Spring Flowers.

 Hi there... yes today I'm sharing a Spring Flowers card (even though I'm heading into Autumn)  I saw over on the Flickr Simon Says Stamp group that the latest challenge is Slimline and Spring... I have to say I have neglected my Simon Says Stamps stamps... so I pulled out Spring Flowers set and got started 

I started by die cutting the panel with a Pinkfresh Studio Essentials Slimline die.  I used some Altenew Grey Denim ink to stamp the flowers and leaves with a little masking.  I used some Prismacolor pencils with mineral spirits to colour the flowers.  Loved the softer look with using the grey ink.  I found the Tiny Words Encouragement set and stamped the sentiment in black ink.  Added a tiny black gem into the centre of the pink flower.   The panel was then mounted onto a green card base.  This is a 3.25" x 6.25" mini slimline.

I started this on Saturday evening and finished it today when we got home from spending most of the day at a Motorkana -  using cars to go around a course in a paddock!  It was for our MG club.  Peter didn't compete but was timekeeper.  We had fun catching up with some of the people we had meet earlier this year at the rally in January, and watching the MG's race around the course.  Plus bonus of a nice day.  

Dreaming of Spring Flowers

Overnight Saturday we had the coldest night and this morning was the coldest in the last 2 years..... so although there was sun today, it was COLD.... got to around 11degrees C. (around 50F) - so I had a play with some Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers

I stamped the flowers onto the smooth side of some Cason XL watercolour paper.   I used Zig watercolour markers to colour both the flowers and the background.  I've entered this into the Simon Says Stamp Flickr group Anything Goes Challenge and the SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes 
And the "S" Challenge at City Crafters Challenge - S for spring flowers.

Spring is just around the corner now.... our daffodils have came out.

They got a bit beaten up with the wind last weekend.  The snowdrops are out as well.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend... It's almost bedtime for me... just a few more blogs to catch up on first