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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

April Showers Brings May Flowers Card

Created this April Showers Brings May Flowers
Card using chalk, Spellbinders die & April Showers
Cricut cartridge.

Photographed this outside near my Yellow
Snapdragons which are below my Paul McCartney
Rose Bush as it was sprinkling.






















 




Closeup and you can see the raindrops on our
pavestone deck & yes the card got a raindrop
on but it has since dried:






























 

chalk: Chalk-Ah-Lot chalk colors: Lime (green), Sunshine (yellow) & Velvet (purple)
Cricut cartridge:
April Showers 2" words April Showers & umbrella

embossing: Sizzix Spring Bird & Flowers Set Contemporary Bloom embossing folder

paper:
4 1/2" x 5 1/2" Recollections Cardstock Pastel - lavender
4 3/4" x 6" Base the Paper Company Purple passion - dk purple
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" lt green cardstock embossed with embossing folder & trimmed to 3 1/3" x 4 1/2'
core-dinations Gem Amethyst cardstock - lavender - used on April Showers words & umbrella
core-dinations brown cardstock - brown - used on base of umbrella for handle to be brown

Spellbinders: Frameabilities Polka Dot Frame
chose this because the ploks dots reminded me of rain drops


 Entering this into the following challenges:


Anything Goes

Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe
1st I used VersaMark ink on the flower centers & rubbed on Sunshine yellow chalk on flower centers with cotton swab and Lime green on leaves
2nd I used white glitter glue mixed with Velvet purple and painted the flowers

Chalk two different ways!

3. Crafting for All Seasons

Ch#24 - April Showers


4. Crafty Creations

Challenge #164 Spring Greens

The CHALLENGE this week is to show us some SIGNS OF SPRING! Spring greens, grasses, buds, blossoms, bunnies; anything that represents SPRING!


5. Craft Your Passion
the frame has embossed polka dots on it

Challenge 104 ~ Dots and Stripes

DOTS AND STRIPES
You may use either or both.

6. Crazy amigo: free theme
7. Divas by Design


Challenge 29 Anything goes

8. FairyTale Ch

Challenge #38, Alles Geht - Everything Goes

9. Hiding In My Craftroom
HIMCR #40 - Freestyle!

10. Jelly Park

What's the Weather? Challenge


11. Little Red Wagon


12. More Than Favors

13. Papercraft Star

Challenge 91 - Anything Goes !!


14. Paper Playtime

Ch# 71 April Showers

For Ch# 71 USE AN UMBRELLA on your project & any type of Die Cut!

15. Paper Pretties


April Showers Bring May Flowers!

 16. Papertake: anything goes

17. Party Time Tues


18. Simon Says Stamps
My fav tool: Sizzix BIGkick for embossing & Cricut for words & umbrella images

Simon Says - use your FAVOURITE tool!!!


19. Simply Crafts
I used umbrella cut from April Showers Cricut cartridge

April 2012 Challenge

Welcome to the Simply Crafts April challenge.  For this challenge you are to make a project, any kind of project, using the umbrella cut on the Paisley Cricut cartridge.  If you don't have that cartridge any umbrella cut will do. 

20. Stamp Scrap & Doodle Saturdays

21. That Craft Place unlim 3rd ent 4/1-14  Challenge 8 All about Spring...

22. Victorine Stamps April Showers

23. St Luke's April: sparkle - pearly gems

21 comments:

  1. Very nice...love all the colors you chose!

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  2. What a stunning card! Thank you for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge! xx Bianca

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    1. Had not entered the Fairy Tale Challenge but thank you for nice comment. I decided to ck out the Fairy Tale Challenge and have become a new follower & did enter now. Did not see a translator button to read the blog in English.
      Melissa
      "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  3. Such a pretty card, Melissa, love your flower background! Thanks for joining us this week for the Papercraft Star "Anything Goes" challenge.

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  4. Great use of two ways to use chalk! Are you getting more comfortable with it? I love mixing it with the pain that Stamp N Plus Scrap N sells! Yes, I will be doing a tutorial on the pop bottle beads. I have it done already just got to figure a date to post it. So just watch my blog!

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  5. Great card! Very pretty flowers in the background too :)Amy

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  6. Fabulous card using chalk two ways. Thanks for joining us at Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe.

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  7. Very nice card,and nice use of the chalks. Glad that it is sunny outside today, and we did not have any damage in our neighborhood from the storms either.
    Have a Blessed Easter,
    Tameko

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  8. Very pretty! Thanks so much for joining us at Jellypark Friends! :)

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  9. Love the way you took your photo. Adorable card!. Thanks for joining us at SSDS this week with your Spring card. I hope you will join in our challenge again.
    Hugs,
    Linda
    Scrapcat Cards by Linda

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  10. oh this is just gorgeous,love the image,and such beautiful detail,,bless you for playing at anything goes,this week,hugs Cheryl xxxxx

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  11. Gorgeous, really nice image and LO, thanks for joining our anything goes challenge at Anything goes, hope to see you again, Gaynor DT xx

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  12. Great Card Melissa Love the colors:)Thank you for joining us this week for Craft Your Passion Challenges Dot & Stripes Challenge.

    Melissa, DT
    expressionswithearthspirit.blogspot.com

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  13. Cute card...Thanks for joining over at Little Red Wagon.

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    1. beautiful flowers for our flower challenge!

      thanks for partying with the Party Planners this week!

      Holly PTT DT

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  14. Very pretty! I love it and I love how you photographed it. It's so perfect that it started raining. :)

    Thanks for participating in the Simply Crafts challenge!

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  15. You are a very determined photographer!! lol LOve your fresh card...gorgeous choice of happy colours! So happy you could join us at Crafty Creations Challenges! bx

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  16. Really pretty colours :0) very apt that you take the photo in a shower of rain!
    Thanks for joining us at St Luke's for our Birthday month.
    Jenny x

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  17. You were very brave to photograph outside in April!
    Thanks for joining us at St Lukes this month.
    Tara

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  18. Gorgeous card, love the way you took the photo, really different. Thank you for joining us at That Craft Place Challenge Blog :-) Kezzy x

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  19. What a great idea. It turned out terrific and I love your flowers too. Thanks for joining our Simply Crafts Challenge! Hugs- Glora

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