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3/17/2021

Easter Bloom

 It seems like I just recently missed making my Valentine's Day cards, and now I've missed St. Patrick's Day as well. In order not to completely blow it this year, I started on my Easter cards tonight. This one can double as a happy Spring card, and so I made several of them with different sentiments. The stamp and die set is an old one by Hero Arts (Hello Sunshine), with a sentiment by My Sentiments Exactly. I used amythyst colored ink on the flower, then added deeper colored lilac ink with a marker. Spritzed it all with water for a water color look. The rectangle dies are by Spellbinders and the punched border is Stampin' Up. I also used oatmeal colored seam binding ribbon for the bow, then sprinkled a few rhinestones.

The flower was stamped on my rectangle, and then I stamped the flower top again, and fussy cut. I wanted some dimension so this was a good way to go. 

Pixie's Snippets challenge 398. I used snippets for my stamped and fussy cut flower top, and for the little sentiment banner. The punched border was inked to match the flower and was also a narrow strip. cardstock for my sentiment so curved the stamps

Craft and Create challenge 169, purple and green   

DL.Art's March Linky

A Blog Named Hero March challenge, floral 

Hero Arts Stay Crafty Challenge 21, Spring

Ike's World challenge 142, AG 

We Love Chocolate Baroque, I love stamping and adding subtle dimension to my cards

As you Like It. My favorite way to cut an image is fussy cutting. No need for matching dies
 

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10 comments:

  1. BunnyMarch 17, 2021 at 5:06 AM

    Beautiful card. What a lovely flower. I like the seam binding, too. [Bunny]

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  2. Crafting with JeanneMarch 17, 2021 at 2:42 PM

    Just popped over from the HA challenge to tell you I like your card, esp the colors!

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  3. brendaMarch 18, 2021 at 11:58 PM

    Beautiful colours Karen and that's a lovely focal flower, thanks so much for sharing a crafty 'love' with us at We Love Chocolate Baroque.

    B x

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  4. Anna M.March 19, 2021 at 10:40 PM

    Lovely easter card! I love the color palette you used on this - so cheery!
    Thank you so much for joining our A Blog Named Hero challenge!
    Anna @Crafty Anna Studio
    A Blog Named Hero Design Team

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  5. DiMarch 20, 2021 at 7:58 AM

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  6. DiMarch 20, 2021 at 8:00 AM

    Wow Karen, what a lovely card! So pretty with delicate colours and the seam binding is a perfect finishing touch.

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  7. DiMarch 20, 2021 at 8:39 AM

    PS You have your wish re. a photo of Dudley - he's been up to 'monkey business'. Check out Sunday's blog post (2ist March)x

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  8. CardogramMarch 28, 2021 at 12:19 AM

    Love your Easter card Karen and the colors that you've used..it looks amazing.. Thank you for playing along at A Blog Named Hero Challenge DT Dhruvika @the_cardogram

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  9. HelenApril 3, 2021 at 3:26 AM

    So pretty - love the layout you've used.

    Thanks for joining us at the Ike's World Challenge.

    Helen x

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  10. cohennaApril 4, 2021 at 10:53 AM

    Beautiful! Thank you so much for joining with ust at Let's Craft and Create Challenge this time and good luck :)

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