Morning everyone. This is a really quick post as I wanted to enter the Addicted To Stamps Challenge. This weeks challenge is Bingo. I have chosen the bottom line of the bingo chart Blue, Button, Flower. For full details of the challenge and the DT’s inspirational pieces click here
Here’s my little card.
I have just mat and layered the base and added some frills. For the flowers: I used a navy marvy marker and stamped onto Judikins glossy card stock. I then just cut these out and just sponged on some distressing inks around the outside edges. Stamps used Chocolate Baroque.
Now wasn’t that quick and painless!! lol!
Happy crafting everyone.
Best Wishes Florence x
It was completely painless for me Florence lol In fact it was quite the opposite as it has made me so happy to see this beautiful card and all the wonderful elements on it 🙂
Love Chrissie xx
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Morning Chrissie. I’ve been chasing this card around the garden for the last half hour. It’s blowing a hooley outside at the moment! lol! Thank you for your lovely comments. Great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xxx
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This is a wonderful card! I love the lace trims with the pearls. The stitching adds such a great touch too! Thanks so much for playing along at ATS xx
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Hi Kylie. Great to meet you. Fab challenge this week. Thank you for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Good morning Florence, what a lovely surprise ! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful card with us at Addicted to stamps. I just adore the tone on tone colouring and the fabulous layout. Looks like a lot of fussing cutting went on here doesn’t sound like a quick card to me. Love the layering and the pretty lace, thanks for sharing with us and good luck !
Marie
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Morning Marie. Hope all is well. I am really pleased with these stamps because the images are so easy to cut out. No fiddly diddly bits at all. Fabulous challenge. Thank you for your lovely comments. Great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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This really is a dream in blue, simply gorgeous! Valerie
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Morning Valerie. Hope you are ok. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments. Take care.
Regards Florence xx
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That is the loveliest of cards! What do you do with all of your cards once you have made them? x
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Hi there. Hope all is well. Lovely to hear from you. If I don’t use the cards they go into a box and get divided up amongst my friends. I do a swap with them for their “cast offs”. Things like broken jewellery and bits of fabric etc. I also make batches of cards for our Doctor’s wife. Just as a little thank you because they look after us so well. It’s very hard to find cards to buy where I live.
Regards Florence xx
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That is so lovely. Handmade cards are better than getting a ‘present’, I always think. x
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This is fab, Florence. That beautiful flower image looks so lovely with the lace and pearls, just perfect. Sue x
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Hi Sue, Lovely to meet you. Thank you for popping in and for your kind words. Keep in touch.
Regards Florence xx
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This is so lovely! I just love all the layers and details. Super card. Tracy:)
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Hi Tracy. Hope all is well. Thank you for your lovely comments. Great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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Florence- this is sooo romantic. Absolutely lovely!! Try and stay cool -I can relate, it’s been in the hundreds for days here. Very unusual for this time of year and a bane to the firefighting efforts. oh, by the way, if ever your lovely things are lonely and feeling left out you can send them to me…I’ll take good care of them LOL
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Hi Wendy. Hope all is well. The temp has dropped a little this week but it’s going back into the 30s towards the weekend. Fires are always a worry this time of year. Thank you for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you. Stay cool!
Regards Florence xx
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Absolutely painless for me lol, quite the opposite, but all that fussy cutting would be painful for me !!!I just love this card; it feels so fresh ; the blue is just gorgeous, and the layering is superb.
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Hi Gisele. Great to hear from you. I don’t do fussy cutting. If you look real close I cut the flowers out really quickly and the DI’s cover up all my sins 🙂 Thank you for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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beautiful blues, amazing flowers and the prettiest of cards xx
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Hi Sweetie. Great to hear from you. Hope you are both ok. Thank you for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Florence, what a lovely card. Who needs die cuts when you put so much attention to detail in your handwork.
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Hi Angela. Lovely to hear from you. Hope you are ok. Thank you for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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Hello From A Very Wet Scotland
Beautiful deep blue (reminds me of pottery) and your layering is perfection.
Yes, I am watching the tennis, not all the matches. Andy Murray had be on the edge of my seat yesterday evening – not good for the blood pressure at all!
Wishes
Lynne
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Hi Lynne. What I would give for some wet weather at the moment!! lol! We are never satisfied hey! Funny you should mention pottery. The day before I made this I was looking at a Welsh Dresser in a House and Garden type magazine and it was full of delftware so maybe that was in the back of my mind. I missed the Rafa match!! I couldn’t believe it. It probably was the match of the tournament. I’m shouting for Novak now. Thank you for your lovely comments. Great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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What a beautiful card! You have made monochrome sing! The flowers are gorgeous, all layered up like this. Thank you ever so much for joining us this week at Addicted to Stamps 🙂
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Hi Victoria. Great to meet you. Fab challenge. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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So pretty! Love the little button center for the flower and the gorgeous blue color theme!
smiles,Deena
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Great to hear from you Deena 🙂 Hope all is well. Thank you for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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I loved it so much dear Florence, the tones of the blue colour and also the beads with the lace…. So beautiful. Thank you, love, nia
See Nia’s other crafty blog here http://acupofteawithnia.wordpress.com/
Fx
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Thank you Nia for your lovely comments. Hope all is well. Always great to hear from you.
Take care,
Florence xx
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Stunning, Florence. You make it sound so easy. 😉
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Hi Adi. Hope all is well. Thank you for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you. Take care.
Regards Florence xx
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Gorgeous card, love the blues, it looks so fresh, love those layers.
yvonne x
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Hi Yvonne. Great to hear from you. Hope you are ok. Thank you for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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Some lovely stitching and lace there too Florence. I love the blue with the cream. A gorgeous card. xx
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Hey Suze. Hope all is well. Thank you for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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What a gorgeous card Florence. I love the colours. Really Stunning. TFS. Hugs Rita xx
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Hi Rita. Lovely to hear from you. Hope you are ok. Thank you for your kind words. Enjoy your holiday. Take care.
Hugs,
Florence xx
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Totally gorgeous card Florence, love it. Annette x
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Thank you Netty. Hope you are ok. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. Take care.
Regards Florence xx
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Simply stunning – thanks for playing our Bingo challenge this week at ATS – Jacqueline xx
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Hi Jacqueline. Great to meet you. Fab challenge. It was such good fun. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Totally painless Florence lol such a lovely flower 🙂
Von ♥
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Von! Hellooooo! 🙂 Hope all is well. Thank you for your kind words. Always lovely to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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Florence…. I love the lace trims with the pearls. The stitching adds such a great touch too! Well done!!!!!
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Hi Nancy. Great to hear from you. So pleased you liked it. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments. Take care.
Regards Florence xx
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What a stunning card Florence – just love it. Thanks for joining us at ATS this week.
Karen x
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Hi Karen. Lovely to meet you. The challenge was such good fun. Thank you for popping in and for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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Hi Florence, how beautiful is your card! Those stamps are so pretty and the blue colour and stitching are just perfect. Have a lovely day from wet and windy UK. XX
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Hi Paula. Hope all is well. I have got the giggles 🙂 I’m resisting the temptation to make a facetious comment about you being Windy!! LOL! It is always great to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments 🙂
Hugs,
Florence XX
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So pretty and beautiful shades of blue.
Hugs, Neet xx
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Hi Neet. Great to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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A stunning card Florence. I love your sponging – those flowers and leaves are fabulous and I love the lace trim you’ve finished with.
Thanks for joining the challenge fun at Addicted to Stamps this week.
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Hi Patrice. Lovely to meet you. Really enjoyed the challenge. Hope to join in some more in the future. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Wonderfull card!
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Thank you Anne. Lovely to hear from you.
Regards to you and to Inge.
Florence xx
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Such a beautiful card Florence, I just love the blue colorings you used. Your stiching, the lace and pearls…well now I just love it all! Hope you are having a lovely weekend!
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Hi Joann. Hope all is well. All wonderful this end. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Quick for you.. not so much for me! I think you’re so talented.. and what a pretty card to gaze at this morning!!
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Hi Smidge. Hope you are ok. No, I meant that the post was quick. Not my normal woffling! lol! Thank you for your lovely comments.
Take care,
Florence xx
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By the look at all these comments on your blog I’m not the only one who likes this. So pretty!
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Hi Alice. Lovely to hear from you. Hope all is well. So pleased you like my card. Thank you for calling in.
Regards Florence xx
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This is a gorgeous creation Florence, I love it.
xxx Hazel.
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Hi Hazel, What a coincidence. I was just thinking about you and was about to pop over to your blog to see what you have been up to and you have visited me. Isn’t that strange!! 🙂 Hope all is well. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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This is a gorgeous card! I love the blue and cream color combo and all the beautiful details, a WOW card for sure!
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Hi Francesca. Great to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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WOW!! Love this and the border, lace and pearls are gorgeous!
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Hi Jan. Happy 4th July. Hope all is well. Thank you for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you.
Regards Florence x
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Florence, this is a beautiful card! I love the blue color and flower design. Also love the lace and the pearls…I just like the way you utilized all the different components and pulled them all together so well.
Blessings,
Marianne xo
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Hi Marianne. Hope all is well. Great to hear from you. Thank you for your lovely comments today.
Take care,
Regards Florence xx
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Absolutely gorgeous! The card itself is a present to be cherished. I am not sure about the “quick and painless” though. As gifted as I am in the kitchen, I’m all thumbs with crafts. 😉
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Hi Janet. Great to meet you. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. Looking forward to following your blog.
Regards Florence xx
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So beautiful Florence! I love your colouring, and the distressed edges!
alison xx
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Alison, Hellooooo! 🙂 Hope all is well. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments. Great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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Gorgeous card, love the lace and pearls perfect for our ATS challenge, many thanks!
Val x
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Hi Val. Lovely to meet you. Thank you for popping in and for your kind words. Great challenge. Really enjoyed it.
Regards Florence xx
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Beautiful card Florence – actually STUNNING.
Lorraine
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Hi Lorraine. Hope all is well. I am pleased you liked my card. Thank you so much for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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How gorgeous! 😀
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Hi Laura. Hope you are ok. Thank you for having a look around my blog yesterday and for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you.
Regards Florence xx
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You’re so welcome. I LOVE your blog. I may not always comment, but I’m always “stalking” your posts. (LOL!) And ,I’m feeling pretty good … bored, but good. Thanks so much … 😀
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Loving all the blues layered here. This card is beautiful. Great work of art again : ) G
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Thank you G for calling in and for both of your lovely comments. You are very kind.
Regards Florence xx
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Florence,this blue blue card, framed, would have pride of place against the deep yellow walls of my kitchen. It is such a delight to look at, all the wonderful layers of creativity. Virginia.
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Hi Virginia. Hope all is well. Sorry for the late reply. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you. Have a wonderful day.
Regards Florence xx
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