Today’s project has taken its inspiration from this weeks Clean and Simple Challenge over at the Paper Players. The theme was Spring Flowers and nothing heralds the arrival of Spring more than the blossom on the trees.
As I sit at my desk crafting, I can see a gorgeous Magnolia tree a couple of doors down – so it would have been tempting to use the Magnolia suite.
Instead my thoughts turned to to the Cherry blossom that Mike and I stood under on our Wedding Day, nearly 34 years ago.
My Card
To achieve my Cherry Blossom, I took the spray of blossom from the “Forever Blossoms” stamp set and stamped it twice onto some Shimmery White card using the Saddle Brown Stazon ink.
I water coloured flowers with Rococo Rose ink and the leaves with Old Olive. Painting around the blossom with Balmy Blue to create the sky. I used Old Olive ink to create the splatters on the background and also to stamp the sentiment.
This painted panel was attached to a Rococo Rose mat, before going onto a Whisper White card base.
To finish off I added some sequins from the Woven Threads assortment.
More Blossom
This card is very reminiscent of one I created recently for my touring class (which has unfortunately been cut short.)
This card was heat embossed in gold and the colour sponged on with daubers. A couple of sneaky bees popped in as well.
I hope you can almost feel the warmth of the Spring Sunshine (even if it is raining outside). For more Spring flowers, do go and check out the challenge here
Supplies
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Thank you for stopping by today. Do leave a comment.
Happy Crafting
Helen xx
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How fun to see your sweet wedding picture under the cherry blossoms and how it inspired your beautiful card! The Rococo Rose with the gold embossing looks so elegant. Thank you for sharing with us at The Paper Players!
Thank You Stef
How fun to see your sweet wedding picture and how it inspired your beautiful card! Those gold embossed cherry blossoms colored with rose looks so elegant. Thank you for sharing with us at The Paper Players!
Beautiful, beautiful cards, Helen! I loved seeing your wedding picture. What a great inspiration it was for your cherry blossom cards. Thank you for playing with The Paper Players!
Thank you Ann.
Helen this is gorgeous and the sentiment seems appropriate too, given the wedding photo memory (great flashback photo by the way!) Thanks for playing along with my CAS spring flower challenge over at The Paper Players this week!