Last Day for our Die Cut Diva Spring Challenge

Welcome everyone - I'm part of a last-day-of-the-month Diva post today. We have some last minute inspiration for our April Die Cut Diva Challenge - Make a Spring Card! 

RAM Stamps is our fabulous sponsor this month - yay! Rachelle Anne Miller designs such adorable images - so fun to color!! 

First, here's the card I shared on the Divas post:

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio pastel A2 card; Neenah white;

Michael's yellow & lilac

Digi Stamp - RAM Stamps Friendship Mouse

Dies - Kat Scrappiness Never Ending Square Dies

Embossing Folder - Spellbinders 3D Stylized Floral (3EOM-Aug23)

Other - Creative Expressions Wordies Hello Spring;

Copic Markers; foam tape

RAM Stamps is offering a prize of a $10 gift certificate for our 

random winner drawn from eligible April entries.

The sweet mouse digi (thanks Arlene for printing it!) was colored with Copics, die cut with a square and matted with another square. I decided to layer it onto an embossed panel with foam tape and adhered to an A2 card with a trio of preprinted Spring sentiment strips. This is the first use of the floral embossing folder so I'll add my card to Darnell's April NBUS Challenge. If you missed it, I used a larger print of the mouse image HERE.

Next, a bonus using a smaller print of the mouse (thanks again Arlene):

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 card; Neenah white;

Anchor Paper marbled green; DCWV pastels; scraps

Digi Stamp - RAM Stamps Friendship Mouse

Stamps - Hero Arts Raindrops (retired)

Dies - Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms;

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - Creative Expressions Wordies Hello Spring;

Copic Markers

After coloring the mouse image, I layered it atop a couple stitched rectangles. Stamped the A2 card with a raindrops background and added a striped strip. Adhered the rectangles & added some die cut flowers and a printed sentiment.

Finally, here's another version of the sweet Storytime image which Arlene also printed for me (see my first version at the same post as the larger mouse image):

Supplies: Paper - Recollections card; 

DCWV pastel cardstock; 

Digi Stamp - RAM Stamps Storytime

Dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles (retired);

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set;

Sizzix Intricate Floral Easter Egg

Other - Creative Expressions Wordies Hello Spring;

Copic Markers; foam tape

Arlene had cut the printed image with a stitched rectangle. I colored it with Copics and matted onto a striped dot stitched rectangle, then added to an A2 card. Popped a sentiment strip onto it with foam tape and added some die cut flowers. I got a nice surprise last week with a prize from my friend Gundi (papierelle) that I won during their recent Day of the Month Card Club 5th birthday celebration. Here's what she sent - thanks again, Gundi!! The bitty flowers on the card above were cut using a die in the Easter Egg set - so fun!! And I love Gundi's panda card (I made three for that challenge at DotMCC)!

We hope to see you in the April Diva gallery with your Spring creation! Just remember to include a die cut or use an embossing folder in your design &, if it's not obvious, share why your project evokes Spring. You have until 9pm Pacific Time today to upload your creation.

That's it, friends. Thanks for stopping & happy crafting!!