Friday, April 01, 2016

Spring Tulips

Hello everyone and welcome to April.   The calendar says "Spring" but it's rather chilly here and will be all weekend. 

I created  this spring theme card using stamps by Chocolate Baroque.     By coincidence  Lesley and the team are celebrating their 5th birthday and all their Spring Stamps are on sale - 30% off, a great time to buy.


The background is Dylusions spray inks along with a little white acrylic paint using a small bottle.  I spritzed the background using the Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer.  I also stamped with foilage from Spring Foliage which is hard to see in the photo.

The main tulip image from Spring Bird Tulip set was coloured with Prisma pencils.

The die cut behind the tulips is by Joy Crafts 6002/0133.

Have a great weekend,
Shirley

22 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Lovely tulips, beautiful card. Hugs Valerie

Donna Ellis said...

Beautiful, Shirley! I like the white circles of life in your background, and your incredible colors. Are your tulips blooming yet? Your prisma coloring is fantastic! (Great sale, too!) Thanks for sharing another walk thru your magical garden, Shirley! hugs, de

Greta said...

Lovely background for those beautiful tulips! Hope your temps warm up soon. It feels like summer here today--got out my sandals!

maria's knutselplezier said...

What a beautiful card, I love your bright colours in the background and beautiful tulips in the front !! Super!!

Have a lovely Spring time !!end enjoy!!

Greetings
Maria

Wendy said...

So much depth to this beautiful card Shirley! Gorgeous colours and I love the subtle stamping in the background, perfect! Xxx

brenda said...

A beautiful Springtime creation Shirley.

Hope you have a good weekend.

B x

Crafting Queen said...

Wonderful card, love the background and the flower image. Skipper sends purrs to Archie and hope he has a great weekend. :)

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

A fantastic card Shirley, I love the background gorgeous colours as always. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Sue xx

Pat said...

These tulips are beautiful Shirley and the sprayed background is so pretty, and I love the added rings in the white acrylic paint and the Spring Foliage stamping too. The black die cut strip makes the tulips really stand out from the background too. x

aussie aNNie said...

Fabulous creation and gorgeous colour combo. Loving that image too.xx
 {aNNie}

Gerrina said...

Glad to see another nake from you that quickly; has maybe something to do with the way Spring let's ua all wait? Here this weekend it is warm and yesterdayafternoon finally all sunny, but this morning gray again...just glad it is warmer already...
Your collours and background look great and those tulips are so beautifully coloured! Enjoy the sunday!

Margik said...

A lovely card and beautiful tulips! A great srpingtime design.
Mar xx

Janny's Cards Creations said...

Beautiful background and love the flower image. I like also how you use the colors. Janny

Sandma's Handmade Cards said...

I love the colours that you've used on this card Shirley and your background is just amazing, I love it. Such wonderful inking and colouring of that beautiful Tulip stamp :)x

Karin said...

Gorgeous card, I love your tulips, great colors!
Groetjes Karin x

Darnell said...

This is sensational, Shirley! It's like the tulips you would see growing beneath the sea!! Enjoy your day! Hugs, Darnell

Ryn Tanaka said...

Hey Shirley, I hear ya about the cold weather! It's suddenly winter again :/ Gorgeous cool colour scheme in this card.

~*~Patty S said...

Your blues and greens and lovely touches are always so beautiful Shirley!
We had a freeze last night after having a 70+ degree day.
Stubborn Springtime. It is wonderful to see the trees and flowers blooming again.
Happy April.
oxo
p.s. thank you for your visit and kind wishes!

Donna Ellis said...

Shirley, I came back to admire your tulips a bit more - just love the green shading inside the tulips themselves - to complement your amazing background. Very beautiful shading! hugs, de

Enny said...

Such a beautiful Spring card Shirley, absolutely gorgeous ! Love the colours and the background, super ! It's also wet and windy here in Antwerp. Love, Enny

Beth Norman-Roberts said...

Gorgeous card. I like how you used the white to add circles to your background. Nice and subtle.

Sandy said...

Once again wonderful colors. Your background and image are perfect together!
sandy xx