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April Blog Hop!
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Fabulous Dogs Featured April 17
Daffodil Greetings Featured April 18
Hey, Cowboy! Featured April 19
Train Talk Featured April 20
Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on April 21, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday April 20, 2012.
Daffodils are my favorite flower, especially since the flower is part of the American Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Days fundraiser so when Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company decided to release the new Daffodil Greetings stamp set, I jumped all over this set!! I started out by stamping my images twice in memento tuxedo black onto MFP white storm premium paper and then coloring with prismacolor markers before cutting one of the images out to pop up later. Once my coloring was done, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges of the daffodils before layering and adding some Making Memories baby brads from my stash. Then I alternately stamped daffodils and the butterfly in Adirondack citrus ink for the card base background before adding some morning sun gingham ribbon, then my layered main image, popped up daffodils and then the butterfly popped up twice on dimensionals. The final embellishment was to add some ice stickles to both the butterfly's wings and daffodil stamens for just a bit of bling.
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.
Stamps: MFP Daffodil Greetings
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Adirondack Citrus
Card Stock: MFP White Storm, New Leaf, Scrambled Eggs
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Brads, Ribbon, Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Ice Stickles
All I can say is, "beautiful card!"
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Beautiful card, Bonnie. Love the little touches of sparkle to the butterfly and stamens, too.
ReplyDeleteI love the placement of the butterfly, and the wonderful stippling! what a pretty card!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully created!
ReplyDeleteI like the traditional look of the daffodils with the green and the monarch butterfly
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job with the daffodil set, Bonnie. Love the butterfly. Daffodils certainly say Spring.
ReplyDeleteLovely card and images.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card!! Love the spring colors!
ReplyDeleteLove your combo of stamps. Great card!
ReplyDeletebeautiful daffodil card Bonnie-I love them as well and am always so excited to see them in the spring-I like how you popped up one of the daffs and the bg stamping on your card
ReplyDeleteTerrific, Bonnie! I especially like the bg on the card base and your butterfly is stunning!
ReplyDeleteColors look so bright and pretty.
ReplyDeleteWonderful card! I love the ribbon you added. It gives it such a nice touch.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card! I love that you stamped the images tone on tone for the card base. This always looks so sharp!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. I love that gingham ribbon with the flowers. So cheerful!!
ReplyDeleteLove the use of the ribbon with your sunny daffs.
ReplyDeleteBonnie,
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty and elegant. I really like how you've used the images as the BG DP - I never think to do that and it always looks so awesome!!
Bonnie your card is beautiful. I love the fine detail work. Your butterfly coloring and background are stunning!
ReplyDeletelovely Butterflies always work.....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! Love these daffodils!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the stamped background Bonnie!!!! A BIG impact!!!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty--I like your coloring, how you placed the butterfly and the yellow gingham ribbon.
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Wonderful card, love the colors and the blinged butterfly!
ReplyDeletePretty Daffodils, gorgeous butterfly.
ReplyDeleteLove your card; very creative details. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteWhat fantastic spring colours you have used on your card.
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