Happy Friday folks! I hope everyone has had a good day. Did anyone who has the BBC see the weather forecast yesterday where they said it would be -99C in Kent this morning?! It WAS a little chilly when I got up, but I wouldn't have thought it was that cold, lol!! :)
On to today's card. Surprise, surprise, it's another Tilda! The Tilda challenge at DC this week was hosted by Jennie & she chose 'In The Garden'. So, flowers, grass, trees, etc., it should be easy to come up with an idea, right? Wrong. Jennie posted the challenge on Friday morning & it took me 'til Wednesday night to come up with something, which went completely out the window when I started making the card yesterday!
My first bright idea was to use my cherry blossom stamp & turn it in to a tree by hand drawing a trunk & I coloured it with my Whispers pens, then I tried to find a garden-type paper in my stash; something green & grass-like. Nothing. Instead I found this HOTP 'Ladybugs' A4 sheet that Jen had given me & the swirls made me think of the wind. That gave me my second bright idea - I would stamp the cherry blossom twice more, cut out the tree & then cut out the flowers from the other images & use Tilda with a broom, so that she's tidying the garden. Brilliant, no?! :) :) Yep, I thought so. Until I started the cutting & the trimming.......Oh. My. Goodness. :) It took HOURS! Then I had to place 1mm foam pads on to the back of the tree & the flowers - my fingers were sore afterwards! Thankfully, the rest of the card was very simple, especially as I decided not to strain my brain further by trying to come up a sentiment! I'll probably just put something in the inside at some stage. So, that's it, hope you like it.
Here is some astonishing blog candy! Sassy is offering this on her blog until midnight, March 21. Visit her blog for all the info & follow her instructions.
Before I say goodbye, I must tell you I have been given another award. Kay is a crafting buddy at DC & she very kindly gave me this. Thank you so much Kay!
Isn't it pretty? I have to pass this on to my Top Ten favourite blogs, so I will make a list & post it tomorrow.
I'm going on my blog tour now, to see what you've all been up to today.
Until tomorrow, love & light.
15 comments:
oh woww Kristen,what a beautiful card,l love the image.
have a nice weekend.
hugs Riet.x
This is so amazing Kirsten, it was well worth the effort you put into it.
Really pretty, I just hope your fingers recover soon so we can see more of your lovely creations!
Love Sarita xx
Gorge card, love what you did with the cherry blossom looks really good! Have a great weekend!
Hugs Tab xxx
so cute your card...love the flowers and love that Tilda! you did a great job! have a happy friday!
Your card is so clever and pretty. Too bad it was so much work!
ok - so i thought that i had a brain drain when i saw that "sarita" had already written something!! and i don't remember doing it!! so - now i know that there is another sarita!!! hi!
kirsten - i love this card and you did do a lot of work and it shows!! nice!!
i figured that if it were minus 99 degree celsius - it would be minuse 210 degrees here in california!oh my!!
anyway - i'm lovin' your cards!! you've come a long way!
lol you do make me laugh sometimes you know, well the card is fab so it was worth all that effort lol,have a lovely weekend. luv gina xx
Love this card!!!
Makes me think spring is just around the corner! The ladybug in the corner just adds to the scene.
You have more patience then I would ever have cutting out the flowers!
Hugs...Jen
What a lovely card - I love the spring-y look!
must have missed this on the docrafts site kirsten but have to say that all those hours you put into were worth it.
kayx
Love the card Kirsten - so pretty and Spring-like! xx
Wow Kirsten what a gorgeous tilda card, i love the detailyou have added to it,. Stunning work. Hope you are enjoying your weekend, hugs Linda x
A beautiful card Kirsten, I love the pretty spring scene you have created and the colours are beautiful. Debbie x
It may have taken a lot of work but the result is definitely worth it Kirsten, it's a fantastic card! xxx
Gorgeous card Kirsten! It's Super!!
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