Friday, January 7, 2011

Bloom Where You're Planted

Well I thought it was time to do a little distressing!
I found a Phindy digi that I had never printed out and colored (shame of shames!) so I combined the two.
The "seed packet" is a downloaded google image of a vintage seed packet that I just aged a little with distress inks.
Papers are K&Co. and the clip is Tim Holtz.(love those clips. Each one has a different word on it. This clip says "Snipits".
The punch is Martha Stewart.


And a close up below:


I would like to enter this in:
Stamp Something: Use a Digi
Fairy Fun Friday: New Beginning (new garden in spring)
Creative Card Crew: New Beginning (new garden)
Friday Sketches: sketch (turned clockwise)

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35 comments:

Anne said...

Oh wow! Dorcas this is lovely, that seed packet is perfect with your image, great distressing and stitching, what a lovely card with so much detail to enjoy.

Thank you for joining us and taking the Phindy’s Place Challenge, do hope you’ll join us next week!
Hugs
Anne

Annemaritta said...

This is b e a u t i f u l. I love vintage images and your colour scheme compliments the era.

(I saw this challenge, but I don't have any idea what this "distress" is. I am very distressed when finding these sooo difficult English words. Love you!)

mudmaven said...

This is absolutely adorable! I love the images and the distressing is just so perfect on this card. Great job as always Dorcas. ~chris

Linda Wescott said...

Cute image, looks great distressed. Great touch with the seed packet and I love your boarder punch. Hugs lin

Philomena said...

This is a gorgeous card, Dorcas! You did a fabulous job with the distressing and I love all your pretty touches - the flower packet, the little pin and the stitching.
Thanks so much for playing at Phindy's Place this week!

Ulina / Apricot Bubbles said...

Dorcas, you´re excelling yourself from card to card!!! This one is sooo beautiful and vintagy... LOVE that style!! You did a great job again!
Hugs, Uli

Lynda Nielsen said...

Ohhh My, this is absolutely fabulous! I just love the seed packet, and your coloring of this adorable image is beautiful. What a wonderful card - I love absolutely EVERYTHING you've done.
Thanks so much for joining us at Phindy's Place this week.
Hugs,
Lynda

Claudia Rosa ~ Pretty Pressings said...

aww.. your card is stunning Dorca and your coloring is outstanding!!
have a great weekend sweetie
xxx Claudia

Cec said...

Gorgeous card with fabulous colouring. I love the vintage look with the great seed packet and all the other little elements you added. Thanks for joining us at Phindy's Place.
Hugs!
Cec

Anonymous said...

This card is beautiful and your coloring is amazing!

Tine said...

Hi Dorcas. The seed packet is a fab touch and I love the colour of the MS punched card in particular. Great card.
Tine :)

cheryl said...

oh wow hun this is just stunning,love the added addition of the seed packet brilliant hugs cheryl xxxxxx

dj1952 said...

Dorcas your card is lovely. I love distressing, too. Phindy's images are great! Hugs, dj

Stacey G.-2 Craf-t-4u said...

This is very nice! The plaid is perfect! The seed packet is adorable and the perfect choice as well! The whole card is stinkin cute!

KarinsArtScrap said...

wow dorcas this is beautiful, love your image it's so sweet.
great card.

greetings karin

debby4000 said...

Dorcas this is so gorgeous.
luv
Debby

Michele Roos said...

Such a gorgeous card Dorcas. Love the image you've used and the colours also. Hugs Michele x

Ellis said...

Wonderful card you've made! =)
Hugs, Elenor

Faye said...

Oh how absolutely beautiful. The seed packet is a brilliant idea. x

Sassy Cheryl said...

Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!

Lynne said...

What a fab image and a gorgeous card!! thanks for sharing it with us at Fairy Fun Friday xx Lynne and the Fairy Princesses xx

sueincanada said...

I just recently found your blog and love all your cards. I watched your distress tutorial and would now like to know what paper you use when coloring with distress inks. Thanks in advance.

dolcreations said...

This is just so sweet this card! The seed packet is such a perfect idea tucked in behind your gorgeous image! You have coloured it beautifully!

Dorcas said...

I don't normally reply to my own posts but sueincanada asked me a question and I can see no other way of replying to her. :-)
So Sue! You were asking what paper I use when using distress inks. I use Georgia Pacific 110 lb weight white cardstock from walmart. Its about $5 a reem for 150 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11. Pretty good deal and I find it works just fine for distress inks, copics and pencils too.
Hope this helps! :-)

Nannieflash said...

Hi Dorcas wow you are clever the design is gorgeous and your image is fabulous, the whole card is quite stunning. With love and hugs Shirleyxxxxxx

Laura said...

This is such a cute card!!! I love the way you pick your colors :). And your coloring is just perfect...
I have to get my hands on my aunt's sewing machine! Those stitched papers look so cool.

Kim Dellow said...

Totally wonderful! Just a beautiful card. Kim

Anita said...

Beautiful card and I love the distressing. Your coloring is amazing.

Annika said...

I'm so delightd to see you using Phindy's images!! Your style of colouring looks GREAT with them!! It's so beautiful - the colours are warm but subtle and the layout perfect!!
Hugs
Annika

Tammy said...

This is FABULOUS hun!! I just love your coloring!!

Thank you for playing along with us at Phindy's Place this week and hope to see you again!!

Suzi Mac said...

Hi Dorcas, This is utterly adorable, love the image and the papers. Thank you so much for joining us at Fairy Fun Friday with your lovely creation.
Hugs
Suzi x

Erum Tasneem said...

Lovely lovely lovely card! I did the follower thingie again and refreshed the page just to be sure. NOW i am following you LOL

Kelly said...

Beautiful card, I love the seed packet embellie. Thanks for joining us at FFF, we look forward to seeing your future creations.

Anne-Marije said...

What a nice card!
Thanks for joining us at the Phindy's Place challenge and hope to see you back...
xxx Anne-Marije

Payne Holler Cards said...

your coloring is amazing! this is really a beautiful card - how clever with the seed pack!
thanks so much for playing with us at Phindys Place - hope to see you again!

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