Hello Friends. I made a birthday card with two challenges in mind - The Flower Challenge and Color Hues.
I recently watched this video by Tina Smith that showed how she used two sizes of pierced circle dies to make a background on her card. I thought it was neat and wanted to try it. I didn't have the same dies she used but had Spellbinders Essential Circles dies that has solid circles and dotted circles. I used the 3 smallest of the dies and made my background panel. While trying to decide how I wanted to decorate the panel, I saw Color Hues challenge today and decided to go with yellow flowers and lime leaves. I used a piece of Bristol Smooth 100# card and blended Mustard Seed DOI on it to die cut the flowers from Spellbinders Floral Spray. I also cut some buds using Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms. The Lime Green card is from a Recollections pack from Michaels. I cut a panel to back the white panel and also cut the leaves and flower stems from it. I already had several of the Birthday Wishes white embossed sentiments so used one of them on my card. I really like the finished card.
I am linking to Color Hues Challenge - Lime and Yellow
and to The Flower Challenge - Add Circles. It is also their 100th challenge and there are prizes.
Happy Stamping,
JoAnn
What a wonderful take on both challenges. I really like the dotted circle dies - they add such great texture to your card. Thanks for sharing this over at The Flower Challenge.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! Perfect for both those challenges! I love those pretty lemon yellow blooms!
ReplyDeleteJoAnn, I'm so happy to see you in our TFC celebration gallery again! What a beautiful sunshine-y birthday card! Tina has such great ideas, doesn't she?
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I saw Tina's video too, JoAnn. You implemented her design beautifully and then added that gorgeous yellow flower. Thanks for sharing your card with us at The Flower Challenge.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea and I'm sure I probably have something I could use as well. This is just so beautifully spring JoAnn! Thanks so much for playing with your Color Hues friends!
ReplyDeleteI do like those dotty circles! This is prettyJoAnn!
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful flower! I love the background you created for it. The colors and the background are so bright and cheerful.
ReplyDeleteShame on me. I thanked you for joining The Flower Challenge but not for your entry into my green challenge at Just Us Girls. So glad your card is in our gallery, JoAnn.
ReplyDeleteSuch a clever background for your florals, JoAnn. I am going to have to see if I have something in my stash to do the same thing. Thanks for inspiring and thanks for starting off the gallery at Color Hues.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting background, JoAnn! A perfect backdrop for this beautiful yellow flower! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love the pretty florals against that fabulous background panel. Thank you so much for playing along with us over at Color Hues!
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