DS4J Challenge #26 - Spring

And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant"

Spring has sprung….no, to all of you in North America, I have not lost my mind lol.  In South Africa spring is just starting and so Digistamps4Joy is having a Spring Challenge. All you have to do to join in is make a project depicting spring and add a homemade flower onto it….easy peasy right? So for this challenge I got to work with a wonderful image called Flower Heart (you can find it and all their other fabulous images by clicking on the words Flower Heart) and it of course made me think of love. My hubby and I were married in the spring and so I decided to make an Anniversary card for him for our next Anniversary.

The fold is called a Starfold Card and you can find the tutorial for it here.

Here’s a close up of the image…isn’t it gorgeous? And it was so wonderful to color.  

And this is my card closed. My flower is made of triangle shaped beads and to give them a little extra depth I painted them with my metallic water color paints. I added Liquid Pearl into the center and in the small holes that were in the beads. I also added Liquid Pearls to my paper butterfly. I added small pink pearls and rhinestones as accents. My sentiment is from SU and is heat embossed on.

Challenge Rules

You can use any image for the random.org pick challenges. In order to win the $6 DT Pick prize you must use a Digistamps4Joy image.
You have two weeks to enter the challenge.
You may enter a maximum of three (3) entries per DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY challenge.
Your entry must be new. No backlinking to previous posts.
Please link back to Digistamps 4 Joy blog.
Projects that do not follow the theme will not be entered into the draw.
Please use the Inlinkz to link to your CARD/ PROJECT only, please don't link to your entire blog.
You may combine this challenge with other challenges.
If you don't have a blog then please load your card/ project into the gallery on the website, and link to that.

For full contest rules and prizes, check out the Digistamps4Joy Challenge Blog…and while you’re there, check out my team mates fabulous projects!

Supplies:

Uncolored image by Digistamps4Joy

CS by SU

DP by Recollections and from my stash

Material butterflies from my stash (bought at local Dollar Store)

Flatbacked pearls, rhinestones and rhinestone hearts from Recollections

Triangle beads bought at a garage sale

Colored with Prisma Scholar pencil crayons,
SU Markers.

Challenges Entered:

Outlaws - Greetings Challenge Aug. 22 - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Challenge #17 - Anything Goes
Mami Doodles - challenge #32 - Shaped Card
Shelly's Images - Garden Party - Make a flower