St Luke's Challenge - Spring ....

.... Good morning all - what did you do with your spare day?  I had a great time playing in my craft room - well, not playing exactly, more tidying and sorting - but it was fun.  And now it's time for our new challenge at St Luke's Charity Card Challenge - and this month our theme is:

 "Spring into Spring!"  

It's certainly been feeling like spring here in North Wales - the sun has been shining, it's been warm enough to go without a coat (for a while), the evenings are getting longer and soon the clocks will go forward.  Oh yes, the flowers are looking gorgeous.  We'd like to see anything spring related on your card - flowers, animals, fresh spring colours, etc.

My card certainly has a Spring theme, but as it's also St David's Day today, you might notice a slightly Welsh theme too :)

There was only one choice of flower for my Spring card - it had to be a daffodil - the national flower of Wales.  The daffodil stamp was made by Docrafts a few years ago as a special limited edition to raise money for the Marie Curie Cancer Care Charity - they have a daffodil as part of their logo.  I stamped the image three times on plain white card.  I used my square nesties to cut out the bottom layer, and then careful cut out the card between the petals.  I colour all the images with Promarkers and then cut out the daffodil and trumpet areas and layered them.  I used the wonderful ornate square to cut out some dark green mirri card onto which I placed the daffodil stamp.  I threaded some thin red ribbon (thanks Vicky) behind the image and attached it all to my card.  I finished off with a simple greeting in Welsh - it simply means "Happy St David's Day!".  I found the dragon image on the Internet and created the text myself, cut it out with a nestie and added some colour!  This is going to Kathryn's teacher.

Stamps:  Papermania - Daffodil (Limited Edition - Marie Curie fund)
Inks:  Memento - Tuxedo Black; Distress - Festive Berries
Spellbinders:  Fleur De Lis Squares (S4-318) #4, Standard Squares Sm (S4-128) #7, Labels 10 (S5-022) #1
Accessories:  Various Promarkers, SU red ribbon and card from stash

I couldn't stop with just this card - Kathryn's class actually has two teachers, so I had to make another.  Same theme Spring and St David's.  And this one owes thanks to several cards that I saw recently at the Waltzingmouse Blog Party - thanks to Anya, Laurie and Genevieve.

The daffodils were stamped, with some masking, along the bottom and then coloured with Promarkers.   I had to add a few spring insects.  The sentiment label is the same as the one on my square card, just made bigger - the joys of a PC!  I distressed this one with some green and added a mat layer in dark green foil card.


Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Spring Baskets
Inks:  Memento - Tuxedo Black; Distress - Shabby Shutters
Spellbinders:  Labels Fourteen (S4-290) # 4
Accessories:  Various Promarkers, SU red ribbon and card from stash


For more Spring time cards - check out the DT blogs - Tara, Lynne, Jenny, Anne and Sylvie.  We are looking forward to seeing your cards - and for some encouragement - we have a couple of prizes this month.

Our March winner will receive this wonderful set of stamps from my favourite company - Waltzingmouse Stamps - as well as a copy of the current edition of Papercrafts - a US magazine.

Finally, if you can spare your card (or some cards) then please send them to:

Charity Card Challenge, St Luke's Hospice
Little Common Lane
Sheffield, S11 9NE

That's all for now!  It's another busy day here at Chez Frings - more sorting, tidying and skipping!  Take care!