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It's Easter weekend. I just finished cleaning in anticipation of my company tomorrow. It's a breeze because I keep up after my house almost daily and Saturday is running the sweeper, kitchen and bathroom days. Although I keep up with the kitchen daily as well.
It will be a smaller gathering tomorrow for dinner, but I am still looking forward to it. My hubby's brother & family are out of town for the holiday. His siter is not feeling well so she declined the invite. We invited a young man from church who has no family here in Pittsburgh, also another single man from church who just lost his mother.
I am making my usual Easter menu. Ham, hash brown potato casserole, roasted green beans and a fruit tray. I almost nixed the ham this year, but I couldn't decide on another meat so I went with ham.
Now onto my card for today. These cards I created for the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #1098. We were to use gorgeous grape, daffodil delight, poppy parade and coastal cabana for the color trio. Optional was dies or punches. I chose the die option.
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| gorgeous grape, daffodil delight, poppy parade, coastal cabana |
I looked through my paper pads and found this beautiful pattern from Divinity Designs "Spring Flowers 2" collection. It had the challenge colors and these beautiful tulip images.
The panel is a 6x9 size, so I was able to cut it in half and get 2 cards. For this card I used daffodil delight as my card base. Die cut my Easter phrase in gorgeous grape and scattered a few gorgeous grape enamel dots to finish off my card.
For this next card I used gorgeous grape as my card base. Die cut my Easter phrase in gorgeous grape and stamped the blessings word in gorgeous grape ink. I scattered a few gorgeous grape enamel dots to finish off my card.
Card Details:
| Stamps: Alleluia Stamp set (Divinity Designs) |
| Paper: gorgeous grape, daffodil delight (Stampin' Up), spring flowers pad 2 (Divinity Designs) |
| Paper Size: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" |
| Ink: gorgeous grape (Stampin' Up) |
| Accessories: Happy Easter Greeting die (CottageCutz), gorgeous grape enamel dots (Stampin' Up) |
I am also entering:
1. Alphabet Challenge is "Y" for yellow flowers.
2. Creative Fingers is anything goes.
3. Cardz 4 Galz is Spring Flowers.
4. C.R.A.F.T. Challenge is Seasons/Weather or ATG. I chose the Spring season.
5. Just us Girls has a Spring or Easter Card challenge using die cuts.
