This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge is to make a card inspired by your home state, province, town or country. It could be where you were born, where you grew up and still call "home", or where you live now.
During Spring, I find myself missing the beautiful dogwood blooms in my home state of Missouri. The dogwood tree is the state tree of Missouri and the true harbinger of Spring. I remember driving through the barren countryside seeing the pops of pink and white from the blooming dogwood trees ... that was when I knew Spring was truly on its way.
I stamped the Hero Arts Dogwood in Olive Pastel ink on white cardstock. I stamped it a second time inking with Coral, Orange, and Rouge and cute out and paper pieced the blooms (for the Moxie Fab World paper piecing challenge). I also stamped and cut out a Lady Bug from Hero Arts Antique Engravings and had it land on a leaf. I colored the centers of the blooms with colored pencils and blended with an eraser. The sentiment is Hero Arts All Occasion Messages & papers are SEI Black Orchid DP.
I love sending out all sorts of Mother's Day cards ... not just to my Mom and Gran, but to all of the other people who filled that mother-role for me at different times in my life ... and to my friends who are amazing mothers to their children. This card uses the Corrosive Challenge sketch & is also for this month's Hero Arts challenge to make a Mother's Day card.
Registered: November 12, 2009 Location: Living in Western North Carolina in the mountains of beauty. Posts: 2551
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 1:47 AM
Beautiful card Stef... wonderful challenge to make us all think about all the wonderful things about where we live or have been in our lives... Thanks... for all the wonderful sharing you do... This card also inspired me to think about my beautiful dogwoods that are blooming all over my yard... Thanks...
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Registered: April 19, 2006 Location: Waterford, WI Posts: 20540
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 5:20 AM
Very cute. I love dogwoods and wish they grew in WI. One year we went in April to the Ozarks and I believe I stood by the tree waiting for it to bloom. I was rewarded.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92633
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 5:42 AM
Your card is so lovely...and so right on for now! The flowering trees are in their glory. Love the delicacy of the dogwoods that are blooming now. I'm in MO too.
Registered: April 27, 2007 Location: South,GA Posts: 59576
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 7:17 AM
Stephanie this is gorgeous, I love those flowers and I too love dogwood trees, I just wished they would stay blooming more than 3 wks. Thanks for such a fantastic IC today
Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44979
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @ 8:20 AM
Such a beautiful card!!! I, too, love dogwoods! Your image is colored to perfection and I just love the dp! Great job!
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