Hoppin' Long The Bunny Trail

Good Saturday morning to you!!

I was up at the crack of dawn thanks to the cat rummaging around in my closet

and who knows what she was looking for.....

and the dog pigging my side of the bed....

I just gave up, made a pot of coffee and headed to my creative room!!

I wanted to enter the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge this week (ends tonight)

which is "Easter".

I decided to stick with a traditional, Spring Easter card!

I bought this CLD Large Spring Basket die a long while back...

it comes with the little bunny in the center, so it's like getting 2 dies for one...

However, I realized as many times as I have used this basket die

to hold all my handmade flowers, I never have used it as an Easter basket

that I can remember!!

When I was a child (many moons ago) we had traditional "real" Easter baskets,

not these Sponge Bob, Spider man things you see to day (blah!)

So, I cut my basket out of papers that reminded me of the pretty colors of the

baskets years gone by!!

The center bunny was cut with a "hoarded" velvet yellow paper..yep it has a velvet texture...

a bit of grass was added, and I cut some "eggs" with "Shimmer Sheetz for some 

well.... "shimmer"!!

The bow was made with (and I LOVE this die...you must have it) CLD Pretty Pretty Bow die.

I used the CLD Spring Basket Angel wing under the bottom only of my basket

as I wanted to tuck the bunnies, eggs and grass in.

The background is one I just love ...it is SU Decor Dots EB folder..I use it a lot!!

The card base ( I am trying to use my color card stock more and more) is SU YoYo yellow.

I think it came together pretty well.

Challeges Entered"

Cheery Lynn Designs...Easter and use at least 1 CLD die

and

The Stamping Boutique....use Bunnies

Simply Create Too....Animals

Blue Sunburst

Another "creative" day at "the nest"!!!

I have been seeing lots of sunburst/starburst cards lately and have been

"itching" to try one.

I saw a few on my friend Lisa's blog and they are gorgeous....

go take a peek as she did embossed ones, too!

I also found the instructions on you tube 

and decided instead of looking, I should be creating..lol!

These are very easy to make and a  super way to use up scraps!!

Can't you just imagine all the colors they can be made in??

First one is a rather large one and I used some rarely used, SU Brilliant Blue CS.

Have you noticed lately I have been using lots of my colored card stocks?

I have tons of it...all SU and need to "move" some of it out of here!!

Anyhow, the DS papers are rather new...bad me, didn't grab my scraps....

but I had purchased a gorgeous tablet of paper in all these blue colors

a few months back, and thought they would blend nicely for this type of card!

I added embossing at the bottom , added a die from Joy called "Ribbons and Bows"

you can purchase that HERE at Classy Cards 'n Such.

I finished it off with a pearl in the center...very easy card to mail!

The second card is longer and a bit smaller....

now if you are wondering "why did she put those sequins there?"

It's because as I was placing my sequin on (slightly dipped in crystal effects)

with my handy dandy crafty tweezers, I DROPPED it on the card, right in that spot....

so that is where it stays!!!!

So that is what I have been up to today......see you later!!

Don't forget to sign up for my blog candy...only 2 more weeks left!!

Secret Garden.......

How I long for Spring...

Fresh air, birds singing, digging in the dirt

just getting outside into some warm air would be wonderful!!

Well, that's not going to happen today with 6" of new snow on top of

our already mountains of it and our 3 degree temps!!

But, what I can do is create Spring in my creative room...

That is what I did today.....

Actually when I made this card I had a few challenges in mind.

I normally "pick" a challenge that calls to me....

These challenges did just that...

I will list them below...you might want to join in!!

My card honestly was pretty much put together from the "mess"

on my desk....

The base card, already had the Graphic 45 paper and Anna Griffin die on it..

discarded from another project...

So, I built my card on that...

The flowers were left over from another project from a few days ago

I spritzed them with water and "painted" on TH Distress Marker Ripe Persimmon

The flowers were made with TH Tattered Flower Garland...

I used my Susan's Garden Flower tools to shape them

The center of my card, as well as the banner and butterfly are all Graphic 45 papers

and chipboard pieces...see the cute little "round" piece?

It's a requirement for one of the challenges, to use a circle...

the banner I "hand" stitched together with embroidery thread...

The butterfly is 3 deep in layers...I have tried to show you that in the photo below.

Here are the challenges I am entering into:

Joan's Touch challenge #4...use a circle, colors peach and teal, layered butterflies,

 product sold at Joan's Gardens  which is Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers

and

Butterfly Challenge..."A Stitch In Time"...use stitching and butterfly

and

Frilly and Funkie....Neglected Dies...which is my very neglected TH Tattered Flower Garland

and

Tuesday Throwdown....Stitching

and 

Word Art Wednesday....Anything Goes
and 
Craft Hoarders Anonymous.....Retro or Vintage...mine is vintage
and
Little Red Wagon....Truly Dimensional

Sentimental Journey

Hey All,

My very first challenge post to host as a DT member is live today at

"The Sisterhood of Crafters"...

This weeks challenge is "Sentimental Journey"...make a sentiment your focal point.

As soon as I read what the challenge was I knew I wanted to use my Unity

butterfly sentiment stamp.

Only guess what??

In the moving switching of my creative rooms, I have misplaced it.....

Luckily, I found I had an already stamped image of it....

I wasn't planning on using pink, but that is the  ink color it was stamped in...

And I think it turned out gorgeous...meant to be I guess!!

I used my TH Butterflight on the edge die, 

and cut various butterflies from punches and dies 
from "years old" paper scraps

to add some dimension.

My bow was made with the Zutter Bow It All and some pretty gingham ribbon!!

I embossed the inside of my card with an SU cloud EB folder

The ink I used was SU Melon Mambo...

I hope you will head over to "The Sisterhood" and join in our challenge

and see what the DT has to inspire YOU !!!

Don't forget to go to my top post and enter my blog candy giveaway!!

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday....Anything Goes
and 
Love To Create....Anything Goes
and 
Craft-Dee Bowz....anything goes with a handmade bow
and
The Crafty Bloggers Network....Nature
and
Shopping our Stash....Sentiment (s) only

Colors of The Rainbow.......

Hi All....
Today my post below is on the Classy Cards 'n Such blog
we have a great challenge going.....
I hope you will "pop" on over, see what it's about and join us!!
You might want to sign up for the newsletter there,
there are special coupons each week for those that do!!

Hello Classy Friends!!

Diane here with you today sharing my card for our weekly challenge

and hopefully inspiring you to play along!!

This weeks challenge is "Colors of The Rainbow".....

Lots of wonderful colors to brighten your day!

I had this card in mind for quite some time...

I have to say it is slightly bigger then  a business size envelope....

Good  thing I have the WeR Memory Keepers envelope maker..

 I can easily make an envelope to fit!

I have been purchasing some of the most gorgeous card stocks from Beverly...

Wonderful quality, gorgeous colors, and a nice very sturdy weight...

I cut  all my butterflies from these gorgeous papers using 

 my "new" Joy Butterfly Trio die, using the largest size of the three..

I will list all the colors of the papers at the end of my post with the links for your convenience!!

The stamp I used in also a "newly" just purchased item that Beverly has started to carry.

It is from Impression Obsession stamps "Leap of Faith"...love it,

these stamps are a wonderful "cling" quality!

My card was built on a shimmery white card stock which was mounted onto 

Banana Split-Pop Tone acid free 100# card stock,  

the yellow butterfly was cut from the same.

Other papers used for the butterflies are:

Bluebell Stardream Metallic acid free 110# card stock

Mandarin Curious Metallic acid free111# cardstock

Stardream Jupiter Metallic acid free 105# card stock

Stardream Punch Metallic acid free 105# card stock

Stardream Serpentine Pearlized Metallic 105# card stock

I hope you will join in with our challenge this week!!

I would "love" to see "you" there!!

Entering the following challenges:

City Crafters....Beautiful Rainbow
and
Word Art Wednesday....Anything Goes
and
Pumpkin Spice....Rainbows
and
Doodle Garden Challenge....Anything Goes
and
Crafty Girls Challenge....Anything Goes

MY EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!!

Yes, I am yelling...

Yes I am excited.....

My news is "I have been selected to be a "SHABBY GIRL"

at "The Shabby Tea Room".....

Oh my goodness.....how can it get much better then that....

You will see my creations starting March 17th.....

I will be on board at least through Sept....

I will be a "Special Friend Gourmet Designer".....

Pinch me somebody so I know it's true...lol

This is the inspiration photo we were to use for our entries.

Here are my entries you will see at "The Shabby Tea Room"

that I submitted for the DT call....

I am so looking forward to working with the much talented other "SHABBY GIRLS"

Spring Will Get Here Yet!!

I have a pretty quick card for this cold, but bright and sunshiney Sunday here.

I was printing a digital to color for my Mom's birthday in May

when I decided to print a few more...

This image comes from Digital Two For Tuesday...

they have tons of wonderful images taken from old catalogs, books etc.

This image was so fast to color with my Copics...

I know it is hard to tell, but the cup is lightly colored with lavender...so pretty!

I added a little heart lock that has been in my stash for quite awhile....

and my favorite...gingham...ribbon of course...

I kept this card simple as I think the image speaks for itself.....

Don't forget to sign up for my "blog candy"....you will want it!!!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Annabelle Stamps...using the color scheme below

 and

Simply Create Too.....Shop In Your Stash...I used the little heart lock