Simon Says...........Easter or Spring Inspiration

Happy Wednesday and welcome back to a new challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week we have a beautiful inspiration collage, made by our Mandy, along with an Easter/Spring theme.

The Design Team are using Bazzill products. I chose this Bazzill Green with Envy variety pack of cardstock, which contains 2 sheets each of 3 beautiful greens and 3 aqua to turquoise shades.  Just this range of colors said spring to me!

For my first card, I was influenced by the bird in the lower left corner.  I pulled out my Wplus9 Folk Art Florals dies and made a little spring scene.  Nothing says spring better than the tweeting of the birds outside my windows at this happy time of year!

I also used Wplus9's Hand Lettered Hello stamps, stamped in Hero Arts Splash ink, a Simon stitched rectangle die, and one of the Blueprints 20 dies (scalloped edge) by Die-Namics.  I used all of the colors in my paper pack except the darkest green.

We were given this assignment just about the time this Art Impressions First Bloom stamp came into the store, and I thought it represented spring beautifully, so here it is on my second card.

I colored my image with a combination of Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and colored pencils, then trimmed it out, mounted it on a Die-Namics Insta-Frame die cut from the lightest of the aqua papers, added a spring sentiment (Winnie & Walter's Big Bold Seasons Cutaways), cut from the medium shade, and added some tiny flower sequins.  Then I placed the whole thing on a white card base that had been embossed with a little flower folder by Sizzix.

Here's a closer look at the adorable stamp.  Around the edges, it says: "The first bloom of Spring makes my heart sing!"

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