Hello friends. I'm playing along with the
Double D Challenge where they are looking for cards depicting the first signs of Spring.
Isn't that just the prettiest mood board?! Oh how I am longing for color outside! I shouldn't be complaining though as we have had a pretty mild Winter here in Michigan, but it's the up and down of having a few nice and mild sun shiny days and then cold & wet! But anyway, one of the first signs of Spring in my yard is the Snowdrops, and as pretty as they are, my favorite is my big Lilac bush with all the wonderful fragrance and the beautiful purple blooms! The Greetery just had a new release and put out a new die set called BotaniCuts: Lilacs and it practically jumped right into my cart...HAD TO HAVE IT!! Here's what I came up with for my card...
I started with a softly stenciled plaid (The Greetery) in light gray for my background and then added my focal point...the Lilacs. I ink blended several shades of Lilac inks from Gina K over my die cut flowers and then assembled them...very easy to put together!! The leaves were ink blended with Peeled Paint & Rustic Wilderness DOX inks. (And then splattered with a bit of water.)
I added my Lilacs to one of my favorite Greetery stamp & die sets...Sprinkled With Kindness. I think the Lilacs fit beautifully in the watering can!
I had also just gotten a few new dies from Poppystamps and one of them was this bunny from their Thoughtful Bunny Duo set, and I thought he looked right at home sniffing at those Lilacs! A little hard to tell in my photos, but I did add a bit of glitter to the Lilacs to add some sparkle and shine. I left a sentiment off the outside as I'm not sure what I'll use it for yet, and also the card is busy enough as it is.
The DT has once again WOW'd with all their inspiration cards, so check it all out right
HERE and then play along with what your 1st signs of Spring are where you live! This challenge is open till
Sunday, March 17th @ 8:00PM.
I am also adding this card to Darnell's
NBUS Challenge as this is the 1st time using the Lilac dies and the bunny die.
Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!