Doing a Flip for Spring

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well. 

Spring is definitely on the way here in Somerset. It's getting warmer, the birds are singing and flowers are starting to pop up everywhere.   

Today I've got a flip card to share with you, with a bit of fussy cutting thrown in.

Washing Day for Polkadoodles

Hello lovely peeps.

It's time for a new challenge at Polkadoodles. The theme for the next fortnight is Spring Pastels. 

First I covered my A5 card with a paper from the Pretty Sweet CD.  Next I printed off two versions of Rosie Washing Day from the Cherryblossom Lane CD. One has a fence in the background so I used that for my first layer. The other is plainer so I was able to trace around it with my Craft Robo software for printing and cutting.  I also printed and cut some extra roses and decoupaged all the elements on top of the background.

 For the sentiment topper I've used two stamps from the Sensational Sentiments stamp sheet. I inked up the scalloped circle with Versamark (to make it nice and sticky) and then Dried Marigold Distress Ink over the top (for colour). After stamping onto white card I sprinkled it with clear embossing powder and heat set. I stamped a greeting in the middle with black memento ink and cut the whole thing out with an X-cut circle die. I've attached it to my card with a mini wooden peg.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

Hiding in my Craft Room #241 - Spring Colors

Crafting from the Heart #102 Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination  #76 Always Anything Goes

Melonheadz Friends Challenge ADD/INCLUDE AN ANIMAL

Paper Creator's Crafts #45 Spring Colors

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina 

Springtime Little Birdie

Hello peeps.

I had to do a quick birthday card to post off to a friend today so I've done a CAS design using You're so Tweet from Little Claire.

I bought this stamp at a craft show a couple of years ago and came across it while looking for something else. It's perfect for this time of year.

There are tiny little areas to colour on this image so it was definitely a job for my Promarkers and the fine tips. Birds - March Hare and Sandstone

Fence - Ice Grey 2 

Hearts - Rose pink

Sun & flowers - Tulip yellow/Daffodil bloom

Leaves - Meadow Green

I've decoupaged a few elements to give a bit of dimension and also added florist wire (attached with silicone glue underneath the decoupage layers)

The sentiment is from a Personal Impressions set, I think it's one of Marion Emberson's designs.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #266 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #301 - Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed)  Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs  #322 Anything Goes
The Craft Barn  Clean and Simple w. flower and a sentiment
Crafty Friends Challenge #25 -FLORAL - FEATURE A FLOWER(S)
Eureka Stamps #182 CAS

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

p.s. I'd like to say a huge 'Thank You' to the lovely volunteers at Paper Playful for their marvellous list of challenges. I spent ages building up my own list of challenge links last year so I could keep track of which challenges I'd entered, what the rules were etc. I've updated this faithfully every day with the current themes and then last night Blogger decided to wipe the entire page contents. Pressing undo didn't bring it back and then it very helpfully auto-saved the blank page and I lost everything. Aarrrrgh !

Thankfully after a couple of hours cutting and pasting from Paper Playful, I have most of the list back again (and still some semblance of sanity).