Tuesday, April 17, 2012

April Showers and Spring Flowers


Being Tuesday this is of course the title of the Stamp-n-Doodle challenge this week.
But actually its rather apt because as I was making the card, and now writing this post, the april showers are blowing their way over my garden - travelling in an almost horizontal fashion as the winds are so strong. And my poor spring flowers, the lovely scented broom and almost opened poppy are taking a real battering !!!
A stark contrast to the brilliant blue skies (and chilly breeze)  we had for the last week of the easter half term. 


Onto the challenge, pop on over to the Stamp-n-Doodle blog to see more inspiration for this week and see how my team member have interpretted April Showers and/or April Flowers.





Ive dithered over these two photos for hours, the top one is a truer colour, but the one below shows the glossy accents off. Easiest thing was to put both on (sorry for duplicating).

I used Ranger glossy accents as a finishing touch over the bird and the flowers to give the impression they had just been in an april shower.




Thanks for coming to take a look.



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11 comments:

  1. absolutely beautiful I Adore it !! xx

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  2. A beautiful card Claire, I love the image you have used.

    Mum xx

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  3. This is gorgeous...I love the colours you've chosen to use, it makes for a very sophisticated and elegant card!! Beautiful...
    Love Emma xx

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  4. WOW loving everything about this card! Loving the bird and the lovely soft colours too.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  5. Hi Claire. Lovely work. Great subtle colours and fab layout.
    Ax

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  6. These are both stunning, Claire xx

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  7. Claire your comments look different to mine are you sure you are not on the new interface? If so switch to old interface save your settings and then switch back to new. Vee xx

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  8. Wow these are beautiful. Chris xx

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  9. Really stunning, I love the bird and the flowers
    Lindsay xx

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