Spring Swing easel...

Good morning, dear Bloggers!  Well, it's another day of sunshine and it looks like the summer weather is set to stay over the weekend too!  The children are spending most of their time in the little river in our village, splashing around and trying to catch fish and the BBQ has been lit more times in the last fortnight than it ever has been!  School breaks up at the end of next week and I'm just hoping that the weather doesn't turn sour on us and confine us to indoors!

I've been lucky enough to get a couple of top 3s with some of my projects recently and thought I would share them with you - I got a Top 3 with Natalie and Amy for their Fantasy  Challenge...

...Top 3 with Crafting When We Can Challenge #47 with my Wee Florist card...

...and a Daily Talent Spot over at Joanna Sheen with my Time is Precious wall hanging!

Anyhow, today, I have a card to share with you using another one of my digi choices from my win at The Paper Shelter a couple of weeks ago...

...this is Spring Swing - I decided to make an easel card and use some of the pretty First Edition Dreamcatcher paper pad...

...I coloured this little sweetie with my Promarkers and here's the colours I used for all you Letraset fans :

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Sandstone, Caramel, Cocoa, Walnut, Umber

Dress : Soft Mauve, Lavender, Orchid, Amethyst, Purple

Sash and Bow : Muted Pink, Rose Peach, Watermelon, Antique Pink

Bird : Glacier, Cloud, Dolphin Blues

Swing : Vanilla, Sunflower, Soft Khaki, Khaki

Flowers : Cerise, Vermillion, Meadow, Birght Green

Shoes : Dove Grey, Cool Grey 1, Cool Grey 4

...The theme over at The Paper Shelter this week is 'Swirly Girly', so I added a couple of glittered Marianne swirl die cuts and some punched flowers with pearl centres.  I decided to add the sentiment on little tabs to create some more interest on the card and finished (of course) with some little pearls...

...Lastly, I added a panel for a hand written sentiment - all of my coloured layers are white cardstock with the edges coloured with Promarkers, so that I don't have to keep bringing in too much stuff from the shed!  The structural engineer came on Wednesday to see about knocking through the pantry, but there's still no news as to when work is supposed to start and with Summer holidays around the corner, I hope we find out soon!  Thanks for dropping by to see me and I hope to be able to keep cardmaking, if only occasionally, until the work starts!  Enjoy your weekend, whatever you're doing...crafty hugs,

Lisa x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges :

The Paper Shelter

Swirly Girly

Southern Girls Challenge

No Spoolin'

A Gem of a Challenge

Lots of Layers

Dream Valley Challenges

Make your own flowers/embellishments