Wednesday 7 April 2010

Spring is here


The weather is definitely getting a bit warmer and the flowers are blooming so it does feel more like Spring. The first card today is this sweet bunny from LOTV. I followed the lovely sketch at Moving along with the times and their theme of pink, brown and ribbon. Flowers are Prima, pearls from the Hobby House and bows and pearls from Wild Orchid. Other challenges:
The Craft Garden pastel colours
Polka Doodles Birthday
Stampin' for the Weekend ribbons and bows
Magical Crafts Animal antics
One stitch at a time Anything goes
Passion for Promarkers The young ones
I love Promarkers Animals
Simon Says Card for a child


The second card, in my fave purple, was made using an image and sentiment from my blogger friend Jo. I coloured them with PMS and Sakura clearstar pen. Papers , all 7 of them, are all Papermania Heather capsule collection. This fab sketch from Sketch Saturday was a great way to use some strips of paper. I used 6 different strips all edged with my MS doily lace punch. Flowers are a mix of Wild Orchid and some oddments from my stash. Punched leaves with glitter and a sentiment cut using a nestie complete the card. Spring always makes me think of flowers so I am also entering this into the challenge of the joys of Spring at Quixotic.

Don't forget to enter this week's Winter Wonderland challenge. There are not many entries at this time of the year so you have more chance of winning.

47 comments:

Kim said...

WOW!!!YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB....KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK....GOOD LUCK
ON WINNING....
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT
OSAAT.
I HAVE BECOME A FOLLOWER AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU
TO FOLLOW ME TOO AT COWGIRL UP STAMPS
BIG Hugs CJ
COWGIRL UP STAMPS

mudmaven said...

Totally awesome creations! Love, love, love that purple one and that bunny image is just too cute. ~chris

The Crafty Den said...

Hi Marianne, what a cute card. Love the LOTV bunny image and your colouring is fab. Gorgeous papers and layout. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week. Hugs, Denise x

Tracy said...

Stunning card Marianne, love the image you've used, and your colouring is fab!
Thanks for joining us at PFP this week, good luck.
Hugs Tracy x

Unknown said...

Thank you Marianne, for joining us over at OSAAT, Beautiful card, cute image fabulous colours too, hope to see you back here on Sunday for next weeks challenge, Good Luck

Sarah DT
xx

downrightcrafty said...

Hi Marianne

I can see you are at the moment into the bunnies :) and yet again beautifully coloured. I do adore that effect in the pink around the edges you need to do a tutorial :)
Hugs Kate xx

Liz said...

Stunning image great coloing too thanks for joining us with our Anything goes Challenge at OSAAT
Hope you return on Sunday

Liz x

Liz said...

Thanks for Joining MCFC with this great card

Liz x

Anonymous said...

Lovely card, the rabbit is really cute. Thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers, hope to see you again next week. Sue C x

Karen said...

Really lovely Marianne, cute image and the colours are great. Thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers.
xx

Jo said...

Marianne these are gorgeous, the image is from the Kay Carley Plum Blossom set by Aspects of Design. I just love the bunny too. I don't know how you manage to make them all especially with your increased hours. Hugs Jo x

Jill said...

Really gorgeous creations Marianne. Jill x

jackiescrafts said...

What a great card, I love that image.
Thanks for joining in at MCFC

Jackie x

Lisa said...

Hi Marianne, Gorgeous cards! Love the Papermania heather papers and beautiful image and the LOTV image is so cute.

Lisa x

Debbi said...

So pretty! I love the bunny image--too cute!
*smiles*
debbi

Babs said...

Beautiful cards, the bunny is so cute.
Babs x

Babs said...

Beautiful cards, the bunny is so cute.
Babs x

pinky said...

Two gorgeous cards Marianne, loving that dp in the first one.
Pinky

Gina said...

great cards Marianne
Thanks for joining us at PFP this week
Gina xxx

Lorraine said...

Smashing card. Thanks for taking part at I ♥ Promarkers this week.

clare said...

Hi Hun x Such a sweet card..love the cute image!
Thanks for joining us over at MAWTT Hugs Clare DT x

cheryl said...

this is a great image love all the detail and such super colouring too thanks for joining us over at OSAAT love hugs cheryl xxxxx

The Crafty Goat Girl said...

Hi Marianne, so glad you managed to join in our challenge this week. I love your take on my sketch, the colours are fab and the image is so sweet, great colouring. Good luck and thanks, Heidi DT MAWTT xxx

dolcreations said...

Beautiful work here Marianne! I was going to enter the Winter Wonderland..but I don't have one darn bunny winter image! I was so disappointed. I will have to wait for next weeks to see what they have up their sleeves! Glad to hear the weather is getting really nice there!

My name is Wynneth said...

Awww... that bunny image is sooo... adorable :o) great colouring and layout too :o) Thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers.
hugs
wynneth
x

LISA said...

Very pretty card, love that backing paper, thanks for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers this week xx

Emma said...

Two gorgeous card Marianne, love the bunny.
Thanks for joining us at PFP and good luck.
Hugs Emma x

Michele Roos said...

Gorgeous cards Marianne. Love the images you've used and the colours also. Thanks for joining us this week at PFP. Hugs Michele x

Sarn said...

Both terrific cards . . but my fave is the bunny one!

Wiccababe said...

fab cards Marianne
thanks for joining us at pfp this week and good luck
have you thought about trying out for the pfp dt call? - details on the blog
Debbi
xx

Fern said...

2 stunning cards Marianne, love the backing paper on both, especially the gold spots on the first.

Fern xx

the crafty duck said...

Two gorgeous cards Marianne!! love your rabbit, he is so cute and perfect for our challenge!! Thanks for playing at MCFC, love Steph

Julie said...

Gorgeous cards! Lovely colouring of the LOTV image. Thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers.
Julie x

Lynsey said...

Wow Marianne, what wonderful cards! Love them both as all my fav colours and papers! The MS punch works really well on your second card.
Hugs Lynsey x

Donna said...

Hi Marianne,
Gorgeous cards, and I love LOTV!
Thanks for joining us at Magical Crafts this time.
Donna x

Gwen Crowell said...

wow...love all of the cards...but the purple one (my fave color too) is simply stunning!

WeirdCat said...

Such a cute card, great design,thank you for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers
Ruth x

debby4000 said...

Oh gorgeous cards, beautiful colours and sweet images.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamps.
luv
Debby

Di said...

Beautiful cards!Thanks for joining SFTW!
Hugs Di xxx

Sam said...

Wow what great cards. Loving the colours and the images that you have used. Thanks for joining us here at OSAAT and i hope you'll pop back on Sunday to check out the winners and our next challenge.
Sam x

stitchy said...

Marianne, I love both your cards, they are beautiful, love the backing papers and your coloring is awesome..thank you so much for sharing your talent with us OSAAT..good luck

stitchy xx

Kerry said...

Ah, so cute. Thanks for joining in at Polkadoodles this week.

Unknown said...

Two very gorgeous cards Marianne.

Thanks for joining us over at Magical Crafts.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Kris said...

Cute, cute, cute! Thank you so much playing along with us at the Polkadoodle Challenge this week.

Tip Top said...

Lovely colours! Thanks for entering the Polkadoodle Challenge - hope you can join us again next week!

Kim Dellow said...

Beautiful Marianne. Thanks for joining the Quixotic Paperie Challenge this week. Kim

Claire Phillips said...

Thanks for playing along at Polkadoodles this week - fab project - Cheers Claire x