Welcome to my blog. This is where I love to share all my cardmaking. I'm a DT Member for Lili's Little Fairies,Crafty Emma's Store (CES Challenge Blog) and Dream Valley. I have no willpower and am a hoarder of paper pads, pens and rubber stamps galore. I love visiting other crafters blogs and have gained many cyber friends threw blogland. Thankyou for taking the time to look at my blog today and I love reading each and every comment.

Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Everybody Art with Handmade Flowers



I promised a card with the handmade flowers and this it. I decided I didn't like the centres with the liquid pearls so changed to mini roses. The leaves are made with the L-Em Leaf Punch. Image is Pollycraft and coloured with Prisma Pencils and Sansador adding a clear sakura pen to highlight certain areas. I then masked this and used my new letrajet and sprayed a fine mist with my Promarker. Donna, is launching her New Paper CD very soon and was kind enough to send me some samples to play with. I have used 3 and have to say they are gorgeous, cant wait for the release! Other stash used, Martha Stewart punch, Rasberry Liquid Pearls, Brown Bazzill Cardstock and sentiment done with Satmat on my Computer. The birds and Apple are from the newly realeased "The Greeting Farm" range. These have been coloured with Copics. I thought the birds were a nice touch, you can see one nesting in the flowers. This card took me a good few hours to complete but am very happy with the result. Remember Donna's Candy which can be found here and keep your eyes peeled for the release of this wonderful Paper CD.
Now this card (A5 for a change) was made from the sketch over at "Everybody Art Challenge". Tina has produced a fab sketch which I really enjoyed working with. You may like to click on the top piccie for a more detailed look.
Not done as much crafting as I would have liked this week, kids seem to have taken over, but had some new draws delivered this morning and been having a bit of a crafty sort out, ebay here I come!!!

Thanks for viewing my blog!
Clairexx

55 comments:

Hannah said...

wow fab card i love the colours of the image
big hugs hannahxx

Cindy Haffner said...

So soft and pretty, I love your flowrs.

Anonymous said...

So very sweet Claire!! Just love your coloring and those darling flowers! WOW!!

Betty J Schaub said...

Love, love, love it! Just gorgeous!
And the dew drops with the liquid pearls is the icing on the cake!

Karen said...

Gorgeous card Claire, love that image and the flowers are fab :)

Zoe said...

Hello Linda, I love the cute image and I love the little birdie in the flowers.
love
Zoe
xxxx

Joey said...

Hiya Claire, this is gorgeous, love the image, and colours, those flowers are delish. joey.xx

flatis stempelwelt said...

Die Blümchen sind ja toll, eine schöne Idee.
Eine wunder schöne Karte...
Hugs Sonja xx

Iris said...

Wow Claire, your card is so gorgeous. I really love it.
Thanks for joining in our challenge.
Hugs
Iris
EAC-Team

Donna said...

Gorgeous card Claire, very pretty and your flowers look wonderful :) Donna x

WeirdCat said...

Gorgeous and those flowers are fantastic

Nicki said...

Your flowers are brilliant Claire - I won some mini roses in a blog candy draw recently and I was wondering what to do with them - now I know!

Anonymous said...

OMG what for brilliant card !! wonderful flowers and sweet image !!thanks for joining in our challenge.
hugs tina46
eac-team

Nixe-Moni said...

Such a cute card. Love the colours and the flowers looks fab.
Hugs
Moni

Stamp n Sparkle said...

Gorgeous card and YUMMY flowers. FAB!
Zee xx

Stacey said...

Those flowers are so effective, especially with the gorgeous little birdies nesting in them - fab touch ~x~

Riet said...

woww Claire,what a beautiful card,l love the image.

hugs Riet.xx

simplyfairies said...

This is beautiful Claire....

Anonymous said...

hi Claire :)
I bet you are just as excited as me?!
Love your card and those flowers look delish!
Am definately going to give them a go, thanks for sharing!
Hugs,Marlene x

Unknown said...

Gorgeous Claire and the flowers are stunning, love the little birdie sitting on one.

Joanne x

Agnes van Hensbergen - agnesstampcards said...

Wow euatiful card , love your lowers.Thanks for joining in our challenge.

hugs agnes
eac-eam

Andrea said...

a fantastic card Claire, love the flowers and PLEASE pop over to my Blog and check out out sponsorship page xx

Ali Watson said...

Claire this is fab and those scrummy flower. Love it.

Pia said...

wow what a fantastic card, lovely colours and flowers

Gill said...

Beautiful card, love the colours and the cute image and your handmade flowers look amazing
hugs Gill x

6 wacky women said...

So pretty, Claire.
Love the soft colors and your flowers are amazing!

Karen x

Christine Riley said...

Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous! Love it and thanks for the tutorial!
Hugs, Christine :)

Anonymous said...

Adorable card..such a cute image...love it!
Hugs
Carole x

Lilian said...

Beautiful card Claire! The flowers look amazing. Congratulations on your good news too! Have a great day!

Kati said...

What a cute card - love the flowers yove made.
hugs
mamapia
EAC-Team

Rach said...

a fabulous card Claire,
a lovely image and those flowers are amazing.xx

Kim Dellow said...

Oh my goodness those flowers are just wonderful - I love them. Beautiful card Claire. Kim

Natalie said...

Beautiful card, I love the flowers. x

debby4000 said...

Fabulous card, but those flowers are gorgeous.

Annie said...

wow! what a stunning card! I love the flowers you made and all the pretty pearl dots, and of course the cute image. hugs, annie x

Unknown said...

OMG how cute is this little bird you placed on the flowers! I love details like this :o)

Your card ist gorgeous!

Hugs, Simone

Deb said...

beautiful card Claire, the flowers look amazing!
Have a great day! Debx

Donna said...

Fabulous card Claire, love the flowers you've made, they look so neat. Great image too. I just received mine the other day, going to hopefully color a few of them today, glad to have you on the design team. You make some amazing cards.
Hugs
Donna

craftyb said...

Absolutely gorgeous Claire...love these sherbert stamps....love it all! bx

♥ Lydia ♥ said...

Gorgeous card Claire...loving your flowers :0)

Amy said...

WOW! Fantastic card! I LOVE the paper flowers!!

Amy said...

I googled L-Em Leaf Punch but I didn't get any decent search results... do you know where I might be able to get my hands on one by any chance???

Joy said...

Beautiful Claire and your flowers are gorgeos xx

cats whiskers said...

This is just stunning dear I love it all but especially your fabulous flowers
Hugs Jacqui x

Desire Fourie said...

This is gorgeous Claire. Love the flower arrangement. Congrats with your new DT spot. Enjoy. Hugs from Desire

mueppi said...

Hi Claire
your card is so lovely!
The flowers are gorgous!!!
Hugs Gisela

Linanna DESIGNS said...

This is such a stunning card Claire and i love those hand made flowers. Thank you for the wonderful tuition. Will email you this weekend. Hope all is well your end. Enjoy the weekend. hugs Linda x

Carolyn Bounds said...

Such a SWEET birthday card!!! I love the adorable image, and the sweet, little birdie on the flower is beyond cute!!!! I love it!!!!

Hugs!
Carolyn

Lexxie said...

Wow-this is just gorgeous. Your handmade flowers are amazing and I love the leafy punch you have used too.
Beautiful,
Love Sarita xx

Lia said...

your card is fabulous, the colors are so soft this is really my favorite color
hugs Lia

Murielle said...

This is absolutely gorgeous, Claire!
I love your composition.
Fantastic colours and details.
Marvellous Look!
Lovely flowers!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs Mumur

Cardmaking Galore said...

Lovely cards - your blog is fab an i enjoyed reading your handmade flowers tutorial.

Jill said...

aww congratulations Claire so pleased for you. I love your cards and it's great news,hugs Jill xx

Kelly Schelske said...

So cute Claire! Love the flowers and the image is adorable:-)

Hugs, K

Bev said...

Fab card hun, the colours are so pretty. Love the flowers too xx


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