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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

BLOOMING FLOWERS....

A second post from me today!!! That must be a first, lol.  But, it's Wednesday again and that means time for another I ♥ PROMARKERS challenge.  This week is #187 and the theme is to Make Your Own Flowers. Our sponsor is PINK GEM DESIGNS and my card features the delightful 'Denny with Watering Can'.  Isn't he just the cutest draggie you've ever seen?


My gorgeous papers (well, I think they are) are from Prima's Sun Kiss collection.  I layered the paper and image onto my fave shade of green cardstock.  Denny was coloured, of course, with Promarkers and the sky was done with a blue pans pastel. I made my flowers using one of the amazing Sizzix die sets.  This one is Mini Daisy by Susan Tierney Cockburn.  I cut them with white card stock and shaped them using Susan's tool set, then I coloured the centres of them with yellow pan pastels.  When they were stuck together and dry, I popped a bit of flower soft in the centre of each.  It's the first time I've used that stuff as I bought it especially to use with my flower dies.  I have to say, I'm quite impressed with how it looks.

The fence die is Cheery Lynn and my fave leaf die of all time I think is also Cheery Lynn.  My sentiment was die cut using the Sizzix thinlets Tags & Sentiments and then I stamped the greeting with a stamp from my Personal Impressions mixed sentiments set.  I really like how this card finished up so am well chuffed, 'cause you know we never like our own stuff, ha ha.

Entering into:
CHEERY LYNN DESIGNS #99 - Die cut flowers.
PARADE YOUR CRAFTS #4 - Birthdays.
CRAFTY CARDMAKERS #100 - Winged things.
LEJ DESIGNS #72 - Lots of layers
613 AVENUE CREATE #38 - Anything goes.
BEARLY MINE #105 - Anything goes..
PARTY TIME TUESDAYS #139 - Anything goes.
ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS #60 - Anything goes/Bright colours.
DIGI MAKEOVER (Paper Makeup) #107 - Anything goes.
MAKE IT MONDAY #159 - Anything goes.

25 comments:

Astrid Maclean said...

Gorgeous flowers I have to say, very pretty and that draggy is indeed very,, very cute!!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely gorgeous, so colourful and pretty!
Helen x

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Lorraine, I love that image and the papers are beautiful. Your flowers look wonderful too.
Sue xx

Sandy said...

Gorgeous card, love your fun gardening dragon amongst all the wonderful flowers.
Hugs,
Sandy

Unknown said...

Your papers are gorgeous and this guy is soooo cute! I love this fun image and how you colored him. :) Thanks for joining us at Make It Monday.

Sarah said...

Great flowers Lorraine, in fact great card all round!! Denny is adorable and beautifully coloured too! xx

fiona mctiernan walker said...

Very cute card thankyou for joining us at artistic inspirations good luck fiona dt.

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Fabulous image and gorgeous flowers Ginny x

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is so gorgeous Lorraine. Very cute image and I love that flower arrangement and the cloud formation is awesome. I spotted you over on MIM and came for a closer look and I am so glad that I did.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxxxx

Cumbrianlass said...

Oh this is gorgeous, lovely cute image and the background papers are great, love the flowers
Thanks for joining in the lejdesigns Challenge
Janet

Chana Malkah said...

Beautiful project, Lorraine! I love that the belly band is fencing! Nice to see it behind the focal as opposed to it's usual placement! Thanks so much for leaving this in our mailbox here at 613 Avenue Create!
Hugz,
Chana, Owner

Meggymay said...

An adorable card, loving the cute dragon image. Thank you for joining us at CCM this time.
Yvonne

Anna said...

This is just adorable :) Cute dragon! and perfectly colored :)
Hugs

coops said...

so stunning lorraine.i love your design and colours and really gorgeous image :D


xx coops xx

fionalawlor said...

Gorgeous car! I love all of your pretty flowers and die-cuts :) Thanks so much for joining us for our "Winged Things" challenge at Crafty Cardmakers.
Fiona x

stitch-and-greet said...

Hi, Lorraine! That´s one of the neatest cards I´ve ever seen! Love this cute little dragon, your design and the colors! It´s ADORABLE! Thanks so much for sharing your project with us at 613 Avenue Create and please come back soon! Regards and "Hugs", Renata (DT)

Gail said...

This little dragon image is so gorgeous. The image is cute, but your coloring is so fabulous!!! The colors, the layout, the embellishments...this is a GREAT card! --Gail

Ardilla said...

Thank you for playing this week in our Anything Goes challenge at Digi Makeover.
Ardilla :)

Lisa Mensing said...

This is so adorable. Beautiful job on the flowers. Thank you for joining us at Party Time Tuesdays.

crafty-stamper said...

love the cute dragon and pretty papers love the flowers and all the layers-thanks for joining us at Lej designs
Carol DT x

Karen said...

Totally sweet card, and adorable dragon! Your flowers are perfectly beautiful too!!

Susan Longman said...

Love the cute little dragon and how you have used the Cheery Lynn die... Thanks for playing along on our challenge

Susan Longman said...

Not sure if my previous comment worked so leaving another... Love the card and they way you incorporated the Cheery Lynn Fence thanks from playing along this week

Tracey said...

Lorraine this is adorable! Love the colouring. Adding the fence and those gorgeous flowers was fantastic. Thanks for taking part in our current challenge at Crafty Cardmaker's! I hope you join us again next time.
Hugs, Tracey (DT)

Gail said...

This little dragon is so cute, but your hand made flowers are what actually caught my attention. Big surprise since I'm a flower addict. These are gorgeous and I love how you colored them and the center is perfect on them! This is an overall GREAT card..and perfect coloring on this dragon! --Gail

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