Saturday, June 20, 2009

Lazy Summer Day

I'm back with another challenge card. I created this one for three different challenges - Roses on Paper, Just Magnolia and Stampin' for the Weekend.

For the Roses on Paper challenge, you must follow the challenge theme AND use a Magnolia, Rachelle Anne Miller, Sarah Kay, The Greeting Farm or Alota image. The current theme is to use flowers and to combine the ROP challenge with any other challenge. I chose Relaxing Tilda for the image, and there are flowers in the image itself, my DP and as embellishments on the card. And obviously, I met the requirement to combine challenges with the other two that I am doing with this one.

The Just Magnolia challenge theme this week is Summer. I don't have any Magnolia images with an obvious Summer theme, but I have a couple on my wish list. I think maybe this image is supposed to really be Spring since Tilda is wearing her little jacket, but I decided that maybe where Tilda lives it isn't 95 degrees with a heat index of 105 like it is here. :) I thought the image was perfect for the summer quote that I found. I printed the quote on my computer and cut it out with my Nesties. The quote, by Sir John Lubbock, says "To lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time."

The final challenge for this card is Stampin' for the Weekend. This is the third week for this new challenge blog and I've really been enjoying their challenges. So far they've been a little different than some of the other blogs. The challenge theme for this week is Rock n Roll 60's. When I first saw the title I kind of panicked because I wasn't quite sure what it was going to be, but it turned out fine. They provided three song titles from the 1960's and we were to use one of them as our inspiration. We were only to consider the title and not the lyrics. The three songs provided were:

"Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harem

"Time of the Season" by The Zombies

"Please Mr. Postman" by the Marvellettes

The song I chose for my inspiration is "Time of the Season" which by the way is one of my favorite songs of all time - even though I was only four when it was popular. I love 1960's songs. The tie-in - obviously - is the summer theme of my card. I did consider "Whiter Shade of Pale" (another of my favorite songs) because I'm working on some all white cards for a swap I'm in, but I wouldn't have been able to combine that with the Just Magnolia challenge and I posted an all white card not too long ago anyway which was similar to the one I'm working on.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll check out the other great creations on these awesome blogs. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Supplies
Stamp: Relaxing Tilda (Magnolia); quote is computer generated
Paper: Yellow and blue cardstock (DCWV); DP - Spring Stack (DCWV)
Embellishments: Circle and scalloped circle Nestabilities and rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinder); large flowers - Chloe's Closet (Making Memories); small flowers (Prima); flower brads (Making Memories); button, twine, ribbon
Technique: Prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirits
Finished card size: 6" square

12 comments:

Kimmi said...

Hello Judy
I just love this card, its bursting with colour and I just think its FAB! I love the sentiment you've printed. I think it fits perfectly for your card! The flowers along the top are so cute and you Tilda is coloured to perfection!

Thank you for joining us this week at "Stampin' for the Weekend", we hope you had lots of fun coming up with your card, and we hope to see you next week! Good Luck

Kimmi

Anonymous said...

Hi Judy! You made a fabulous summery card, so bright and colourful! The image is very cute and fantastically coloured. I love the quote you added, it's beautiful and the flowers are such nice details. :)

Thank you for joining us at SFTW and good luck! We hope you'll join us again, next week, too. :)
Vanja

Pop's Cards said...

Hi Juday, i love that this acrd is bursting with colour, that sentiment is just perfect, lovely layout and great flowers...

Thanks for joinign us at SFTW, good luck hugs Pops x x x

Donna said...

Wow Judy another beautiful card, so summery looking, loads of bright colors, and I love the sentiment you used, such a great quote. Your coloring on Tilda is fabulous, you've done a great interpretation on the song title. I agree it's a great song.
Thank you for participating in the "Stampin' for the Weekend" challenge again this week.. Good luck and we hope you'll continue to join in on the challenges on a weekly basis. Have a fabulous weekend.
Donna xx

Janice W. said...

This card is lovely and I really like the quote you chose. Takes me back to my youth doing exactly what Tilda is doing.

Vicki said...

What a fabulous, bright and cheery card you have created here Judy. The layout is wonderful, beautiful choice of papers and the image has been coloured in a treat. Love all the flower embellishments, really adds to the summery feel of your card. Thank you so much for taking part with this weeks challenge over at SFTW, good luck and hopefully you'll be able to join in with many more of our challenges too. xx vicki xx

Jen said...

Hi Judy,
I just love that sentiment - it's perfect for the beautiful summery card you've created. It's a great interpretation of the song.
Thanks for joining the SFTW challenge this week.
Hugs
Jen x

crafty amy said...

What a great card! I love the summery colours and feel that this has. This Tilda is the perfect choice for Summer and I loe the way you have been able to combine the 2 challenges.
Thank you for joining us again at stampin' for the weekend and good luck.

X Amy X

Nicola said...

Your card is beautiful Judy and covers the Time of the Season to perfection. What a pretty image and fab colouring and your quote is lovely. Your papers are very pretty and your ribbon bow is awesome, wish I could tie likie you.
Thank you for joining us again at "Stampin´for Weekend" and we hope you will play along with us next week too.
Nicola -x-

Ida / Little said...

Hi Judy, you have chosen a great season. And your card matches it so well, beautiful image and coloring. Love the colors you have worked with :) Thanks for joining us at SFTW this week and hope to see you again next week :)

Hugs Ida

debbies said...

I love the scene you've created. This is such an adorable Tilda!!!

Anonymous said...

A fabulous card, thank you for joining us at just magnolia. hugs rachxx