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Saturday, 24 August 2019

Tropical heatwave

The sunshine is back! It's a bank holiday weekend for most of the UK, which usually brings wind and rain, but this weekend it's wall to wall sunshine. Almost - but not quite - tropical.


I used the Paradise and Paradise Leaves stamp sets from Uniko, coloured everything with Promarkers  then cut everything out leaving a narrow white border (Oh, I wish I had dies to match those stamps!). Now one thing that bothers me with the toucan is that he always seems to be floating in mid air - I've tried using masking to give him a branch to sit on, but never managed to make it look right. This time I die cut a branch for him then cut little slots in the image and threaded his feet over the branch so the tail hung down behind. Not 100% there yet but it looks a lot better.  Finally I finished it off with a little resin toucan charm which I tied to the branch with ribbon.

I am sharing this with

Allsorts Challenge - Feminine 
Sparkles Monthly - Tropical Vacation 
Passion for Promarkers - Add a charm 
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13 comments:

  1. brenda24 August 2019 at 15:51

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  2. brenda24 August 2019 at 15:51

    A really super feminine creation and in lovely colours, thanks so much for joining in with our 'Feminine' theme at Allsorts challenge.

    B x

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  3. Rainey's Craft Room24 August 2019 at 15:57

    Wow! This is truly tropical, I love all the beautiful colours and your layering and dimension. What a fabulous charm you have added too, just perfect for this card and our challenge at Passion for Promarkers this week. Thank you for entering.
    Lorraine DT

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  4. crafty-stamper24 August 2019 at 16:33

    Fabulous tropical car love all the stamps and great colouring with the hot colours
    Carol x

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  5. Crafting Queen25 August 2019 at 10:00

    Love the colours and how you layered the images.

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  6. Marina25 August 2019 at 10:40

    Stunning! Love the bright colours.

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  7. Mrs A.25 August 2019 at 16:38

    Fabulous tropical look to your card and what a colourful toucan he is. Love his bill. Hugs Mrs A.

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  8. Wendy L25 August 2019 at 17:33

    Such a wonderful design, thanks for joining us at Allsorts . Xxx

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  9. The Crafty Den26 August 2019 at 11:12

    Fab card Jane. I love the bright colours and fun images (well done you on all that fussy cutting!) and your colouring is perfect. The charm is super cute too. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week and good luck in the prize draw. Hugs, Denise x

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  10. Vicky Hayes26 August 2019 at 14:36

    What a fabulous card Jane and perfect for the UK bank holiday! (I don't know where you are but I'm in the middle of England and it's definitely tropical here!) Love the way you made a branch for the toucan - and yes, it would've bothered me to have him floating too! Absolutely love the arrangement of flowers and leaves, like a splash. Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend :)

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  11. Dawn Phillips28 August 2019 at 20:32

    What a fantastic tropical card. You've got some patience cutting all that lot out. Love Dawn x

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  12. Vickie Y1 September 2019 at 22:20

    Beautiful tropical images and card! Thank you for sharing with us at The Sparkles Monthly Challenge

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  13. Mummylade5 September 2019 at 12:15

    Wonderful colours! Thank you for sharing with us at Allsorts this week.

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