simon says... easter/spring!

Howdy, friends! Once again, it's challenge time over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog! :)

Play along with us, and you could randomly win a very generous gift voucher to spend in the Simon Says Stamp superstore... YAY!

This week's theme is Easter and Spring. And this week's product line highlight is Memory Box. Love, LOVE Memory Box! If you have any of their products in your stash, we'd love to see you use it, too! But if not, no worries.. you can still play along. :)

And now for my card...

 

I have to say... I LOVE how this came out! I had this idea in my head for almost two days before I was able to finally get in my craft room, and I'm SO glad I was able to execute it exactly how I saw it in my mind's eye! :D For the background, I used Gathered Twigs Distress Ink... smeared the inkpad on to my Ranger craft sheet, gave it a spritz of water, and then using an old toothbrush, picked up some of the solution and flicked it on to my Hero Arts Shallows card stock. I was going for a speckled, robin's egg look... what do you think? :) The bird is the Nesteled Bird die, and the nest is actually the Grapevine Wreath! I just cut it apart in a few places and layered the pieces! The sentiment is an oldie-but-goodie from Hero Arts All Occasion Messages. This set has a permanent spot on my desk... so versatile.

The card was obviously inspired by the birds that lay their eggs in the spring. I live in a very rural area with a lot of trees and dozens of bird species, so we always have a handful of nests on/around our property. Just the other day, I saw a House Finch couple, scoping out an old Barn Swallow nest from last year on my back porch. Nest building/poaching goes on for a week or two and is always the first sign that spring is definitely on the way. Well, that and the allergies, LOL. Boo on that. But I do love the birds. :) 

So now it's your turn! Create your spring-y/Easter-themed project, and upload it HERE by 8am EST US next Wednesday (the 27th). You could win that awesome gift voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp! :)

And please be sure to go HERE to see what my amazing teammates did for this challenge... seriously inspiring!

That's all from me today... thanks for reading. See you soon!