Spring Fever

From the cards I've been making, you can probably tell that I am tired of cold winter weather. We are at 35 below zero again tonight… which is REALLY cold! So, am thinking of Spring and beyond!

My first card uses a free coloring sheet from Tammy Tutterow that I printed off on vellum. You can find her free coloring pages here tammytutterow.com/gallery/coloring-pages. I added a sweet and happy little House Mouse named Monica to my card! (I think this image is especially appropriate because the stamp is titled "Tiny Jumper" and she looks like she is jumping with joy about Spring. I can totally understand!)

Entered into: 

House Mouse & Friends Challenge- #256 Anything Goes (housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com)

The Paper Shelter- New Beginnings                                   (thepapershelter.blogspot.com.ar)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes               (wordartwednesday.blogspot.com)

Moving from Spring into summer, my next card is made using a cute digi from Tiddlyinks named Snorkelbunny. I colored him with my Spectum Nior makers, and used a layer of blue vellum to add a watery translucency. So fun!

 

Entered into: 

Tiddly Inks- Anything Goes                                                  (tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.com)

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Winter Blues                  (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

Penny's Challenge- Anything Goes                                      (pennyschallenges.blogspot.com.au)

Artistic Inspirations Challenge-Challenge #192               (artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com.au)

Bugaboo Stamps is celebrating their 8^th Birthday this week with daily birthday challenges. Today's card is to be bold and bring. My card features a wonderful image from Beccy's Place that I won a while ago but had not yet used… to it is really new, right?! Was fun to color, especially since I made it into a 3-D card, fussy cutting and layering many of the pieces. (I provided a close-up photo so you could see those details.) The cover sentiment is printed on vellum and attached little gumballs where the adhesive showed through (a happy solution to fix my oops.) To fit the birthday theme, the inside of the card reads, "I hope that your birthday is as sweet as you are!" (Oh, and it was fun to find a use for this patterned paper that I've had in my stash for several years. Isn't it a perfect fit for the colorful gumballs?) 

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Bugaboo Stamps- Day 1- Bold and Bright Birthday             (catchthebugblog.blogspot.com)

Beccy’s Place Challenge- January                                            (beccysplace.blogspot.com)

Deep Ocean Challenge- Something New                                (deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au)

Cute Card Thursday- #512- Something New                         (cutecardthursday.blogspot.com) 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Use Patterned Paper  (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge                       (craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com)