Spring and Easter

Daffodils and butterflies

Happy Sunday friends!

Spring seemed to spring in my little part of the world this week and I managed to do some gardening, although today was less pleasant. Still I was in the mood for spring crafting and when I saw that the theme for this fortnight’s challenge at CAS on Sunday was ‘spring’, I decided to play along!

The daffodils are popping in my garden and all around the place right now – I love the bright bursts of colour, especially on greyer days like today! So I grabbed the Simon Hurley/Spellbinders Daffodil Frame die set and my inks and got busy!

I added my image to a background I had embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Floral Butterfly Bouquet folder. I love these tulip images and only noticed the butterflies after I had read the folder name when it was released last month. So when I felt that my card needed something more, a few butterflies seemed the natural choice and I die cut some using the Simon Says Stamp Flickering Butterflies set.

The sentiment is from an older Memory Box set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Springtime Snowdrops

Hi there!

I was very pleased when I saw the sketch for this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches as I knew I had the perfect stencil to replicate the three panels. So I grabbed my inks, the fabulous Pinkfresh 1″ blending brushes and got busy!

I love snowdrops – it always amazes me that something so delicate is so hardy and the first flower to emerge from the depths of my winter garden. My snowdrops are almost completely finished now but I’m so happy to celebrate them with this card!

The sentiment is from an older Memory Box set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Hello Spring Birds

Hi there!

I’m quickly popping in with my entry for this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

I used the Bird Bunch die set by Simon Says Stamp and the Cherry Blossom Branches and Cherry Blossom Elements sets by Memory Box, plus a MUCH older sentiment by Simons for my card.

I’ll be back later to add more photos, but want to make sure I hit the challenge deadline! (ETA – now updated)

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Springtime Tableau

Hi again!

Next up today is another card created with products kindly sent to me by Penny Black from their new Scent of Spring release.

I inked up the fabulous springtime image from the Scent of Spring clear stamp set (31-049) which I coloured with my Twinkling H2O paints and Prismacolor pencils.

I then cut a piece of white card using the largest frame from the new Frame It set (51-814) and coloured it with distress ink before adhering it on top of the stamped image. I added the little bird from the Heart Balloons set (51-493) – I turned the die cut over and added a tiny bit of distress ink before adhering it down. I don’t usually like using the reverse side of a die cut but this one turned out quite well – it helps that it is so small I suppose!

Finally I added a sentiment from the Note Builder mini stamp set (31-046).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Yellow petal egg

 

Hello there!

Today I’m playing along in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge where the colour palette is pink, yellow and green. Wonderful for Easter and spring cards!

I picked up the Birch Press Design Layered Petal Egg die set in a sale recently and have been looking forward to using it – today was the day! I took inspiration from this card I made three years ago and paired it with the Birch Press Design Oval Leaf Branches Contour Layers dies and a few Poppystamps flowers.

I adhered the adorned egg to a panel embossed using the Nellie’s Choice Egg embossing folder and added a sentiment by Simon Says Stamp to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Little Cotton Tails

Hello everyone!

Next up today is my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

I knew I wanted to use the sweet Oh Bunny set by Simon Says Stamp for my take and I love Lisa Addesa’s clever card using this set so decided to incorporate her inspiration into my take on the sketch.

I used a couple of dies from the My Favorite Things Stitched Domes STAX die set to cut a window in my card base and a separate base for my bunny scene. I blended distress ink over the larger dome and then stamped, cut and coloured the largest bunny image from the stamp set.

I blended various green distress inks on a panel of white card which I then cut using a couple of Lawn Fawn grass dies. I then adhered the grass die cuts to the outside of the card and the bunny scene to the inside of my card. I adhere some white mini pompoms to each bunny.

To complete my card, I added a Memory Box sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.