A wreath for spring

Hello crafting friends!

It's one of those bright days when you really can imagine spring being round the corner so when I sat down to play with a new stamp set, a spring wreath happened! Come and see how it turned out:

I've used Thoughtful Blooms, a Stampin' Up set I got free when I placed an order recently. It's a stylised floral with some nice delicate flowers and some useful leaves. There's a large clump of leaves which I separated with sharp scissors as I felt they'd be more useful apart. The largest forms a scalloped circle which formed the basis of my wreath.

I stamped two of the flowers in gorgeous spring colours, using a black fineliner to add centres to the little yellow ones and Enamel Effects to the large orange ones for shine and dimension. The card panel was matted onto orange card stock before attaching to the card base.

I chose a simple sentiment from Altenew's Birthday Greetings, positioning it with my stamping platform. The card was finished with a rustic twine bow.

Am I giving you spring vibes?!

CHALLENGES
I was delighted with the new-to-me Tic,Tac Toe Challenge where I've chosen the Flower, Spring, Twine line. The gorgeous colours come from bottom line of the Colour Dare's tic tac toe chart.

AND IN OTHER NEWS
We had an impromptu puppy party on the fields this morning - seven dogs, all playing happily together! After and hour and a half of careering about like loons, this was the scene in my house:

Eva is out for the count but Murph, being a cocker spaniel and quite a bit younger, has half an eye open just in case I should take it into my head to head off for another walk!

Hope you're having a lovely weekend. What have you been up to?