Challenge #127 - In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb.

Deena here - We have had the most unusual weather this winter in my neck of the woods...in a good way for the most part...it is generally an unbearable cold where your eyelids and nostrils freeze cold and there is tons of snow to shovel...but not this year...we have had a relatively mild winter (now I can understand how other people in the world can enjoy it somewhat), but March came in wickedly with snow and a mini-blizzard and the such...hopefully it goes out like a lamb and spring will be here officially (so far we have broken all the records ever for the warmest spring by a longshot)!  When I thought of this challenge, I had all hopes and dreams of spring in mind....but wasn't really thinking about the topic of the challenge...I have not one lion or lamb stamp in my whole collection...not one...I could not believe it, so I frantically googled some images of colouring sheets and voila!  My creation is born!

the phrase on the card is "No lion, I hope ewe have a roaring great birthday!"
Let's see what all the other wonderful poobahs have come up with for this challenge.
 



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Rosemary here and I'm back to playing with paper (hooray).  It's a dreary rainy day but I channeled my girliest of girly personality traits and it was think pink time with an animal twist.  A sweet little mouse enjoying a birthday cupcake! (to see another very pink card - with butterflies and a vintage feel - head on over to my personal blog)

Gini here
I love making Birds on Wheels pictures and a bird is an animal too.
I have blogged this design before as cards I like to make, and honestly I could use my whole stash of designer papers making them, hundreds and hundreds AND hundreds of them but then I would be like the lady with 40 indoor cats; what on earth would I do with them all...and wouldn't my house stink a bit and wouldn't that seem a tad compulsive disorderish too?

However - this is the very poshest Bird on Wheels I've made to date, it's another 5" x 7" canvas as I seem to be going through a phase of making these canvases lately.
It is a flocked paper bird and it's so posh and shiny it's probably illegal, I mean regal.

Electra here
In about a month, I will have a new grandson.
(I am SO excited)  The parents asked me to do a collage for little Logan's room along the lines of a jungle theme.  So I did this.

 You can find the deets on my blog.

You have until the end of Saturday 7 April to join in with your fabulous creation celebrating animals. Add your blog post address to Mr Linky below.
If you would like to join in with a previous challenge we've set (life happens and lateness is absolutely fine, we don't mind a bit) just add your blog post address to Mr Linky below. Please make sure your blog post refers to the previous challenge you are entering so we don't get confused. 
We look forward to visiting you!

Challenge #126 - Branching Out

Electra here

I love trees.

Love, love, love 'em.

Having said that, I also love Nature.  And anything to do with it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a tree-hugger.

Do people even use that word anymore?

I just like trees. 

And nature.

What about you?

Is there something about nature that inspires you? 

We'd love to see what you can come up with!

Please link up by March 24th and most importantly

HAVE FUN!

  
Let's see what all the other wonderful poobahs have come up with for this challenge.
 
Gini here:-
 Please welcome Madam Fairy who enjoys nature so much that she is often referred to as Nature Girl amongst other things that I discuss on my blog here with another Madam Fairy card.  This is a 5"x 7" canvas. Click on it to make it bigger.

Rosemary here and I do enjoy nature - I love that where I live allows me to enjoy distinct seasons.  Right now the air is still fairly crisp and cool but there is a little hint of something warmer coming, a fragrance of flowers starting to bloom, trees to bud, and all moving toward springtime.  I have one hydrangea bush in my front yard but I love the blossoms,  My project reminds me of the blossoms. 
(sorry about the lousy photography - hey lookie there I am attempting to take a photo in bad evening light)

This wreath was made by covering a raffia wreath form with white cotton yarn and then gluing on multiple handmade felt flowers.  For more details, please see my blog. (it's really super easy to make, honest)

Deena here - I was a little behind on this card, not for lack of effort, but for completing the wrong challenge...anyway, the card two weeks from now is a cutie!  I just received this garden gnome set last night at my final stamp club meeting and I couldn't sleep all night trying to think of how I could work this into the branching out challenge...then I re-read what the challenge required and I figure I put in quite a few elements on this simplistic and whimsical card - green, wood grain background, spring like nature gnomes, some clouds and some grass...everything but the trees...

You have until the end of Saturday 24 March to join in with your fabulous creation celebrating trees and nature. Add your blog post address to Mr Linky below.
If you would like to join in with a previous challenge we've set (life happens and lateness is absolutely fine, we don't mind a bit) just add your blog post address to Mr Linky below. Please make sure your blog post refers to the previous challenge you are entering so we don't get confused. 
We look forward to visiting you!