Monday 9 May 2011

Gingham & Roses

Good morning! Well I spent some time over the weekend doing a spot of gardening, isn't it lovely at this time of year!? So green and lucious and lots of lovely flowers! I bought myself some rose bushes on Saturday, and have planted them along the side of my house... I'll have to take some pictures and share them with you all! They smell so lovely too... the roses that is, not the manure I used to plant them in!

That brings me nicely to this week's challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges... the fab theme 'Gingham & Roses' has been chosen by Lisa our Choose The Challenge Competition winner. Lisa will be Guest Designing for us this week, and will also be choosing the Cupcake Cuties. Our prize this week is a lovely Shabby Beautiful Download Kit from Cupcake Card Craft. Don't forget we also have our monthly Icing on the Cupcake prize, this month sponsored by Crafts U Love!

For my card I've used this week's digi freebie from Bugaboo Stamps, coloured with Promarkers. The lovely gingham papers are from The Creative Cottage, and the little roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. You should really pop by the Cupcake blog to see all the pretty creations my DT buddies have created. I'm entering my card for the challenge at:
Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Digi Day
Totally Papercrafts - Recipe (1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments - Roses, Pearls, Ribbon)
Thanks for popping by today! Happy Creating!

16 comments:

Louise said...

Very pretty and elegant card and the gingham works a treat with the image.
Hugs Louise xx

Always with a Sentiment said...

Hi Shelly. This is absolutely beautiful. Lovely image, fab papers and wonderful colours. So fresh looking and very Spring like. Just perfect. Hope that you are keeping well. Happy crafting.
With love, Sandra xxx

Squirrel x said...

Simply gorgeous hun. Sxx

Catherine said...

Oh Sweetie, what an adorable card ! I love gingham ! I know where the image comes from and I love your colouring ! Great layout too ! Hugs and love from Catherine

Unknown said...

What a lovely card! Love the softness and that image is so sweet! Sounds like you had a perfect time in the garden!! Hugs & Sunshine!/Sari

Faye said...

Minxie, what a lovely colour combo and fabby card, just smashing. Hope you manage to get a little me time this week. Take care Hun. xxx

Lau W said...

Coucou Shelly ! Ta carte est très printanière, j'adore, en accord avec la belle météo du moment !
Bisous, bonne soirée !

Vicky said...

I love this card Shelly!...gorgeous image and fab dp's too....a wonderful combination hun..must join in this challenge hehehe..

hope you are well sweetie..hugs Vicky xx

Donna said...

Incredibly pretty card Shelly, these colours work so well together and the image is beautiful...I do like me a bit of a gingham lol! :) Donna x

Delphine said...

Gorgeous card, Shelly! The image is really beautiful, I love the papers and your colour combo is fab! Hugs Delphine xx

Liza said...

A great card Shelly, I love the addition of the rose embellishments.

Liza x

Poppit said...

Just beautiful.....the wire embellishments mirror the image perfectly, xx

Lisa said...

Hi Shelly, Gorgeous card! The colours are gorgeous and fab image.

Lisa x
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Sara I. said...

Love the gorgeous colors and clean design. Your shading on the image is fantastic!
~hugs
Sara
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Rachel Izakowicz said...

Such a stunning card! Really gorgeous image & so unusual with the sentiment 'attached'. Lovely xx

Jodie Mackrell said...

very pretty card! love the additional flowers! thank you for joining this weeks Bugaboo challenge at catch the bug!