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Saturday, 23 May 2026

CROCUS

Welcome to my blog.  Today I have another card and sketch for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  I've just realised that both of my cards for May are purple.  Oh well, I love purple anyway.

Sketch #326
This sketch is rather easy.  I can see a mistake I made on my card. Can you?

Don't forget to check over at 
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and see what our design team and our guest designer have created this month.


Challenges I'm Entering:
2. 613 Avenue Create Challenge May 2026 Flowers  TOP ROCKER AWARD WEEK 3 17th-23rd May 2026
3. A Place To Start Challenge May 2026 Anything Goes A RISING STAR AWARD WEEK 3 18th - 24th MAY 2026
7. Unicorn Challenge #120 Something New New Design Papers and Sketch used.*
10. As You Like It Challenge: Favourite Season Spring/Summer warmer weather and all the beautiful flowers are out in bloom, and there's an abundance of them. TOP 3

Card Recipe:


1. Base: White French Linen
2, Coloured card: Purple Bazzill
3. Design Paper:

4. Image: Crocus by Fred She Said


5. Colour Medium: Copics
6. Embellishments: Pearls and Purple Satin Ribbon, all from my stash.



7. Tools Used:


8. Dies Used:
Spellbinders Classic Squares and Circles, Large and Small and extra-large Rectangles.



9. Inside and the back of the card.


Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and happy crafting.

15 comments:

Granmargaret said...

Lovely card. I saw it on Crafty Catz. My favourite colour is purple

Elaine Stark said...

A beautiful card adn lovely use of the sketch. Thanks for joining AYLI challenge. Elaine

crafty-stamper said...

Gorgeous card Kathie, love the beautiful crocus, papers and the colour.
Carol x
Thank you for joining us at a Place to Start and Stamping Sensations.
Carol DT x

Deanne Saunders said...

Gorgeous card!!! Thanks so much for participating in our PAPER ROCKS SCISSORS challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

Darlene said...

GORGEOUS! Great job on the sketch and I love purple so your card really speaks to me! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Four Seasons Co-Owner

PS: Also fits our Triple B challenge ... come check it out!

Jill K said...

Love the center floral and the white space around it that allows it to really stand out!Thanks for accepting the challenge at A Place To Start !

Ellibelle said...

Such a beautiful card, really loving the purple and it's always a joy to see the first crocus appear in the garden. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Four Seasons challenge!

Chana Malkah said...

Very pretty card! I love the color and the way your composition pulls the eye to your image! Thanks for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
Hugz,
Chana

tilly said...

a beautiful card and layout in my fave colours, thank you for sharing at Crafty Catz challenge, Tilly

brenda said...

A lovely card for our current challenge at Stamping Sensations, thank you go much for joining us.

B x

Rosmarie said...

Beautiful card with colors I really love!! Thank you so much for playing along with 613 Avenue Create. Rosi x
You might also be interested in these two challenge blogs
The Little Things
Dream Factory

Vic said...

Beautiful card - love the monochrome look, esp the delicate crocus flower and the stylish border. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us this month at Patties Creation - Vic, D.T. X

Maria Nicotra Tinyworks said...

Thank you for sharing with us over at Sparkles Monthly Challenge Blog Dt Maria

Judy V said...

Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Gals Corner!

Cez said...

Beautiful card! The colors and details are so lovely and work together perfectly. Thank you for sharing your creativity and for joining us at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. We hope to see you again next month for another fun challenge!
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