The Welcome Gate

Here is my card for the Crafts and Me Challenge # 78 (http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ ). The theme for this challenge was Butterflies and Bows.  It is a pretty simple card, but sometimes it is nice to make a CAS card.

Why Did the Easter Egg Hide?

I made this card for a whole BUNCH of challenges.  I was really having fun figuring out a way to combine them all.  Quite a few are for Easter but then there were those other ones to work in.  LOL

Here are the various challenges for which this card fits the theme:
1) The Sweet Stamping Challenge (http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/).  The theme was Easter and there was also an optional sketch which I chose NOT to use
2) Charisma Cardz Challenge # 12 (http://charismacardz.blogspot.ca/).  The theme was Easter
3) Cute Card Thursday Challenge # 210 (http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.ca/). The theme was Happy Easter
4) Delightful Challenges (http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.ca/).  The theme was Easter
5) Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge # 125 (http://www.craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.ca/).  The challenge was to use a digital image.  I actually used 2 digital images.  The first was the Easter Egg which was from DigiThis.  The second was the chick in the egg and it came from Beyond the Fringe.
6) Totally Papercrafts Challenge # 110 (http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.ca/). The theme was Easter.
7) The Allsorts Challenge # 148 (http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.ca/). The theme was a photo inspiration and I used the Easter Eggs in the photo for my inspiration.
8) The One Stop Craft Challenge # 176 (http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ ). The theme was Easter.
9) The Our Creative Corner Challenge (http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.ca/). This was a colour and inspiration challenge.  The colour theme was "How Green is Your Spring" and in the photo there was a selection of candies.  All the candies made me think of Easter Eggs and so that was my inspiration.
10) The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge # 179 (http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.ca/). The challenge was to make a shaped card.
11) The Digital Tuesday Challenge # 154 (http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.ca/).  The theme is Easter.

Spring Birds

I made this card for 2 different challenges.  They are:

1) The Come and Get it Challenge (http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/).
The theme was spring.

2) The Truly Scrumptious Challenge # 77 (http://trulyscrumptiouschallenge.blogspot.ca/). The challenge was to use lace.

The panel with the birds is actually an amazing sticker that I found and couldn't resist.  And then I found the quotation and everything just fit together.  In case you can't read the sentiment it says:

It's nearly here! It's coming fast! The Robins will appear at last
Oh wondrous joy! I too shall sing! And join in nature's "Song for Spring" 

 

Torn Flowers

I made this card for this weeks Shabby Tearoom Challenge # 108 (http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com). The theme was homemade flowers.  The flowers for this card were made by tearing handmade paper into each individual petal.  To assist in the shape of the petals I painted a small amount of water using a template which allowed the paper to be torn easily.  The I brushed the edge of each petal with glue and dipped it into glitter.  I apologize that the colours don't show up well in this picture.  The actual card was yellow and blue.

Chocolate

Here is my card for The Pink Elephant # 142 (http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ ). The challenge this week is to make a clean and simple card. Personally, I think the chocolates look good enough to eat.

Flowers in the Round

I made this card for the Digital Tuesday Challenge # 153 (http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.ca/). The theme for this week was to use your favorite colours.  I love both the colours purple and blue.  So here is my card using primarily these two colours.  I paper pieced the stamped flowers.  For the frame I used 3 layers or punched flowers.

Sew Much Fabric, Sew Little Time

I made this card for my sister to give to a friend of her's who sews all the time.  It is also my card for the Cupcake Craft Challenge # 186 (http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.ca/).  The theme was "The Sewing Box" and you were supposed to use something that would be seen in a sewing box. I really enjoyed making the little quilled strawberry pin cushion and also fabricating the spools of thread.  The buttons were just plain wooden buttons that I used ink to colour.