Spring forward.....and enjoy the daylight!!

....Time to change the clocks for Daylight Saving's time and that means that Spring and Summer are almost here...!   Yippee!   It does take me about a week to get used to the change, especially when it comes to getting up each morning, but I sure do LOVE having the extra daylight!

    It's hard to believe that it's already almost 5 PM and today has flown by.  You should would think we lost more than one hour, because I did not get nearly as much done as I had hoped.

    I did finish up two cards and one I had started last week...talk about slow!  My first card is for the new challenge over at By Lori Designs and it's a color challenge.  This is a copy of the challenge colors that I copied over to share with you here!!

  And this is the card that I'm submitting to challenge.  I do hope the colors work, as it's often hard to determine the exact colors from a computer screen!! 

 

   For my card, I picked this sweet new image (Need a Boost), that is one of the Special Editions, added to the store this month.  I also bought the matching Sentiment was works out perfect for this card.  I found some really cute digi papers and used those along with my Copics to create outfits for these cuties.  I also added more digi papers for my background and for the little butterfly.  A fun and happy card!!

   My next card was created to today's new Sketch Challenge over at the Stars & Stamps Blog, which you can find HERE!!  I have also copied over a copy of the sketch, which you will see in my first picture below.

   As you can see I created my card to match the sketch, but then to make it work out better with my little 'Sending a Hug' Sentiment, I decided to flip it, as shown in this photo.  I think it works either way and I loved the idea of using 1 inch squares.   This would also be the perfect time to get out your 'Inchies' and use them for your little squares!!

  My final project today, was a card I created for a birthday this week and it's a card for a Guy, which I still think are the hardest to create.  For this one I had some fun with my distress inks an some Glimmer Mist and put to use some of the new ideas I learned in class yesterday.    Although it's not showing well in the image, the card is actually a combination of patterns and deep rich colors.  I used five different distress inks and a sand and gold Shimmer Mist at the end.  I then stamped on the Happy Birthday sentiment and embossed it in clear and cut it out with a Nestie die.  This card has a lot of shine and dimension and looks much better in person. 

   My next project (tomorrow), will be to create a card for the new CAS Challenge, posted over at The Outlawz.  I really love the recipe and the cards that Mo and Amy created this week are both gorgeous!  You can see them here, along with all the challenge details.   I think this will be a fun one and I'm excited to start on this tomorrow!  

   Have a great night....