That Kind of Day

We have had such a mild winter - sorry to all of you who have been snowed in.  Some winters we dig ourselves out of our driveway with a front loader.  This winter we have had only a few snow flakes, not even enough to cover the ground.  Right now we are dealing with the possibility of some of our rivers cresting because of the crazy hard downpours we have had this week and the snow melting on the mountains.  So even though it is not cold, sometimes, as the sentiment says, its a hot cocoa kind of day.

Cute snowman and sentiment are by From the Heart as is the sketch:

Copics, Scraps of paper, hand stitching.

Challenges:
From the Heart Sketch
From the Heart Progressive Challenge 
Daily Marker - coloring
Creative Creations - something to eat or drink
Word Art Wednesday - anything 

Second Card - Same Sketch

Still using up pieces and thought I would use the same sketch as in my last post.

I get a kick out of this pig by From the Heart.  I hope it brings a smile to a child. (card is going to SAS4Kids)
The paper is some I have had for years.  In fact, so are the brads! I put a gem on the yellow ones.  The pig is colored with pencils.  Butterfly is cut with a Martha Stewart punch.
Here is the sketch:

Challenges:
Pile It On - make your own embellishes
Daily Marker - coloring
Words2CraftBy - a smile to chase away the tears of sorrow
V's Sweet Ideas - pink

Raindrops on Noses

The other day I was thinking of the lyrics in a song from Sound of Music - "raindrops on roses..."  How about raindrops on noses?
I can't tell you how long I have had this digital image in my extras box.

He is colored with Copics.  The stamped paws are cut out with a MFT Die-namic Circle Stax die. 
Here is the sketch I used:

Challenges:
Sketch Saturday 
Little Scrap Pieces - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Daily Marker - coloring

Word Art Wednesay Verse

A big thanks to Karen at Word Art Wednesday for asking me to be the guest designer this month.  WAW hosts a challenge every other Wednesday and offers free verses to download.  Here is the verse for this week:

The hands are a digital stamp by a company that is no longer in business.  The thought of God up holding me gave me the idea for the hands. They are colored with Copics then fussy cut. The scenic background is a piece of Scrapbook paper.  The verse is cut out and backed using Our Daily Bread dies.
FYI: You may enter up to five projects this next two weeks at WAW and using the verse is optional.

Time to CASE

My card:

 I used mostly Stampin'Up inks and stamps.  I think the sentiment is Unity.  Distress ink is Tim Holtz.

Anita's card:

Challenges:
Stamploration CASE
Time Out - love is the flower
Stamploration CAS

On To Spring

It is so miserable today - RAIN - pouring.  I get so anxious for Spring every February.  I think it is because we have some beautiful warm days (59 Tuesday) which teases us.  Then back to yuck weather.
When going through my left over box, this Bugaboo image jumped out - ahh, a bit of Spring!

The image is colored with Copics and pencils.  BG is a Cuttlebug folder.  I don't ever remember using this flower die by Cuttlebug before.  The funky flowers look just like the ones on the image.
The sketch is found at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I went quite literal this time, copying the row of flowers.

Challenges:
Time Out - love is a flower
Words 2 Craft By - a smile to chase away the sorrow/ a love that's true ever growing
Scrapyland - anything

No Bunny Like You

Here is a sweet image, sentiment, and paper by Doodle Pantry.  A card for Send A Smile 4 Kids.

Last week I added to my collection of Darice embossing folders.  I have wanted this wood EF for awhile now so was pretty excited to use it when I found this cute image in my leftover box.  The image is pre-colored.  After running Ivory cardstock through the Cuttlebug, I added some Tim Holtz distress ink onto the top of the wood grain.   Sentiment and wood are cut with  Spellbinder dies. Circles are MFT Die-namic Circle Stax.
Tuesday Throwdown had the perfect sketch for this card:

Challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas - say it with love
Simon Says Work It Wednesday - something new
Crop Stop - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything