Sweet Bunny -- for Ching-Chou Kuik

 Greetings, everyone!  I am posting today on the Ching-Chou Kuik Challenge & Inspiration Blog. We have a new challenge getting underway on the CCK blog.  This month, our theme is 4-legged friends.  My 4-legged friends mean as much to me as some of me 2-legged friends, so I highly approved of this theme!

There are some wonderful images in the GJZCCK Etsy Shop that are perfect for this theme, including Sweet Bunny, which I used on this card: 

I used the black & white version here of Sweet Bunny, then colored it with Copic markers.   I cut her out and backed her with nesting dies by Crafter's Companion.  The stitched background is a die from Diamond Press.  The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with banner die by Crafter's Companion. I used my We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper on this, too.

You'll find wonderful inspiration on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog, so check there often.  You'll find another challenge and more inspiration in the CCK Facebook group. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Challenges -- ATG

Give A Crafter a Cookie -- #155 April

613 Ave. Create -- Spring

Crafty Calendar -- Spring or Easter

D.L. Art -- April Linky Party

The Paper Shelter -- Easter

Promarker Challenge -- Animal Antics

It's Bird Chirping Weather -- For JDS Challenges

 It's the first Monday of the month, and that can only mean one thing -- it's time for a new challenge at Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges (or JDS Challenges). Challenges are absolutely Anything Goes -- knitting, glass etching, scrapbooking, woodworking -- we want to see it all!  There is a gift certificate for a project using a Jan Mahew image, and another random winner each month. There will also be 3 designer choice awards. Awesome!

Jan had several new releases in March.  One was called Springtime, and it's what I used to design today's card.  One of my favorite parts of spring is having the birds return.  I eagerly await the first robin, the first loon on the lake, and the first bluebird.  We have bird feeders and bird houses throughout our property.  So, I really love this new Springtime set, with its bird and birdhouse theme.  There are black & white and precolored versions available.  I used the black & white on this card:

I picked up some inexpensive alcohol markers by Diamond Press, and used them on this project.  You get what you pay for.  I don't recommend them.  Their shading was terrible.  The light orange looked brown, and was darker than the medium and dark shades.  I was very disappointed with them.   After suffering through coloring the birdhouse and bird from the Springtime set, I fussy cut them both out.  The sentiment is also from the Springtime set. I used a set of Spellbinders label dies to cut it out and back it.

I made the slimline card using a slimline cutting die from Tutti Designs. 

I hope you join us this month at JDS Challenges.  I'd love to see what you create, and I'd also love to see you have a chance at the 2 gift certificates.  Use a Jan Mahew image to increase your chances! 

Spring Butterfly Girl -- for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

 It's the first Sunday of the month, and that means we are starting a new challenge over on the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Blog. The challenges run for a month, and they are always Anything Goes!

This month, we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter. The Paper Shelter has wonderful digital images.  They come with a black & white version, but also a pre-colored version, and some background papers.  It's fantastic! I was given the opportunity to color up the darling Enchanting Butterflies, and I created this:

I colored Enchanting Butterflies with Copic markers, then cut her out with an inverted nesting die from Crafter's Companion.  The 'Hello Spring' sentiment is also a Crafter's Companion die.  The butterfly dies are from Paper Wishes. The floral background paper is from Crafter's Companion.  It sang 'springtime' to me. 

I hope you can join us this month at Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends.  We have such wonderful sponsors -- like The Paper Shelter.  Link up, and you could win a gift certificate from their store.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

The  Paper Shelter -- Easter

Crafty Calendar -- Spring or Easter

Cut it Up -- Spring Flower & Butterflies

D.L. Art -- April Linky Party

Spring is B-a-a-a-ck! for SheepSki Designs

 It's April 1st, and we're starting a new challenge on the SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog. The challenge runs the whole month of April, and the them is "Animal Magic".  You can find many wonderful images that will fit this theme in the SheepSki Designs Etsy Shop. 

For my DT inspiration, I colored up the wonderful image, Spring Lamb:

I colored Spring Lamb with Copic markers, then used some papers from AMB Illustrations.  I computer generated the sentiment.

I hope you can join us this month at SheepSki Designs Challenges for the Animal Magic challenge. I'd love to see what you create! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Everybody Art -- Easter

Try it on Tuesday -- Hello Spring

Cutie Pie Challenge -- Bunnies & Blooms (spring)

Be Yourself Today -- For All Dressed Up Stamps

 April 1!  How did we get to April already?  April 1 means it's time for a new challenge over on the All Dressed Up Facebook Group.  The challenge will run throughout April.  The theme this month is "Use Embellies", and you also have to use an All Dressed Up image.  You'll find tons of beautiful ones just waiting to be colored and embellished in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop.

Here's my DT inspiration using Butterfly Kisses Girl...

I colored Butterfly Kisses Girl with Copic markers.  The designer papers are by We Are 3 Digital Shop. They are from the Spring Butterflies and Spring Butterflies Too papers. The sentiment is also from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  It is one of the You Know sentiments.  There are 4 in the set.  All of them are amazing. 

And, there you have it!  My embellished Butterfly Kisses Girl for the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Challenge for April. Come join the 'Use Embellies' challenge!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

TTCRD -- ATG

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

Lemon Shortbread -- ATG

Promarker Challenge -- Something beginning with 'B' (butterfly)

Lessons from the Easter Bunny

 It's another Thursday, and that can only mean one thing!  It's time for another challenge at Cute Card Thursday. Every Thursday, you'll find a new challenge starting on the Cute Card Thursday Blog. This week, our sponsor is Whimsy Stamps, and the theme is Anything Goes. 

I used the Whimsy Stamps digital image Esther Bunny for today's card. She's a release by Some Odd Girl. 

I colored Esther Bunny with Copic markers, then fussy cut her out.  Here's a close up of the coloring: 

She's got sort of a sassy look on her face, doesn't she?  Maybe she's already eaten all the jelly beans?

Here's a close up of the sentiment:

I found the sentiment while cruising Pinterest. Where else, right?

The floral stitched background is a slimline die from Diamond Press.  The floral background paper is part of the Caring Thoughts paper pad by Crafter's Companion.  The paper flowers are from my stash. 

I hope you join us this week at Cute Card Thursday for our Anything Goes Challenge.  Whimsy Stamps is such a great sponsor.  You could win some great digis -- like this one! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter -- Easter

Shopping our Stash -- Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Cutie Pie Challenge -- Bunnies & Blooms

Stamps & Fun -- Easter

Easter Greetings -- For Dies R Us Challenges

 April 1 -- it's a new month, and it's a new challenge at Dies R Us Challenges. Our challenges are Anything Goes, as long as you use a brand of die sold in the Dies R Us Store. They last 2 weeks, with the next one beginning the 15th of the month. 

Since Easter is just around the corner, and I really like to send Easter cards, I took advantage of today's challenge to create one last Easter card:

This card uses an Expressions Interchangeable Butterfly Foliage Die from Crafter's Companion. You can interchange it with the sentiments "Happy Birthday" & "Happy thoughts".  Very cool concept! The adorable little bunny is part of the Impression Obsession Bunny Die Set. There are 3 small bunnies in this set.

The flowered background paper is from AMB Illustrations. 

I hope you can join us the next 2 weeks at Dies R Us Challenges. You might be the lucky winner of a gift certificate, or one of the designer choice recipients.

If you are in Canada, check out the Didi Crafts Store for fantastic products and great shipping rates! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Shopping our Stash -- Here Comes Peter Cottontail (anything Easter)

D.L. Art -- April Linky Party

A Bit More Time to Craft -- ATG