Sunday 12 April 2015

New AAA Challenge - Springtime

I am actually writing this from Copenhagen where the sun is shining and the temperature is amazing - a perfect Spring day! We are here for the weekend to celebrate my husband's 50th Birthday - he is an identical twin so together they have a combined age of 100 - how could we not come here to celebrate with him?! 

In the spirit of Springtime celebrations, AAA Cards this week is challenging you to create some Spring themed cards:



Here is what I came up with:





I actually made this card last Easter Sunday - and it was snowing outside!!! I started out with a lot of inlaid die cutting - the silver frame is from Simon Says Stamp, Hello is from Studio Calico, and the flowers are from Clearly Besotted. I wanted to keep the base of the card flat but then layer the flowers to make them stand out (literally and figuratively!). The background was sponged with Tumbled Glass and a small amount of Broken China and then splattered with a small amount of Calico White (snow!). For the flower, I stamped it multiple times on patterned paper. I then fussy cut and layered the petals with clear foam adhesive - as shown below:



I will link this card to a few places:




Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jill


16 comments:

  1. Super card and I love all that die cut inlaying, looks so effective. How amazing to have a twin to share those milestone birthdays with, sure you're already having a great time but enjoy the break!

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  2. Love how you've used the CBS die Jill - it works perfectly and a gorgeous background.
    Enjoy your break it sound fabulous. Sarah x

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  3. Love the inlay and the pop up! Beautiful card

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  4. A beautiful card & love your layering, & fantastic you are holidaying to celebrate your hubby's & BIL's birthday

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  5. Lovely dimension on your flower!!! Great design and love Clearly Besotted too!!!

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  6. Lovely dimension on your flower!!! Great design and love Clearly Besotted too!!!

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  7. Beautiful card, Jill! And I visited Copenhagen a year ago. Very lovely city. Have a great time and eat a lot of ice cream!!! It is delicious!

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  8. Your paper-pieced and decoupaged flowers are gorgeous Jill. Stef x

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  9. Lovely design Jill, all the layers down and up add so much dimension.

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  10. Your layers on that flower are wonderful!!!

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  11. This card is absolutely beautiful! I love the background you've created combined with that amazing flower! Thanks for joining us at The Card Concept!

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  12. Beautiful inlaid die cutting. Glad you joined the fun at The Card Concept.

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  13. This card is stunning! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog this week :)

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  14. This is beautiful, Jill. Love the background with the splattered snow, and the silver frame. Love the layered flower and the touch of embossed vellum. Just beautiful.

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  15. This is gorgeous! I love the dimension in the flowers :)

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