Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Sunday and Happy Day to all!

As I write this, the sunshine we were promised is playing hide and seek, but the rain has stopped. We did have some sun yesterday and it felt so nice. 

Today I have another Easter card to share with you, but first I wanted to share a quick tag I made this morning to play in Tag Tuesday's Spring Colours: Yellow/Green challenge. And I have a few household photos to share.

First, my tag. It was my warm-up art as I drank my coffee and started my day.

 

The photo at left shows the scrap found in my bits and bobs box that I began with, a Clear Dollar Stamps cross stamped and heat-embossed on a Spellbinders Labels 5 die cut that I've cut off on one edge too long ago to remember why. I snapped the next pic after I'd stenciled on some Fossilized Amber DOX ink using Tim Holtz's Rays Layering Stencil. 

I then rummaged through my Victorian scrap and found the green foiled bird and the little white flowers and foliage. I also colored the green leaves and gold outline on the cross using my Sakura Stardust glitter pens. Then I was like, that looks good, and called it done.

 

Here it is hanging on my tag carrousel.

In addition to the tag challenge, I'd like to enter this tag in these challenges:

Happy Little Stampers April Stencil Challenge

Art Impressions Challenge #348: Easter Wishes

Inkspirational Challenge #287: CAS w/Opt. Sunshine

613 Avenue Create April Challenge w/Opt. Let's Stencil

Stamping Sensations April Challenge w/Opt. CAS

Krafty Chicks Challenge #658 Week 1: Stamp Act

Here are the 3 tags I've made most recently.

And here's my little art corner with the tag carrousel center stage. Some of you have commented that you wanted to see the tag carrousel, so here it is. Nothing fancy, just a TH carrousel with tags on it, lol. It's in a dark corner of a wood-paneled room and really hard to photograph because of that and the little fairy lights I keep on (that are clear but look green because of the green tablecloth). But you get the idea. There is available space for me to make a few more Spring tags to hang before I change it out to Summer. Just one of a few corners of my house I decorate with my art and art I've been gifted.

Now, onto the Easter card. This was sent to my cousin and her hubby in Michigan. She's the cousin I am closest to and we spent many fun times together as children visiting our grandparents. One tradition we had was that our families would get together for Easter, even if it was early. We all lived in other states but somehow back then everyone had Spring Break at the same time (close to or including Easter as we recall). So, we'd drive to Arkansas to Meemaw and Grandy's house and have Easter dinner and an egg hunt. With 10 grandkids it was a big fun hunt. We girls would pass the time together  playing cards, jacks, jump rope and blow bubbles. We also played with whirligig windmill toys we made with construction paper and straws. (These were all easily brought on a long car trip). And of course, there was always getting dressed up on Easter morning and attending services with Meemaw at her beloved Methodist church where she could show us all off.

So, I added those yellow windmill flowers from my stash and part of a Sizzix egg border to reference those memories. I chose the Vintage Image Craft collage sheet image as it was in my box printed out long ago (likely 2015 or so) because the little bird couple is dressed in their Sunday best with some eggs for their hunt at church. And I chose this old Making Memories sticker phrase from my box for the sentiment. The card base is Kraft, the designer paper is K&Co. and the image is matted with another Spellbinders die cut off at the top. I colored the eggs with Promarkers and Stardust glitter pens. I rummaged further in my bits and bobs box and found some tiny white die cut Rubbernecker stars to add to the yellow flowers. I also found some tiny butterflies (also Rubbernecker die cuts).

 

I used this Splitcoaststampers sketch for my layout design.

 

The inside and back.

And final view of this card. The list of challenge I'm entering this in is at the end of the post.

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My cousin called me when she received it and loved every memory-triggering detail, almost as much as I enjoyed "hiding the eggs" of those memories on the card. 

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Finally, I want to show you some different birds. We have Carolina wren families at both our front and back doors in hanging plants and we were able to get a photo of one of the nests. It's been fascinating watching the way both the mom and dad constantly forage the woods behind us for these kiddo's food with their morning and evening multiple deliveries. And hearing the chorus of peeps get louder and louder as they grow. 

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I appreciate you hanging in there for this longer than usual post.

Have a lovely rest of your weekend and thanks for visiting!

XOX

MY CARD CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:

Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge SC37

Daisy Chain Challenge #73: Animals

Creatalicious Challenge #256 w/Opt. Easter

TIOT Challenge: Hello Spring

Di's Digi Challenge: Things w/Wings and/or Tails

Colorful Options Challenge #16: Pastels or Rainbow

Love to Craft Challenge #73

Ally's Angels Challenge #68

Four Seasons Spring Challenge #20

Crafty Animals Challenge #71

Pearly Sparkles Challenge #83: All Creatures Great and Small

I Spy with My Little Eye Challenge #1: Spring or Easter Critter

Critter Crazy Challenge #73

Classic Design Challenge April #4