Spring Bouquet

My friends, Beate and Heather, have been inspiring me to use my Flourishes stamps and Copic markers. Here's a card for Flourishes' Motherly Love challenge. It also works with the Lovely in Lace challenge but just read that you can't combine your entry with challenges. I'm a newbie to their challenges, though I've been a big fan of their stamps and DT members. Since the Mother's Love didn't say anything about  not combining challenges, I hope it's okay that I'm combining this with two others: CAS-ual Friday (something you'll find inside an Easter basket...flowers, of course!) and Simon Says Stamps Challenge (April Showers).

Since I spent a lot of time on the coloring, I made the rest of the card super simple. The little swirly bling is by Want2Scrap. It's hard to see on the photo, but the bow is chocolate brown.

And speaking of Copic markers, Two Peas in a Bucket is selling their Copic markers at 50% off today only! This is the cheapest I've ever seen them.

 

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Card making with my girls

When Simon Says Stamps issued a challenge for kids to enter their cards, my girls couldn't wait to get started. I gave them some October Afternoon papers, cardstocks and their favorite SRM Stickers. They had so much fun making these.

Here's my 9-year-old Gaby's card. She is the one who enjoys crafting with mommy the most.

Here's my 11-year-old Gracie's card. She's likes to craft too, but not as much as reading.

Last but not the least, my 5-year-old Katy's card. She likes to stamp with mommy and is my biggest fan.

Tomorrow's officially the first day of spring break and it's been so beautiful here. So, we'll be hanging outside a lot and working on our flower boxes and hopefully finish by this weekend :-). I love my flowers and can't wait to show you. Have a great spring day!

Gift Bag for Baby

Today's project is something I had so much fun making. Even though this gift bag is a little shabby, I think it's still okay to give to a baby boy. It was made using GinaK's Lovely Labels stamp set, SRM Sticker's Baby Sentiments, Webster's Pages' Lullably Lane papers, and Spellbinders Labels Four dies.

This gift bag is for the following challenges: Moxie Fab's Gift Wrap Challenge, Shabby Tea Room (inspiration photo using doilies/lace), Simon Says Stamp (something for a child), Simon Says and Show (use distressing: on my labels).

Freebie Friday: Daffodils

It's been awhile since I offered a freebie on my blog. Here's a daffodil image I drew a few days ago that I'm giving away here for free as a thank you for your kind comments and regular visits. I hope you can use it.

Here is my card, which I'm entering to the Flourishes' Spring Has Sprung Challenge, Digis with Attitude! and Simon Says Stamps Challenge. The image was colored with my Copic markers and die cut using Spellbinders Labels 15, which I also used to sponge Memento Summer Sky as a background to my image.

Click on the photo to start downloading the free digi, which will not have the watermark. And leave me a comment, esp if you post online your project using it. Please take the time to read my Terms of Use that's included in the download. Thank you!

Enjoy your weekend!