Monday 21 February 2011

Spring Is in the Air

Time for the third challenge over at Less is More and this week the theme is Spring.


I've used this lovely magnolia digital stamp by Just Inklined. The digistamp was part of the download I got when I made a donation for Help for Katie organised by Jak Heath.

I sized the digi stamp and arranged it to fit in the bottom left corner of the card.

The sentiment is a line from a poem by A. C. Swinburne which was typed into text boxes and positioned around the image.



I printed the image and then coloured it in using promarkers. The flowers are done in pale pink, blush and ivory while the leaves are shaded using marsh green, pear green and tulip yellow.
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22 comments:

  1. Chrissie21 February 2011 at 11:29

    Just fabulous!
    Great positioning and balance. Despite the image being on one side of the card, the split sentiment carries the eye across and up the card.
    Beautiful... great colouring too!
    See you next week!
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  2. Jose21 February 2011 at 11:53

    Well balanced card, and a lovely coloured image, excellent
    Jose

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  3. Jane21 February 2011 at 12:13

    I love this image and have used it a few times, I like the way you did your sentiment it balances everything beautifully

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  4. Tara Cardwell21 February 2011 at 12:44

    I love what you've done with the text going in different directions - really adds a lot of interest to the card.

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  5. Faith A at Daffodil Cards21 February 2011 at 13:24

    Oh! how lovely

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  6. S Jane21 February 2011 at 13:31

    Lovely card Gina......beautiful sentiment and thanks for the reminder I have this image from Jak too!

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  7. Mandi21 February 2011 at 14:07

    Absolutely FAB card, perfect balance, and layout of the design
    I love the sideways font, i do like sideways too!

    Thanks for participating, great to see you
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  8. Suze Bain21 February 2011 at 15:10

    Lovely coloured image and I'm really impressed with your text positioning.

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  9. Faith A at Daffodil Cards21 February 2011 at 15:50

    Thanks for your advice on my card Gina, much appreciated and I think that it would have been better on a square card, don't know where my mind was. I have commented on your lovely card, by the way.

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  10. Seafield Jo21 February 2011 at 16:18

    This is a beautiful card. I love you colouring and the sentiment looks lovely.

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  11. Susan21 February 2011 at 17:13

    Awesome card!! I LOVE that image...and your coloring is awesome!!

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  12. Stamps and Paper21 February 2011 at 17:48

    Gorgeous card.

    Anne

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  13. Sally H21 February 2011 at 20:19

    That is absolutely gorgeous, Gina! What a beautiful image - perfect for spring

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  14. Jenny21 February 2011 at 21:33

    Lovely card, great composition.

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  15. Diane21 February 2011 at 22:21

    Beautiful card , the text and image work so well together.
    Diane x

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  16. Caroline Hallett21 February 2011 at 22:53

    great card, and the sentiment really works with the image x

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  17. Aileen21 February 2011 at 23:12

    There's a lovely balance to your card. x

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  18. Pauline22 February 2011 at 10:36

    Beautiful image and love the sentiment placing.

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  19. Viv22 February 2011 at 15:57

    Just lovely, well done :O) Viv xx

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  20. Lynne23 February 2011 at 18:59

    Fabulous!
    Lynne xxx

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  21. Sue24 February 2011 at 09:32

    A beautiful card. I love the image and how you've done your sentiment around it. Sue.x

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  22. My name is Wynneth25 February 2011 at 09:59

    This is beautiful Gina, so simple and elegant and that image is just gorgeous. I love how you added the sentiment.
    hugs
    wynneth
    x

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Gina x

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