Allsorts Challenge #667

Good morning everyone,

It's Saturday so it's time for another weekly Allsorts Challenge. This week Brenda has chosen the theme and it is

Spring Is in The Air

A lovely cheerful theme as we look towards the lighter nights, which will also perhaps distract us from all the terrible things currently happening in the world!!

This week’s prize has been kindly donated by Stampers Grove -  this beautiful AALL & Create stamp set "Birthday Blooms".

Here's my card for this week.

The starting point for this card was the intricate floral punch that I have used down one side ... I have quite a few of these punches but now very rarely use them, though I have to unpack them from my dining room cupboard every time I craft in order to get at my papers and stamps stored behind!

The spring theme also motivated me to go a bit retro with this one, and I had a delve in my stamp boxes to find some old, much loved but sadly much neglected Penny Black wooden stamps that would be suitable for a spring theme. This darling duckling just spoke to me, so I soon got busy colouring him with my Promarkers. I die cut him using my stitched squares and sponged the edges with Distress Oxide ink, then matted him on a slightly large die cut. I cut a square of yellow card which I punched down one side, then layered up my image, paper and matting card with a piece of ribbon onto my card base. Lastly I added my sentiment popped up on foam tape and a few teeny gems to pull the colour scheme together.

Stamps: Penny Black Duckling (3347H) and Happy Easter (2355D);

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Rustic Wilderness);

Papers: snippets from my stash;

Tools: Stitched rectangle dies from Amazon; Martha Stewart floral Punch Around the Page.

Challenges I would like to enter:

A Gem of a Challenge #6 2022 - Anything Goes

As You Like It - Favourite Interactive or Not (and why) (2nd entry)

(My favourite is definitely NOT - scarcely ever tried an interactive card and wouldn't really know where to start!!)

Card Concept #170 - Wearing O’ the Green

(I was inspired by the colours yellow and green, and the general spring feel of the pic. I think I would call this card style “clean and layered”?)

Crafty Calendar (March) - Spots/Stripes or Easter - TOP 3

Crafty Catz #586 - Anything Goes with option Spring Colours - TOP 3

Crafty Gals’ Corner #229 - Add a Flower

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (March) - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Creatalicious #230 - Anything Goes with option Something Green

Creative Inspirations (March) - Spring Flowers

Daisy Chain #61 - Use Dies

Day of the Month #37 - Poultry Day (and 3rd birthday of blog)

Dragonfly Dreams (March) - Something to Make You Smile

Four Seasons (March) - Spring

Get Creative #109 - Use Green

I ❤️ Promarkers #505 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Paper Funday #39 - Anything Goes with option Use Green and Gold

Penny Black Saturday (March) - Anything Goes with option Bright Colours

Penny's Challenge #516 - Anything Goes with Patterned Papers

Pixie's Snippets Playground #423 - Anything Goes With Snippets (Ruby's Memory)

Sheepski #60 - Flowers (3rd entry)

Simon Says (Monday) - Add Some Green (2nd entry)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Bit O' Green

Sisterhood of Crafters - Old Rejected Stamp - TOP 3

(This stamp is from 2005, and I've had it nearly that long!!)

Stamping Sensations (March) - Stamp Something for Spring

We Love Stamping (March) - Anything (Stamped) Spring

Hope you can join us this week, and I look forward to seeing your entries. Don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see more fab inspiration from the rest of the team. Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,