rain, ducks waddling through puddles, an umbrella, etc.'


Please ensure your creation has both something rain related, and a minimum of two flowers to qualify for a winner or Top 5 slot. 
We are sponsored by 
 with a $10 GIFT VOUCHER


and



 We are kindly sponsored for this challenge by The Stampman (and Lady of course!) who are ofering the winner a £10 voucher for their store, you can spend this online, in the shop or if you're lucky enough to see them at a show!  They have a ton of items in store, enough to tickle any crafty taste bud."

And this was all for today. Hope to see you over at the Crafty Card Makers. 

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
CLP Challenges - Sketch
The cutie pie challenge - Lots of layers
Crafty Boots challenges - Use a stamped character
Created with love Challenges - Spring (lots of spring flowers used)
Make it Monday - Always anything goes

20 comments:

Josephine said...

This is so sweet - love all the flowers and layers!

Lisa xx said...

This is so sweet, gorgeous Tilda image.

Thank you for joining in with the cutie pies

Chris Hanselman said...

Great Card. Love the image and the flowers are awesome. Thanks for taking part in our Spring Blog Hop at Created with Love Challenges.

~~Chris

Julie Reed said...

Gorgeous Marie.
Jules x

Suze Bain said...

A gorgeous card Marie, beautiful layering, colouring and embellishment, So sorry to hear about your granny. Take care. Xx

Meggymay said...

An adorable card, love all the layering and the seet image.
Yvonne x

Lady Bug Stampers said...

Oh I love your card it is so pretty, love the magnolia stamps. thanks for sharing with us at Created With Love Challenges.
Linda K. DT

Doreen said...

so beautiful
Love your card
Hugs
Doreen xx

craftin-dawn said...

Gorgeous! love all the spring flowers! Thanks for joining us this week at Created With Love Challenges for our Spring Blog Hop Challenge!
DawnD

Dee's Craft Room said...

Super cute card, lovely image and fabulous embellishments. Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.

Dionne

loz said...

Gorgeous card and colors Marie. Visited from MIM..Loz

maria said...

Superfint kort och härlig tolkning. Jag älskar prästkragar =)
kram

Camille Short said...

Oh my goodness - fantastic job!

Bon Bob’s Delights said...

Found you on MIM! I love Tilda!! She is colored beautifully! Your papers are gorgeous as well as your flowers! Awesome job!!

Elena V. said...

wow! It's so cute! I love the flowers! I saw you on Make It Monday.

Unknown said...

This is a gorgeous card. Thanks for playing Blog Hop with us at Created With Love challenges.

Hugs,
Maria

Karen Petitt said...

I don't normally like the Magnolia images but this is so beautiful Marie. You've coloured her beautifully, the papers and embellishments are stunning too: a truly beautiful card Karen x

Cindy said...

What a beautiful card Marie, Tilda is colored just perfect!

Thanks you so much for sharing with us over at Make it Monday :D!

sue w. said...

Hi Marie, this is fab, I love Tilda and the layout and colours are wonderful.
I saw your card on MIM and popped over.
Hugs Sue W.

Chelsea said...

Hi Marie, Wow, your card is so gorgeous! I love the colors and your wonderful take on the CLP Sketch, Thanks for joining us and we hope to see you soon.

Much Love.