Spring, Spring....Spring!!!

   That's all that is on my mind today!  The sun is shining so brightly and it's now going on 5 PM, such a chance in a matter of weeks and the perfect way to move into my favorites seasons.    We still have a little bit of snow left on the ground, but with today's sun and warmer temps - it'll all be melted very soon!!

    Today, I have four new cards to share and they were ALL initially inspired by the new CAS Challenge being hosted today at The Outlawz.   Our challenge this week is to thing of Spring (easy for me) and to create a new CAS card that has some type of floral theme!   I actually had so much fun with this challenge and each and every card I made today would work perfectly for the challenge.   I'm not even sure which card I will submit, but it's likely one of these first three.

    As soon as I saw the theme, I knew that I would be using some of the new digi images I had just bought on Friday from A Day for Daisies.  I have always loved Tammy's wonderful artistic skills and her floral images have always been some of my favorites.    When I saw the new release on Friday, I knew right away that I had to add some to my collection and this first card features one of my favorites which is called - Baby Cherry Blossom.

    I really loved this image from the moment I saw it and I knew it would lovely colored with Copics which is what I did today.  I also added a tiny bit of ultra fine glitter for that little hint of extra sparkle!!

    My second card also features a new image from her store and this one is called "Chubby Flower Garden"  and I think it screams FUN and HAPPY!    It's such a cool image and will be one I know I'll use many times.   I really loved it from the moment I saw it and thought it would look best in vibrant colors, which is exactly what is used to color it today.  

   As you can see, I was very much back to using my favorite Copic colors -  lots of violets, blue violets and even red violets.  I also feel like my Mojo is back today and found it so easy to put these cards together.  Typically, I don't create four cards, so quickly, but the creative side of me was working wonderfully today and these are the kind of days where I totally LOVE to color and create!  It's such a JOY when everything goes together so well and you have all kinds of ideas!   Totally unlike the last couple of days!!

    For my next card, which is very likey the one that I consider most as a Clean and Simple card, I want to another of my favorite colors which is a light minty blue green shade and I used some Hero Arts Designer Pool cardstock for the background of this card.  This image is again from A Day for Daisies and another that I really like.  It's super easy to color and to add a look of glass to my bottle I simply added a layer of 3D Crystal Accents to the finish card!   I think this is the card that I'll plan to submit to the challenge!  

   And last but now least is the card I created for today's new Sketch Challenge over at the Stars and Stamps Blog.  This week we are working with Sketch  112 and this is a copy of that sketch that I brought over to share.   Our theme at OWH this week is Spring, which worked our perfect for me today!!

  My card is a bit different from the sketch, as my Sentiment would not work out well in an oval shape, but did seem to go well with my card.   It's from a Hero Arts set as is the cardstock I used for this card.  This image is also a digi, but this one is more of a butterfly and flourish theme and is from Bugaboo Stamps.   It's one I have had for quite some time and used often.  I really love coloring it with Copics too.

   I hope you are enjoying your day as much as I am.  I really look forward to Spring and now that we have changed the clocks, I know I'm really going to love all the extra daylight time.   I had a great first day and have a fun week coming up, including a new Memory Box class that I'm taking at my LSS on Tuesday!!  Then, it's only one more week and we'll be starting the Creative Chemistry 101 Online Class with Tim Holtz.   I can't wait, especially since this will be a techniques class!!!   Hope to see you in class, I know there at a lot of crafters signed up for this one and I think that will make it fun!   I have totally loved EVERY class that Jennifer and Kristina have offered in their online classroom and I'm sure this will be a bit hit too!     Yippee!!