Tuesday, April 17, 2012

To a Berry Special Couple…

No, you’re not imagining anything; I’m really posting a new project finally.  I’ve just had issues, which I know many can understand.

I was invited to be a guest designer over at Paper Creations Ink this week for their challenge number 23, “April Showers Bring May Flowers”.



Their sponsor this challenge is Tiffany Doodles, and this is my use of the image.  These flowers are special they bring mouth-watering fruit, too. It has been colored a couple of times and some pop-dotted on top of some, and others are just in the background.  Some are even behind this “small French lattice” by Cheery Lynn Designs.

Here’s a close-up of the strawberries:



The supplies used on my card are:

Image – Tiffany Doodles
Dies – Cheery Lynn Designs
Punch – Martha Stewart
Ribbons, Button, Gems – Stash
Glossy Accent and Open Stock papers

I’m entering this in the following challenges:

Crop Stop – button and bows
Do You Stack Up – glitter, bling – Glossy Accents and gems
Paper Play Challenges – things with wings
Prairie Fairy Fridays – anything
Sweet ‘n Sassy – button and bug
Totally Papercrafts – things with wings
The Squirrel and The Fox – things with wings
Phindy’s Place – food or drink
Sketch Saturday – sketch
Totally Gorjuss – bling
Pile It On – pop it up
Platypus Creek Digitals – fancy folds
Cupcake Craft Challenges – die cuts
Karen’s Doodles – spring
Incy Wincy Designs – digis
Lollipop Crafts – spring
My Craft Spot – make it pop
Southern Girl's Challenge – fancy folds
Crafty Sentiments – digis
Die Cuttin Divas – garden
Scrap Creations – April showers bring May flowers
Party Time Tuesdays – red, black and rose
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge – butterflies
Tip Top Challenges – spots
Paper Crafting Journey – 3 or more layers dp
Shelly’s Images Blog – anything
Crafty Ribbons Challenge – wings and opt. ribbon
Craft Us Crazy – flower
Delicious Doodles – layers
Wags ‘n Whiskers – anything
A Gem of a Sketch – sketch
Really Reasonable Ribbon – black, white and one other color, plus ribbon
Sunday’s With Crissy – favorite color combo
Alota Rubber Stamps – easel card
Lexi’s Creations – punches
Hotshot Craft – young love
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – ribbon or twine
I hope that you’ve enjoyed something from me again, and will stop by again soon.

Hugs,

dj1952

49 comments:

Linda Wescott said...

A really eyecatching card dj, I love the bold colour scheme, and the colouring is beautiful. I really like that lattice. Hugs Lin

Catherine said...

Loving the red and black together on this, very striking...

Vicki said...

Gorgeous card! Love the red and all of the details. Thanks for joining our CropStop Bows and Buttons Challenge.

Ulina / Apricot Bubbles said...

Dj, it´s so good to have you back again!! Your cards always surprise me with so many details on them! And I love the rich RED on this one - beautiful!
Hugs,
Uli

debby4000 said...

Absolutely love your card.
luv
Debby

Dorcas said...

It came out real nice, Debbie! You do well with red and black. I just went strawberry picking yesterday and got about 10 pounds. Not as good as last year, its too dry I guess.:( They're a bit wizened.

Michelle Pearson said...

this is amazing! Love all the details, coloring, everything!
Thanks for sharing it with us on the CropStop Challenge! :)

Ruthie Lopez said...

beautiful card!! Love the details!!!
Thanks for participating at Platypus Creek Digitals in our Challenge 4 Fancy Folds!!!
Good luck!
Ruthie DT

Sarah said...

A great card Deb. As I run the the HSC blog I get to say whether a card fits the challenge or not. And I say.....yes! Those cute red hearts a perfect for love of any age!"

thanks for entering

Hugs Sarah x

Stephanie said...

This is beautiful, thanks for playing at SNSDC this week.

Darlene said...

WOW! Your card is gorgeous! Love your choice of colors and design! Thanks so much for joining our "ANYTHING GOES" challenge at Shelly's Images! Please come back and join us again real soon!!
Darlene
Shelly's Images DT
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Gerda said...

That card looks great and congrats to be a gast designer. You did a fine job.
Thanks for joining us at DCD this week.
Gerda
http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

Sassy Cheryl said...

WOW! What an amazing project. This is just totally gorgeous! Super stunning. Love, love, love the red. My fav-o-rite color.
Thanks for playing in the Butterflies challenge this week at Sassy Cheryl's .

Jac’s Playground said...

Beautifully done! Love the striking colours, fantastic card, thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week

Wendy said...

Gorgeous card, fabulous colour combo...Thanks for joining us at Totally Papercrafts this week.
Wendy xx

Leanne said...

O this is lovely! The strawberries are cute! Your easel card is fantastic with all the wonderful details!
Mahalo for joining us at Lollipop Crafts this week!
;)

jkreucher said...

I Love making easel cards! this is gorgeous! love your wonderful colors and design!
thanks for joining us for the Sassy Cheryl'butterflies' challenge this week!
Judy

Denise@DigiHaven said...

The bold colors and love-ly berries are beautiful! Thank you for joining us at Platypus Creek Digitals. Denise DT

happyglitzygirl said...

Great colour choice, those heart berries look ready to eat, lol. Thanks for playing with us at the Squirrel and the Fox, blessings Hilde

Ann English said...

My goodness, this is lovely! Your colors are perfect and design is so pretty.
Thank you for joining us this week for the Phindy's Place challenge! I hope you'll join us again tomorrow!

Dawnll said...

This is such a beautiful design and such stunning colors. Thanks for sharing with us at RRR

Kat said...

Gorgeous card Dj. Very striking in these colours. Fruit looks yummy! Love the bling. Thanks for lining us at TG this week.

Kat x

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Gorgeous creation, just love the colour combo!

Thank you for sharing with us at Platypus Creek, good luck!
Hugs Shell xx

Lisa Minckler said...

What a vibrant, elaborate and beautifully detailed card you've designed here! The black and red are exquisite together and those strawberries look amazingly yummy and beautiful! WOW...what a real treat to receive this for an anniversary card. :) Wonderful work here. I really love the lattice background!

Lisa :)

Thank you SOOOO much for joining our challenges at Karen's Doodles, The Squirrel & The Fox, Top Tip Tuesday and Craft Us Crazy!! Good luck to you and I hope you can join us next time too. :D

Sheryl said...

OOOh, I love red and black and those strawberries look good enough to eat.
Thanks for joining us at INCY WINCY this week. Hope we see you again soon.
Hugs
Sheryl (DT)

Pia S said...

Perfect choice of colors for this card, which has so many interesting details! Great work!

Anke said...

Lovely card. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons. Good luck.
xx

Diamond Doll said...

Gorgeous and very eyecatching theres loads of detail.
Thankyou for joining us at CRAFTY RIBBONS.
(hugs)
Trish (-:

Cyndi said...

So beautiful! Love the bold colors and all the details! Thanks for joining us this week at Lollipop Crafts!

jkreucher said...

what a beautiful work of art! the colors are wonderful!
Thanks for joining us for the Sassy Cheryl Butterflies challenge this week!
Judy

talha said...

Bright shades combination, red and black goes along with each other.

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paige said...

Stunning card! What a lot of lovely work went into your fabulous creation! So happy you joined us this week at Party Time Tuesdays!

Wattage said...

Love the strawberries & hearts! thanks for joining us at the Platypus Creek challenge, Lisa (DT) x

K Clark said...

wow... that is a lot of challenges!!!
love it!!
thanks for joining us at pile it on and I hope to see you next week as well - Kimberly DT
http://leokc34.blogspot.ca

Mary Lou said...

Wonderful Card!!! Love how you dimensionalized the berries!!
Thanks for joining us at Sunday's with Crissy!!!
Hugz

Croms' Cubby Hole said...

A gorgeous, mouthwatering card. Love that colour combo. Thank you for sharing this with us at Delicious Doodles and hope to see more of your work in the future

Annette said...

What a lovely bold red colour scheme. Beautiful for an anniversary. Thanks for joining our spotty challenge at Top Tip Tuesday.
Annette
xx

Candy said...

Gorgeous card! Love the colors you chose.
Thanks for playing along with the Die Cuttin' Divas this week!
Candy
http://candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com

Cathy Lee said...

Gorgeous card, DJ. Love all the red (my favorite) colors. Thanks for joining us at CYP this week.
Hugz,
Cathy Lee

febe said...

Beautiful in black and red. Elegant!

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Christy Beans said...

Fab and lovely! Great color combo and that charming heart strawberries image - so sweet! The diecuts and layers work so well together =) Thanks for joining us for the 3 or More Patterned Papers challenge at PCJ! ~Christy

Kristen said...

Super cute card, thanks for playing with us in this weeks "April showers" challenge at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

ddazzled71 said...

The beautiful colours and berries are so sweet. Thanks so much for joining us for our Fancy Fold Challenge at Platypus Digitals this past fortnight.

Danie - PCD DT
http://d-dazzledscraps.com

sammi said...

Gorgeous! Thank you so much for playing along with us in our “Anything Goese” challenge at Shelly's Images We're so happy you joined us! ~~Sammibug~~ Shelly's Images DT

cebelica said...

Such a beautiful card. Thanks for playing with us at Crafty ribbons! Hugs! xx

Christine said...

Gorgeous creation love bright colours great design fab take on the sketch at AGOAC

thanks for sharing Christine x

angelic crafter said...

What a lovely card. Great colours. Thanks for joining us at Southern Girls XO Tania

Jo said...

Beautiful,love the bold colours and so much detail!Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations this time and good luck!
Jo x
DT

buglvr2010 said...

Fabulous card! Thanks so much for joining us at Really Reasonable Ribbon!