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Monday, August 8, 2022

A Promise of Spring

Welcome

Another quick post as I am still away from home, and having fun with sprays and stamps that are not my own - the joy of house sitting for a fellow paper crafter!


The stamp was unbranded, and stamped in Versafine Clair Pinecone ink and coloured with my Polychromo pencils


I trimmed around one edge before mounting it over a panel sprayed with Kitsch Flamingo distress spray, and Lindy's Get A Guy Gold Mica spray - it has a gorgeous gleam that I tried to capture above


The sentiment was cut from a piece of card I had coloured with Memento Sunflower yellow ink,
and mounted over several layers of white  before adhering to the base


The all the layers on the front, and the inside liner were all edged with the Kitsch Flamingo ink  - my new favourite ink!!  A trimming from the front, sprayed panel decorated the inside. 

I am linking this to:
A garden in spring always brings happiness


24 comments:

Dawn T said...

Gorgeous Maxine. How nice to play with some different stuff. Lovely card

Rainey's Craft Room said...

A lovely image and design, thank you for joining in at Allsorts this week.
Lorraine

Mellzcraftz said...

Lovely card. I love the flower and bird image and the way you have coloured it with pencils. How lucky you are to be house sitting for another paper crafter. None of my friends make cards. Only the virtual ones do lol Must be so much fun having a nosey through someone else's stash. Thank you for sharing and for taking part in the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday challenge. Happy crafting! Mel x

Gerrina said...

I like the soft colouring! And a beautiful image! Hugs, Gerrina

Ellibelle said...

Such a pretty floral/bird themed stamp and gorgeous card! Thank you so much for joining in at Allsorts challenge!

Cynthia said...

This is lovely Maxine. Love the soft coloring of the image and fussy cut edge. Have fun house sitting!

R's Rue said...

Beautiful.

mamapez5 said...

Such a pretty card. It is a lovely image-could bevan English spring garden. I bet you are enjoying using some different things. Have you tried anything that you now 'must buy' for yourself? I recently bought a couple of Claire inkpads. They have some useful colours in their range. Kate x

Barb said...

Sweet Card Maxine--love the colors!

brenda said...

Certainly a real feel of Spring to this pretty card Maxine.

B x

Linby said...

A great background for your pretty and colourful image. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.

Linby said...

I forgot to say - thanks also for taking part at We Love Stamping challenge this month.

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

Maxine, this is so pretty - I really like the way you placed the flowers along the edge with the perfectly placed sentiment and soft background, too.

Irish Cherokee said...

Love the soft effect the pencils gift the colors. nice design. It is obvious you are enjoying this house sitting.

Hugs and Blessings,
Jim

Hazel said...

t's a beautiful stamp and you've made a great card with it. Thank you so much for joining us at INTAAS. Hazel x

Pauline C said...

Beautiful card - very pretty stamp and lovely sprayed background. Thanks so much for joining us at this fortnight's Allsorts challenge.
Pauline xx

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Your posts are not coming into my inbox anymore Maxine from 1st Aug blogger emails are dead. You need to add a follow it link so we can subscribe or some other subscriptions by email. I don’t like bloglovin .. but maybe it’s you’re thing. So I won’t see your posts unless I remember to pop over I guess..

House sitting produces beautiful cards Maxine, this is very pretty that background is very well done too setting off the image.
Thanks for Sharing, God bless and keep you safe, and all those you love, hugs Shaz in Oz.x

{Wonderful Words of Life - Shaz in Oz}
{Calligraphy Cards - Shaz in Oz}

JD/ Jill said...

Lovely card! You are inspiring me to get my bird stamps out...smile!

Carol W said...

Maxine this card is beautiful. I love how the image is sectioned off on the side of the sentiment. This card is GREAT!!

Neet said...

Another successful background. You have more skill than I have when using a spray.
That is such a pretty image and so beautifully coloured in too.
Blessings, Neet xx

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Absolutely beautiful Maxine. Gorgeous image, perfectly coloured and I love the balance and design of the card, the speckled background is so pretty with the toning sentiment. Gorgeous. Hugs, Wends xoxo

cotnob said...

A pretty card Maxine, such a lovely image.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Helen said...

Beautiful - love that image and your background too.

Thanks for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

Helen x
DT

Vic said...

A lovely card - that stamp is so pretty - love the bird! Thanks for sharing our creativity with us at Patties Creations - Vic, DT X