1.12.2011

Finding spring..

...even though it's still winter!

These lovely pansies will brighten your craft table!  Ribbon, paper sand stamps can be found at Mark's Finest Papers.




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WEDNESDAY, January 12, 2011- Happy Pansies

Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Peggysue

Susan

Connie

Claudine

Dawn

Joanne T

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Mark’s Finest Papers

62 comments:

P said...

Love the yellow ribbon to set off the beautiful popped up pansies- pretty card!

Becky Dunham said...

These pansies are definitely named correctly! Just seeing them makes me feel happy! This is a beautiful card - I love the yellow ribbon with the purple pansies - one of my favorite color combinations!

Liz Williams said...

Beautiful coloring on those gorgeous pansies, Dawn!:))

Jen_B said...

I like how the pansies are popped off the paper and the ladybugs are just darling.

Alicia (aka Bunny) said...

the ladybugs are so cute! nice pop on the pansies.

Joanne Travis said...

Beautiful colors and design! Love this.

Anonymous said...

I love, love, love your pansy card and the ladybugs add so much depth. Thanks for sharing.

Joan
MN
gjgarlough@aol.com

Tini A. said...

Hi Dawn, you made anonter beautiful card...very nice design.
Hugs Tini

Kris in Alaska said...

I adore pansies and this card is very sweet! TFS!

Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com

Miesje said...

It does remind me of spring - beautiful coloring.

Unknown said...

What a beautiful card. Love the ladybugs.
Debbie
http://craftywizard.blogspot.com

Lois said...

Your shading on the pansies is so natural-looking. Good job! And I like the embossing around the sentiment.

Vicky Gould said...

What a pretty card, Dawn. Love your ribbon treatment and those little ladybugs!

Tammy said...

Gorgeous pansies. Love the ladybugs too, perfect touch.

Ted said...

Dawn, you did a wonderful job cutting out those pansies. :)

Connie said...

I like how your ribbon echoes the color in the flowers Dawn.
Connie

Dawn said...

how pretty!

Emily Keaton said...

I love the cloud of ladybugs surrounding this pretty pansy bouquet. :)

LaNell said...

Very lovely card.

Theresa's Studio said...

Love your card. Great pansies and ribbon combo.

Vicki Dutcher said...

Love the little ladybugs~~ pretty card!

Janeen said...

this set is so pretty. love the softness of your card

Susan Raihala said...

Ooooooooh!!!!! Love, love, love this layout, the ribbon, the triangle of ladybugs, everything!

Neva said...

so very pretty Dawn, great job on this

Lynn McAuley said...

I love this sensational design, Dawn! What wonderful work with these gorgeous pansies!

jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...

wonderful yellow ribbon and sprinkling of ladybugs!!

ButterflyEars said...

Very beautiful card, Dawn. I love the simple layout, the pretty flowers, the little Ladybugs and your ribbon treatment.

Virgo5 said...

Beautiful card, love the ladybugs!

Anonymous said...

Love the popped pansies. Beautiful card.

Judy Tuck

Judy W. said...

Very beautiful!

mariko said...

I love the lady bugs! Lovely card!

Auntie Em said...

Love your pansy card. The yellow ribbon makes it sweet and the little red lady bugs are adorable!
Thanks for sharing! :o)

carrie said...

Wonderful card! Really like the way you colored, cut and popped the pansies on the card with the bees and ribbon in the background.

Jnett's Place said...

Your card screams spring and that's a good thing. Nice job.

Lagene said...

Gorgeous! Love how your sentiment is inside embossed label!

redwasher1 said...

Beautiful card!! I love everything about this!!

Becky said...

This is gorgeous Dawn. Beautiful colors and love how you popped up these flowers.

Gardner's Basket said...

What a happy spring card! Those Pansy are beautiful! Nicely done.

Sherry Kushibab said...

Nice colors love the little ladybugs.

KellyS said...

Beautiful pansies! Great job coloring these! Now if only spring would hurry up!

Pat said...

What a nice job you did with that card. I love the way the lady bugs are scattered & ribbon not fighting to be in the limelight!

Lovey layout.
Hugs, Pat Smith

Pat said...

What a nice job you did with that card. I love the way the lady bugs are scattered & ribbon not fighting to be in the limelight!

Lovey layout.
Hugs, Pat Smith

Cheri said...

Pansies and ladybugs! What a great combination. Love this card.

Sharon Peele said...

Dawn, your pansies are beautiful!!! I love how you draped your ribbon on your card! Love to see all the different techniques!!

Sharon Peele said...

Dawn, your pansies are beautiful!!! I love how you draped your ribbon on your card! Love to see all the different techniques

Sue D said...

Very pretty--I liked how you popped up the pansies.

Babe O'Mara said...

Just from seeing your card, I want this set. The ladybugs are toooo cute. Thanks for sharing a great card.

Babe
youiesmom@att.net

Carol Dee said...

Beautiful card. I am loving this set!

Pat Jandacek said...

Your pansies are painted beautifully and I like the ribbon treatment. A great card!

Unknown said...

That's so sweet, I am such a fan of ladybugs! I like the little sprinkling of them you put in your card.

Maggie Crawford said...

i love the card!

Kristie Maynard said...

Very nice. I love the little ladybugs roaming around!

Tania said...

Gorgeous!

Susan said...

the ladybugs are perfect background for my favorite flowers.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card. It's the little stamps that make this set so special. xx

Roxie said...

Pretty card Dawn, I like those scatters ladies!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Love the little scattering of ladybugs! Too cute!

Lillian Child said...

Absolutely delightful card creation!

Lynne said...

Pocketbook very clever, pansies are my favorite set this release.

Christine said...

I love the layout. So cute.

Lizzie Laine said...

Very pretty!
Love the colors and the cute ladybugs.

thanks for sharing:)

ExpressionsByElaine.blogspot.com

E. Marie said...

We need a touch of spring after all of this snow. Very cute card and all those ladybugs are great accents!!