Layered Easter Card

     I'm still working on all the Easter cards I need for next month and this one has a sweet image and sentiment combo which came from Limited Runs.

     Colored with chalks and cut with stitched dies from Die-namics by My Favorite Things.  The border cut was done with a Cheery Lynn die.  Papers are from  Doodlebug and DCWV.

     Challenges:
Aloha Friday
Art Impressions
Aud Sentiments
Crafty Addicts
Crafty Catz
Creative Fingers
Cut It Up
Ellibelle's Crafty Weds.
Scrappy Land

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Garden Kitty

     This kitty image from Pink Gem just stole my heart and I turned him into a birthday card.

     I started with the sketch from Sweet Sketch Weds,

turned a quarter turn to better fit the image shape.

     I use ProMarkers to color the image, then cut it with stitched border dies from Spellbinders.  The dp are scrap pieces from the basket and the card base is textured CS.

     I found sheer ribbon in my stash and wrapped it around the card front.  I decided to make a flower out of two layers of petals, then glittered the top petals.  I added one pearl to the flower embellie and complemented that with pearls in the centers of the flowers in the image. 

     The sentiment is heat embossed.

     Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge

Crafty Calendar (3 flowers, 3 pearls)

Crafty Gals Corner

House that Stamps Built (Pearls/Embossing/Ribbon)

Jo's Scrap Shack

Paper Shelter

Sisterhood of Crafters

SUYP Cats

     I hope your weekend was fantastic and that you had lot of "me" time to do whatever pleased you.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Butterfly Spring

     I keep running across images I'd forgotten or just haven't used in my collection of Ching-Chou Kuik images and this one just seemed to shout "Spring!"

     I colored this magnificent image with my ProMarkers and cut it with a border die from Spellbinders.  The border is also embossed.  I was so intrigued with all the circles along that border that I decided to duplicate by cutting two borders more from green and lavender CS, then adding them as layers on the card front.  The card base itself is the gold.

     I printed and hand cut the sentiment, inked the edges, and added it to the top of the image piece.  I found the burlap butterfly in my stash of die cut embellies and added it.  I felt like that was enough.  I didn't want to take away from that image.

     Challenges:
Allsorts
Card Mania
CCC Digi Creations
Dies R Us
Do Al(l) Creatives
Jo's Scrap Shack
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Pile It On

     OK, I have to go color another Ching-Chou Kuik image which I found in the collection.  I just couldn't decide between the two of them so prepared both of them for coloring and started with the one on top of the pile.  Now I need to get to the second one.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Flower Ant

     I don't normally like finding ants in my spring garden but this one is just too cute to dislike.  :-D  The image is from Sasayaki Glitter and it's the freebie for their latest Progressive challenge on their Facebook page.

I started by using the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2,

although I took a bit of liberty with the shapes.

     The image is hand colored with ProMarkers and I played around with my newest set of border dies from Spellbinders.  I love the amazing shapes I got and the delicate embossing that was possible on each piece.  I layered all the pieces onto a kraft card base (which is actually recycled from a cracker box insert!) after I added the ribbon.  The sentiment was printed and hand cut, and I added a tiny gem to each of the four corners.  Complex looking but very simple in design.

     Challenges:

Art Impressions

Aussie Digital Artists

Brown Sugar

DL.ART

Inky Chicks

Sugar Pea Designs

Unicorn

Word Art Weds.

     Here we are on the second day of Spring and I'm suffering all the symptoms of a severe winter cold.  Stuffy sinuses, runny nose, cough, chest congestion ...Yuck!  Colds shouldn't be allowed during spring or summer.  I think I'll talk to someone about passing a law!  Who's with me?  We'll get a petition going.  In the meantime, Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie