Tuesday 18 February 2014

Special Friends

Hello all and I hope that you're all surviving this long winter! But Spring is just around the corner - I promise! I keep finding odd snowdrops out and all the little daffodils in the garden are not far from making an appearance and when I see their sunny yellow heads then that definitely makes me feel better. I'm sure sometimes that I'd be better hibernating and then just emerging as Spring starts to arrive!  Thankfully we had a bright sunny day on Sunday so we were able to embark on 'Operation Greenhouse' and clear up broken glass, scattered flower pots, etc. Some new panels have been ordered to get it straight again so hopefully it won't look as sad as it does at the moment! But ours is only trivial damage compared to how some people have been struggling - we've been incredibly lucky I think, just to lose some roof felt and greenhouse glass!

I think I must have been having a reaction to the grey and gloom when I made this card - and decided to throw myself fully into pinks, spring greens, flowers, etc.!


One of my close friends has a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks - and although we live about an hour apart, it's so good when we can meet up and catch up over a coffee! 
I've used a gorgeous stamp from LOTV, coloured with copics and promarkers. The backing papers are from LOTV, as are the sentiment tags.

I've added some stitching and some gorgeous flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts


The lacy corner die cut is from Joanna Sheen's signature dies, the ribbon is also from WOC, and the pearls are from stash.
Apologies for the overload of pics - but hope the spring-like colours have brightened the day lol! 
I will try and catch up with all my blogland visiting over the next day or so. I must confess that I'm loving playing with wool at the moment and doing a lot of knitting and crocheting - and it's quite addictive in an evening! But I'll have a blog-surfing session and see what gorgeous crafty creations everyone's been up to! 
Back soon,
Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-
WOC Challenge - stitching




28 comments:

  1. hi Kim. this is beautiful. definitely makes you feel like spring is around the corner when looking at this card. I love everything about it. Michelle x

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  2. Absolutely stunning luv the colours x

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  3. Love this image, I just bought it myself from my visit to LOTV recently. Love the way you've coloured it up and the lovely cheerful, springlike colours you've chosen. Fab papers and design :) xx

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  4. How pretty! Such a cute image and I love all the pink, especially how those dark pink cherry blossoms pop right out.

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  5. Stunning and beautiful card Kim gorgeous colour's and love the image
    Hugs Dianne xx :)

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  6. Totally stunning Kim.

    Wish my cards turned out like this lol.

    Traceyxx

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  7. This is beautiful Kim, gorgeous colours and your friend will be thrilled to bits I'm sure xx

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  8. This is so gorgeous and uplifting Kim. The colours are so lovely as well as the fantastic stitching and the rest of the layout. Your photography is great too. I hope you are right and Spring WEATHER isn't far away. It will take everybody a very long time to get their homes back fit to live in and the ground will not recover until I don't know when? We are very lucky.

    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  9. Stunning Kim and your post gives a real hope for spring. I love it.
    Laine
    xx

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  10. Such a beautiful card Kim. I love the image, such a nice one to send to a special friend. The papers and details are gorgeous too.
    Sue xx

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  11. Kim this is absolutely stunning. I love the colors you chose and the paper are perfect! Thanks for joining us at Created with love challenges this week for Friends.
    Linda K. DT
    www.ladybugstampers.blogspot.com

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  12. A gorgeous card Kim. I love the sweet image and pretty spring colours.
    Lorraine x

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  13. This is so gorgeous Kim - love the fresh Spring colours - so cheery :o)
    Debs xx

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  14. Oh that is just gorgeous Kim - wonderful colours and such a pretty image. I've loads of LoTV images and haven't used them for ages, seem to just be using digis right now, will have to make an effort and actually ink a stamp!!

    I'm hoping as well that Spring is on it's way - had enough of the rain now!

    Sarah

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  15. Beautiful card Kim - I adore that sweet image! Certainly brings the hopes of Spring arriving sometime soon! TFS

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  16. Between the beautiful colors on your card and the perfect weather we had today, I'm in a spring kind of mood for sure. Love all those yummy pinks.. Hugs!

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  17. I just adore LOTV. And I adore this card Kim. Gorgeous colours and a fab image. Beautiful!
    Love Lea x

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  18. Such a pretty spring card, Kim. Gorgeous colours and a gorgeous image. xx

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  19. Beautiful card Kim, fabulous colored image with all your lovely details.

    Hugs Diane

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  20. Hi Kim,
    what very pretty card. I do love those superb LOTV images. Lovely spring colours used too.
    We all need the spring to be round the corner, I think. So this lovely creation will help it on it's way, hopefully.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

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  21. This is such a gorgeous card. Love the details and the colours. Hugs Michele x

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  22. Great card. Love the die cuts. Thanks for joining our Friends Challenge at Created With Love Challenges

    ~~Chris
    Co-Owner
    Created with Love Challenges

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  23. Love your layout and your coloring is perfect! Thanks for joining Created With Love Challenges!

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  24. Lovely card :) Thanks for joining us in the Wild Orchid Challenge this week ♥

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  25. I don't even know where to start...I love every single detail on this card. The sweet image is beautifully coloured in such a lovely whimsical fashion. The background papers are a delight. The die cuts, the flowers, the stitching...swoon. Love it! Thanks for joining our Girly-Girl Challenge at Craft Your Passion this week. I hope you'll join us again soon.

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  26. So very cute - Not only the image but the way you have colored it and the whole card. Thank you for playing the challenge at Created With Love.

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I love reading your comments - and thanks for taking the time to leave one!
Kim x