Saturday, 11 November 2023

Allsorts Challenge ~ Friendship

It's my birthday today.  Has anyone else noticed that the older you get, the quicker birthdays with a '0' on the end seem to come around!   So here I am, starting a new decade.  🤣 

Lynn has chosen the theme of 'Friendship' for this week's Allsorts Challenge.  It would be lovely to see how you interpret Friendship, but if not can always use the Anything Goes option.
 
I searched for ages to find this Julie Hickey 'Friendship Blooms' set of discontinued stamps and was lucky enough to find a preloved set for sale.  I stamped the image with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured the flower with Promarkers.  I stamped the flower head again, coloured and fussy cut it, before layering over the original flower head and adding a green enamel dot to the centre.  The middle was glued to the card and the edges of the petals raised up on foam pads to add some dimension.  The stamped sentiment is part of the same set of stamps and I attached it with foam pads.  The background was embossed with a Spellbinders 'Dainty Dots' embossing folder.

Prizes this month are from Stampendous and Oakwood Direct and WOWVOW

The Allsorts DT have made some beautiful creations for the challenge, so please hop over the challenge blog for some inspiration.

I am joining in the following challenges:




40 comments:

  1. This is lovely, Liz! I like that stamp a lot.
    Lia xx

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  2. I forgot to say Happy Birthday!! Congrats and have a nice day with lots of presents, cake and fun
    Lia xx

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  3. Loving the fresh look of this pretty card - pleased you managed to get hold of this stamp. Happy Birthday, have a great day

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  4. Happy birthday Liz,hope you have a wonderful day,a beautiful stamp and card

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  5. Happy Birthday Liz....I have forgotten what it is like to be 20 again...you will have to let me know...lol...have a great day. Love your card. I have this stamp set, an all time favourite and your card is lovely xx

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  6. Happy Birthday Liz...you are right about the birthdays ending in '0'... Your card is lovely and I just love the stamped image...enjoy your day

    Anne

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  7. What a beautiful image, colored beautifully and made into a fabulous embossed card! Happy Birthday my friend! My mom would have turned 100 today had she still been with us :)

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  8. I love the fresh and happy on this card. Really great image.

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  9. A beautiful and cheerful friendship card Liz.

    Sending many HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes your way. Have a great new decade! xxx

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  10. Indeed Liz!! I hope you have a lovely day.

    Your card is so fresh and welcoming in the sunny colours, thanks so much for sharing with us at Stamping Sensations and We Love Stamping November challenges.

    B x

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  11. Happiest of Birthdays, Liz. I am sharing this new decade with you with my "0" birthday too and what fun we will have! Love this cheerful, friendship card so much.

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  12. Happy Birthday, Liz!
    Your card is so beautiful, love the yellow and white combo and wonderful embossing!

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  13. Great way to dent a flower! Love the fresh feel this one has! Enjoy the weekend!

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  14. Happy Birthday Liz! Enjoy your special day! This flower is so pretty and cheerful ! Love the white and yellow palette, it's so fresh and your decoupaging looks great!

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  15. Happy Birthday! This is a pretty card and what a lovely stamp set too. Thanks also for sharing with us at We Love Stamping and Stamping Sensations.

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  16. I hope you have a very happy birthday Liz, beautiful card too, I love the flower

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  17. Happy Birthday Liz, hope you have a day to remember- It was a big '0' birthday for me too this year- NOT looking forward to when the next one comes around!
    Love your card, the stamp is lovely as is your design and colour combo. xx

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  18. This is a very pretty flower stamp and great that you eventually found a pre-loved one, and you have used it beautifully here, with some lovely layering in a complementary yellow tone, and the embossing looks great. Wishing you a very happy birthday Liz and hope you have had a good day! x

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  19. I hope you've had a lovely Birthday Liz. A clean and fresh feel to this gorgeous card design, love it.
    Lorraine

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  20. Happy Birthday, I hope you get to do things you love today. I love your card, so simple and beautiful. You make it look so easy but I know much thought and time goes into each one. x

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  21. Happy belated birthday Liz. I hope you had a lovely day!! I love this bright and cheerful card. The yellow is just so gorgeous against the text background.

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  22. Belated Happy Birthday Greetings, I hope you had a wonderful day and were spoilt by everyone. I love the yellow on this beautiful card. Lovely details and embossing.

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  23. I hope you've had the most wonderful birthday Liz! I have this Julie Hickey set of stamps somewhere..shocking isn't it when we have so much stuff! hugs Sue x

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  24. Just love the bright yellow, text and embossing - it all comes together brilliantly, Liz.

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  25. Belated Birthday wishes Liz, I hope you had the best day!! I love the fresh colours on this gorgeous friendship Birthday card xx

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  26. This is a little beauty Liz gorgeous stamp and colours a belated birthday wish hope you had a lovely day
    hugs
    lolo x

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  27. So pretty, Liz! Love the yellow, such a cheerful card, and that's a fab stamp!

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  28. Belated birthday wishes Liz .. .. I hope you had a lovely day.

    A great card .. .. "one" of my favourite sets from Julie Hickey.

    Love Jules xx

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  29. A beautiful card Liz - I love the flower stamp you've used.

    Belated birthday wishes - I hope you had a lovely day!

    Kath x

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  30. Happy belated birthday Liz - hope you had a great day. Love this card, that is a beautiful stamp set and it is a fab colour combo.
    Pauline xx

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  31. Beautiful card Liz - so pretty. Hope you had a great day with loved ones. Shabneez x

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  32. a bit late with the birthday greetings Liz but sincere all the same! Hope you had a lovely day.
    This is such a pretty card, fresh and bright. Just lovely! x

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  33. It's a beautiful floral card!!
    Thank you for joining our challenge at Triple B!
    Diane TB Co-Owner
    {Nellies Nest}
    {Triple B}

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  34. Belated happy birthday,love the beautiful stamp and embossed background.
    Thank you for joining us at Stamping Sensations
    Carol DT x

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  35. Cute card! And Happy Birthday to you!!!

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  36. Wonderful card. Love the soft colours and the design.
    Valerija xx

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  37. I love it!! A bright cheery birthday card for a friend...perfect!! Way to go shopping your stash!! Thanks for playing along with our "embossing" challenge over at Shopping Our Stash...we are so glad your joined the fun!!
    Deb Horst, DT #SOS509

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  38. Hi Liz I have popped back to thank you for joining us at We Love Stamping
    hugs
    lolo x

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  39. This is fabulous! The flower over the text is such a great look! Thanks so much for joining us at The Flower Challenge.

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  40. I'm starting over reading blogs as I could never catch up. Thank you so much for all the sweet comments you've left for me. Happy Belated Birthday! I know what you mean about the decades! Absolutely love this card--beautiful flower & the green dot is a wonderful element!

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