WLS March#2 - Hello Spring

Good Morning everyone

Gosh where does time go to, half way through March so time for more inspiration over atWe Love Stamping where the theme is

SPRING 

or if thats not for you we always have the anything goes option as long as you use stamps - physical or digital

In the January Sales I got this lovely tulip collage effect stamp from Studio light which i thought would be ideal for my easter/spring cards this year.  Ive also raided the scrap draw and used alot of paper offcuts up - using thin strips left over from making envelopes for the backgrounds & smaller pieces to paper piece the flowers.

I made 15 variations - they are also totally flat which is very rare for me, so easy posting

DL (8x4") Kraft card base with rounded corners.  I stamped the image in black onto soft toned patterned paper and die cut with lacy DL nesting dies, I watercoloured the leaves, stems & bulb with inktense pencils, also adding a little grey shadow around the flowers to give a little extra depth. I stamped the flowers again onto different papers, cut out just the flower heads and paper pieced flat onto the base image. 

I die cut another piece of patterned paper with one of the lacy nesting dies - actually I only die cut the end sections, cut off and adhered to the card front - great way to use up small pieces of paper & add interest to my layout - the cut edges are hidden behind the topper panel. 

I stamped the love spring sentiment from clearly besotted stamps onto scrap of kraft card, cut to size and adhered to the front.  I added green stickles glitter glue to the centre of the smaller flowers for a little bling to finish.

 

and the inside - again i raided the scrap paper drawer - very satisfying to have used up so many off cuts and little snippets.  I die cut a pale paper with the same lacy DL nesting die used on the front, stamped another clearly besotted sentiment stamp in black and a chocolate baroque tulip stamp in grey.

Version 2 - Ive yet to see turquoise tulips but who knows one day! lol

The sentiment quote is lovely and so true

'The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing' 

It is a magical time of year when everything is awakening.  Had my first hedgehogs out of hibernation last week and another 2 joined them this week...well thats only the ones I have seen in the porch eating their dinners...well breakfast I guess as they come just on dusk.

Version 3 - sorry for the not great photos - had a nightmare taking the photos

and another version😀

Items Used:

Studio light stamp #394

Chocolate Baroque stamp (tulip) 'spring is in the air'

Clearly Besotted stamps (CBSSE208) 'Seasonal sentiment'

DL nesting dies

Various patterned papers

Derwent Inktense pencils

Ranger stickles 'lime'

CraftUK ltd kraft card

We have these beautiful pennyblack stamps as prizes this month so do hop over to We Love Stamping  to join in and see what the rest of the DT came up with.

Thank you all for stopping by once again and all your amazing comments which i always appreciate. Emmax

Id love to enter 1st card in the following:

https://2sistersontheblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/challenge-95.html

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https://paper-rocks-scissors.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-2-challenge.html - used lots of paper and used scissors to fussy cut the flowers to paper piece

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https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/03/spring-season-march-2025.html

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https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/03/atg-using-pretty-patterned-paper-march.html #2 papers used for the topper panel and paper piecing 

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https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2025/03/63-spring-and-or-easter.html

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https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2025/03/challenge-502.html - everything apart from the kraft card is a snippet and scrap

 

Mums birthday tulips

Good Morning everyone

I bought these PET/acetate printed Tulips on ebay to use for my mums birthday card, I finally decided to make a balcony front fold card to display them all.  This fold has been on my 'to try' list after the lovely Stephanie made this one for me for my birthday a couple of years ago.  I used a step by step beccysplace.tutorial-balcony-cards and just altered the sizes to make a 5x7" card

I made my base card up from white 300gsm cardstock.  I cut white panels smaller and embossed with a tulip embossing folder, matted these onto green patterned paper and then the base card.  I then got arranging the tulips, sticking some to the back panel, some to the back and front of the middle panel and some to the back of the front panel until it was nice and full with tulips.  I love how by just adhering the stems into place the flower heads have nice movement and the light can shine through them.

I die cut my birthday sentiment from more of the green paper and added to the bottom front panels

Showing it from above, you can see the middle section better here.  It all folds flat to go in an envelope.  Very simple really but effective.

Mum loved it and I also gave her a bunch of fresh tulips for her birthday along with her pressies

The tulips were an ebay find, the embossing folder is an old magazine freebie.  .

Id love to enter the following

https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2024/01/floral-frenzy.html

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https://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2024/01/seize-birthday-275-embossing-wet-or-dry.html

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https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-1st-birthday-beautiful-blossoms.html

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https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/01/triple-b-january-2024-challenge.html

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April showers bring may flowers

Good Morning everyone

Last month i was lucky to win this lovely penny black stamp called 'the bunch' so this is my first outing for it, not my usual style of image but its lovely to try something different and its such a lovely spring image with the tulips.

7x7" white scalloped cardbase.  I stamped and coloured the image with alcohol markers - very simply coloured as i don't have the patience for colouring in and for once i managed to stay pretty much inside the lines😁

I matted rainbow paper onto gold holographic card and then the base card.  I die cut the image into a circle, die cut a white card circle frame for it and matted onto a fancy circle die cut from gold holographic card - I actually die cut the fancy circle from the middle of my square mat layer so it makes the card go further.  

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp onto a white oval and then matted onto a fancy oval die cut again from the gold holographic card. 

Items Used:

Penny black Mo Manning stamp 'the bunch' 40-603

Clearly besotted sentiment stamps 'seasonal sayings'

Spellbinders grand circles and grand fancy circles

CraftUK ltd 7x7" scalloped card blanks

Alcohol markers

Kaisercraft paper pad 'fine & sunny'

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope its a good week for you. Emmax

Id love to enter the following with my 1st card:

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/04/challenge-242-easter-spring.html

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https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/04/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-april-showers.html

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https://papercraft-challenges.blogspot.com/2023/04/challenge-93-spring.html

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https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/05/spring-season-may-2023-challenge.html

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https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/05/week-727.html

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Spring tulips

Good Morning everyone

Spring flowers - i can't decide which is my fav as when the snowdrops come out in January they bring promise with them then we head into the cheerful yellow daffodils which brighten up a grey wet spring here in Cornwall where they often grow wild in the hedgerows and then comes the vibrancy of tulips...basically i love them all and grow them all in my little garden. 

I used this lovely little tulip in wellies die and teamed it with pastel polka dot papers....not often i go for pastel shades

5.5x6" green cardbase.  I first die cut my tulips/wellies from polka dot papers & the green card and paper pieced together.  Just adding a little shading around the wellies with a grey alcohol marker.

I die cut a border edge die from the front edge of my base card.  I then cut layers using the same die from pastel polka dot papers, you only need it deep enough to slot under the one above so only need a small stripe of the papers, i then die cut a white panel with the same die, added foam tape and adhered it to the card front leaving a little of the green base card showing at the top edge.

I added a strip across the middle of the card using the same papers/colours.  Die cut a white circle and green circle to fit the wellies and attached to the card base and then added my tulip wellies with glue gel.  Stamped sentiment to finish.

Just a close up of the tulips wellies.

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As i had left over tulips and wellies from die cutting in the different colours i used them all up, so this is version 2.  On this one you can see the card closed shut, i added a little strip of the polka dots to the inside back edge so you can see it when the card is closed - when its stood up open you just see the green shaped edge as shown on the first photo above....hope that makes sense😀

Items Used:

Simon Says stamp ' rainboot planter'

MFT Border Edge dies

Circle dies

Clearly besotted sentiment stamps

Anna Marie crafts polka dot cardstock

Echo park paper pad ' dots & stripes'

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope its a good end to the week & weekend for you all.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://bastel-traum.blogspot.com/2022/03/111-fruhling-spring.html

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http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/challenge-74-dots-andor-stripes.html

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http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-challenge.html

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http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/03/challenge-229-add-flower.html

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http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-challenge-spotsstripes-or-easter.html

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http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2022/03/challenge-645-die-cuts.html

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Summer tulips

Good Morning everyone

A birthday card i made for a friends birthday this month, now i know tulips aren't in season in the summer but she is Dutch and loves her gardening so thought this tulip and wellie die would be ideal.

6x5" Green card base.  I die cut the tulipwellie die twice from white pearl card, i kept one complete and cut just the wellies out of the 2nd one, i coloured it all with alcohol markers, i love how the pearl shimmer still shines through. I die cut 2 circles, one from a blue paper and larger one from the green card.  

I cut a panel to fit from white pearl cardstock and embossed with this lovely tulip embossing folder and i added a little touch of colour with alcohol markers.  I cut a small strip of the blue paper and mounted onto a green stripe and added to the base and then added the circle on top.  I added my tulips with glue gel.  Stamped sentiment to finish.

Just a close up, i love how the alcohol markers on pearl card is softer than on normal white

Items Used:

Simon Says Rainboot planter die

Circle dies

Tulip embossing folder - magazine freebie 'simple cards & papercraft #213'

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

White pearl & green cardstock

Blue paper snippets

Alcohol markers

Thank you all for stopping by once again and waving hello to my email followers.  I hope you all enjoy your week.  Hugs Emmaxxx

Id love to enter the following:

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/09/ltccb-62-september-anything-goes.html

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https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/08/challenge-43.html

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Pop Art Tulips

Good Morning everyone, i hope you had a good weekend.

Today im sharing a couple of cards made with some of my gelli print backgrounds, teamed up with crafty individual floral stamps, including these spring tulips.  Afterwards i thought they looks a bit like pop art with the bright bold colours. 

White Card 8x5"   I first stamped the tulip stamp onto 3 different backgrounds and cut around the outside edge giving me the rectangles.  I then stamped the tulips again on the same inky papers and cut out just the tulip heads which i paper pieced them onto the base images, i coloured the tulip stems with a green alcohol marker.  I matted them onto black card and then my base card with foam tape.

From the gelli print off cuts i managed to get 2 smalls stripes of paper which i matted onto black card and then across the bottom of the card.  My stamped greeting then hides the join. Black gems to finish.

5x6" white card. This is made pretty much the same way, but without paper piecing the flower heads, i just added a little white pen to the them

Using the second flower in this stamp set.

Items Used:

Crafty Individual stamps - CI-185 & CI-388

Katzelkraft quote stamps

Gelli plate

Actylic paints - daley rowney neons, pink ink purple & green pearl

Black & White cardstock

Gel gel pen

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope its a good week for you.  Hugs Emmaxx

Id love to enter my tulip card in the following:

https://do-allkreatives.blogspot.com/2021/04/fruehling.html

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http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2021/04/anything-goes-april-6th-2021.html

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https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/crafty-catz-challenge-546-anything-goes.html

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https://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.com/2021/04/color-dare-438-inspirational-photo.html