THE CARD CONCEPT #205 Spring has Sprung

Hello there Crafty Friends! It's time for another challenge at The Card concept.  The theme this month is 

                                                                'SPRING HAS SPRUNG'

Well I'm sure you can see how I was inspired! The birds in the photo are so sweet, so I used the same colouring. I used a stamp from AALL & Create and some patterned paper to make a Paper Pieced card. 

Some shading was added with Prismacolor pencils and the images were fussy cut by hand.

The Antique Frame die is from Penny Black.

I think my card would be considered a Clean and Layered Style, using the colours and the picture as my inspiration.

Remember, an inspiration photo is exactly that- a starting point for inspiration. Will it be the colours, the overall theme, the texture, the actual items and/or something else that will inspire your card? 

I hope you'll visit The Card Concept Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the team has created and will be inspired to play along in the challenge with us. 

Choose a design style (or combine styles), create a card, and in your blog post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, what style and/or styles you chose and don't forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)

                                            

TIME OUT CHALLENGE #242

 Hi there Crafty Friends. It's time for another  Time Out Challenge. This week we want you to be Inspired by Words.. “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ~ Albert Einstein

Being a big reader, I love this quote. I need to explain my card.  In Australia we have a bird called the SUPERB FAIRY WREN and it has a lovely big tail feather - get it?  I also discovered a fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers called The Willow-Wren and the BEAR. Finally, the script on the the stamp says 'Tales of the Little Wren'. 

I began by randomly sponging ink, stencilling and partially stamping on the blank card. 

When dry, I stamped the Wren stamp in black and clear embossed. I didn't need to add splatter, because the stamp did it for me:)

Here are the products I used from our wonderful sponsor AALL & Creates - StampsA6 #839 & A7 #631and Stencil #39

The winner of our challenge will win a $20 credit from our generous sponsor - AAL & CREATE and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

 We have our former Teamie, Kim Heggins of  Cupcakes, Cards and Kim joining us as Guest Designer. You can see Kim's amazing card and more inspiration from our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

                               Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)