Lilac Easter

Another Easter card, this time with a lilac colour scheme, with a bit of yellow.

The digi is Delicious doodles crocus, one of the digis I choose as part of my prize for winning Delicious doodles challenge 17. I copied the image into Paint and then coloured it digitally - this leaves a few white bits here and there, but I like the slightly sketched look it achieves.

This is for Stamping vacation inspiration station challenge: 'crocus in the snow':

The background paper is Forever Friends spring time and the sentiment is from the QVC Kanban Easter kit:



This is for:

Paper playtime 42: digi Monday - anything goes
I did it: anything goes
Stamp something: April digi day
Bugaboo: anything goes
Paper garden projects: a little Friday fun challenge: anything digital
Bee crafty 49: Easter
Cardmadfairy's digi days 5: Easter
Ann's creative nook 129: Easter
Spoon full of sugar 145: Easter
Creative card world: Easter is around the corner
Let's craft and create 16: Easter
Craft us crazy 5: Happy Easter
Fun with shapes and more 80: Easter
Paper cutz 85: Easter
Stamping vacation occasions oasis challenge: Easter
Sundays with Crissy 16: spring is in the air
Prairie fairy Fridays 49: oh so spring
Little Claire designs 4: spring celebrations
Clearly I stamp 25: clean and simple
Corrosive 110: pastel colours
Colour create 67: pastels + optional Easter
Delightful: flowers

An Easter verse

An Easter card with a verse:

As bright flowers burst forth to welcome the spring
May you know every joy that EASTER can bring

This is for 365 cards day 31 'a piece of poetry'.

It's also for:

Ann's creative nook 129: Easter
Spoon full of sugar 145: Easter
Creative card world: Easter is around the corner
Let's craft and create 16: Easter
Craft us crazy 5: Happy Easter
Fun with shapes and more 80: Easter
Paper cutz 85: Easter
Stamping vacation occasions oasis challenge: Easter
Kaboodle 60: spring has sprung

Self portrait

This week's challenge on Inspiration Avenue is 'self portrait'. I thought I might supply a photo, but then remembered that I had sketched a self portrait when I was much younger. It's been on the bottom of the top shelf of my wardrobe since we moved in here (and was in a similar place wherever I've lived in the last thirty odd years. I drew this on 7 January 1973 - when I was 26. Don't I look serious ... or perhaps sullen! I'm not sure I should be showing this in public - lol!

I had to take the photo at an angle because of flash glare.