I can't believe this! It SNOWED again !!! This is the strangest weather we have ever had here. I woke up Sunday morning to see the Magnolia tree covered in snow, and then again this morning! I have photos of it in full bloom in mid April other years. In spite of the warmer temperatures we are getting, there is still at least three feet of snow covering the backyard and the snowbank by the driveway is at least ten feet high. I can tell you that the Toy Manchester Terrier I am looking after would have prefered her owners to have taken her with them to Cuba than to be here with me. She's not that fond of snow!
I decided to take the photo of my card outside on a deck railing, with a pile of snow behind it. The top of that railing is five feet from the ground and the snow level is higher than that.
This beautiful image filled with happy Spring flowers is an Impression Obsession stamp called "Bird in Flower Pot" (H16003). It would be a great stamp to colour with Copics, but I like to colour outside the lines, so I stamped it with Antique Linen Distress ink and water coloured it using Distress markers as paint.
I've been so obsessed with IO's fun dies lately, that I almost forgot that I have some new IO stamps. This is the first time I used this one and I can't wait to use it again!
I think I owe a thank-you to my sister. I'm pretty sure that this Spellbinders Labels Twenty Three is one she gave me. ( She is responsible for a lot of my SB dies! :D )
I am entering the following challenges:
Impression Obsession -
Happy Flowers
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:
Anything Goes
Hiding In My Craft Room -
#193 Any Holiday ( my card is Easter)
Oh Shona you out did yourself this is gorgeous love the vibrant colors of the flowers lots of patience coloring those tiny ones !!!. This would sure brighten anyone's day . Tks for the lovely comment you left on my blog .
ReplyDeleteOMG OMG OMG!! This is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! =) I LOVE LOVE LOVE the No Line WaterColoring!! The Bright Colors make this even MORE BEAUTIFUL!! =) LOVE the Frame you used and the Ribbon!! LOVE!! =) THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
ReplyDeletePretty colors Shona and beautiful coloring. Loved that box you made btw, so glad you won with that! Great card, thanks for the wonderful inspiration!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card!! What a lovely image!! So very pretty!!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!
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Melissa
Lovely card, beautiful image and colors. Thank you for joining us this week at HIMCR.
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Memories of many years in Iowa/Nebraska are in my head as I read your post today -- I TRULY do feel for anyone in the depths of winter STILL! ;( Thus I'm here, where a possible killer HOT summer already seems likely -- had 90's & broken temp records already in March, so . . . it's all a trade-off, isn't it?! Do LOVE your GORGEOUSLY water-colored card and bright colors!!! Kinda feels like your telling Ole Man Winter to take a hike with it there on your deck railing -- hope he listens!!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove this card. It just makes me feel happy. Put a stamp on it and send it to me!
ReplyDeleteShona, OMG I adore your card!! It's really contrasting with the snow behind it! I hope the snow finally melted and spring is arriving to your corner of the world!♥
ReplyDeleteHad to comment on this too, Shona! It should be framed! Love the use of the textured paper you used to stamp and paint your image! Lovely!
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