Thursday 5 December 2013

Winter is upon us but Spring will soon be here

Well aren't there just tonnes of lovely Christmas around to admire at the moment?

I thought I would break the mould and give my pastel colours a bit of a work out with a more Spring like card.....and here it is using a lovely Lacy Sunshine digi that I printed off a while back and never quite got around to colouring.
I think these characters are so sweet and I particularly love the little frog with his flower bonnet....it's really nice to be able to colour him in with zesty yellows and greens at this time of year too!

As you can see I have kept my card layout very simple with small strips of patterned paper, cupeled with some punched flowers. I can't help thinking though, that this kind of layout would have had more impact with more contrasting backing papers...maybe red or green....but of course then we are back to Christmas again!

There are a few challenges that I would like to enter with this card, so here they are:

http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lacy-sunshine-challenge-22-anything-goes.html
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.co.uk
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/challenge-197-for-child.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/anything-goes.html
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/mim-169-with-lotv.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/challenge-35.html

Thanks for stopping by today.

Sharon x

8 comments:

  1. This is so cute! Love your image and embellishments! Thanks for sharing with us at Sister Act Card Challenge! Hugs, Bo

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  2. Gorgeous.....a real feel of Spring & a lovely change from the madness of Christmas cards! Hope you're well!
    hugs Jo x

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  3. Nuh, I like the pastel colours - the primaries would be too stark with this colour scheme. It is very cute and beautifully coloured. Thanks for sharing this with us at the Squirrel and the Fox.

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  4. Nice change Sharon. Can't wait to make non Christmas cards again. I have made hundreds of them and I am now getting bored. Thanks for giving us all a lift with your card!:) Love the frog, he really made me smile! Have a great weekend, hugs, Carol S.xx

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  5. Love! Great colors! Thanks so much for entering my Lacy Sunshine Challenge!
    Hugs, Heather

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  6. Your coloring is terrific and so are your color combinations. Thanks for sharing it with us at MIM.

    Hugs
    Rocio -DT

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  7. Fab card! Love your pastel colours...such a nice change to from Christmas cards! Thanks for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers!
    Hugs
    Lynne xx

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  8. Very cute! Thanks for joining us over at PTW last week, running later due to power break. A new fun challenge is up now. :)
    Love n hugs
    Marie

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I love to receive your comments, so thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and tell me what you think. Happy crafting! Sharon