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Sunday, 12 April 2020

Happy Easter Everyone

 We are going through serious uncertain times with the coronavirus.  I just wanted to make a bright and cheery card to say "Happy Easter" to my family, friends and people around Blogland/Facebook.

I recently won a Polkadoodles challenge and got to pick an image as my prize.  I came across "Helga Hippo" when I was choosing a Design Team image for the end of May.  Isn't she just a cutie?  I have used the Polkadoodles image "Helga Hippo - Sitting Pretty".

I have coloured her in with Promarkers and chalked the sky and used a new stencil to add the sun's rays shining down on Helga.

The backing papers are from The Works.

I have finished the card off with some stamped and fussy cut Easter eggs (I used scraps of the floral paper and the orange paper to stamp on - waste not, want not), stamped sentiment, purple seam binding ribbon, pink ric rac ribbon, John Lockwood Cornflower die-cut flowers, Sue Wilson greenery die-cut from green card and the flowers were finished off with some rather gorgeous gems a friend sent me from Holland.

Despite everything I hope you can all manage a Happy Easter.  Special wishes to those that have poorly loved ones and ALL of the people that are still working during this pandemic.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Anything goes with the option of a colour theme
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Ally's Angels - Anything goes
QKR Stampede - Anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge - Anything goes
Allsorts - Something old, something new (Something old (ric-rac ribbon must be 10 years old as it came from my sewing box and Easter egg/Easter sentiment stamp I've used for years and years) and something new (new Polkadoodles image and new stencil used for the rays from the sun)
Dragonfly Dreams - Add a flower/flowers
Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist of geometric papers
Die-cut Divas - Animals
Love to Craft - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything goes with the option of yellow


12 comments:

Nelly said...

Such a cute card! Love your chosen colour choice...Thanks for joining in with the the challenge at https://polkadoodles.blogspot.com/ ...hugs Nelly dt x

Arlene said...

Absolutely darling. You've made Ms. Hippo look so darling and cute. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas for the April challenge of "It's all about the animals".

Billie A said...

Darling image and fun card design. So glad you shared over at Crafty Catz. stay safe..

brenda said...

This is such a happy and fun card, thanks so much for sharing and joining us at Allsorts challenge.

B x

Mervi said...

Beautiful card.
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m

Debbie Mageed said...

She's definitely a cutie! What a wonderful card with lovely details. Thank you for playing with us at the Alphabet Challenge and hope you can join us again soon.

Cindy C. said...

Oh what a sweet card, thanks for linking up to our April challenge gallery at Die Cut Divas.

Dawn said...

Another cute & fun little card Kym!
Thanks for sharing it with us at QKR Stampede this week!
Good Luck
Crafty Hugs
Dawn xx

Mummylade said...

What a lovely project! Thank you for playing along with us at Allsorts this time.

Diane Louise J said...

Hello... Thanks for entering your lovely card into our ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge. Good luck in the draw and hope you will come back again soon.
Diane Louise [Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]

Deanne Saunders said...

So cute!!! Thank-you so much for participating in our LEMON SHORTBREAD challenge. Hope to see your beautiful creations in our next challenge!! Have a happy crafty day!!! So sorry this is late, but with everything going on, I’m just getting around to doing this. Please stay safe during this time.
Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

Chana Malkah said...

Great card, Kym! I think you got your "happy" message across! Thanks for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah, Owner