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Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Violet


 Good morning, there's a new challenge beginning today over at Fab'n'Funky, it's my turn to host and choose a theme so I went with an easy one- Think Spring- so anything to do with spring- flowers, birds, baby animals, Easter etc.
Hasn't our spring been lovely so far, so much sunshine and beautiful blue skies, makes me feel glad to be alive!

I used a previously made background, blended distress inks and a leafy stencil, it has a lovely shimmer as I've added something like Pixie Powder or Nuvo shimmer powder- made it a while ago so can't remember- but it's very pretty!  I stamped the violet (A&C) directly onto the background and then again onto a scrap of ink blended card which was left over from another project, die cut a circle containing the flower heads, coloured with water-colours and adhered in place. I die cut the frame from purple cardstock, stamped the sentiment in purple to match. 

I hope you can find the time to join in with this challenge, if you need inspiration there are some lovely creations from the rest of the team over at Fab'n' Funky Challenge Blog.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

x

Challenge entries:

Allsorts #820

creativecraftinguncles #63

do-allkreatives #100

letscreate #218

papercraft #116

theflowerchallenge #101

thefourseasons April challenge

23 comments:

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

A wonderful image and card disgn . My fav colours Ginny x

Janette said...

A beautiful card Chris, as always you created a gorgeous background too. xx

crafty-stamper said...

Love the beautiful Violet and perfect stencilled leafy background.
Carol x

brenda said...

Violets are one of my favourite Spring flowers and your card is a delight. Weather has been so welcome, wonderful to sit outside in the sunshine after what seemed like a long Winter.

B x

meg said...

your violets are beautifully coloured Chris, they look wonderful against the gorgeous background

Diane said...

Beautiful Violets, they grow a lot here and I love their dainty appearance!
Thank you for joining our challenge at The Four Seasons!
Diane FS Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Four Seasons}

Aquarius said...

A really lovely inked and stencilled background and a clever idea to spotlight the violets with a circle. Very pretty and just right for the Allsorts challenge. Thanks for sharing

Chrissy said...

Absolutely beautiful Chris, love the violets and beautiful background, gorgeous card..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Liz said...

Gorgeous card Chris, I love the colour combination.
Liz xx

Pat said...

A beautiful card Chris with a lovely violet image and gorgeous colours, love the stencilled background too. Another beautiful day here too.

Pat xx

Marcia Hill said...

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL card Chris! I'm in love with your background and the violet is gorgeous too! Thanks so much for sharing this lovely card with us at The Flower Challenge! Marcia (DT) :0)

chrissy xx said...

A GOrgeous design Chris.
LOve your colours and awsome background.
Chrissyxx

Caroline Cards said...

A beautiful card and I love the flowers and background. Thank you for joining the Do-Al(l) Kreatives challenge!
Caroline - DT

Helen said...

Beautifully created - a really striking design.

Thanks for joining us at the Allsorts Challenge.

Helen x
DT

coldwaters2 said...

Oh my goodness Chris I cannot tell you how much I love this creation the colours and image as well as the name Violet is fantastic my mums name was Violet so this means something special to me
hugs
lorraine x

Lisa said...

The blending of distress inks and leafy stencil adds such beautiful texture and shimmer to the background, perfectly highlighting the delicate violet and its vibrant colors. The spotlight technique with the die-cut circle brings a unique and eye-catching detail to the design.

Pat K said...

Gorgeous card Chris. Your blending and designing is beautiful. x

Linby said...

Your stamping looks wonderful on your background and beautifully framed also. Things are always better when the sun shines!

Stef Perry said...

Wonderful design and beautiful flowers! Thanks for sharing with us at The Flower Challenge!

aussie aNNie said...

Your card is adorable and love the composition and design x

pinky said...

This is just beautiful Chris. I love your leafy background. So striking with the gorgeous flower and colours.

MortiCraft said...

Beautiful Spring floral and lovey stencilled background. Thanks for playing along with Papercraft Challenges. X

Bernadet said...

This is such an beauty Chris.
Great flowers, lovely background.