Friday, March 30, 2012

Konnichiwa Floral Blossoms

Hello!  Yay Friday is here!  :>  But when it comes as Friday at the end of Spring break it is a wee bit sad!  So have been enjoying having Ariel home from school!  I cannot believe how much more I have been able to craft with having two kids rather than just one!  :>  Last night we took the kids to see a movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked and enjoyed spending time as a family!  So happy with how well Carter does at the movies now!  :>

Today I am babysitting my friends 3 kids 6 and under.  The youngst is only 18 months so I have been jumping up a lot as the silent little dude gets into stuff in the first half an hour I found him just about playing in the toilet (bathroom door shut now on) in my front closet, opening the tv glass doors (found childproof lock) and was he eating a toy?  Nope! Phew you forget how much these toddlers get into!  Currently they are all playing so nicely and I am not going to mess with that so I thought I would quickly blog!

Today I have a card to share that I used the other flower stamp from the Floral Blossom set by Hero Arts for Basic grey, I also used a Konnichiwa paper with it!


I entered this card last night in the flickr group for March's Hero Arts contest of fabulous flowers!  I am also entering this card into Lily Pad's challenge of Flowers, and Simon Says Stamps anything goes challenge!

I embossed the flowers with some chestnut zing powder onto the Konnichiwa patterned paper and than embossed them again onto matching cardstock cut them out and paper pieced them, using foam squares to give dimension!  My last several cards have been more springy and pink colors this color scheme is a welcome change, it looks so great on my craft table, I keep looking at it!

Well this post has been written here and there all morning as I have taken care of the kiddies!  Lunch is all ready to be eaten but needs to cool down!  :>  Hope you have a great weekend ahead of you!

17 comments:

Virginia L. said...

I really like the composition in this one! Absolutely beautiful, Anita!!Happy weekend!

Kelly said...

one of my favorites of yours for sure! Love the color scheme, the brown embossing powder and the positioning. GORGEOUS!

Kathy (krolski) said...

Beautiful! The design is fabulous and the flowers are gorgeous!

Lin said...

Beautiful card, Anita! At first I didn't think I liked this "other" flower in the set, but after seeing your card, I've changed my mind.....beautiful work, my friend! Very sophisticated in these colors, too!

Isha Gupta said...

This card is just Gorgeous Anita. Love the browns and blues combo.

Lynn said...

Such a gorgeous color combo. I love it! And...having a toddler would wear me out at this point!! ;)

Judy1223 said...

Wow, Anita, this is amazing...GORGEOUS colors!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

What a gorgeous flower card, Anita! Just love how you used the Konnichiwa papers!

Karen B. said...

It's nice when your own kids can play well together. And I hear ya on watching little ones, I think they have so much energy and they just suck it out of you!! What a beautiful card, love the layers and the colors.

jennfontaine said...

LOVE, love this card! So gorgeous! The colours are soft, but striking and the layout- the way you popped some flowers up is perfect! you found a great balance!

Greta said...

Strikingly beautiful card, Anita!

Tenia Nelson said...

Awesome card dearie!!!

Maureen Morton said...

You have sold me on this set, Anita - I love how you have used it and the diversity you have employed. This so striking - what a unique and rich color combo! Great design.

~amy~ said...

really pretty...lovin' the colors!

Anonymous said...

This is so pretty! Love the colours. Such a striking card!

Melissa Bove said...

Wow! Gorgeous card! Those flowers are awesome!

Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!

Hugs...
Melissa

Brenda said...

Oh wow Anita! This card is absolutely gorgeous! I not only love the papers and the flowers, but I love how you designed the card with the paper off to the one side!

 

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