Friday, April 4, 2014

Signs of spring...still waiting!

Greetings.  With luck the sun is shining where you are.  Definitely a no show here, with lots of wind and rain, maybe even snow flurries tomorrow.  I'll be venturing out shortly, winter coat and all, as I just realized I'm out of cofee....heaven forbid!


No colouring from me today, but I made really good use of my dies.  The butterflies were in my stash, a gift from my daughter's craft room, and I've been waiting for just the right card to use them.  I have added a little sparkle and bling, so that they co-ordinate with the sparkly background paper.  Anything to make the day seem brighter!

Other supplies:
Patterned paper from First Edition - Summer Breeze collection
Cheery Lynn die - Ankara Lace
Whimsy dies - Birthday Sentimentables and Corner Dies Set

Thanks for stopping by, and hopefully Mother Nature takes a peek too.  Just want to remind her that it is supposed to be spring!  ha ha

Some challenges for my card:

Cheery Lynn Designs - #126 Back to Nature
Love to Create - #109 Color Inspired
Simon Says Stamp Monday - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Happy Birthday
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - #213 Pastels
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #89 Add Wings
Sweet Stamps - #163 Dies

20 comments:

  1. Joyce what a very pretty card.
    Thanks for join us at
    {Digistamps4Joy DT Member}

    Karin

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  2. This is just gorgeous,love the fab design.xxx

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  3. Fabulous card Joyce. Lovely sparkle and detail. Hope you got your coffee. Weather has to cheer up for you soon.
    Enjoy your week-end.
    Laine
    xx

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  4. Joyce - sending you a little warmth from all your wind and rain and potential flurries! Your card is so striking and I love the showcase of the beautiful Ankara lace die! The butterflies are super sweet. Thansk for playing along in this week's Cheery Lynn Designs challenge and good luck!

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  5. Hi Joyce, Still no spring here it's not cold but still a little rain at times but it would be nice to have a couple of lovely spring weather.....Your card is stunning and the butterfly is gorgeous well place on your card truly is beautiful ......take care x

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  6. I'm so tired of waiting for spring! If it doesn't get here soon, it will be fall! Pretty card, I really like the doily die you used with the pretty paper and butterflies.

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  7. A very stunning card Joyce. Love the butterflies and dies. Thank you for playing along with us at DigiStamps4Joy and we hope to see you again.
    Hugs,
    Asmah
    [DS4J DT Member]
    [Qinaahana Arts And Crafts ~ My Personal Blog]

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  8. A very pretty card with beautiful butterflies and background paper. Thanks for playing along with us in the SweetStamps challenge.

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  9. Very pretty and delicate. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at Totally Papercrafts.
    Hugs
    Cathy DT Member
    xxxxxx

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  10. Lovely card and your butterflies are perfect for spring. Thanks for joining us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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  11. Lovely Spring card, Joyce, those butterflies are beautiful. Let's hope we see some real one soon. Good luck and thanks for joining in on the fun at Cheery Lynn Designs challenge.

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  12. You made beautiful use of your dies here!!! I love the Ankara Doily here and the pretty corners and butterflies are the perfect finishing touches!

    Thank you so much for joining us for our challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs this week!

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  13. A beautiful card for our challenge of Wings....thanks for joining in..
    {Digistamps4Joy DT Member}

    Annie

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  14. Beautiful card! Love all the different elements you used in your design!
    Thank you for joining our Color Inspired Challenge at Love to Create this week.
    Ruza, LTC Admin/Designer
    Ruza's Craft Corner

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  15. Thank you so much for joining my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April challenge with your super card - hope to see you again soon x

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  16. What a lovely card! Thanks for playing at PTW! xxx

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  17. So beautiful...Thanks for playing along with us at Totally Papercrafts this week :)
    Wendy xx

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  18. A nice romantic look card! Thanks for sharing this with us at Through The Craft Room Door, hope to see you again in our next challenge! - XX Cara

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  19. Gorgeous, beautiful card, love the sparkle and those fabulous butterflies.

    Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

    luv

    Debby

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  20. Beautiful layers and colours and those butterflies are a perfect touch xx

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