Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Blooms and Blossoms

The May challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge has begun and this month our theme is Blooms and Blossoms.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Heather Ellis

 

and the lucky winner will be able to choose 3 digi stamps from the Heather Ellis store.  Please do visit the store to see all the adorable images she has available.

The design team were given some of Heather's images to work with and they are an absolute joy to colour in.  Here is my card:

I printed the images onto Neenah cardstock, and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens.

The backing papers were all printed from Joanna Sheen's Daisy & Friends cd-rom.

For the front of the card I cut a frame from yellow Centura card using a Nellie Snellen die.

I punched the butterfly border using an EK success punch and added the dimensional butterflies cut from blue card.

I found some seed packet images on Google which I printed out on glossy card.

The Nellie Snellen die and EK Success punch were again used on the middle of the card along with some Floral Flourishes cut using Spellbinders dies.

For the back of the card I used Sunflower and Leaves quilling dies from Crafters Companion.  I cut the sunflowers from yellow card and then added dried marigold distress ink.

I do hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this month.  Please visit the Challenge blog to see all the wonderful creations be the Design Team.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenge:

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Floral Delights

On a personal note, can I thank everyone who has sent me cards and messages over the last few weeks, they have meant a great deal to me.  I've struggled to make any cards just lately but am hoping that I'll get back to it very soon.