simon says... april showers and/or spring flowers

Howdy, friends! How are you today? :) I'm doing well... it's the middle of the week and pretty soon, the weekend will be here. Yay!

Meanwhile, there's a new challenge going over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog, so let's get to it, shall we?

As always, your participation could win you a FABulous gift voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp! Who doesn't love shopping?! ;)

The theme for this week's challenge is April Showers and/or Spring Flowers. Reminds me of the all-too familiar, silly grade school joke that I'm highly tempted to tell now, but I'll spare you. LOL ;) Anywho, showers/flowers is the theme, and Hero Arts is the highlighted product line! This challenge was right up my alley... flowers and Hero - two favorites! Here's my card...

I know it's not a very spring-y color scheme, but the flowers still count, right? Even if they're black? I can't help it... I made three cards with this stamp, but this was by far my fave of the bunch. :)

With the exception of the Worn Lipstick Distress Ink, Everything is Hero Arts. I used BLACK LAYERING PAPER for my card base, which I lovelovelove! I stamped the THANK YOU DEFINITION with the new CHARCOAL ink, and then heat embossed the EVERYTHING FLOWER over that with black embossing powder. I used a sponge to swirl on the Worn Lipstick, which is such a great, vibrant, rosey-red. A bold sentiment from the MADE WITH LOVE set, a black button, some pearls, and it's good to go!

So now you're up! Make a project that features spring showers or flowers, and link it up HERE, by 8am EST US next Wednesday (the 17th). Please be sure to include in a link back to the Simon Says Stamp challenge itself, found HERE, in your blog/gallery post as well. And who knows? You could win that amazing voucher to spend at Simon! :D

And please stop by HERE to see what my fellow teammates did for this challenge, too! If you're a Hero Arts fan, you will LOVE them all for sure!

Thanks for reading today! See you soon. :)

**Since clearing my desk after working on this project, I've realised that the background stamp I used is actually the HAPPY DEFINITION, and not the Thank You Definition like originally stated. I originally intended to use the Thank You since that's the theme of the card, but apparently I wasn't paying close enough attention to the actual text when grabbing my stamp. Heehee! Sorry for any confusion. :) **