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Lilac Garden

 

Lilac Garden

For this lovely floral card, I coloured Pretty Flower Wreath from Polkadoodles Digi Deals Collection, using Castle Arts Pasteltint and Soft Touch Pencils. I inked the corners using Distress Oxide Inks. Sentiment is from the Darling Buds collection.

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  1. Beautiful card and image-beautifully coloured-love it.
    Carol x

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  2. A beautiful floral wreath and you colored it so nicely! Just wonderful! Thanks so much for joining in with us this week at Allsorts challenge!

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