Spring is a Reminder

Today at Catch the Bug it's Oldies but Goodies day and I used the image Birdhouses along with a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I made this a side step card.  We are finally getting things to turn green and have signs of spring.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinatins

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Birdhouses (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Spring is a reminder

Punches:  EK Success; Martha Steward

Flowers:  Recollections

Embellishments:  Dress it Up

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Broken China

Challenges

Mix it Up - Ch. 36 Fancy Folds

Pearly sparkles - Ch. 50 Bunnies, Birds and/or Bears

CCC Digi Creations - Ch. 113 Add a Flower/Flowers

Dragonfly Dreams - Add a flower/Flowers

Crafty Calendar - April Add a butterfly

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Happy Birthday or Fun Fold or both

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 478 Roses

Basically your fantastic and I'm so glad that you exist

Today is the Purple Day Blog Hop in awareness of Epilepsy. Epilepsy is a group of disorders that is characterized as having seizures.  There are different types of Epilepsy and different types of seizures. As a nurse, I have worked with many individuals with Epilepsy and it is wonderful to see the advances that have been made in this field.
So please join me along with my wonderful crafting friends who have joined to promote this awareness. There are chances to win prizes along the way.

Annabel

Darnell

Fikreta

Hetty

Janis

Ike

Kitty

Karen

Lori

Lisa (that's me)

Mia

Olga

Vick

I made two cards.  The first card, has a wonderful image from Ike called Puppy Love and a sentiment from TLC, Create. And my second card has an image from Digi Doodle called You Have my Heart and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I made this a side step card.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Ikes - Puppy Love (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - So glad that you exist
Die:  My Favorite Things
Ink:  Distress -Dusty concord

Challenges
Feeling Sketchy - Ch. 237
Creatalicious - Ch. 183 Anything Goes with optional layer it up
Love to Scrap - Ch. 131 Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters - Ch. 26 Anything Goes
Time OUT - Ch. 158 Lots or little of purple

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Stampin' Up; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Digi Doodles - You Have My Heart (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Basically You're Fantastic

Punches:  Fiskars

Spellbinders: Heart

Flower:  Prima

Challenges

Penny Paper Crafty - Ch. 467 Anything Goes

Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 49 For the ladies

Dragonfly Dreams - Make it Feminine

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Ch. 128
Crafty Calendar - More than one fold

Happy Easter Bunny With Eggs

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's to make a card with Unusual Folds so I made a Side Step Card (I reversed it to have the image on the right and the step on the left). For my card, I used image EB Eggs and I used a sentiment from TLC, Create. On the steps I put grass that I punched and flowers.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - EB Eggs

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy Easter Simply

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Broken China

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Punch:  Martha Stewart; EK Sucess

Flowers:  Recollections

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 380-381 Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 93 Flora or Fauna

little red wagon - Ch. 490 Hop to it

Alphabet Challenge - A for Animals

Crafty Friends - Ch. 106 Use Spring Colors

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 291 Outside Fun

You read me like a book

More MANATEES are at Imagine That Digistamp and are getting ready for school.  This is the Manatee Reader with Bow.  I made this a side step card.  I have one more release later today.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  Imagine That Digistamp (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Distress - Fired Brick

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Apple with button:  Target

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 296 - 297 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Ch. 264 Anything Goes

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 97 Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Ch. 64 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 257 Shaped card or Anything Goes

Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons!

Imagine That Digistamp has a new release of this beautiful image, called Flamingo Beach.  I made this a side step card.  If you love these flamingos as much as I look look at the Tickled Pink Bundle which is available for a limited time.  Have fun with these wild birds and check out what my other teammates came up with for this release!

Patterned Papers:  Craft Smith

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Imagine That Digistamp (see above for direct link)

Spellbinders:  Small and large circles

Flowers:  Prima

Gems:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Crazy for Challenges - C4C397 Summer Bright and Cheery

Sweet Stampin' - Summer Fun

The Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 178 More than one fold

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 294 - 295 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Wk 31 Anything Goes

Let the winter fun begin

Imagine That Digistamp has a new Challenge starting today.  Check out the site for the new format.  For my card, I used the Santa Penguin image.  I made a side step card.  I used a sentiment from TLC.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollectiions

Stamp:  Imagine That Digistamp (see direct link above)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Let the winter fun begin

Snowflakes:  Recollections & Jolee

Bling:  Hobby Lobby

Chalenges

CHNC Extra - January

ABC Christmas Challenge - A for Anything goes B for something B (blue, bling)

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Snowflakes

Di's Design - Celebration

Creative Knockouts - Ch.175 Anything Goes