Tuesday 24 April 2018

A violet birthday and some balloons

Ha, I remember the days my post titles used to be witty, now it's just 'this is what it is' LOL

I think I've 5 x 80th birthday cards to make.  So this is the first!  And what other colour would I do my flowers for someone called Violet ;)

My flowers are an oldie from Simon Says Stamp.  I haven't done this much fussy cutting for ages, but my hands definitely don't be so sore using the little Tim Holtz scissors :)


This one is inspired by this week's featured stamper over at Splitcoast - here's Suzy's original.

My balloons are super old - I think they're originally from Creative Impressions.  Coloured with watercolour pencils and the green/red one popped up on dimensionals.  Blue stars from stash.  

9 comments:

J said...

What lovely cards - the balloons are so colourful! Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Cardmakers.

Jackie

JoAnn said...

Beautiful cards. Love the violet flowers, perfect for a lady named Violet. The hot air balloons are lovely on the second card, great masculine card.

Sarah said...

These are fabulous Lynne. My monster-in-law is called Violet and she would love this card!! Great balloons too and the banners finish it off nicely xx

tilly said...

2 beautiful cards love the violets and balloons, thanks for sharing at crafty catz challenge
Tilly

debby4000 said...

Two fabulous cards, love them both.
luv
Debby

Anna-Karin said...

Such stunning cards!! Thank you so much for sharing some flower power with us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!!

CraftyNatalie said...

Great cards. Beautiful 80th card, so pretty.Thanks for joining us at Through the craft room door this week.

Lin said...

Two fabulous cards. Love the 80th Birthday one, I am sure Violet will love it.

Thanks for joining in with my 'Birthdays' challenge.

Lin
Crafty Cardmakers

Zoey | Scrapsaurus said...

Love both your cards, cant decide which one i prefer!!! love them both very much!
Thank you for joining us over Simon Says Stamp MOnday challenge! Please forgive me if this comment is way later than the challenge you joined in, but i had internet issue. I still wanted to thank you though for playing along with us and to let you know I appreciate your project!
Have a gorgeous week!
Zoey