Wednesday 11 May 2016

May Flowers

Hello and Welcome.  I hope you're enjoying your day.

I'm busy preparing for a demo at our little club tonight but just thought I'd do a quick post as I wanted to welcome my two new followers.

They are Lynn and Margaret.  They both make lovely cards so I hope you will be able pay them both a visit.

I made my card a while ago using Centura pearly cardstock  and goodness knows why I didn't lay my finished card on a coloured background before taking the photo.

The background is a piece of swooshed watercolour card that was lying around so I stamped and heat embossed the Hobby Arts flowers onto it and coloured the image with Promarkers.  It was layered onto a piece of black card and I punched the heart before adding the sentiment which is also a Hobby Arts stamp.

I would like to enter my card into the challenge at Shopping Our Stash - #251 "April Showers Bring May Flowers"

27 comments:

meg said...

Love the beautiful colouring on your stamp it's lovely against the watercolour card

Viv said...

This is lovely Barb. Have a good craftie night!

brenda said...

The inky background really sets off the pretty flower so well Barb and nice idea putting the sentiment at an angle.

B x

Sylvia said...

Very pretty card,Barb.Love the beautiful stamp and colouring.Have a nice evening.

Hugs,Sylvia x

Mrs A. said...

This is striking. I love the colour combo. I always take the photo's in a hurry or at night time so the lighting is all wrong and don't notice till I get to upload to the post and then 9 tens out of ten I'm up against the back stop. hugs Mrs A.

Carole said...

Lovely card Barb...super colouring!

My Card Attic: Hazel said...

This is so pretty Barb! My smooshed or swooshed watercolour pieces never look as pretty! Have a lovely evening my friend! Hazel xx
My Card Attic

Valerija said...

A really pretty card. I love your fantastic coloring.

Chana Malkah said...

Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing with us at Shopping Our Stash!
Hugz,
Chana, DT

Cara said...

Beautiful card, love the image you've used and those vintage colours are wonderful. Cara x

Lisa Andersson said...

Lovely flower and the watercolor background is wow!
Hugs, Lisa

Kathleen said...

Beautiful card, lovely image and I really like the different style of sentiment.

Kath x

cuilliesocks said...

Just lovely Barb, beautiful colouring and design, Kate x

AlisonC said...

That's a beautiful image and a lovely watercolour background. Photographing is so hard. In spite of reading up about it, I still can't get it right.

rachel said...

gorgeous work - really lovely xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

So sweet! Love these flowers, and such a pretty colouring

Carol L said...

The pearly cardstock looks fabulous here, and I like the way you did the sentiment! NJ!

Jean said...

Lovely stamp and great colour scheme, a super card Barb.
Jean x

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Lovely card Barb, very pretty image. Happy crafty week, Angela x

Greta said...

Love the flowers stamped directly on your swooshed panel, Barb--lovely card!

Veerle said...

Very beautiful card Barb.
Veerle x

Janice said...

A very pretty card Barb, your colouring is brilliant.
Janice x

Lia said...

Lovely flowercard! I like the purple colours.
Lia xx

Pat said...

I love your washy background Barb and the flowers are beautiful on top. x

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Enjoy your demoing tonight Barb, lve the card and the burd one below too, usually not keen on those bird cards but like yours. These are lovely flowers in Ne of my favs colours too!
Thanks so much for popping over too.,
Shaz in Oz.x

{Calligraphy Cards - Shaz in Oz}

Donna said...

You colour in so beautifully, Barb.
Lovely card :)

Erika said...

A lovely card Barb, the soft background works so well with your floral stamp.
I hope your demo went well?

Hugs Erika. x