Well I don't know about you but I am tired of snow. Last week I was on a business trip outside of Washington DC and got stuck in a hotel room for two days. It was a Marriott Courtyard and they only served breakfast. So I ate a lot of candies and stuff from the market. Anyway, I think it is time to think about flowers and Spring. This week our images are from a children's book from the 1920's. I just love these fun images of flowers. I hope you will take the challenge and create something wonderful to share with us. Please post a link in the comments section of this post so we can all be inspired. I know that these images are a little harder to use than those cute children images but our hostess Doreen did an amazing job with them. Doreen has only been papercrafting for a short time but you would never know it from her beautiful work. She is truly talented. Here is her bio and a description of her projects in her own words.
"Hello I'm Doreen. I live in Sheffield UK with my husband of 41happy years, I have three children who have now flown the nest and 2 grandchildren. I have only been making cards since May of 2009, I have never done any crafting until then and it all happened because I decided to tidy the loft and get the old photos out to have a look. I decided they needed to be put into new albums. I then thought I would sort them into scrap books and journal them for future generations. I have now made 10 scrapbooks.
When the photos came to a stop I decided I was having so much fun and I had all this gorgeous stash left over, I wanted to carry on crafting and so I started making cards. My husband has turned our spare bedroom into a craft room, and I am crafting every spare moment I get. I haven't decided what technique I like best I still haven't tried them all, I am enjoying stamping at the moment.
The yellow Daisy card
I decided to add a frame around the image using My Craft Studio, the backing paper I printed from a Joanna sheen Cd, I have matted and layered both the image and the backing paper with a gold linen card and also some cream card, the image I coloured with pro markers added some brads, gems and ribbon.
The Yellow Lady
I decided to cut the lady out, coloured her with my pro markers and found some nice vintage backing paper from a Joanna Sheen Cd along with an image of a vintage seed packet I matted and layered these added some gems, ribbon and a computer generated sentiment. My idea was to keep the vintage look, and I feel I have achieved that."
Doreen
http://doreensdream.blogspot.com/
"Hello I'm Doreen. I live in Sheffield UK with my husband of 41happy years, I have three children who have now flown the nest and 2 grandchildren. I have only been making cards since May of 2009, I have never done any crafting until then and it all happened because I decided to tidy the loft and get the old photos out to have a look. I decided they needed to be put into new albums. I then thought I would sort them into scrap books and journal them for future generations. I have now made 10 scrapbooks.
When the photos came to a stop I decided I was having so much fun and I had all this gorgeous stash left over, I wanted to carry on crafting and so I started making cards. My husband has turned our spare bedroom into a craft room, and I am crafting every spare moment I get. I haven't decided what technique I like best I still haven't tried them all, I am enjoying stamping at the moment.
The yellow Daisy card
I decided to add a frame around the image using My Craft Studio, the backing paper I printed from a Joanna sheen Cd, I have matted and layered both the image and the backing paper with a gold linen card and also some cream card, the image I coloured with pro markers added some brads, gems and ribbon.
The Yellow Lady
I decided to cut the lady out, coloured her with my pro markers and found some nice vintage backing paper from a Joanna Sheen Cd along with an image of a vintage seed packet I matted and layered these added some gems, ribbon and a computer generated sentiment. My idea was to keep the vintage look, and I feel I have achieved that."
Doreen
http://doreensdream.blogspot.com/
wonderful cards! I think you did agrand job on them.
ReplyDeleteSuch gorgeous images Cora, thank you, they are just the thing to remind us that spring is round the corner. Beautiful card Doreen, you've done a brilliant job
ReplyDeleteClaire xx
Great images and lovely cards
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards.. and thanks for the freebies ;))
ReplyDeleteDoreen you did a fabulous job on those images.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the images again, Cora. We are ready for Spring in Alaska as well! You've done a fabulous job with these images, Doreen.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun, love the charming drawings!!
ReplyDeletehttp://wwwpeggysamusement.blogspot.com/2010/02/digital-2-for-tues.html
Hard to chose which image to use this week, they are both so lovely, but my card is here
ReplyDeleteClaire xx
I love the sample cards. My card is on my blog.
ReplyDeletehttp://jeanette-h20creations.blogspot.com/2010/02/girls.html
What a great blog! And what fab links - thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Eiglas
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Beautiful cards. Nice work. Thank you for the freebies.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such adorable images. Doreen did such a great job with the cards, I absolutely love the idea of layering the flower girl on a seed packet, brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI also used the Flower Lady for a little card, Petra. xx
gorgeous card, love the colors and the way it is colored :)
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