Thursday, 2 April 2015

Easter ...

I wanted to make a special Easter card for my Mother and Mother-in-love this year, so I browsed Pinterest for some inspiration. There are so many beautiful cards out there, but this one by Kay Miller struck a cord with me.



I cut my crosses in Silhouette and used the More Fresh Cuts from WPlus9 for my flowers. The rays in background are Hero Arts Starburst Background.

I made 2 with the crosses having opposite colours as the top and offset. The first one I started by shading my background with HA Soft Sky, but my sponge had some turquoise residue so the colour was not true.


I made sure I had a clean sponge for the second card.


I split the Art Impressions sentiment by masking the bits I didn't want to stamp, so I had the beginning of the message on the front, and the rest inside.



I will enter this to the ...

... ColourQ Challenge

... CASology Spring Challenge

... Virginia's View Challenge : Layers and Dimensions

... Addicted to Stamps Holiday Challenge.



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8 comments:

  1. Barb Ghig2 April 2015 at 18:56

    I am a huge fan of Kay's work and you have really done her proud with this stunning card! I love the soft, spring color palette you chose, too! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at ATSM!

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  2. Lynn2 April 2015 at 22:24

    A beautiful CASE of Kay's card. They are both stunning!

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  3. Joyce3 April 2015 at 05:16

    Such a gorgeous card. Love the spring colors. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

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  4. Shona Chambers4 April 2015 at 11:14

    What a beautiful job and well done CASEing Kay's card. I'm sure she would be quite chuffed if she saw this. I especially love the starburst effect, the colouring is gorgeous. So glad you shared this with us this week at ATSM. Happy Easter!

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  5. Claire5 April 2015 at 05:09

    What a perfect way to use that sun ray stamp..it looks wonderful behind the cross Janet...so pretty! Thanks for playing along at Colour Q!

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  6. Tracey McNeely7 April 2015 at 04:00

    this is so lovely Janet. Thank you for joining us at CASology this week!

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  7. Unknown7 April 2015 at 16:52

    Oh wow! These are lovely, wonderful spring inspired creations :) Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us this week at Addicted to Stamps and More. We would love to see you back again this week for another challenge!!! :)

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  8. Nancy Penir 21 April 2015 at 01:09

    Simply lovely inside and out! Beautiful images you layered and love the dimension of the cross scene!

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