Spring is on it's way!!!!

Happy Friday Friends!! I hope everyone has enjoyed their week and they are excited for the weekend!!! I know many...including my family are expecting TONS of snow this afternoon and throughout the weekend. I pray everyone remains safe and warm!!!!

With winter in full force in many areas...I know I am looking forward to new beginnings...Spring...where the miracles of nature begin. I just love when the flowers begin to grow and bloom...the trees bud and leaf out!! What a glorious time of year. I call it God's landscape...there is nothing more miraculous.

That is why today I get to share an image and card that makes me feel happy!! For today's card, I used ODBD Let The Earth Rejoice , Earth's Gladdest Day , and The Shepherd .

I masked my images and colored them in with copics. The open crocuses have flower soft in the middle for some added texture. The background of the oval is embossed in Soft Swirls (provocraft) and the rectangle is embossed in a SU basket weave (unsure of the name).

Card Recipe:

Stamps: ODBD Let The Earth Rejoice , Earth's Gladdest Day , and The Shepherd .

Accessories: SU basket weave, Provocraft Soft Swirls, Spellbinders Ovals, Silver Baubles, copics, Purple silk ribbon from May Arts, Becca's Peg Bowmaker.

The layout on my card uses a sketch from Splitcoast: SC422. The bow is tied with Becca's Peg Bowmaker.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day and a blessed weekend!!

hugs and blessings,

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Brown Sugar – anything goes, Cards by Lady Anne - Sentimental For Friday -- Anything Goes, Copic Marker Europe - Anything goes with Copic Markers, Crafty Ribbons -Anything goes with ribbonCrafts and Me - #119 Favorite color combo, WordArt Wednesdays - word art freebie OR use an encouraging uplifting sentiment - #66 anything goes Delightful Challenges - Think Spring Penny's Paper-Crafty Ribbons/Bows Artistic Inspirations Embossing

18 comments:

Anonymous said...: Really gorgeous creation Chris!! Those flowers just pop right off your card!! Love your colors! Have a great weekend! HUGS; February 8, 2013 at 12:32 PM
Thea said...: Beautiful creation Chris! The flowers are looking almost real! Let the spring begin.

Have a nice weekend,
hugs Thea; February 8, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Sandra H said...: Chris this is lovely hopefully spring is on the way x; February 8, 2013 at 2:27 PM
Grace said...: This is gorgeous Chris! Love the rich colors you used to color the images and how you combined them. The texture is wonderful! Can't wait for spring here!!!; February 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM
CaroleAnn said...: Chris
I just love this card, love the embossed background and our image and your coloring techniques are just perfect! Hugs; February 8, 2013 at 8:38 PM
Karen Letchworth said...: I just adore seeing purple and yellow, and this is so rich and gorgeous. Just a picture of beauty!
Thank you for sharing. It's always a huge blessing to have you play along and share with us. LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
Karen
Word Art Wednesday; February 8, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Unknown said...: Beautiful ... love the details.
Hugs
Kim M
x; February 9, 2013 at 6:36 AM
La Vikinga said...: Hi Cris; very unusual and lovely bookmarks. Good that you showed they are from Spellbinders; I would never have found out because I have never seen them before!

Thanks for participating with our Anything Goes Challenge, too and welcome back next week for a new challenge at Crafty Ribbons!

Greetings from La Vikinga / DT; February 9, 2013 at 7:30 AM
Unknown said...: Chris, Chris, Chris, how can I spell beauty? This card is gorgeous, everything about it is perfect. It has blessed me.
Thank you for joining us at Word Art Wednesday; we love seeing your wonderful art work and we really appreciate you taking time to join our challenge.
Carole Robb Bisson
The Blessing of the LORD be Upon You!; February 9, 2013 at 12:16 PM
pinky said...: Wow stunning card Chris. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons.
Pinky; February 9, 2013 at 2:39 PM
craftygranny said...: This is gorgeous . Thanks for sharing with us at osaat hugs trisha x; February 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Amy Johnson said...: Beautiful card! Love the texture and all the white space. I really loved the SCS this week.; February 9, 2013 at 8:22 PM
Pia S said...: I really like the layout of this card. The white embossed background really makes your beautifully colored flowers stand out - lovely!; February 10, 2013 at 2:37 AM
Laurian said...: Very, very pretty, your flowers are beautiful!
Thank you for joining us at Penny's Paper Crafty and I hope we see you again soon!

Hugs

Laurian; February 11, 2013 at 4:21 PM
Cards By Jan said...: BEAUTIFUL Chris!! Love the vibrant colours, and I love crocuses!! Awesome job as usual hun...your cards so inspire me!!
Hugs; February 11, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Jo Ann said...: Everything is gorgeous on this card. The colors and the embossing is great. Thanks for blessing us with your artwork at Word Art Wednesday this week. Hugs, always!

JO ANN
http://jatterburycreations.blogspot.com; February 13, 2013 at 2:06 AM
Denise @ kc242 said...: Hello Chris! Such a beautiful Easter card. Love your coloring and simplicity of design. Thanks so much for playing along with Delightful Challenges.
Denise; February 13, 2013 at 7:54 AM
Mina said...: as stunningly beautiful as always Chris...amazing colouring too...thanks for joining in with our Crafts & Me Challenge last week
Mina xxx; February 13, 2013 at 7:36 PM