hello sunshine!

3 umbrellas on the ground ... perfect to signify the end of rain and sunshine ahead ... 

also perfect for CAS-ual Fridays CFC 131 challenge - Three Thirds

CFC131: Three Thirds? The idea is to use three of something, could be colors, sequins, etc
on just 1/3 of the card, and keep it clean and simple.

Card colour palette is based on ColourQ challenge #239

The pretty umbrella stamps come from Penny Black's April Showers stamp set.

Spring Blessings

Spring Blessings, a photo by eatzycath on Flickr.

a simple Chinese New Year card to wish abundant blessings on a loved one ... this card was based on the following card sketch found in Freshly Made Sketches #119

• kraft-card was used for the card base - and also to stamp the dahlia and leaves (from Penny Black's Dahlias stamp set) which were then embossed in white
• using the technique (called white watercoloring) - I coloured the stamped images with a light coat of white water-based ink, followed by slight shading in red and pink for the dahlia and olive green and light green for the leaves - love the almost luminescent touch to the stamped image
• flower and leaves were then fussy-cut for affixing later with mounted foam
• the beige patterned paper was stamped using Hero Arts - Tapestry Script Background, and embossed in pink and red detail embossing powders, edged lightly with red distress ink
• sentiment in the bottom corner comes from Penny Black's April Showers stamp set - and embossed in white