A Little Sunshine

 Playing along with Splitcoaststampers today.  I had to search my stash for some octagon dies and I ended up finding some among the Spotlight Frames die set by Waffle Flower. This is Splitcoaststampers Sketch #1055.

Easter Duckie

 Playing along with Freshly Made Sketches #679.

This image is a stamp by Whipper Snapper that I colored a while back called Eleanor's Easter.  

I wanted an Easter image and I came across this in my stash.  I think he is pretty cute.

The paper I used is from Pinkfresh Studio & Honey Bee Stamps.

Wildflowers

 Here is my take on Freshly Made Sketches #678.  For the cutout portion I used a die by Sizzix called "Splat".  And that is exactly what it looks like!  The flowers are made with dies by Picket Fence Studios called "Layering Flora: Tall Wildflowers".

I created the background with two different stencils: "Make A Splash" by Echo Park and "River Rock" by Honey Bee Stamps.

Colorful Easter Eggs

 

I came across this sketch challenge blog last month called Try A Sketch On Tuesday and this is my first time posting to it.  This was a very interesting sketch and I don't particularly like landscape cards. I had to think of something that would work for me.  I thought of flowers or feathers.  Doilies too came to mind.  But then I said to myself, Easter is coming.  How about Easter eggs!

So I used the die set by Honey Bee Stamps called "Build-An-Egg".  I colored them with some various Catherine Pooler inks.  Added the "Happy Easter" sentiment by Echo Park and a few enamel dots.

The background paper is "Hoppy Easter" by Violet Studio Designs.

Pretty Dandelion

Here's another sketch from Freshly Made Sketches that I will most likely be using quite a lot.  Sketch #677.  I used another paper pad that I've had for quite a while by Authentique called "Latest & Greatest".  The die is called Dandelion Stem by Memory Box.                                                               

 I stamped and die cut a With Sympathy sentiment by Waffle Flower. I also added some Mercury Glass Stickles to the dandelion to make it stand out a little.  I like the way it came out. 😄                                                                        

Split Flower Circles

 

It's after 2:00 A.M. on Saturday morning and I've been working on this card all day Friday.  I should be in bed, but I wanted to finish it and post it.  This is sketch #676 by Freshly Made Sketches.

The dies I used to make the circles are called "Funky Circle" by Catherine Pooler. I added some Nuvo Drops as an accent.  The paper that I used is from an old 6x6 paper pad called "Renew" by Authentique.

The sentiment that I used is from a Honey Bee Stamps set called "Birthday Wishes".  I stamped the sentiment then cut it out with the matching die.

I think the card turned out pretty good.  Now it's time for me to go to bed!

Happy Purr-thday

 

This little kitty was just so cute and innocent looking for Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge SSC355 Layered Up.  This is a stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs called "All Cats".  It features four different cats and I picked this one because it is holding a blank sign that can be stamped on with different sentiments that come with the stamp set. (Or any sentiment that will fit inside the sign for that matter).   I colored the cat with colored pencils and added stripes.  The background paper and panels are from Scrapbook.com.  The little squiggles on the side are from a die set by Echo Park called "Swirl Underlines".  Since the sentiment is being held by the cat's paws, I thought this would fit perfectly.