Its time for another challenge over at Fashionable Stamping and this time its 'Birds'
It seems ages since I crafted, as I've had a viral infection which left me so tired I just couldn't be bothered to do anything, so when I eventually made my DT piece I wanted to do something 'pretty'. I don't have a lot of bird stamps, and when I've used my Tim Holtz Bird in the past its always ended up rather 'masculine', this time I was determined it would be 'feminine'. After stamping the image I used the TH Floral Swirl and some grass stamps for a border. I used the Swirl, this time stamped in Tumbled Glass for the base card. I embossed the image with a TH Bookframe EF before distressing with TG and Vintage Photo. The mat for the image is again the embossed Bookframe, but just distressed with the TG. The small roses were made with the Tattered Floral dies smallest petals.
We would love you to join us this fortnight, and if you need any 'Bird' ideas, my fabulous teamies have some great inspirations, so please pop over here.
I am entering this at:
Sugar Creek Hollow - Feathers or Fur
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Delightful Challenges - Think Spring (Pastel Colours)
Forever Friends Challenge - Animals/Butterflies/Birds
Happy Campers - Shabby/Chic
Divas by Design - Winged Things
Ruby's Rainbow - Roses
Penny's Paper-crafty - Ribbons & Bows
That's it for now, except to say 'hello' to my new followers, It's lovely to see you and I hope you will visit often. Enjoy the rest of the weekend and I hope to do some catching up later.
Avril xx
Morning Avril, glad to hear you're feeling a bit better now. I like your bird project, the colours you've used work so beautifully with that Tim stamp. Claire x
ReplyDeleteHallo dat is een mooie.gr.Nel
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card,love the image and fabulous colouring.xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Avril, beautiful card, very feminine and pretty. Glad to hear you're feeling better, hope you are having a good weekend
ReplyDeleteClaire xx
Gorgeous card, Love the colours & wonderful design.. Beautiful image.. adorable.. Hugs May x x x
ReplyDeleteSo pretty Avril, I love the layers and gorgeous colours.
ReplyDeleteHugs Brenda xox
totally gorgeous and so pretty, thank you for joining us at Forever Friends
ReplyDeleteHugs Kate xx
GDT
Not been around for ages Avril but just had a quick catch up with your other posts and they are all adorable.
ReplyDeleteLove your work and your DT piece for FSC is another stunner.
Have a great day and I hope the snow holds off.
Hugs Shirley x x
Lovely Avril!!
ReplyDeleteNice Sunday, Alie :-)
Gorgeous card, love the flowers.. Thank you for joining us at happy campers, Pauline x
ReplyDeleteHi Avril, glad to hear you're feeling better.
ReplyDeleteLove this card, it's so pretty. The colour is fab and I love the bird stamped in the black - such a striking contrast. Enjoy the rest of the weekend! xx
Sorry to hear you have been ill,you have made a beautiful card,lovely soft colours and pretty flowers, love it
ReplyDeleteJoan
This is gorgeous, love the colours and great image. Hope you are on the mend now. Hugs, Claire x
ReplyDeleteStunningly feminine and ethereal card Avril - I really love it with its blue tones. The swirls and foliage stamping with that triple framing are totally stunning. The bow is perfect, as are the roses. I would leave this on display all year if I were you! I hope you are back to 100% very soon and in the meantime take it easy on yourself. Nicola x
ReplyDeleteHi Avril
ReplyDeleteYour card is stunning.... that TH bird image looks so fabulous against the blue... and I love the floral swirls you've used around it!
Hope you are lots better now!
Hugs
Christine x
Hi Avril, sorry you've not been well but glad you're on the mend.
ReplyDeleteYou've definitely succeeded in making this image look feminine; it's such a pretty card but very elegant too. Love the shades of blue.
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Really elegant & pretty too. Thanks for joining us at Divas x
ReplyDeleteLovely card,nice image and I love the colour. Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends this month.xxTraceyxx
ReplyDeleteA wonderful card
ReplyDeletea fabulous and very stylish card!
ReplyDeletethanks so much for playing along with us at Ruby’s Rainbow Challenges!
hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo
hello Avril I am glad you are over the viral infection which I and my family had too..what a lovely card and thanks for your lovely comment on my blog
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Avril. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons.
ReplyDeletePinky
Gorgeous card - I love the way you did the ribbon and bow. Perfectly lovely!
ReplyDeleteSandy
This is such a lovely card! Thanks for joining us at Forever Friends this month and good luck!
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it is a wonderful creation. I love the color did you used. the color gices the card a gorgeous look!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you haven't been well Avril and hope you recover fully very soon.
ReplyDeleteYour card is just gorgeous, such pretty blues and love all the swirls and pretty roses.
Hugs, Fliss xx
This is such a gorgeous card :)
ReplyDeleteHope you´re totally recovered soon!
*Hugs, Inger*
This is most definitely a very feminine card Avril. I love how it looks like you are looking out of a window. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDot x
Beautiful card Avril, love the delicate blue shades and it looks very feminine. Hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteYvonne x
A gorgeous card, love the colors and all the details.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Avril, you definitely achieved a feminine card, absolutely stunning ! Glad you're feeling better too. Sue C x
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and very feminine. Love all the blues and your wonderful stamping. Thanks for joining us at Sugar Creek Hollow.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Cec
Lovely, thank you for joining Delightful Challenges.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty card, beautiful soft blues and lovely image.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at Forever Friends this month.
Pauline
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Greetings from a fellow North Eastener lol, Love your card, it'a gorgeous, course it's even nicer as you have used my fave colour hee hee ..I love th stamped image, I would say you've made it look very feminine ... Thanks for joining us at Happy Campers x
ReplyDeleteMy favourite bird... and how gorgeously you've framed him! Lovely delicate blues!
ReplyDeleteAlison x
Beautiful card! Thanks for taking part in Ruby's Rainbow's 'Roses' challenge xx
ReplyDeleteHi Avril, sorry you'e been poorly, hopefully on the mend now. Love your beautiful and shabby chic card, so pretty and such a gorgeous shade of blue. xx
ReplyDeleteAvril, you took Tim's stamp and created a beatufil work of art! Love the soft blues, very pretty card! Feel better really soon! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHi Avril!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card you've made, so 100 % stylish!
WOW! Your card really turned out to be both pretty and feminine too! I like feminine cards with the use of more masculine blue colors - a favorite combination for me!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful and elegant, love those shades of blue and the image is so pretty
ReplyDeleteLindsay xx
Beautiful card...Thanks for joining us at Divas by Design this week.
ReplyDeleteWendy xx
This is lovely..Thank you for sharing with us at Penny's, and good luck.
ReplyDeleteCaz PPC DT x
Avril
ReplyDeleteSorry you have been so poorly. I was hit with the noro virus which is why I couldn't join in at FSC this fortnight. A slow recovery process.
Anyway, this is so dreamy, the way you blended the colours to perfection.
Gorgeous.
Take good care.
Wishes
Lynne
Hi Avril This is so pretty gorgeous colours scheme and i just love the design - thank you for playing along at Delightful challenges this week hugs judith x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Card, thank you for joining us at Sugar Creek Hollow!1
ReplyDeleteHugs
Heather
Thanks for joining the monthly challenge at Forever Friends with your beautiful 'blue'card. Good luck in the draw and we hope to see you again for our next challenge.
ReplyDeleteDiane x