Sunday, March 4, 2012

Spring Smiles



To those of you who checked this out before I got to the actual blogging, I apologize for only having the picture and the links. I only have dial up and it is very difficult to even do any of this. I am at the mercy of the public library and my church secretary when it comes to uploading things. I had to very quickly upload the picture and links at church and then come home and finish the blog. I also have to apologize to Diana Larson and Creative Time for Me for not following their challenge to the letter with this picture. In my haste, I forgot to add a bow and to not use my cricut. So to fix that I will be posting pictures tomorrow night after work to remedy that. Hopefully it will not be too late.

Spring is in the air and at Deep Ocean they had a Spring challenge. I love this color combo. I think it fits into the spring theme. The cardstock is just some I had on hand. I cut the ovals out of the yellow and green  using my Creative Memories cutting system. I used scallop-edged decorative scissors around the green frame. The flowers I colored using Copic Markers. I tried a technique using an aquabrush filled with alcohol to "wash" out the color, but it didn't work very well on this brand of flower. It worked a little though on the green ones. The sentiment and watering can are from a poly clear stamp set from Hero Arts that also includes an adorable girl with rubber boots, flowers, grass, and a spade. The butterflies I made from a precut set sold by PK Glitz. They are made out of their double-sided wonderfilm. I peeled off one layer, covered it with PK Glitz embossing glitter and heat set it. The first sentiment is cut out using the Lacy Labels Cricut cartridge. But then I remembered that Creative Time for Me's challenge was to go Cricutless. I had to take that sentiment off and use something else. I got out a scallop punch and made a new one that you can see in the third photo. Rhinestones add to the sparkle. Finally, the digi image used is from a CDAC progressive challenge. She is called Miss Beth and is compliments of Back to Paper. I added a bow to her hair in the second image for Diana Larson's challenge: Layers, Bows, and Bling.

Have a good week! Here are the challenges that I entered:


http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-54-try-this-recipe.html

11 comments:

  1. Cute...love the pretty flowers & butterflies! Thanks for joining us in the MCT ~ Throwback Thursday Challenge :)

    ~ Cassandra

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  2. Sweet card. Yellow and blue is one of my favorite color combos.

    Dawn
    DeeGeeScraps

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  3. FABULOUS ... love your colors and composition! Such a happy, spring creation! Thanks so much for joining in the progressive challenge fun at CDAC!
    Darlene - CDAC Board/Team Member

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  4. This is so beautiful!! I love the pretty colors and the image is so sweet!! What a fabulous card!! :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  5. Pretty card! Love the butterflies and that image is so cute!
    Thanks for playing along with the Die Cuttin' Divas this week.
    Candy
    candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com

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  6. This is SO pretty! I love the colours! Thank you so much for playing the CDAC PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGE
    Love Jen Leeflang
    CDACPC DT Lead Team B

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  7. This is such a sweet card, Annette!! I love the colors and dimension you've given it.

    By the way, you've won my Dr. Seuss RED FISH and bookmark prize on my blog. Please send me your postal address! ♥

    Fondly,
    Ellen ♥ CardMonkey
    http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
    E-mail: cardmonkey@comcast.net

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  8. Lovely creation Annette, thanks for sharing it with us at Deep Ocean this fortnight.

    Hugs, Franz.

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  9. This is so very pretty! Love the colors!! Thank you so very much for joining The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Digi Challenge!!!! :)

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  10. Thank you very much for the sweet comment... it meant SO much to me! I'm still smiling! :o) This card is like a burst of sunshine! I love the beautiful colors, the sparkly butterflies, and the sweet bow you placed in her hair. :o) Wonderfully done, my new friend! I am thrilled to be your newest follower. :o)

    Hugs and blessings!
    http://kaleidoscopicsparkles.blogspot.com

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  11. So delightful! I love the colors and your layout too. Thank you for playing the progressive challenge at CDAC.
    Hugs,
    Georgia
    CDAC PC DT

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