Gardens and Libraries

A beautiful quotation from Time Out - their challenge #159 - was the starting point for this card:

Then, happily, As You See It asked me for my favourite set of colours - a rainbow - as their challenge #223.

Working out the book was tricky (well, it was for me, 40 years after my last maths lesson!) - but after some false starts, here's the card: 

Ingredients: Stampin' Up! card (Whisper White, Kraft, Highland Heather, So Saffron, Rose Red, Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Elegant Eggplant, Tempting Turquoise), stamps, (Butterfly Gala, Itty Bitty Greetings), Sending Flowers dies, Butterfly Duet punch.

Other: Memento Tuxedo Black inkm francheville rhinestones, Authentique 'Accomplished' DSP

Daisy Delight

I've had a break from making cards - and then a break from making them in response to challenges - but here I am again. There's not a whole lot of stamping on this card, but as I was responding to Retro Rubber's latest challenge (#84, a lovely spring image), the stamps are all from at least a year ago - the daisy from Grateful Bunch (2016 - 2017 catalogue), the sentiment from Crazy about You (2016 - 2017) and the grass from Sheltering Trees (2015-2016).
I used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch - #267 - for the layout. I sponged some clouds to begin, and then added the die cut ones for impact.
The card:

Made using:

Stampin' Up ink: (Soft Sky, Cucumber Crush, Lost Lagoon, Rose Red); paper (Shimmery White, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky), stamps (Grateful Bunch, Crazy about You and  Sheltering Trees, watercolour pencils (M.elon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry) sparkly dot thingies (forgotten their name!) and dies (Up and Away)