Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus

Hi everyone, it's March already, today is St. David's Day in the UK, and after a rainy start the sun is shining ... so this afternoon I just had to make a daffodil card - it would have been rude not to!! I just managed to get it finished and photographed before the light faded, so here it is.

I die cut a stitched square of stamping card just smaller than  a 6" square card blank,  stamped the focal daffodils and heat embossed in gold, then coloured with my Zig pens. I added some soft green stencilling all around, then some background 2nd generation stamping in green to co-odinate with the daffodil background. I stamped a small daffodil bloom onto separate cardstock, heat embossed, coloured and fussy cut, then attached with silicone glue, then blended more DOX round the edges of the panel to add some depth. I matted the panel onto my card blank, then masked the edges before adding gold Posca spatters. Finally I stamped the sentiment onto separate card, heat embossed, cut out and attached.

I love the gold sheen of the heat embossed daffodils which shows up better in this picture.

Stamps: Visible Image Golden Daffodils, Where Flowers Bloom (background stamping); Uniko Spring Botanicals Daffodil (sentiment);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Mowed Lawn); Versafine Clair (Shady Lane); Versamark; WOW Metallic Gold embossing powder; Posca Pen (gold);

Tools: Hunkydory Moonstone Duo-Stitched Squares die; Lavinia stencil - Leaf Trails.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Classic Design Challenge #2 2024 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore #121 - Anything Goes

Day of the Month Card Club #60 - Random Acts of Kindness Day

Double Trouble #161 - Pinch Proof (Include the colour green) PLUS a Touch of Gold

Four Seasons (March) - Anything Spring Goes with optional Mood Board

Krafty Chicks #705 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon #745 - Stencil Power

Love to Craft #79 - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap #166 - Anything Goes

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #637/638 - Anything Goes (4th entry)

I'm hoping this will be the first of many bright and cheerful spring cards - not to mention bright and cheerful spring days!! 

Take care and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,