Thursday, May 11, 2017

Flowering Crabapple Branches

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a great week so far. I'm here to share a Spring inspired card.

 The weather here was quite unusual this year. We had few days with warm temperature immediately followed by very cold days in April. Now, it's starting to get warmer. Many trees bloomed in March/April and it was a beautiful sight. I was particularly amazed to see this tree (I think it is crabapple tree, not sure though. If you know, please let me know.) which had pink buds and white flowers.


As soon as I saw this, I was reminded of Power Poppy by Marcella's Happy Crabapple Stamp Set/ Flowering Branches Digital Stamp Set and bought the digi stamp immediately. The advantage of using digis is that it can be used instantly after buying and you can zoom in or zoom out all you want. I zoomed in to get a nice view of the beautiful flowers, printed it on cardstock and colored it with Crayola pencils with no-line technique. I stamped the sentiment from Our Dailly Bread Designs - Blossom stamp set. I cut out a frame with brown card stock and made this into a shaker card with acetate window. I used Inspired By Stamping - Strawberry Slush sequin mix and few colors from my stash.


Do you like this card? I appreciate you leaving your comments.

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32 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow! Berina! This is stunning. I can't believe this is a stamp. I thought you drew it. Your way of coloring the image is so unique and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us at Word Art Wednesday!
Blessings,
Misty D
WAW DT

Debra K. said...

Fabulous shaker card Berina! Beautifully coloured no lines digi, it matches the photo perfectly. The photo of the gorgeous blossom is sooo good and beautiful inspiration for your card. Love the colour of the sequins you've added too. Debra x

SD pooja said...

Beautiful shaker card Berina !

aussie aNNie said...

So pretty. The shaker and stamp is gorgeous Berina, and I love that beautiful photo you included...xx
If you celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday have a lovely one and a great weekend.
[aNNie]

brenda said...

Your card is so pretty Berina and I can see immediately where your inspiration came from. Our weather has been much the same, a few nice days before Easter and ever since cloudy and really cold.

B x

Barbara said...

I love how you delicately color the flowers on this card. Then you made it a shaker card too. Outstanding. Thanks so much for joining in my Challenge for the Mod Squad this week. Good luck and hope to see you again.
Barbara DT Member

cotnob said...

This is so pretty, a fabulous shaker design.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Berina RGA said...

Thank you so much Misty :) This is a digital stamp from Power Poppy.

Berina RGA said...

Thank you Debra. I'm so glad you like it.

Berina RGA said...

Thank you so much Pooja :)

Loose Stitches said...

Beautiful shaker card and beautiful coloring! Thank you for joining us at Let's Craft & Create challenge. We hope to see you again.
~DT Sherry x

Berina RGA said...

Thank you so much Annie. Happy Mother's day to you too.

Berina RGA said...

Thank you so much Brenda. Yeah, hope we get some warmer, not so hot days :D

Berina RGA said...

Thank you so much Barbara. I always love to take part in Mod Squad challenges.

Berina RGA said...

Thank you Pauline

Berina RGA said...

Thank you so much Sherry.

Natalie said...

Beautiful coloring! Love your spring inspired card. Thanks for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday this week!!

Kath Stewart said...

beautiful colour work on that stunning image...thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge...hugs kath xxx

Josephine said...

What a beautiful card - great idea too!

Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers!

Berina RGA said...

Thank you Natalie :)

Berina RGA said...

Thank you so much Kath.

Berina RGA said...

Thank you Josephine :)

Ginny Maxam said...

Hi Berina! This is just gorgeous! I hope it goes in a frame!! Thank you for joining In the Word Art Wednesday fun! Ginny M DT

Judy McKay said...

Lovely shaker card. Very pretty colours. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this week. Hope to see you back here again soon. Judy DT

Karen Letchworth said...

This is lovely, Berina. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely art in our challenge. Have a blessed week, and please join us again soon.
Blessings,
Karen Letchworth
Word Art Wednesday

Shylaashree said...

beautiful colouring of the digi and great idea to add shaker elements to it berina
Good luck & Thank you for sharing with us at Let’s Craft & Create challenge 125.
Shylaashree DT
Adhiraacreations

Berina RGA said...

Thank you Ginny :)

Berina RGA said...

Thank you Judy :)

Berina RGA said...

Thank you Karen. It's always a pleasure to take part in WAW.

Berina RGA said...

Thank you so much Shylaashree :)

Stacy Morgan said...

Great shaker card, very soft and pretty coloring. Thanks for playing in our Power and Spark challenge this month.

Kathy Jones said...

Beautifully done and the colouring looks fabulous - as does that amazing shaker frame you've created! Thanks so much for playing along with Power Poppy this month!!