Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Oldie But A Goodie #13 - Spring Is In the Air


Happy Tuesday everyone, and welcome to another Oldie But A Goodie Challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last time with the "Have A Heart" challenge - hope you will check out the main challenge blog to see if you have won the prize :-)

This time it is Fleur's turn to pick the challenge theme, and she has decided to banish those winter blues with a theme of

Spring is In the Air

Fleur has also donated the following fab prize for this challenge ... an adorable SWALK stamp set plus some flowers and charms ... soooo pretty!!

Also Fleur will be picking a "Top 3", and will be asking the first of her top three to join us as a Guest Designer for April - woo hoo!

Don't forget that in order to be eligible for the prize you should submit a new piece of work and use a stamped image (not a digi) that is at least 6 months old ... so have a little riffle through your stamp box to find an old but loved stamp ... and of course have fun!! :-)

The other ladies on the DT have truly sprung into spring , so please do go and check out their gorgeous cards - here's my card for this fortnight.


This gorgeous Penny Black stamp has been around as a wooden stamp for a long time, but was released last summer as a slapstick stamp ... and I couldn't resist. Having said that I'm ashamed to say that I have never inked it up until now ... but with its fabulous profusion of daffodils and other spring flowers, it was the first stamp that came into my mind for this challenge.


Recipe:
Main image: Penny Black "You're the Bestest", coloured with Promarkers;
Sentiment: Penny Black
Papers: Papermania "Forever Friends - Spring Time";
Supplies: daffodils from Wild Orchid Crafts; pearls from The Hobby House & Wild Orchid Crafts; ribbon from Hobbycraft;
Tools: Martha Stewart "Doily Lace" edge punch; Leone Em "Ash Family" leaf punch.

Challenges:
Bunny Zoe's #9 - Spring - Flowers Everywhere!
Forgotten Scraps #3 - Spring or Flowers
Charisma #7 - Spring Has Sprung
Penny Black At Allsorts (February) -Say It With FlowersCreative Cottage #33 - Fabulous Florals

Hope you can join us at OBAG this fortnight and look forward to seeing your cheerful springtime creations :-)

17 comments:

Lisa Jane said...

Gorgeous image .. and i love that green shade .. its so pretty.
Lisa ;)

Squirrel x said...

Oh hun, this is soooooo gorgeous! I adore that PB cat (have him in the wood stamp version). Love the soft lemon and green and your colourwork is stunning. Hugs, Sxx

Debs said...

Simply gorgeous Pauline.
The colours are truly beautiful if only it looked as bright outside!
Have a wonderful day.
Debs xx

jem (jane elizabeth middleton) said...

just gorgeous, i want that image, beautifully crafted. janex

Tracy said...

A fabulous spring creation Pauline, love the image and papers. Thanks also for joining Penny Black @ allsorts, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Anonymous said...

Oh Pauline, how absolutely gorgeous is this?! The image, colours and layout are just perfect for the theme. Fab! xxxx

lindyloo said...

Beautiful card so fresh looking love the colours and the flowers are perfect for are challenge this time at the creative cottage hugs linda x

Fleur said...

A beautiful card Pauline, the colouring is perfect & I love the flowers
Hugz fleur xXx

liza said...

Hi Pauline,i soo love your card,the image you have used is sooo cute and coloured fantastic and oh my those daffodils are gorgeous!!
hope you are well
love n hugs
liza oxo

debby4000 said...

Absolutely gorgeous Pauline
luv
Debby

Kaz said...

Pauline this is GORGEOUS!! Beautifully coloued (as always) and such a pretty colour combo.
Love it! Love it! Love it!
Soz I've now visited for a while hoping to have a big catch up this week :0)
Hugs
Kaz xx

Louise said...

Hi Pauline your card is adorable the image is coloured beautifully and you have put the card together perfectly,thanks for joining us at Penny Black at Allsorts.
hugs Louise xx

Gem said...

gorgeous creation! Thanks for taking part in our Springtime challenge at Charisma this week! Gemma :)

Ellibelle said...

Another beautiful card Pauline! Love those paper daffodils that you added and the image is adorable!
Thanks so much for sharing!!

ribenaruby said...

This is wonderful Pauline, love this kitty with a huge smile, brilliant! Ruby x

Sarn said...

This cat card is so pretty.
Hugs, Sandra

Barbara Sproatmeyer (LM2) said...

Just dropping by to check out your great card! Thanks for playing along in the "Spring or Flowers" challenge at Forgotten Scraps. ;D