Friday, 5 April 2013

Meadow Dance Birthday Card

After publishing my 100th post yesterday, I thought it was about time I entered a blog challenge. The one I have chosen is over at the Less is More blog. The theme for this week is "Use Scallops".


This is a birthday card for my friend Connie. As she was born in Germany I thought it would be a nice touch to use some of my German Clarity stamps. The phrase means "After the rain comes the sunshine", which is a bit like our "Every cloud has a silver lining". I think it works really well with the Meadow Dance stamps as the characters look so full of joy.

I started off by stamping the Meadow Dance and tree in Black Archival ink, then I built up the scene around it. I inked up the Forest Ridge stamp in Adirondack Meadow then added some brown to the bottom of it. I stamped this onto copy paper, then used the second generation ink on the scene. This makes it more subtle as it's in the background.

I cut a template to match the horizon and used Adirondack Lettuce and Meadow on my Ink Dusters to fill the grass in with.

It's finished off with some fluffy clouds and a bright yellow sun.

Stamps Used

Lynne
x

7 comments:

  1. What a lovely card lynne i love your silhoutte. Thanks for joining us this week
    Jen
    "Less Is More"

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  2. Oh fabby card Lynne good luck with the challenge and also on reaching 100 LOL xxx

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  3. What a terrific little scene Lynne!
    Super card.
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  4. This is so lovely and delicate Lynne xx

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  5. Absolutely beautiful Lynne but then so are all of your cards. Good luck with the challenge.xx

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  6. Fabulous as always ...lovely touch putting in the german sentiment as long as you know what it means of course xxx Annie

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  7. This is so beautiful, so serene x

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