Saturday, 21 March 2009

Elzybells Challenge & ABC Challenge

I needed to make another Easter card so I wanted to use this cute Elzybells image and luckily it fitted in with 2 challenges: Elzybells' Challenge is to use polka dots and ABC Challenge is to use flowers.

So I coloured the Elzybells image with watercolour pencils and added highlights of Crystal Stickles to the flowers. To fit in the polka dots challenge, I ran a piece of white card through my Big Shot with a dots embossing folder and then restamped the sheep and cut their fluffy bits out and stuck onto the original image. Don't they look cute and fluffy?! I then cut the image out using rectangle scalloped nesties and added some dots (more dots!) around the border. I then layered with 2 colours of green card. The background papers are again from that Papermania set I bought the other week. The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat cut out with oval nesties and double mounted on oval nesties with a dotted border. The ribbon is from Poppicrafts.

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Elzybells); Watercolour pencils; Assorted cardstock; Paper (Papermania); Nesties; Black fine liner; Ribbon (Poppicrafts); Sentiment (Pink Petticoat); Crystal Stickles

Have a great weekend and enjoy the sunny weather!

20 comments:

karen said...

this makes me really feel like spring is here it is a lovely card and the colours are fab. x karen x
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Natalie said...

Beautiful card Steph. x

Riet said...

wowww Steph,what a beautiful card.

hugs Riet.x

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

great job

thanks for joining us this week on ABC :)

hugs jane x

Nicki said...

Oh, I love this card - brilliant idea with the dots for the sheep, and those papers are lovely.

Kathy said...

Adorable! I just love those little sheep! They are sooo cute! Great job!

Linanna DESIGNS said...

Oh Steph what a gorgeous Easter card hunny. I love the image you've used. I need to make some Easter cards but have had little inspiration up till now! hope you are doing okay, am thinking of you and your family. Big hugs Linda x

Anonymous said...

its fab, very srping has sprung! Love the sheep they're very cute x

Victoria said...

A lovely card -
Thank you for joining us on abc this week x

Hels Sheridan said...

Wow, this is such a gorgeous card...loving those colours you have used and the sheep are just perfect :O))

Hels Sheridan said...

Wow, this is such a gorgeous card...loving those colours you have used and the sheep are just perfect :O))

Andrea, said...

Oh this is fab, I love the image and the 'cuttlebugged' sheep look wonderful. A perfect spring card

cats whiskers said...

What a great card love the colours and the texture on the sheep is perfect
Hugs Jacqui x

Liza said...

This is gorgeous Steph, I love what you have done with the sheep!

Liza x

CraftyC said...

This is so sweet Steph. Reminds me of a picture hanging on a wall!
Clairexx

Anonymous said...

I love, LOVE your card...one of my fav elzy sets too!

LOUISE said...

Fab Steph, love the embossed card you have used for the sheep, great idea. Lou x

kc_froglady said...

This card is adorable! I love the way you cuttlebugged the sheep :) Fabulous!

Kimberly said...

This is just too darn cute! I LOVE how you used the CB folder on the sheep!

Caroline Elliam said...

I just love this card! Wow!