Hope for Spring!

The theme of this week's Totally Papercrafts Challenge is "Hope for Spring". Let me tell you that right now I am REALLY hoping for spring. This was the view out my window on Thursday. :sigh:

This week we are sponsored by J&C Creations and Crafty Sentiments. For my card, I chose this adorable Crafty Sentiments digi stamp, Lilly with Flowers.

Supplies: Lilly with Flowers (Crafty Sentiments), Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky 6X6 pad (My Minds Eye), pink cs (DCWV pastel stack), ribbon, Copics. Prima flowers, brads, leaf die (Memory Box).

I am also entering this sweet girl into the current CMC Copic Challenge - Girly Time!

Hope your weather is better than mine! But regardless of the weather, be sure to visit the Totally Papercrafts blog, leave the DT some love on their wonderful cards and join us in this week's challenge!
Lisa

Totally Papercrafts - Things with Wings

Welcome to this week's Totally Papercrafts challenge - Things with Wings. We are sponsored this week by DigiDoodle Shop, so I used their adorable Spring Time Bunnies image for my card:

Aren't they just the cutest? The image didn't have anything with wings, so I added these butterflies with my brand new Martha Stewart butterfly punch. I layered the larger butterfly and added shading to the smaller ones with my Copic markers. I also used some new paper - the green floral and the striped dp are both from  Kaisercrafts' 6X6 Lilac Avenue pad. It was fun to use my new crafting goodies! :) I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Wags 'n Whiskers - Say It With Flowers
Fairy Fun Fridays - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Spring Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - April Showers Bring Spring Flowers
Catered Crop - Brads

Head on over to the Totally Papercrafts blog to check out the rest of the design team's cards. Play along for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the DigiDoodle Shop.
Lisa

Garden Spot

Wow, I'm so excited to be able to squeeze in a card this early in the week! There have been so many fun challenges out there that I just HAD to get back to participating in some. I really like this new image from DigiStamp Boutique, In the Garden - Flowers, and thought it would go perfectly with this Citrus Stack paper.

My card is based on this great sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday:

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:
Waste Not Wednesday - (my long neglected Citrus Stack paper)
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch
Simon Says Stamp - use your favorite tool (Cuttlebug - used the Quickutz label for my sentiment)
Pile It On challenge blog - All About S____ (spring)
Sweet Stampin' - Dies & Doodles (diecut sentiment and swirl)

Don't forget to come back on Friday with to check out the newest Totally Papercrafts challenge!
Lisa

New Spring Images at DigiStamp Boutique!

Sally-Ann has come out with the CUTEST batch of spring images featuring Coco and an adorable little Easter bunny.


Click on over to the DigiStamp Boutique to check out Coco and his adorable springtime buddies! I've already colored in several of the images and will have a card or two to share with you tomorrow night.

Bunnies and Blossoms

Whew! I have been busy cleaning out and reorganizing my craft room, as well as listing a bunch of my stuff to sell over on SplitCoastStampers. Not much stamping time, although I've made some "shopping money" and my room is starting to look better.

I did, however, get this card made and mailed out for one of TAC's monthly contests, Blossoms and Bunnies. After last week's MFT Idol challenge, I find myself hooked on masking! I had a lot of fun making this card. I was inspired by the sugar Easter eggs I remember from my childhood - the kind with a little spring scene when you peered through the opening in the sugar egg.


The girl was stamped on the white cs and masked off. Her skirt is paper pieced. I sponged the sky using the same template I used for the MFT challenge. I used my oval cutter to create an opening in the colored cardstock, like a photo mat. The bunnies were stamped on white, cut out and the bunny with the grass was adhered with pop-dots to add dimension to the scene. I adhered the flower sequins by stitching the centers with French knots and cut the leaves freehand from a scrap of green cardstock.

Supplies: Garden Joy and Happy Easter stamp sets, DCWV cardstock, TAC white cardstock, Designer Collection paper - Gentle Beginnings, Prismacolor pencils, Tombow markers, Palette inks in Noir, Jardin Moss and Cote D'Azure, white Fun Flock and Pastel Sequin Flowers, all from TAC. Non TAC supplies: Creative Memories Shapemaker Cutting System - Oval, pop dots, sheer pink ribbon, yellow DMC embroidery floss.

It's a "Masquerade"!

This week's MFT Idol challenge was to use masking on your card. I used my new "By the Seashore" set and turned it into a spring scene. I wanted to celebrate Spring and the fact that Dixie and I can go on nice long walks together now without freezing!

Here's a closeup of the sponging/masking technique. I made the cloud template myself from a piece of scrap cardstock.

On the stamp, she is carrying a pair of sandals. The set includes a hat stamp, so I stamped, colored & cut that and placed it over the sandals. I drew in the grass and stems/leaves with my Tombow markers. The flowers were cut from stamped hat images.

Supplies: By the Seashore (MFT Stamps), floral paper from DCWV floral glitter stack, Tim Holtz Distress inks in Faded Jeans and Vintage Photo, Versafine black ink, basecard made with PTI cardstock (assorted cardstock pack), Copic and Tombow markers, Prima flowers, flower punches, brads.

Stamp TV Sketch Challenge

Gina K has all kinds of challenges on her new Stamp TV website. I made this card for the most recent sketch challenge:


I love springtime pastels! I am ready for winter to be OVER! I had a lot of fun coloring this card. (My favorite thing to do!)

Supplies: Tilda with Lamb (Magnolia), greeting and Easter stamps (retired TAC), Copics, Prismacolor pencil with OMS, ribbon from HL.

Hey Chick!

Another "two-fer" challenge card. I used the sketch from Tracy's Sketchy Thursday challenge and colored in my images with Prismacolor pencils and OMS (odorless mineral spirits) for Challenge #3 over on Gina K's Stamp TV. The chick is a "digital stamp" that I created from a sketch. I'm working on a whole family of Easter chicks, including a baby brother chick and a mama chick all dressed for Easter.


Here's a close-up of the chick:
It's been damp and rainy here the past two days with cold weather coming back tomorrow, so it was fun to make a bright and cheery card. Now, if only spring would come back to stay - soon.

Supplies: printed paper K&I Memories, pink brads - Making Memories, computer generated sentiment (Comic Sans font), Marvy circle and scalloped circle punches,Prismacolor pencils and Mona Lisa odorless mineral spirits, ribbon from Michael's, Making Memories Slot Punch kit, pop-dot.