Tuesday 27 February 2018

Playing With My Prize!

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate in winning the CraftStash prize on their live Facebook show. I won the first three months of the complete sets of the Flower of the Month series by Apple Blossom. I started with the March flower which is the daffodil.

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Materials used:
Apple Blossom - 12 Months of Flowers March Daffodil Complete Set
watercolour paper
X-Press It card
Copic pens
Distress Inks: Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Ripe Persimmon
Rubber Stampede - Elegant Thank You
black archival ink pad


The flowers, leaves and stems all come as individual stamps so that you can build up your flower how you want. I used the die to cut out the flower head but fussy cut the leaves and stem.

The background is made from watercolour paper which has had the daffodil heads stenciled on using the various distress inks. Having stencilled in the flowers I used the ink left on the brushes to put some colour on the surrounding area. The finished paper was then embossed with the stencil from the set and cut to fit the front of a 15cm square card blank.

The flower is arranged on the front of the card and the greeting stamped in.

It was fun trying out all the elements in the set and trying something completely different. The stencil makes it so easy to put in the flower details as it comes with three different parts that layer up. I probably wouldn't use all the elements every time but it was a good way to play around a bit, especially as stencils and embossing is something I do not do very often.

I made a simpler card with the left over bits.

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Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Sweet Stamping Challenge - Spring Has Sprung
Crafty Friends #78 - Springtime
PIP Challenge #1808 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #196 - Anything Goes
Through The Craftroom Door 27th Feb - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread #51 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #194 - Anything Goes/ optional Use Flowers
My Creative Scoop Colour Inspiration Link Up #31
Crafty Cardmakers #206 - Floral Delight
Stamping Sensations February - Anything With Flowers
Inspiration Destination #144 - Anything Goes/Real Stamp
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #76 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - February Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #62 - Anything Goes
A Gem Of A Challenge #213 - Spring Flowers (use any flower)

8 comments:

  1. A really beautiful card with the lovely Daffodil, full of Spring (shame it's snowing ourside!), many thanks for sharing with us at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  2. Your card is beautiful. Lovely daffodils, which is perfect for the Sweet Stamping' Spring Challenge. Thank you for playing along!

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  3. Wow super pretty card!! Sorry my comment is late, we lost internet with the serious snow! Thanks for joining us at stamping Sensations and I hope you get time to share with us again this month. xx

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  4. Ooh you lucky lady! What lovely stash to have one. Love what you've done with it! I love your fab colouring and card designs! Both are gorgeous and perfect for our ‘Spring’ challenge. Thanks so much for sharing them with us at Sweet Stampin’ this week. I’m so glad you did. Hugs, Wends xoxo Sweet Stampin’ DT

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  5. Won, not one! Hehe. Sorry, just read my mistake and can't let that go xoxo

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  6. Beautiful spring card. Thanks for joining in at Through the craftroom door this week.

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  7. I love daffodils...! Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this time.

    Jackie

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  8. What a pretty card you have made. Congratulations on your win. It's lovely to get new goodies to play with - especially when you haven't paid for them!!! Your card fits the Lemon Shortbread Monthly Challenge this fortnight. Thank you for taking part and best wishes in the draw. Kym (Lemon Shortbread Design Team Member).

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