April Showers and Maybe Some Flowers!

Hi friends! I've made a card today for a few challenges and just for fun! I thought this Cricut cut from my Give A Hoot cartridge was so cute--I wish I could give a card to my flower bed! My tulips and daffodils are so darn confused this year, they bloomed a bit early when it became warm and then died when it snowed again, and again...poor things! And poor me--I usually have a beautiful bouquet of fresh tulips from my garden in a vase for Easter--looks like I'll be buyin a bunch from Safeway this year! lol

Anyhoo, here's my card!

This wonderful sentiment is from My Creative Time's "Happy Hunting" stamp set and I love it!

I'll be entering this card for the following challenges:

Oldie But A Goodie- April Showers

Party Time Tuesday Challenge Blog- PTT #62- Flowers

Thanks so much for stoppin' by! Have a GREAT ONE! xoxo

A tisket, a tasket...a Woven Paper Basket!

Hello and happy Friday! With Easter just around the corner, I was inspired to create this woven Easter basket using a most wonderful tutorial by Miss Deb Felts over at Papercraft Planet. It really was not the daunting task I first thought it would be and Deb makes it very simple with her fabulous WOVEN BASKET TUTORIAL. I think the results are well worth the effort and it was a very enjoyable project to make!

I wanted to show a view of the inside of my basket so you can see how easy and pretty it is when you use a nice double-sided patterened paper. The papers I chose were Fancy Pants Designs "Garden Gate" from the Lilac House collection and Prima "Ferrulle" from the Alla-Prima collection. All off my stripes were inked with Bashful Blue SU! ink.

My Creative Time has the perfect sentiment for just about any project and I can't seem to ever go wrong with Teeny Tag Greetings stamp and stitched layer die set. With a bit of bakers twine and vintage ivory lace, along with 2 turquoise bling jewels, I think this tag is done! :)

And well, I just couldn't resist adding a few beautiful Prima roses to adorn the front of my basket--all I have to do is stick em on anything and they look exquisite!!!

I'm entering my woven paper basket into the following challenge:

The Poodles Parlour fortnight challenge, GOING DOTTY!

Party Time Tuesdays challenge #61- Anything Goes!

The Paper Shelter challenge #57- Easter card or project

Paper Sundaes challenge #113- Spring Blossoms!

The Papercraft Star challenge #90- Easter, a duck, a chick or an egg! (even though none are included on my basket, it is an Easter basket so I think it qualifies and if not, no worries) ;)

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful weekend and if you make a woven basket, please be sure to let me know--I would love to see it! xoxo

Spring Blooms For Sis

Hey there my crafty friends, I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday. I pulled my card together rather quickly so I could get it into this week's Gina K. Designs-StampTV "Mix It Up Monday Challenge" on time. The challenge to create something with black, white and 1 other color made it easy as 1-2-3! Here's what I came up with using Gina K. Designs Spring Blooms stamp set and now my little sister's Mother Day card for this year is done!

Cuts for card all made with "Just Because Cards" Cricut cartridge; base cuttled with divine swirls embossing folder, butterflies are K and Co. by Brenda Walton, sponged in bashful blue from SU!, baby blue patterned paper from DCWV.

I'm also entering this card for:

Craft Your Days Away Challenge #40- Mother's Day Cards

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog- Spring Is In The Air!

Thank you stopping by today!!! xoxo

A Frilly, Flowery Spring Tag & A Circle Challenge!

Happy Monday! I made a Spring tag for a new blog I found called Pause Dream Enjoy- 52 Tags! thanks to a new blogging buddy Elaine. She has a blog  full of wonderful creations, Expressions By Elaine--thanks so much Elaine! Pause Dream Enjoy is dedicated to TAG challenges, which = FUN! This week is Frills & Flowers (Challege #8, Week 8) and what better way to celebrate these lovely elements than with Spring! Oh gosh, I can't wait for the warmer days to come--I can feel em, they're right around that ice covered corner! I'm seriously counting down the days til daylight savings time begins again! Ok, here's my tag!

 All cuts are from Once Upon A Princess Cricut cartridge (tag, chick and paper roses)

"Birthday Wishes" from MCT Teeny Tag Greetings best sentiment set ever in my humble opinion

tag base cuttled with Stylized Flowers embossing folder, chick with Swiss Dots, aqua paper DCWV, other: Provo Craft Neutrals paper palette collage pad, sponging Summer Sun SU!, small/lrg oval punches SU!, diamond stickles, prima flowers, teal bling Creative Impressions, velvet, grosgrain ribbon and lace trim all from Joann's

I also made a card for this week's Paper Sundaes challenge #109- Circles! I found this blog a weeks ago and have been hooked on their challenges ever since! I used my current favorite stamp set, MCT's Hello Spring and Fancy Frame stamp and die set, as well as Teeny Tag Greetings for the sentiment on the tag.

Thanks for stopping by! I will be making the rounds for some inspiration today so I hope you peeps have been crafting up a storm! Have a great day!

Paris In Bloom

Good afternoon! The card I made today is inspired by Gina K.'s pretty Eiffel Tower image from Sent With Love kit. I'm dreaming of the warmer, brighter days of Spring to arrive here in Seattle....Paris in Spring is a pure fantasy lol.

 My card is a CASED creation of Jimmi Mayo's card HERE for the StampTV Free For All Friday Challenge.

I'm also entering this one for the Go Fish! Blog Challenge #11-PHOTO INSPIRATION and Creative Cutter Room's "Design Time Thursday" challenge- SHAPED CARDS

Thanks for visiting! Have a beautiful and creative day!

Flowers For Joanie

I made this card using the adorable "Hop into Spring" Collector's edition set from Clear Artistic Stamps. It was for Joanie's sketch challenge and a yummy blog candy giveaway--fun! You can still play if you hurry, just visit Joanie' BLOG for the deets. Thanks for stopping in--hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! ~hugs and happy stamping~

Potted Spring Sweets

Happy Sunday, friends! I finished this project in the wee hours of the morning...I just couldn't stop till they were done...psycho!

These are 3" terra cotta pots (.69 cents each at JoAnn's) painted with FolkArt acrylic paints in lilac, pink blossom, light foliage green and jamaican sea. After letting them dry, I glazed each one with Glossies high gloss acrylic enamel. The wonderful baskets full of eggs are Gina K.'s *Baskets of Happiness* set and the adorable bunny and chick are Melanie Muenchinger's *Just So Hoppy* set. Both of these sets are perfect for Spring, the upcoming holidays and year round fun! You can get a closer look at them at Gina K. Designs. I colored all my images with a variety of inks and blender pen, glitter pens, colored pencils finished with baby oil and stickles for sparkle. I glued different ribbons to around the rim of the pots and even stamped around the green one using the little flower from Melanie's other set *Just So Hippy*. I added a dot of aqua stickles to the center of each flower and let it dry overnight (it didn't smear after that). I then painted kabob sticks the same for colors as the pots and attached them to the framed images using tape. Finally, I filled each pot with crimped paper shreds and candy.

Thank you for visiting! Hugs and Happy Stamping!

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