Spring Bird House ~ CCS

Hello friends!  I'm hoping by the time this project posts, we'll be well into spring here on the east coast.  As I sit here typing up this post, we are being hit by another early spring snow storm, that's supposed to last both Saturday and Sunday. 

 

To help combat the winter blues and early spring snow storms, I made this darling Spring Bird House using pretty pastel colored Lessebo cardstock from CutCardstock.

 

 

I used Poppystamps Pop-Up Easel Bird House die, but turned it into a 3D piece of spring decor.   A group of us will be making 20 of these for a ladies breakfast at our church coming up in May.

 

 

 

You can find all the details on how this bird house came together over at the CutCardstock blog.

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Spring Flowers ~ Double D

Hello friends~  It's time for a new challenge over at Double D Challenges.  The theme for the next two weeks is "Spring Flowers".  

Crocuses are the first flowers to emerge in my yard in the spring time, so I felt like The Greetery Crocus's were the right fit for the challenge. 

 

I combined a couple of different font die cuts from my stash to create the sentiment.  I also added a bit of hombre inking to the "wishes" die cut and then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder.  It a bit hard to see the shiny finish on the die cut, but trust me, it's there.

As most paper crafters do, I'll bet you have a ton of flowers in your crafty arsenal that you could use to join in on the fun over at Double D Challenges.  I sure hope to see your card in the linky!

Darlene has brought us a bit of inspiration:

And here's the prize you could win when you link up and play along.

 

ETA:  What perfect timing to discover that Color Hues is looking for lilac and aqua.  I'll be entering my card into this challenge.

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Easter Treat Box ~ Double D

Hello friends!    It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means it's time for a new challenge over at DD Challenges.  Easter is the theme for the next two weeks, so pull out your bunnies, chicks, eggs and crosses and let's get crackin' on.  (Get it?  "Eggs".... "crackin'".)  Sorry, I couldn't resist, and I digress.

 

 

 I made up a bunch of these dear little Easter Egg Boxes from Sizzix last year and left them undecorated, so when inspiration hit, I'd be ready to make them pretty.

  

Truth be told, I decorated this box last year as well, but never got around to sharing it on my blog, so I thought that this challenge was a good opportunity to share this project.  I still have 6 or 8 eggs waiting to be made pretty.

 

 

I covered the top of the kraft cardstock box with some pretty printed, vintage looking scrapbooking paper and went over the entire egg with walnut stain DOX ink.  A decorative strip of the same design paper and a length of vintage lace was wrapped around the outside of the cover. 

 

The bunny is a rub-on that I picked up from Amazon.  This set of vintage Easter images came with like 24 sheets of rub-ons and there are many images per sheet.  I will never in my life time have time to use them all.  I will link them HERE if you want to check them out. 

The flowers are a mix of flowers that I purchased from Really Reasonable Ribbon years ago.  I'm so glad to finally be putting some to good use.

 

Here's the inside of the box, ready to be filled with something sweet, I expect.

 

I do hope you'll stop over at Double D Challenges to see more inspiring work from the team and then join in on the fun.

Here's the inspiration tile:

 

And here's the prize you could win when you play along.

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Pretty Pastels for Mom ~ CutCardstock

Rabbit!  Rabbit!  Happy April Fool's Day! Happy Tuesday or happy spring!  However you look at it, I hope it's a beautiful day in your neck of the woods.

 

Today's card was made for the CutCardstock blog, featuring pretty pastel colors, giving honor to the mother's in our lives.  If you'd like to see more details about how this card came together and all the wonderful cardstocks I used to make it, hop on over to the CutCardstock blog.  I so appreciate your encouragement and your support.

Thanks for stopping by!