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Saturday, 3 March 2012

CES and Basic Grey Challenges - Flowers!

Double DT day today and fortunately I was able to combine the challenges as I didn't have time to make two cards!  At CES Challenges, the theme is Flowers and at Basic  Grey Challenges we have a  photo inspiration with a theme of Spring.


Let's hope Spring is just around the corner to brighten our days! 
 For my card, I've chosen another Mo Manning delight called Nelly, found here at Mo's Digital Pencil.

Now I like colour, but this is bright even by my standards, check out those yellow tights and bright pink shoes - hmmm!!  Fashion was never my strong point!  My Basic Grey papers are Indie Bloom, purchased from Crafty Emma's store, along with the card blank, Cat's Life Press Sentiment, acrylic rhinestones, leaves and glamour dust (on the gypsophillia in the flower bouquet but not really showing up in my pics).
I've been after the little corner punch for ages and was finally able to track this down thanks to some help from  some blogging buddies!!

As always, at CES Challenges we have the fabulous weekly prize of a £10 voucher to spend in Crafty Emma's store (she has loads of gorgeous new papers in at the minute).
Over at Basic Grey Challenges we have our regular sponsor Simon Says Stamps offering a $25 dollar voucher to spend with them!
Simon Says Stamp $25 Credit Voucher
Simon Says Stamp
My fabulous teamies on both teams have made some stunning creations to inspire your creativity so check out the CES girlies' cards here and the BG girlies' here.
I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Joanna Sheen - Spring
DP2 Challenge - Anything Goes (just for fun!)
Delightful Challenges - Spring Colours
I'm off to spend the day with my M&S girls to chat and eat and put the world to rights and boy, do I need it!  Enjoy your Saturday.

31 comments:

  1. Wow this is certainly a flower frenzy! Love the colours. Enjoy your girlie day, Sheena xx

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  2. Fab card Julie - such a riot of colour - wonderful!

    Edna x

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  3. This is beautiful Julie, so colourful and she's so pretty!
    Clairex

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  4. Loving this bright zingy creation. Perfect for a dull, damp Saturday morning. xxx

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  5. So sweet! I love all the bright colors and pretty papers you've used! Glad you joined us in Mo's Challenge.

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  6. Stunning card, just love the colours wow amazing!!
    Hugs Shell xx


    Thank you for sharing with us at Delightful Challenges this week, good luck!

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  7. Gorgeous card Julie, such lovely bright colours and fab image too :o) Lisa x

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  8. Gorgeous card, lovely colours and fab cute image too! Thank you for joining us on the Joanna Sheen Challenge this month & good luck! Jane (DT) x

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  9. so stunning julie.i really love your bright summery colours and the image is gorgeous :D

    xx coops xx

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  10. A stunning little ensemble with great details
    thanks for joining us at Mo's
    smiles
    Paola

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  11. such a precious card love the colouring and image
    hugs

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  12. Hi Julie! Gorgeous gorgeous card! I'm so glad you could join us at Mo's this week!
    ps) If you haven't already joined in, I have a sentiment stamp set I'm giving away on my blog, you can find it at the top of my sidebar.
    Have a great weekend!
    Hugs,
    Dorcas

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  13. So gorgeous Julie...:o)

    have a lovely evening sweetie...big hugs Vicky xx

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  14. Stunning Julie, such gorgeous colours, hugs,Karenx

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  15. Hi Julie. This is gorgeous hun, really stunning! xx Jenny xx

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  16. This is absolutely stunning Julie. Such beautiful colours x
    kerry x

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  17. Gorgeous card, Julie! So you!
    Lots of love, Alex

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  18. Had to get my protective eye wear out for this one. Lovely, lovely colours - vibrant like the photo inspiration - and adorably cute! hugs, Lesley

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  19. OMG the colours are amazing! Great job Julie. Thanks for joining us at Delightful Challenges, good luck and hope to see you next time.
    Hugs
    Tracey

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  20. This is brilliant Julie, such a lot of detail love it xxxxxxx

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  21. Morning Julie, hope you've had a great weekend!!!
    Your card is adorable, your colours are stunning, your image is adorable......gorgeous details.

    hugs
    Heather xx

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  22. This is so beautiful, Julie! I love the bright colors and papers and all the details! So glad you shared it with us over at Mo's Challenge!

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  23. How wonderful this is! Love the bright colors and this beautifully colored image! Lovely layout too!
    Thanks for sharing it with us at Mo's!
    Hugs, Iulia
    PS. Your children are gorgeous:)

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  24. gorgeous card Julie love the DP and the bright colours hugs Jill xx

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  25. Fantastic! Brilliant image, beautifully shaded and those colours.....I have cardstock in these bright colours so I think it is about time I joined in. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  26. Fantastic card. I love everything about it! So bright and very pretty.
    Sarah-Jane xx

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  27. absolutely beautiful card Julie, love the sweet image and those gorgeous colours!
    Debxx

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  28. Oh my Julie, what an absolutely delightful card! Fantastic choice of colours and you've coloured your image so wonderfully! Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog post and have a lovely weekend! Ira :-)

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  29. This is so beautiful! I like the papers - I've got them, they are all gorgeous - and the sweet image !

    Plastic Card Printing
    Plastic Card

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  30. Gorgeous card Julie, I love your choice of papers and fab combination of colours, beautifully coloured image and fab added detail...so pretty :) Donna x

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  31. Well, you know how I like bright colors so this is right up my alley. Love it! I think her yellow socks are just dandy. Very pretty, happy papers too!
    Hugs to you Miss Julie!!
    Dena

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Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I really appreciate it and know just how difficult it can be to find the time!! Hugs, Juliexx