Birthday Roses

      Hello and welcome to my latest DT post for I Love ProMarkers, where our latest challenge starts today.   We are sponsored this time by Ike's Art and our theme is Anything Goes + optional: use die cut or punch.  Ike's provided images for the team to use and I chose "Rose Corner" but I reversed the image top to bottom.  

     I decided on white roses (coloring done with ProMarkers, of course) and framed the image with a die cut (Frantic Stamper die.)  Other than the fancy frame, this is a really CAS birthday card.

     Challenges:

Colour Crazy

Creative Fingers

Digi Choosday

Gem of a Challenge

Outlawz Festive Fri

Polkadoodles

Taylormadecards ...

TTCRD

    Come visit our challenge, see what everyone else on the DT has created, and find some inspiration to play along.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

April Showers in the Garden

      This morning I awoke to cooler temperatures and am hoping that's a sign that spring is actually going to get here and stay a bit.  I know that sounds strange to say cooler temperatures must be a sign of spring but we had record high temperatures over the last three days (90, 91, & 89) and it felt like we had winter on one day, then jumped directly into summer with no spring at all !  The prediction is for a chance of rain today so I'm hopeful.  :-D  (Yeah, the rain has arrived and we really need it !!)

     As soon as I was fully awake, I decided on this adorable image to celebrate the cooler temps and the chance of rain.  It's a House Mouse image, of course, and I colored it with my ProMarkers.  I cut the image and the light blue frame with CUTplorations dies.  I used my Linen embossing folder on both the frame and the dark blue background CS.  The sentiment was cut with an Avery Elle die and matted twice.  Very CAS with lots of blue space instead of white.

     Challenges:

Allsorts

Clever Dexter

Colour Crazy

Crafts Galore ...

Cut It Up

House Mouse

Paperbabe

STAMPlorations

Your Next Stamp

     Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Easter Bunny Gnome

      I'm sharing another image from @Conie Fong, this one from the Easter Bunny Gnome set.  There are several images in the set and a couple of sentiments.  Not only is this a darling gnome, all the bunnies are precious in their own right and could easily be used for any 'bunny' occasion apart from Easter.  :-D  Check out our challenges this month.  There's still almost a week to go before they end.

     I colored with ProMarkers, then cut the image with a die from Dare 2B Artzy.  I ran a scrap of aqua CS through my Linen EF and attached that to the card front.  The glittery, silver strip was another scrap from the basket and I hand-tied the bow using gingham ribbon.

     Challenges:

Aud Sentiments

Colour Crazy

Colouring in Scrapland

Crafty Catz

Dare 2B Artzy

Dream Valley

Outlawz Festive Fri

Paperbabe

Simon Says Stamp

Your Next Stamp

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Easter Jonquils

      It's time for the mid-term reminder of our challenge at Jan's Digi Stamps, where our theme is always Anything Goes.  My card today features one of Jan's newer releases, called "Easter Jonquils," a set with 3 different images (2 of which I combined for this card) plus 3 sentiments.  And it's ON SALE until the end of the month! 

     I merged the sentiment and the two images, then colored with my ProMarkers.  I just had to have the chocolate bunny in the image - they have been favorites of mine since childhood.  :-D  

     I cut the image piece with a QuicKutz rectangle die and did the corners with a Fiskars corner punch.  It is framed with  scrap of cranberry CS, trimmed to fit.  I tied one of my signature bows, died it with a ProMarker, and added a sequin.  Everything was mounted onto an ombre scrap of scrapbooking CS, and that went onto the card front.

     Challenges:

Colour Crazy

Crafty Catz

Crafty Gals Corner

Creative Fingers

Creative Inspirations

Paperbabe

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Simon Says Stamp

TTCRD

Word Art Weds

     We hope to see you playing with us this month.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie