It's a Bunny Hop!

There's a Bunny Hop happening over at Gail's to celebrate her 50th birthday and, as she is my very good blogging buddy, I just had to join in!

This little bunny was a freebie with Crafts Beautiful magazine and I couldn't resist matching him up with some pretty Spring papers. A very quick and simple card to make, but plenty of fun!

Today has really felt like Spring as we are being blessed with some gorgeous, and surprisingly warm, sunshine. I thought I'd share a picture of some of my daffodils enjoying the sunshine. Our garden is getting a complete makeover this year, so much of what we have is in pots awaiting a new home once the beds are altered and ready to plant.

Gail's Bunny Hop will be running for another fifteen days, so why not join the fun? There are some rather nice prizes up for grabs...

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The Library Challenge #4 - Memoirs of a Geisha

What a fabulous book cover (and what a fabulous book!) - Marina has done us proud again with great inspiration for her fourth Library Challenge.

It's quite a long time since I read this book, but I do seem to remember that I enjoyed it very much. I purposefully avoided the film in 2005 as I wanted the pictures in my head to be the images from the book and not the movie. Anyone else do that when they love a book?

Here's my take on the inspiration. I used this beautiful Donna Downey image (Colliope) from Unity Stamps and limited the palette to the colours of the book cover. The actual image is huge, so I just used a portion of it.

The other entries in this challenge are gorgeous and well worth a look if you haven't already seen them. Marina is dropping hints about Challenge #5 and she says:

 "Challenge 5 starts on Sunday April 15th and we'll be heading back to the children's section for a book with a number in the title." 

How very intriguing! 

Bold!

Now here's a challenge I've long admired, but (for some inexplicable reason) never played along with... Until now!

I love the idea that this challenge can be interpreted in a few different ways. I went with a bold word die, a bold sentiment and some very bold colours. Fun, fun, fun!

I love the new SMILE die from MFT. While most people would go cute, I just had to go snarky!

There are some lovely DT cards to admire over at Just Us Girls, and the linky gallery is a treat too. Time for a cuppa and a little look around, I think!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #107 - U is for Umbrella

Nice umbrellas, Edna!
Yes, the sisterhood are back with a new challenge: U Is for Umbrella.

I have to admit that my snark got up, packed it's bags and left town for this challenge, despite my having a gorgeous stamp from Brutus Monroe to use. Still, I quite like the sentiment I used - sometimes even a snarky stamper can show a little love!

You'll love the cards on show from the gang for this challenge... hurry on over and take a look!

Naughty or Nice Challenge #50 - So long, and thanks for all the fish!

All good things come to an end, and this includes Naughty or Nice Challenges. Challenge #50 will be our final, fun challenge, but we're going out with a bang and there are prizes on offer!

For this challenge we'd like you to wander through the blog to take your inspiration from one or more of our past challenges.

I took my inspiration from Challenge #30 - Feature a Creature. My favourite MFT cat just had to put in appearance one more time at NoN, paired with a slightly snarky sentiment of course! 

Please come along and join us!

I'm also entering my kitty card at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #106 - N is for Need Coffee.

Edna's face really does say it all! We've all been there... Let's hope the coffee helps.

These days I'm more of a ginger tea girl, but wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to break out some fun stamps and join in the coffee-related frolics... especially when the sisterhood are involved!

I spotted the 'sentiment' a few weeks ago and knew it would be perfect for a work colleague who can hardly stand until she's downed a few medicinal cups worth of her favourite 'pick-me-up-juice'.

The cups and coffee pots come from a sweet Jane's Doodles set, which I then over-stamped with a Hero Arts background stamp.
It's quite a sweet 'n' simple card, which looks far prettier in real life.

The sistahs would love it if you joined us for this challenge, grab a cup and come on over!