April is here and that means it's the start of a new challenge at the Four Seasons challenge blog. We have a new wonderful mood board to inspire you but as you probably know the mood board is optional as "Anything Spring Goes" to celebrate the current season in the northern hemisphere.
Below is our wonderful mood board for April. Isn't is just beautiful and so many great ideas to get from it!
And here is what I came up with, mainly inspired by the bottom left image and how fun that my image also included some forget-me-nots to go with the top right of our mood board :)
I colored with my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils which took quite some time. I really need to rewatch my Pencil Coloring video tutorial I purchased a few years ago as I could use a refresher on layering colors but I still like how it turned out.
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I kept the card CAS to keep the focus on the pretty image. I used part of the Happy Birthday background stamp by My Favorite Things (retired) at the bottom of the image panel and a sentiment from Penny Black (Sprinkles and Smiles) at the top. A tiny butterfly made with Penny Black's die set Soaring and a purple rhinestone finish off the card. I did add a little bit of stickles glitter to the flowers for some sparkle. Yellow DCWV cardstock as a mat and the card front was from a set of retired Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin kits I found at a thrift store a few months ago.
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I plan to share the card with these challenges:
- A Perfect Time To Craft - AG
- Ally's Angels - AG
- Beautiful Blossoms - AG with Flowers
- Classic Design Challenge - Blooms, Bunnies or Butterflies
- Crafts Galore Encore - AG
- Crafty Catz - AG opt. Spring Green
- Creative Fingers - AG
- Cut It Up - Colors of Spring and at least one die cut
- Die Cut Divas - Flowers
- DL.Art Linky Challenge - AG
- Do-Al(l) Kreatives - Spring Birthday Card
- Simon Says Stamps - AG
- The Crafting Challenge - Favorite Color (LOVE purple!)
- The Creative Crafters - AG
11 comments:
Absolutely beautiful! Yep ... perfect match to our mood board! Your coloring is always amazing! Thanks for also sharing such awesome inspiration my friend!
Gorgeous colouring!
XxIrene
Gorgeous image Ellie, beautifully coloured, and I love your text border at the base. Beautiful spring make xx
Great job working with your pencils. I love the purple which is what first caught my eye and then the yellow, which spring forward for a pop of fresh sunshine. So glad you joined our challenge of flowers and die cut(s) this April.
Beautifully done Ellie and the image certainly does reflect the mood board so nicely.
B x
Absolutely gorgeous Ellie, my Mom's favorite flower was pansies and every time I see them it makes me think of her, which is a good thing! I have pansies on my blog today too, it's a 'spring' thing lol!!
Whoops forgot to say: Thank you for joining our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms!
Diane BB DT
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I'm glad you entered the challenge of "anything goes" with The Creative Crafters also. This is such a lovely card.
Your card design is truly stunning, showcasing remarkable attention to detail and an exquisite use of color. The inclusion of pansies and clover paired with forget-me-nots captures the mood board's essence beautifully. The CAS style emphasizes the vibrant image and adds an elegant touch—such a lovely celebration of spring!
Your coloring looks absolutely beautiful and I also like the effect of the stamped words at the bottom and how that grounds the image.
What a lovely card! Your coloring was spot on, and the pansies make such a lovely spring card! Thanks for joining us at Ally's Angels! - Nikki DT
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