Spring, String and a Pretty Cow

The theme for this month’s Sheepski Design Challenge on FB is month is Anything Goes-Twist: Floral.  Stop by the challenge HERE  to learn more. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself and have a chance to win some Sheepski Designs digis!

For my DT card, I used a sweet Sheepski Designs Digi named “Spring Lamb.” I colored the image, printed and colored a few extra bunches of daffodils and printed off an extra copy of the little lamb.  I used these extra items to provide a bit of texture and depth by embossing the lamb's body with a Swirl folder and adhering fussy-cut daffodils with foam tape. I tucked another bunch of daffodils into a little basket made from paper scraps. (I made a tutorial for the basket… partly because it will help me to remember the steps the next time I want to make one! It’s really a pretty simple 10-step process, and the basket is actually a pouch, that you can fill with eggs, hearts, a teabag, gift card or possibly chocolate.)

I’m entering this card into several challenges including Cute Card Thursday’s #630 Wings (I added several little butterflies) and Stamplorations- April Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge: Citrus Fruits/Stamps & Flight (my card includes lots of citrusy colors plus those sweet butterflies!)

 

  

Supplies: 

·    Lamb digi- Sheepski Design (Spring Lamb)

·    Front and inside sentiments- Printworks (retired)

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

·    Assorted papers and yellow vellum from my stash

·    Embossing folder- Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl

·    Instructions for the small basket can be found on my blog HERE.

Entered into:  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #434-435 Anything Goes                   

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #630 Wings

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week #16 Anything Goes                                

Stamplorations- April Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge: Citrus Fruits/Stamps & Flight 

This month's Progressive Challenge at Outlawz provided a free digi from Star Stampz. After I’d colored the sweet image and finished my card, I discovered that its name is “Red String.” Oops… I’d colored the string blue to bring out some of the blue in the background. I also decided to embellish the inside of the card a few of my favorite puffy heart stickers, to reflect the hearts on the front of the card.

Supplies: 

·    Digi- Star Stampz (Red String)

·    Front Sentiment- Desert Diva Freebie (You Make Me Happy)

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

·    Inside  sentiment- Lili of the Valley “Sending Warm Hugs” (Christmas Wishes digi set)

·    Assorted background papers from my stash

·    Puffy Heart Stickers- Sticko’s from WalMart (The pack contains 113 assorted puffy hearts for just 99 cents!)

Entered into:  

Outlawz Challenges- Progressive Freebie- April

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday- Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #502

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #130 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #502

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                                

For my final card this posting, I’m using a layout from the current Stella’s Sketch at Bugaboo and the current Bugaboo BINGO Challenge (Right column- Flower, Sparkle, Sentiment.) This card went together really quickly, mainly because the card is built upon birthday card from a box of assorted cards that I found last year at our local Goodwill.  

 

 

Supplies: 

·    Card base (with inside sentiment) is from a box of Birthday cards

·    Cow digi- Bugaboo (Pretty Cow)

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

·    Front Sentiment- Desert Diva Freebie (Hello!)  

·    Sparkly Flower Stickers- Hobby Lobby

·    Scalloped tag, vellum, and a scrap of sheer ribbon from my stash

Entered into:  

Bugaboo Stamp- Stella Says Sketch Challenge #808

Bugaboo Stamps- April BINGO       

The Paper Shelter- #423 A Birthday Card

Pattie's Creations Challenge- #169 Birthdays

Let’s Craft and Create- #158 Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenge- Crash Your Stash- Ribbon