PP531 Hello Spring

Hi stampers!  Happy Sunday!  It's time for a new Paper Players challenge; Claire is our hostess with this lovely theme challenge:

 

Oh my, so many choices!  In the end I opted to use that little bunny in the corner as my inspiration!  I pulled out one of my favorite old SU sets called Hello Spring!  And here we go:

I had this piece of retired magnolia paper on my desk for another project and although Petal Pink is a hard color for me to work with, I thought it would make a nice spring card!  I had an idea to make a wreath, but most of the wreath stamps I had were too "flimsy".  Then I remembered a fall wreath stamp that I had from Fun Stampers Journey, so after adhering my DSP to my cardstock, I stamped it in Soft Suede, then embellished it with a few little springy flowers and twigs...and of course, a bunny:

The sentiment is from the same set, although I cut it apart so that I could create a linear sentiment on a banner; I added a little Pierced Bloom diecut flower too:

I just love that little bunny!  What will inspire you from our photo?  Spring is definitely in the air, so get out your stamps, ink and paper and create something springy, then share it with us at the Paper Players blog!  Check out what the design team did as well!  Thanks for popping in today!

Dana spent a few minutes trying to teach Cassidy to crochet....not sure how long it will last, neither of them have a lot of patience, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come."  Song of Songs 2:12

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Wreath (Fun Stampers Journey), Hello Spring (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Petal Pink, Soft Suede,  Crumb Cake, Magnolia Lane DSP (ret)
Ink	Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, Markers

PP383 Springtime Wishes

Hi peeps!  Happy Sunday to you!  If you live along the east coast, I hope you've survived this crazy weather we've been having!  I was happy to see Jaydee's Paper Players challenge today, because it gives me hope that spring might really arrive some time soon:

I was tempted to follow those red tulips, but I just got some beautiful papers from Polkadoodles (can you tell I went on a little shopping spree recently?!) called Eleganza, and these pretty florals were just so springy, I had to use them!  The Freshly Made Sketches from Jen Timko sketch helped me out too!

So here we go:

This is another card where the papers do most of the work!  I made this a side-fold card, which I rarely do, but I already had a piece of cardstock cut and scored that way, so I went with it!  I cut all the panels from the DSP, and stamped a sweet sentiment from Close To My Heart on the horizontal panel with Smoky Slate ink.  The banner looked a little bare, so I added a couple of butterflies, one from some retired printed SU vellum and the other from the same DSP, and then added a few Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper swirly things:

I stamped the inside with a sentiment from the same CTMH heart, and added a fussy-cut flower from the DSP:

Really easy and pretty!  I hope you'll play along with our spring challenge...so many ways to interpret the prompt!  Share yours with us at the PP blog and check out what the DT did as well:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie

·        Jan

Here are a couple pix of what this crazy storm did to one of our trees lining the driveway.  The wind was unbelievable, it blew steadily all day Friday and Saturday, with rain and snow interspersed!  I am hoping that this means the end of March will be like a lamb, because it certainly came in like a lion!  In the big scope of things, this is a relatively small branch, it could have been much worse! 

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Rustic White (Papertrey), Eleganza (Polkadoodles), Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack (ret SU)
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories	Rhinestones
Tools	Small & Large Butterfly Punches (ret), Big Shot, Patterned Pumpkin Die (ret), Dimensionals