Saturday 1 May 2010

Make your own flowers

Isn't it funny how some weeks there are several challenges with the same theme. Well this week it has been make your own flowers. I love making these flowers using the blossoms nestie. It is the first time I have used the smallest one and it was a bit tricky curling the edges as they are so small. The papers are from my current fave pack by Papermania. I just bought 2 more of these, one for me and one for my next candy coming soon.

The challenge at Stampin' for the weekend is getting to know you through your favourite book. When I was young I loved Enid Blyton's books and my favourites were the Magic Faraway Tree series. A few years ago I was browsing some cheap books in a shop and found an omnibus edition with all 3 books in it for about £5. I just had to buy it and thoroughly enjoyed reading it again. I was surprised how much of it I remembered. In the books some children find the tree in the enchanted wood and there are all sorts of people living in the tree including an elf with wings called Silky. At the top of the tree they find a different land each time they visit. This digi image from Pollycraft reminds me of those stories.

Other challenges
Pollycraft Make your own flowers
Die Cut Dreams Make your own flowers
Passion for Promarkers Sketch and make your own flowers
ABC T is for thank you
Charisma Girly and flowers
Cute card Thursday Make your own something
I love digi Thank you
Crafty Catz Spots
Tuesday Taggers Memories (Thanks Janet)

40 comments:

Elaine ♥ said...

Gorgeous card Marianne, fabulous image and my favourite colour too :)

Thanks for joining us at I Love Digi this week :)

Elaine x

Jill said...

Just a lovely card as only you can do Marianne. Hope that you are getting along ok. Miss you on the DT. Jill x

Ida / Little said...

Wonderful card Marianne :) Thanks for joining us at PfP this week!!

Hugs Ida

Mummylade said...

the flowers are wonderful and the colour is awesome! Thank you so much for joining the DCD challenge this week and good luck!

Queen La Rubba said...

Marianne ~ Your card is just precious! Love the monochromatic purples!!! Just fabulous! Great coloing! Was just hop'n through the posts and your card jumped out at me! really love it!
HUGS
Rach~ Queen La Rubba
I invite you to hop on over and enter in my candy give away! I will send anywhere!

Wiccababe said...

super card marianne, what a fab image
thanks for joining us at pfp this week and good luck
Debbi
xx

Lisa said...

Hi Marianne, Wow this is a gorgeous card! I love the pretty papers and sweet image.

I also loved Enid Blyton books when I was a child and my favourites were also The Faraway Tree series. I so wanted to visit the lands that stopped at the top of the tree lol! My mum still has all the books in her bookcase and think I might have to borrow them.

Lisa x

Margreet said...

Gorgeous card Marianne.......so nice reading your story about the book and it matches the image so good!....love your DP!
xxx Margreet

dolcreations said...

What a great idea for a challenge! I just love how you worked with it so well! Almost magical! I just love the periwinkle blues....not very often you see those colours and I just love that vivid colour! You did an awesome job with those flowers....especially the tiny one in the center! Great image!

The Crafty Den said...

Hi Marianne, wow you have brought back some memories for me! My sister loved the enchanted forest book and I can remember her reading it and then re-reading it cos she loved the story so much!!! Your card is gorgeous and the colour scheme is fab. Pretty image and your flowers are beautiful. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week. Hugs, Denise x

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Hi Marianne
A beautiful card love the blues,thankyou for joining us again this week at CraftyCatz,
Hugs Dianne xx

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card Marianne, the image is adorable and I love the colours you've used
hugs Mandy xx

Lynsey said...

Hi Marianne, what a fantastic card I must use this image again as its so lovely! Your flowers look really pretty. I really enjoyed reading your post about your favourite books.
Hugs Lynsey x

Lynne in NI said...

Such a pretty card Marianne, that image is fabulous!
My sister was a HUGE Enid Blyton fan, I think she read (and re-read) every word she wrote!
:o)

Unknown said...

isnt it great when all the challenges tie in together, this is my fav papermania as well, fab flowers and image.
Christine x

Danielle said...

Gorgeous card Marianne - love the sweet image and beautifully made flowers!
Hugs, Danielle

Michele Roos said...

Such a pretty card Marianne. Love the image you've used and the colours also. Thanks for joining us this week at PFP. Hugs Michele x

vikkithescrapjunkie said...

beautiful Marianne love the colours and the little flowers are so pretty. I wonder what the comment before Michele translates to? lol xxx

Nicola said...

Beautiful card and colour combo, your image and handmade flowers are gorgeous.
Thank you for joining us at Die Cut Dreams.
Hugs,
Nicola -x-

Jo said...

Another gorgeous card Marianne, and another purple one!! I love the flowers that you have made, must look out for that set. Take care and have a good BH. Hugs Jo x

Unknown said...

This is fabulous Marianne and you should enter it in Tuesday Taggers too which is memories - doesnt have to be a tag you know xxx

Leanne said...

Ooooh this is gorgeous!

Thank you for joining us at Charisma this week - good luck!

I also have candy on my blog, 3 Magnolia Fairytale Stamps if you would like to enter, here is the link.

Leanne xx

Dragonlady said...

Hi Marianne

This is fantastic, and I love teh story behind it too. thanks for playing along at I Love Digi, hope to see you again.

Hugs Ali x

carol said...

what a brill card so pretty, thankyou for sharing your creation with us at craftycatz, x carol

Tracey said...

Gorgeous card Marianne, love that image :)

Thanks for joining us at Stampin' for the Weekend & Good Luck!

Hugs
Tracey
x

Lorraine A said...

this is just gorgeous :-) I love this image ,,, isn't she gorgeous and the papers and embellies are perfect :-)

thanks for joining the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)
Luv
Lols x x

Tracy said...

Beautiful card and your flowers look great. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week, good luck.
Hugs, Tracy x

Vee said...

Such a sweet card and image.Thanks for playing with Charisma this week.
xxVee

Tracy said...

Beautiful card and your flowers look great. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week, good luck.
Hugs, Tracy x

downrightcrafty said...

Hi Marianne - so sorry for being late commenting on this amazing card. Firstly when I saw this I thought it had been photographed upside down so had to take a closer look. To my amazement I see not only beautifully created own made flowers but even better, capsule mono paper (currently my addition) This is superbly put together a true stunner
Hugs Kate xx

Sally H said...

Fabulous card! Definitely looks like a character from the faraway tree or the wishing chair! Thanks for sharing with us at TT this week!

Test Blog said...

Gorgeous card..love that image!!
thanks for joining us at SFTW..
Hugs
Jan...x

Unknown said...

Sp pleased you entered TT Marianne thanks for sharing your memory with us x Janet

Loz said...

Gorgeous colous Marianne!! So perfect with this image! I love this card ♥

Donna said...

Gorgeous Card and wonderful image and Papers. I'm loving these at the moment too! Thanks for joining us at ABC.
Hugs, Donna x

Eni said...

I too read a lot of Enid Blyton books as a child which explains why I decided to publish a book on her, titled, the Famous Five: A Personal Anecdotage (www.bbotw.com).
Stephen Isabirye

Sprytebyrd said...

Such a pretty card! I just love the blue and the image is beautiful!
Thanks so much for joining us at I ♥ Digi! I hope to see you again soon!
Dee (Spryte)

Gunn (Merete) said...

Love this card. Great color and DP.
Fun and adorable image.
Thanks for joining us at SFTW.
*Gunn*

Cathy said...

Pretty card. Thank you for joining in the ABC Challenge this time.
Cathy xx

Bev said...

Oooh this is a really pretty card. The image is lovely, the layout is great and the colours are fab, can you tell I like it...lol. Thanks for joining us at I Love Digi.