Cheerful

 Happy Monday!  I'm forcing some sunshine with this card below that I'd like to enter into the following challenges:

Passion for Markers #831- Dies and/or Punches

Beautiful Blossoms #39 - Anything Floral/Optional Mood Board

Triple B - April Anything Butterflies/Blooms/Birds (optional mood board)

Alphabet Challenge - Y is for Yellow Flowers

Colorful Options - April (Yellow or Rainbow)

I created my background by ink blending Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink on a piece of watercolor paper, then applied Scorched Timber Distress Oxide ink through a script stencil and spritzed it all with water. I let it dry, then applied the Scorched Timber to a separate piece of cardstock and used a deckled edge circle nesting die to cut it out. I printed Sunflower Witch from Krista Smith Stamps out, used a circle to trace around the bottom half and fussy cut the top half. I colored her with Copics and a white gel pen and attached with foam dimensional tape. I finished it off with a piece of rickrack and a little sentiment I fussy cut from a text sheet from Unity Stamp Co. Peace.

You're My Silver Lining

 Happy Easter! Do you celebrate it?  We don't necessarily celebrate the holiday of Easter, but we do celebrate Ostara and the arrival of Spring and we always look forward to an excuse to get together for a meal with the family!  So we'll be going to my daughter's house and having a smorgasbord of food including a roast chicken, ham, candied carrots, cheesy scalloped potatoes, cheesy brussel sprouts, pie and strawberry shortcake!  I'm looking forward to it!

I'd like to enter my Spring card below into the following challenges: 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2613 - Spring/Rain

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #777 - Seasons/Weather/AG

Papercraft Challenge #128 - The Joy of Spring

Passion for Markers - Dies and/or Punches

If  You Give a Crafter a Cookie #215 - Rainy Days

OK so this entire card is a throwback!  LOL  Papers are really old from My Mind's Eye, the pad was called Playdate. Image is a digi from ByLoriDesigns called Puddle Jumper Ella's Umbrella, colored with Copics and cut out with a nesting postage frame die set. Sentiment is from an old retired set from The Greeting Farm called Sweet & Toxic. Peace.

Hard Times Will Reveal True Friends & Cultivate Kindness

 I've got two more cards to share today - this one is for the following challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2613- Spring/Rain

Fab n' Funky #634 - Easter/Spring

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #777 - Seasons/Weather/AG

AllSorts #846 - Springtime/AG

I wanted the focus to be on the image for this, so I stamped the Tiny Townies Under an Umbrella from Stamping Bella with Versafine Black and embosssed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and used a rectangle nesting die set to cut out. I sponged the edges with some blue ink and attached with foam dimensional tape to the card. I layered a small scrap of raindrop paper from Unity Stamp Co. behind it and added some raindrop shaped rhinestone stickers to finish it off. 

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And this next one was the sketch of the week at A Cherry on Top, and I made it to fit these challenges as well:

Beautiful Blossoms #39 - AG Floral or Optional Mood Board

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Embossing

Alphabet Challenge - Y is for Yellow Flowers

Colorful Options April - Yellow or Rainbow

I used my honeycomb/hexagon stencil from Tim Holtz to apply the Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink, then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I added a torn piece of DP from Authentique, and a little sticker text from Tim Holtz. The digi is an old one from Just Some Lines called Emo Daffodils (no longer in business), I colored with Copics and fussy cut her, then attached her with foam dimensional tape. Peace.

Exquisite Beauty

 There are some really beautiful stencils in the April release at:

Don't forget to use code JennFan10 for 10% off your entire order! You can also combine that with the discounts on the Master Bundles:

The stencils I used are called Diamond Circle and Twirly Mask:

Here's my card:

I used the reverse stencil technique for this one - I never waste anything so after I use a stencil traditionally using Distress Oxide Inks, I always grab a piece of watercolor paper and spritz it with water before laying the stencil on it to dry. I stamped the images from Whimsy Stamps Exquisite Beauty set with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I spot colored the moth and dragged the edges through a Pretty in Peacock ink pad.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Emboss It!

Creative Knockouts #568 - Embossing Delight

Girlz and the Art of Letters - X is for eXquisite!

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

LOVE tag - Shopping Our Stash

 I'm just back to squeeze one in for the:

Shopping Our Stash #570 - White Out

The challenge was to create something without using any white. I created my background by ink smooshing Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink on a piece of watercolor paper, then applying the same color heavily through my Side Heart stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off at the shop). I die cut the tag, and die cut the LOVE (from my stash - this die cut is about 15 years old!), and added some rhinestone stickers. The sentiment is a stamp from the Nocturnal Nature set at Unity Stamp Co. The ribbon tied on the tag is also from my stash - I've been collecting ribbon for a good 25 years... ugh, showing my age! LOL  Peace.

Favorite Person on Earth

 Good morning! Off to do some shopping and have lunch with a friend today, I'm looking forward to getting out. I'd like to enter this card below into the following challenges:

AAA Cards #311 - E is For...

Inkspirational #364 - CAS with Optional Twist Starts with E

I created my background by ink smooshing Mermaid Lagoon & Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks in the corner of a piece of heavy white cardstock. Once dry, I stamped the Earth image and sentiment from the Beautiful World set from Hero Arts with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. Peace.

Galaxy Card

 Hello there! OMG - is it really finally Spring? Like no more snow? No more below zero temps? For REAL for real? I don't think we're going to get sunshine today, but the temps are at least getting up there! My pale face is sooooo looking forward to some sunshine!  I think my mental health could use it too, how about you???

I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Galaxy

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Emboss It

Classic Design Challenge - AG/Optional Fun/Fancy Folds

I had this background in my stash, just ink blended. I pulled it out for the galaxy challenge (my all-time favorite theme!!!) - I stamped some stars and constellations all over it in black and white and then embossed them. I flicked more water splashes and some white ink all over it. The stamp in the middle as the focal point is from Globeland Designs, which I stamped with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. Peace.