Hello … bonjour! We’re just about half way through our lovely ‘Inspired By Words’ challenge at Time Out … this fortnight we’re using this song line … ‘Love Is The Flower You’ve Got To Let Grow’. I went whimsical …
… and almost one layer. The stems and leaves are from Neat & Tangled‘s Scandinavian Flowers and were stamped randomly over the card base. I stamped two sizes of Winnie & Walter outline hearts in place of the flower heads and scattered a third tiny size (also W&W) around them. The hearts and little leaves were watercoloured and I added a couple of coats of Wink of Stella over the top. The sentiment’s from SSS … a die cut ‘hello’ over the top of a white embossed slender strip of black … both adhered flat to the card. How about a close up of all that shimmer …
We’d love it if you played along … you can use all or any of the words them to spark your ideas. You’d be in with a chance to be a Guest Designer with us for a future challenge … and there’s a £15 prize up for grabs for the winner, thanks to Stephanie at Clearly Besotted Stamps. All the details are over at the Time Out blog, along with lots of inspiration from our fabulous DT and our wonderfully talented Guest Designer, Valentyna from Flourishtina … hope to see you in the gallery!
I’m joining in with …
Little Tangles – Watercolour
AAA Cards – Love Me Like You Do
Tic -Tac-Toe – Top Row … Love, Shimmer, Hearts
Addicted to CAS – Bloom … flowers and love here!
Wishing you a fabulous weekend when it arrives! Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Anita 🙂
My Papercraft World 
What a great idea to use hearts as flowers! Super cute card, I love the bg you created!
I love that background with the swirly hearts, Anita and the pop of black is the perfect accent! Very fresh and spring-y 🙂
Wow! I love how you stamped the background! So delicate and sweet.
Such a pretty card, I’m sure the person who receives it will be thrilled. Karen xxx
Hi, Anita! Oh this is so pretty with that stamped background and Wink of Stella on each heart. Love the black word die against the pretty stamped images. We are having a little heatnwave here in CA , sunny and very warm. Hugs and I hope you enjoy your weekend too !
I love your stamped background with the hearts as flowers. Beautiful!
Love how you combined the 2 stamp sets to create the fabulous background , Anita. I’m also envious of how you combine so many challenges with one card 🙂
What a pretty card Anita! I love those little heart flowers and vine/leaves background. That just makes the whole card! Your bold black sentiment and black strip with sentiment just pops off that beautiful background. Hugs, Brenda
You said it, Anita: LOve, shimmer, hearts!!! Indeed! Oh so sweet! xx
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Anita so charming and colorful. Your design looks like it would make a nice fabric. The black strip completes the look.
This is as lovely as can be! The shimmer is truly amazing, love the hearts too!
Love the stamping and WOS! Makes the sentiment even look bolder; great layouy! Hugs, Gerrina
Love all the cute little heart flowers with the beautiful shimmer, Anita!!!! The black sentiment really pops wonderfully and the white on the small black strip is lovely!!! Such a sweet card!!!
Have a great Friday!!!
Hugz
So adorable! Love those little hearts and vines.
Absolutely sweet and lovely, Anita. Great combination of the stamps sets. Thanks for joining in at AAA Cards. Melissa
WOW! Way to fulfill a bunch of challenges in one pass. And what a pass it is…that is such a sweet, lovely background. Using the N&T foliage and adding those W&W hearts is nothing short of GENIUS! Then to color them in…it’s so pretty it makes my heart ache. Wonder if someone makes wallpaper like that. If not, there is a second career for you. The bold sentiment sets it off to a tee. Just brilliant.
I really love how you paired your stamps to create such a pretty pattern, Anita! Your sparkly hearts are so sweet, and your bold, black sentiment grounds your design perfectly! Great job combining challenges, too 🙂
Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Addicted to CAS! We always enjoy seeing your beautiful cards in the gallery!
Brilliantly designed, Anita. Love all those little hearts and the way you did your sentiment.
Beautiful design Anita. And love all that shimmer. xx
Sweet, sweet card! I love your wonderful background with all those wee hearts. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Your card is so pretty. I adore your sweet background with the hearts and added shimmer.
Tracie Pond
Stamping Smiles Designs
Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge
Design Team Member
Just so you know, I’m totally CASEing this card. This is one of my all time favorites that you’ve made. Dang girl!!! Those greens are amazing. Love the bold/subtle feel they have. And don’t get me started on those sweet hearts… I’m a sucker for hearts! I love this card. And you too! Happy Valentine’s day! Miss you!
definitely whimsical and so very sweet!!
What can be sweeter than HEART FLOWERS? This is such a happy spring card, a real breath of fresh air for wintertime! Well done, Anita, and thank you so much for playing in the TTT challenge at Stamping Smiles Designs!! Enjoy your weekend! Missing-you-hugs, Darnell
This is such a sweet, shimmery background that you created! Very pretty card!
Wishing you a great weekend!
This is such a darling card, Anita. I love that all over design, something I usually have trouble with.
Anita, this is so wonderful! I adore your decision to replace the flowers with the various sizes of hearts. So cute! Your watercolring looks great, too, and I love love all that shimmer. Such a perfect card for each challenge, but thanks especially for joining the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge! I smiled with delight when I saw your name amongst the entries. 🙂
Oh my, I thought at first “what lovely pattern paper” , and then discovered you had stamped it. It’s awesome. Love the different sizes of the hearts on the green stems, and so very pretty. Liked all the shimmer too. The black strip really sets off the bold black sentiment splendidly. Awesome. TFS & Have a super wkend. Hugs
This is SO pretty, Anita, love the sweet little hearts and vines!!
Wow that is fab and detailed watercolouring. Quite a different card for you and yet so gorgeous x
As usual…just stellar!
The background on this is AMAZING!!! I cannot believe you used watercolor!! Mine would be everywhere!! I really like the black sentiment too. Really grounds the card. Thank you for playing with Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge!!
Love, love, love this card Anita! The background you created is amazing – such an amazing idea to combine the two stamp sets. You have really inspired me to take another look at my stash…. Hugs, Jill
And I almost forgot to thank you for linking up at AAA too!
Total sweetness! Love the softness of the background paired with a bold, black sentient! Nice shimmer too! So sorry for being MIA…playing catch-up again!
This is so pretty, Anita! I love that you used random stamping to make a background, but I also love that you replaced the flowers with hearts!
Beautiful and so sweet!! Thanks for joining us at Little Tangles!
Lovely, sweet card Anita! Fabulous colors and layout.
Your background is as cute as can be Anita!! Such a sweet card!!
Beautifully stamped background, Anita, & I love the black for the sentiment!
Love your pretty card Anita and all those sparkly hearts are adorable:) xx
Looks just like designer paper! And that wonderful shimmer you added just makes it extra special!
You’ve created such a pretty background Anita – sets off the big, bold black sentiment perfectly!
Such a great idea to use the hearts for the flowers, I love this!
Oh my gosh, your background is fabulous!! LOVE your flowers-turned-hearts creation!
Whimsically wonderful, my friend! How I wish I had a garden to grow these charming, sparkly heart plants…Love this!
hugs~c