Celebrating and Kindess Cards

I hope your Monday is off to a great start. Are you enjoying this beautiful weather?  I have been outside planting flowers and washing off porches.  It is my favorite time of year.  I love heading to the porch with a good book and looking at all the flowers.  (I even like watering and taking care of those flowers but asked me again in July.....and the answer might be not so much.  Then it will be HOT.)  ;) I have two cards to share today for fun challenges.  The first card is for the Inky Paws Challenge and uses the new stamp set by Newton's Nook called "Little Lilies."  There is also a shadow challenge at Just Us Girls so I shadowed my word die cut with black cardstock.  Stamping Sensations has a "Close To Nature" challenge and I think these lilies and butterflies fit the bill nicely.  Last but not least is the Cut It Up challenge of "Flowers."

CARD RECIPE:

Stamps -- Newton's Nook (Little Lilies)

Ink Pad -- Clearsnap (Wicked Black)

Watercolor Pencils -- Staedtler

Blender Pen -- Zig

Sparkle Pen -- Spectrum Noir (Clear)

Cardstock -- Recollections

Die Cut Word -- Elizabeth Craft Designs (1288 Thanks)

Fringe Scissors -- Martha Stewart Crafts

Sequins -- Neat & Tangled

Twine -- Jillibean Soup

Punches -- EK Success

My second card is for the Time Out Challenge of the word "Wild."  I have some wild (but cute) animals flying by on this card.  The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "Animal Magic" so I think animals flying in a hot air balloon are pretty magical.  :) 

CARD RECIPE: 

Stamps -- Hampton Art (PS0977 Image) and Jillibean Soup (JB0629 Sentiment)

Ink Pads -- Clearsnap (Wicked Black and Seaglass)

Markers -- Staedtler

Chalk Marker -- Marvy/Uchida (White)

Patterned Paper -- My Favorite Things

Cardstock -- Recollections

Cloud Dies -- Jillibean Soup (JB1019)

Burlap -- DCWV

Sequins -- Neat & Tangled

Baker's Twine -- The Twinery

Paper Crimper -- Fiskars