Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Papertrey February Blog Hop

It's time again for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. This month's theme was anything to do with Spring. Like most of you in this hemisphere, I just can't wait for winter to be over. To me, Spring is epitomized by the budding of new leaves and blossoms on the trees, and that was what inspired this card. I love the soft colors. And yes, I did use pink and brown again, but I did throw in some green this time!

For further inspiration, I used Julee's Mojo Monday sketch. Definitely more layers that I am accustomed to using, but totally delightful. And if some of the layers look just slightly askew to you, let's blame it on the angle of the camera, shall we?

I hope this card invokes the promise of Spring for all of you!

What I used:
Stamps: PTI Out on a Limb
Ink: Burnt Umber, Sweet Blush, Spring Moss
Paper: PTI White, Sweet Blush, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate, various PTI DP
Other: Fiskars Threading Water border punch, SU circle punches, pink rhinestones


28 comments:

Becky said...

Oh this is fabulous! I really really really like what you have done here. I am having trouble posting comments today! But I wanted to thank you for stopping by my blog today. If you drop me an email I will send you the link to the dragon!

heavnlivn@yahoo.com

Bonnie said...

Oh......you can't go wrong with pink and brown, that is for sure! Love it with the green too!

Natasha said...

Ooh, this is gorgeous! Love the rhinestones and scallops on here!

Daniela Dobson said...

Beautiful card and colors.

Ink, paper and BLING! said...

Very pretty! Great job with the sketch!
R

Kristie Larsen said...

just lovely!

Kristie Larsen said...

oh and I forgot to say, Im just up in Westchester. We recently moved from LIC. Nice to see someone so close!
k

BethieJ said...

This is so so pretty!! Love the colors, and I love the sketch!
Happy Blog Hoppen!

whoistracy said...

Gorgeous Carolyn!

AKiteFlier said...

THis is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S - Love what you did with the mojo monday sketch - I tried that also but interpreted it a bit more loosely :-) Quite pretty.

Jessica said...

LOVE these colors together! Great job with that sketch too - that one took me forever to do!!

Melissa said...

Very beautiful, the colors are beautiful!

karla said...

What a great card! Those colors are so prefect!

Mara Campbell said...

This is so pretty, that pop of black is perfect! I love it!!

Regan said...

great card, love the colours!

Dana said...

Well your budding and blossoming branch totally made ME think of spring too, so you must have hit the nail on the head! A lot of layers, but you pulled it off wonderfully.

Babies-Beth said...

I always think spring when I see the budding branch! I love all of your layers!

Anonymous said...

Very beautiful! Love the sketch and the colors...and the black just makes it pop!
~Lacey

Terri Trotter Earley said...

LOVE IT!!! The black just makes this pop. This is my fav so far.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Lizzie Jones said...

Great card! I love the polka dots!

Gwen said...

this is such a beautiful card!!! & I do love that sketch & You did a fantastic job with it!!!

Unknown said...

Lovely :) The touch of black really sets the layers off - love it!

Chris said...

simply fabulous!!!

Rebecca said...

One of my favorite sets, great job!

Marge said...

Absolutely gorgeous & a perfect rendition of the sketch - LOVE it!!!!

Deanna said...

Beautiful! Love how you combined it with the mojo monday sketch!

Allison Cope said...

Beautiful card Carolyn! Great use of the sketch!

Jen Caputo said...

just beautiful! love those little blossoms!