Friday, May 6, 2011

It's a BLOOMIN Bellarific Friday!


Mornin' hens! FLOWERS, flowers and more flowers! It's a "bloomin" Bellarific Friday! LOL! Today's BF theme was ummmmm, yep you guessed it, FLOWERS! Tee-hee! How perfect, April showers brings May flowers right? Yay! So I went diggin' through my Stamping Bella images and found this little cutie that hadn't seen any ink yet! Eeeeek! How can that be? Well, I had to remedy that right away, so I stamped "Patsy Pixie" onto some Bella's Bestest Paper and colored her with my Copics. This DP is from an old Basic Grey collection I had and I LOVE the colors in it. I know I'm such a sucker for neutrals but I really liked how the violets, oranges and greens tie into it. VERY pretty don'tcha think? Ok, so after I was done coloring, I cut it out with my oval Nesties and leaving the die in place, sponged around the edges with distress ink. I matted the DP with some SU Cajun Craze and even used my SU border punch along the vertical edges. To finish, I added this crocheted lace and topped it off with this champagne colored satin ribbon tied in a cute bubbly bow. This will be my MIL's Mother's Day card. I think she'll LOVE it!

I'm also using this card as part of this week's Catered Crop FTR 11 challenge.

Here's the FTR11 recipe:

Pattern Paper – stripes, flourishes, leaves, polka-dots
Colors – yellow, green, white, and kraft
Stamps and Stickers – flowers/daisies, bicycles, leaves
Color Mediums – Brown ink, Tombow and Copic markers
Embellishments – ribbon, stickers, glitter/Stickles
Tools – die cuts, Bind-It-All
Techniques – Make a matching stationery set, embellished notebook and/or matching envelopes
Theme – "Just a Note" or all occasion cards

Now it's super easy to play in the Follow The Recipe challenges. Just use at least one of the above ingredients and link your card up over at the Catered Crop. To give you an idea, I've highlighted those ingredients I've used on my card above. Hey, why not make it a TWO-FER.... if you use a Stamping Bella image and some KRAFT CS, you can enter into both the Catered Crop challenge AND next week's Bellarific Friday challenge which just happens to be KRAFT! Oh-oh, wait a minute... my That's Krafty Thursday #51 challenge begins May 12th too! WOWZERS, make that a THREE-FER!! Ahhhhh, my kind of week!! ROFL! Okee dokee, that's it from the hen house today! Hope you hens have a WONDERFUL weekend! {{{hen hugs}}}

Supplies:
Rubber Stamps - Stamping Bella; CS - SU Kraft & Cajun Craze, Bella's Bestest Paper; Copics; Nestabilities; Clear Glaze Pen - Sakura; Ribbon - Ellen Hutson; Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo; DP - Basic Grey; Crocheted Lace - Paper Studio "Spare Parts"

23 comments:

  1. So pretty. Your Mom will love this card.

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  2. Love the card this is one of my fav images...nice job

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  3. ooh love the flowers - so pretty
    Lisa x

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  4. Patsy is so ADORABLE in her flower patch. And to think she had never seem ink!!! Oh the horrors... Tee-hee. I have MANY (too many) in the same condition. Shhhh, do NOT tell DH ;) Hugs...

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  5. Jeanie, this is toooo cute! I love your pixie, and you're right, those papers are yummy!

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  6. Awww, she's precious! I love her peeking thru the flowers! What a sweet card for Mom :)
    hugs, margie

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  7. *Love* those papers - I too am a sucker for muted colors! Super layout and great coloring!

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  8. Very pretty. I know your MIL will love it. Great job with coloring the image. Love all the details.

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  9. Chicken this is too stinking cute! I knew you would be excited about next weeks challenge!!

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  10. Darling card, Chicken! I LOVE your coloring on those flowers!

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  11. Love it....colours are gorgeous...love it....image is too cute....love it...did I say I love it? :D

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  12. Ah . . . it's a cutie. I love this rich colors. You always amaze me. I love it1

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  13. W.O.W.!!! Oh lalala, that coloring!!! Just perfect with the DP! So romantic with the lace under this beautiful satin ribbon! Oh yes, your Mom will love the card!

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  14. What a darling card Chicken !!!! superb coloring and gorguss layout !!!

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  15. So incredibly cute! Love the pop of the purple! :)

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  16. Beautiful Jeanie!!! I LOVE the colors in this stunning creation!!

    Hope you're having a great weekend!!

    Crafty Hugs!
    Meredith

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  17. Chicken, this card rocks! I know your MIL will love it. I'd love it - hehe. Love how you shaded the pink poppies and muted yellow daisies. Fabulous.

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  18. As always love the paper.
    Kara

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  19. So pretty, I love the coloring and lace.

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  20. Wow lovely creations dear. Like ur creations n now a follower of ur blog too.

    Sudha
    sudha-kalra.blogspot.com

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  21. Gorgeous, Jeanie! Your coloring is breath taking! What a beauty!
    :) Rach

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  22. CUTE!!! Love the lacey ribbon too!!

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