My card today will be entered into the Sunday Stamps SSC227 Spring Fever color challenge. The three colors I chose from graphic are hopefully close to the challenge colors. My base card and focal image layer are my “crumb cake” color, the stencil was sponged in SSS Orange Peel for the bright orange color on the graphic and the dark color is a GKD navy.

The requirements for AAA Cards clean and simple challenge #162 was to be made in minutes with an optional twist of using a stencil. For some reason it takes longer to find all of the items for a project than to create. This did come together very quickly and the stencil is a SSS stencil. The stamp sets were both SU’s Crosses of Hope and Miracle of Spring. It was quite a miracle that I eye-balled that sentiment that it fit perfectly in the space. That does not happen all too often in my case.

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The Paper Players have a Tic Tac Toe Challenge from Joanne this week and I chose the center row of rhinestones, spring and butterflies. And the Sisterhood of Crafters’ challenge by Darlene is SPRING. So to me I definitely wanted some soft colors and butterflies just because it makes me happy and so does spring! My butterflies and dies are Pretty Pink Posh’s Beautiful Butterflies and the sentiment is from Gina K Designs Happy Spring stamp set. I also use Spellbinders Inverted Scalloped classic square die set. I put a rhinestone “tail” on one of my butterflies to complete my Tic Tac Toe.

The As You See It Challenge is a recipe which needs to include Flowers, Die cut or Punch, Ribbon or Twine, Something Shiny and Patterned Paper. My rule of the day is to read all of the instructions and check them off before gluing to card front. My card includes a Sweet n Sassy Benjamin Bunny with a flower pot (check), butterflies punch and mat under sentiment – shiny gold cardstock and punch (check, check), patterned paper….where is the patterned paper? I originally found some really really cute ribbon with carrots on it and made that my panel, taped everything down and realized NO patterned paper. Disassembled card front carefully except for the upper corner with received another shiny butterfly. Added my flower patterned paper from GKD’s Bold & Blooming paper pack and re-assembled my card. (check). The ribbon is now the bow on bunny (check) . I do think I completed the recipe for whimsy. The butterfly punches are Martha Stewart, Key Lime cardstock, patterned paper and ribbon are all GKD. The gold mirror paper was a find at my Michael’s and the egg embossing folder is from Darice.

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I’m really enjoying my Simon Says Stamp layered tulips stencil. So today’s card is for the Just Us Girls #529 Photo Week inspiration of:

I inked my layered tulips with Distress Ink Scattered Straw and the stems and leaves with GKD Key Lime and Fresh Asparagus, then added some sparkle with my Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss pen made by cloud background with my go to cloud stencil by our Buddy Bonnie and stamped the little dragonflies from GKD’s Spring Blessing set.

I do believe I could use a better “yellow” ink pad and am open for helpful suggestions. Thanks for looking.

Playing along with the March monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs hosted by Rema to include some kind of rainbow on your project. I pulled out an older GKD stamp set “Hope is Faith” in red rubber which seemed pretty appropriate during this time. My rainbow was created with GKD inks except for the yellow. Cardstock and sequins also GKD. Emboss resist technique used for my stamping in versamark and clear embossing powder.

Thanks for looking and a fun challenge, Rema.