Last Saturday was a very special day for 2 of my dear friends, Diane and Pauline. Diane, I have mentioned in several of my blog posts (in fact, she was the subject of my very first post). We met during our first week in High School, just over 50 years ago, and have remained firm friends ever since, even if we live a long distance from each other. I made Diane's Asian themed card several weeks ago for a challenge. Diane and her late Mum love/loved anything from Japan, and many years ago had a lovely holiday there.You can see that card here.
The other friend is my great 'blogging buddy' in England, Pauline. She is on several design teams, and her beautiful cards are amazing. You would definitely enjoy a visit to her blog.
I made this card for Pauline, using one of the 3 gorgeous Lili of the Valley stamps she sent me last Christmas. Thank you again, Pauline.
I know Pauline loves pinks and purples, butterflies, flowers and bears,
as I do also, so it was great fun creating this card for her.
I coloured the cute image with Promarkers.
A closer look at the greeting, and lovely flowers.
I kept embellishments to a minimum inside my card so as to
highlight the gorgeous paper by Papermania.
I would like to enter the following challenges:-
Cutie Pie #43 - 'Lots of Layers'
CardMania #20 - 'Flower Power'
Get Inky #3 - 'Fabulous Floral Fun'
Cheery Lynn #79 - 'Lots of Layers'
Robyn's Fetish #158 - 'Spring Colours'
Craft Your Passion #161 - 'Floral Delights' WINNER
Tammy's Scrappin' Corner #61 - 'Mothers Day'
Love To Create #64 - 'For Mum or a Special Lady'
Passion For Promarkers #196 - 'To Die For' (2nd entry)
ABC #27 - 'Tic Tac Toe' (punch, flowers, dry embossing; WINNER
glitter, flowers, designer paper, also pink c/stock)
Image - Lili of the Valley You Are My Sunshine
Colouring - Promarkers
Paper - Papermania
Sentiment - Penny Black
Dies - Memory Box Spring Border, Faunleroy Crest; Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip, Butterflies; Die-namics Grass Border
Punch - Martha Stewart Butterfly Trio
Embossing folder - unknown
Liquid Pearls and Stickles from my junk stash
Thank you for visiting, and until next time "Happy Crafting".
Hugs,
Jennifer. x
A beautiful card Jennifer. The image is so sweet and I love the pretty papers and flowers.
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Jennifer, my talented friend, this card is amazing! Your friend Pauline is just going to love it! You've colored your image wonderfully and, all the elements work so well together. Love that paper too! I'm glad I picked today to visit so as not to miss this beauty!
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aw so stunning jennifer.adorable sweet bear and i love all your pretty flowers and fabulous diecuts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in my theme this week at the Passion for Promarkers challenge :D
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A lovely card!! Thank you for joining us at Passion for Promarkers this week :)
ReplyDeletehugs Vicky xx
Beautiful card! I love the flowers.. beautiful design! Love the image :) Thanks so much for playing along with us at Tammy’s Scrapin Corner!!! Good Luck! I hope I see you again for our next challenge :)
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Lovely sweet spring card and layout, thanks for joining us at Robyn's Fetish Challenge, good luck, cheers Sue N x
ReplyDeleteYour card is so very pretty! Love the colors, that adorable image & your layout...all flowers are gorgeous too! Thanks so much for playing with us this week @ ABC Challenges & hope to see you again soon!!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card, love those flowers and your coloring is beautiful. Thanks for joining us this week for Mother's Day.
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Your card is simply wonderful! I love the colors and the glitter. I never thought to use white die cuts as a layer as you did toward the bottom of your card. Nice dimension. Thank you for joining us at Get Inky! Challenge.
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Beautiful card. Cute image, lovely flowers and fab detail. Thanks for joining us at Card Mania Challenge.
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Evie
This card is absolutely gorgeous. The flowers add lovely detail and colour. Your paper choice and sweet image are a sweet combination and those little butterflies make me smile. Thanks for joining our Floral Delights challenge at Craft Your Passion. I hope we see you again soon. Your friend is lucky to be getting such a lovely treat.
ReplyDeleteSo so pretty! All those flowers are a wonderful compliment to the darling image. thanks so much for joining us this week at ABC Challenges.
ReplyDeleteOh my,this is adorable.Such pretty colours and so beautifully embellished.It sets the sweet image off perfectly.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week :D
ReplyDeleteLisa x
Beautiful card - adorable image and fabulous floral arrangement.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with the Cuties.
Good luck.
Debs xx
This is so sweet and perfect for spring. Thanks for joining us at the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge and good luck!
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Gini
Love all the flowers! The image is so darn cute! Really like how you added the extra butterflies! Thanks for joining us this week at Love to Create!
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What an adorable image and a beautiful card. Love the bright and happy colors. Good luck and thanks for joining in on the fun at Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge blog.
ReplyDeleteYour card is just amazing! Love how soft and pretty it is as well as all the perfectly added details! When you have time stop by our challenge blog, I have your card featured in our winner's post today! I already sent you an email about being a GD! Congratulations!
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Delightful card! The image and colours are very soft and pretty. Congrats on your win at 'ABC' Challenges.
ReplyDeleteLovely!! Thank you so much for playing along with us last week at Love to Create Challenge!! Can't wait to see what you'll create this week!!
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Tina
hi jennifer - sorry I ahven't called by until now to comment on your wonderful birthday card to me, but circumstances have prevailed as you know. It really is a fabulous card .... what with the teddy, flowers, butterflies and colorus it has jsut got everything I love and is so expertly put together :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, I'll treasure it.
hugs
Pauline x