Early Spring Adventure - FMS630

 

Ahhhh.......spring finally! I thought this sweet nest was perfect for a friend who is celebrating a spring birthday soon and expecting a spring baby too! 

The last of the snow is finally gone here and we spent Monday up at the lake having a picnic and waiting for this......

We were fortunate to be in the direct path of the eclipse here in upstate New York.  It truly was an amazing experience.  What surprised me most was how cold it got even when the sun was only partially blocked! Fortunately the sun came out again and life returned to normal!

Square cards are always fun to make so I loved Jen Timko's great sketch - hope you enjoy it too!  Join us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Stamp Sets: Everyday Details (SU!), Fancy Florals (Gina K)

Paper: Fresh As A Daisy DSP

Ink: Memento Black, Copics

Translucent Florals.....FMS630

 

No flowers blooming here yet but one can always hope.......hope that the expected spring snowstorm on tap tonight and tomorrow is our last for the season!  I am ready for blooms!  So I broke out flowers and bright spring colors for my card today - I'm an optimist!

I love Judy's sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches - hope you do too!  Join us!

Stamp Set: Translucent Florals

Paper: Delightful Floral DSP, Parakeet Party

Ink; Parakeet Party, Calypso Coral, Pretty Peacock

No Bunny Like You....TTTC244

 

We were all in egg decorating mode last weekend so after a romp in the snow it was time for hot chocolate and eggs. The kids loved a new coloring spinner thingy (does it have a real name?) I got and made some colorful designs with it.

It was my turn to design the board at Tic Tac Toe this week and I was definitely thinking spring.  I went down the left side of the chart making an egg wreath using spring colors and twine.   Hope you join us!

Stamp Set: Excellent Eggs

Paper: Lemon Lolly, Pool Party, Bubble Bath, Azure Afternoon

Diecut Bunny: Hippity Hop (TE)

Ink: Azure Afternoon

Just Chicken In! FMS629

 

All of the egg cards that I have been making made me think of chickens.  I remembered this stencil/stamp set I got a while back and thought it would work perfectly with Amy's sketch.  Lots of stenciling and tiny stamping but it was fun to do  - especially since we didn't go anywhere for 24 hours.  After a terrible snow drought this winter we finally got 20 wonderful inches of fluff!  Emma and Will showed up anyway for our planned egg decorating fest but the lure of that snow was too much.  We all had a grand time outside.  The snow was so deep we had to carry it up on the porch for snowman building.....

Amy has a sweet sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Hope you join us!

Stencil / Stamp Sets: Spring Chickens from Taylored Expressions, All Wired Up - SU!

Ink: Concord and 9th - Spiced Cider, Cayenne, Buttercup; SU! - Basic Gray, Pecan Pie

Paper: Pecan Pie