Are you ready for The Birds and The Bees!

Good morning all

This is my second post for today with the challenge over at Moving along with the times this week.

I'm having a busy old hostess week this week as its also my turn to host this challenge

The theme is 

The Birds and the Bees!

That is any nature (birds, insects, animals or plants)

or 

A New Baby card

Here is my card for the challenge

The image is just so pretty 

Its one of the new release digis at Whimsy Stamps

by Stampart Design by Kathryne

its called Tulip Umbrella - available here

I love all kinds of colour combo - but I have to say my very favourite is pink and green and my favourite dies of the moment are those "Fabulous Phlox" from Memory Box.  I wanted these flowers to match the card exactly so I cut them all out of white card and coloured them with copics to match the colour of the flowers in the image.  This is my Mothers day card for my Mam - she likes to have flowers on cards - for some reason she has the idea that all of these images with children on - are for children!!

Anyway - this is what I did....

Image - Tulip Umbrella from Stampart Design by Kathryne

Sentiment - produced in word

Flowers and leaves - fabulous phlox by memory box

Papers - song bird from first edition

Card - Bazzill basics

Pearls from my stash

Pearl flowers - MCH
Butterfly - Whimsy stamps butterfly die
frame cut with spellbinders labels ten die

There are some really pretty cards on the MAWTT Challenge blog - go on over and have a look, you'll just love them!

challenges I'm entering with this card

Four crafty chicks -Die for dies
Craft challenge - spring /easter
Forever friends - lots of flowers
In the pink - floral/mothers day
Sincerely yours - mothers day
Crafty sentiments - pretty in pink
City crafter challenge - shades of pink
Fashionistas challenge - make it pink
Oldie but goody challenge - feeling floral (my favourite spellbinders labels 10 die- one of my oldest dies )

Hugs 

Judith  xx

Floral delights challenge at MAWTT

Good morning all

We have a fab new sponsor over at MAWTT 

A Passion for Stamps 

are sponsoring us this week 

for our

Floral Delights Challenge

(anything with flowers)

The DT girls got to choose a sponsor digi to use in this challenge and I have to say I was delighted with the gorgeous floral images we had to choose from - they are all so pretty - and there's some fab inspiration on the shop website too - you really should go on over and take a peek

I chose the gorgeous Morning Glory digi to work with - I love morning glory - they are just so pretty - it also reminds me of a lovely novel I read years ago of the same name - by Lavyrle Spencer -  I remember the story so well - just a simple tale, set just after the depression in America, that has stayed in my memory for all these years, a real old fashioned love story beautifully written

 give it a try if you love this sort of story - I'm sure you'll love it

 for me the book and the flower always remind me of each other!

Anyway back to my card, I kept it really simple to keep the focus on the image, I always think images like this look so much better kept plain and simple 

This is what I did....

Image - Morning Glory from a Passion for stamps

Coloured with copics

Happy birthday stamp - from  Anna Griffin flower set

Die cut behind sentiment - spellbinders
Die cut corners - whimsy stamps

Card - from my stash

There really are the most gorgeous cards on the MAWTT blog this week

 - go on over and be inspired - after all spring is just around the corner!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

ABC challenges - clean and simple

Crafty bloggers network - flowers
Whoopsi daisy challenge - die cuts
crazy challenge - no design paper

Hugs
Judith xx