Spring is HERE!

It's Wednesday! So time for another challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog where challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded from one or more sponsors.  Stop by the blog to check it out! The sponsor this week is Stamper’s Delights and I used a Mime digi from a set named Paris Café.  I don’t usually make CAS cards (this girl that likes to color and layer and layer and layer) but to keep with the Mime theme, I kept this card simple with a minimum of color. I couldn’t find a sentiment I liked to go with it… so I made one up! So fun! I am entering this card into several challenges including Positivity Challenge #79 (CAS is not my style… but adding humor to my cards is something I love to do. And, when I cannot find a sentiment that works… I create one!)

 

Supplies: 

·    Digi- Stampers Delights- (Mime from the Paris Cafe Digi Bundle)

·    Sentiments- Computer Generated

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

Entered into:  

The Paper Shelter- #423 A Birthday Card

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #501

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #79 (Optional Twist- Style)

One of my favorite challenges is the  Butterfly Challenge, partly because I love butterflies, the sponsor of this challenge is a sweetheart, plus for each challenge, she provides very easy to follow instructions for making a creative fold card. The current creative fold is a Waterfall Card. In the past, I’ve found this fold tedious and a bit confusing. But Mrs. A’s instructions made it easier! I absolutely love the We Are 3 sentiment on the front of the card. It has two meanings  "Believe there is good in the world" and "Be the Good." What a great message for today's world! Plus I thought it worked well on this colorful card. I didn’t use any of the listed colors for this card (although the grey background does have a has a slight tone of lavender/wisteria) but I did use one of the themes (added a butterfly) and used the featured fold. I am entering this card into several challenges including Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge (I framed each of the butterfly blocks in burgundy and used burgundy brads. My other two color choices were sage green and orange.)

 

 

Supplies: 

·    Waterfall Card Instructions can be found HERE

·    Front Sentiment- We Are 3 Digital Sentiments “Believe” (Just a Thought set)

·    Butterfly Punch- Martha Stewart

·    Inside sentiment Birdscards Freebie (Spread Your Wings)

·    Assorted papers, vellum, and brads from my stash

·    Green butterfly cut from a scrap of scrapbook embellies (unknown company)

Entered into:  

Butterfly Challenge- #140 W for Waterfall Card                                  

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- Burgundy Block +2    

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #434-435 Anything Goes                   

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                                

Jan’s Digi Stamps- Anything Goes-#11

My final card is perfect for this drippy month. Actually, I love April showers… and the silhouettes in this Beccy’s Place digi set look gorgeous when printed on rainbow stationery. (I discovered when I made this card that I only have one more sheet of this lovely paper. I will need to find more!) Tried to add the look of splashing in a puddle with vellum… but am not sure if it really works? Oh well… maybe it gives the feeling of splashing?! I am entering this card into several challenges including Simon Says Monday Challenge- “E is for…” (I choose… Encouragement!) and Bugaboo Stamps- April Spring Fling (walking in the rain is one of my favorite things to do in the Spring. This year I’ve already done it a few times. It was so nice to get out of the house!)  

 

  

Supplies: 

·    Front Image and Sentiment- Beccy's Place Digital Set (Splish Splash)

·    Inside sentiment Birdscards Freebie (Rain or Shine) 
·   Rainbow stationery and assorted background papers from my stash

·   Vellum scraps to make puddle and splashes at her feet

Entered into:  

Beccy’s Place Challenge- April      

Outlawz Sunday Challenge- Songs and Rhymes- Raindrops 
Bugaboo Stamps- April Spring Fling       

Simon Says Monday Challenge- “E is for…”                                          

Double D’s Challenge- Showers & Flowers