The "April Showers Bring May Flowers Blog Hop", April 7-8

Welcome to the "April Showers Brings May Flowers" Blog Hop! This hop will showcase things that are all about Spring, so please sit back and relax and let this hop put you in a springtime mood.

Here, the sweet smelling cool rain gently wets the ground so the seeds poke their heads out and become beautiful flowers.

If you happened to stumble upon the hop here by chance, and want to start from the beginning, it all starts with Lissa at www.somanycrafts.com.  Starting here will take you through the entire hop of inspiration.

Here is the sweet card I made for this Hop:

For this card, I used a sweet digi-image that I colored using

Prisma colored pencils (with turpentine for softening) and

Copic markers.  I added Stickles to represent the rain and

water. The clouds were cut using dies; they were embossed

with Cuttlebug swirls folder. I wrapped the card in Honeydew-

colored twine from The Twinery (purchased from Ginger Snap

Scraps, a new* online store by my friend Cori), and I made the

Cutie wrapped flower having cut it using a Cheery Lynn Designs

die I purchased from Happy Scrappy.  The banner was hand-cut

and stamped with a sentiment from Pink By Design's "Enjoy

the Journey" set.  The lilac background paper is from a 6x6"

stack by Lawn Fawn (from Ginger Snap Scraps, as well).

*P.S. Ginger Snap Scraps is having a Grand Opening special

through April 8 -- Free shipping on orders over $25, anywhere in the U.S. and Canada!  

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog posting today. I do have a wee bit of BLOG CANDY available, and it's just in time for spring:

This sweet Sizzix die is one of my favorites.
I use it several times a year -- "Bee Mine" at
Valentine's Day, or a general "You're Bee-Ootiful" card.
I attach it to an Action Wobble for extra fun!

To be eligible to win it, there are two steps:
1. You must be a follower of the CardMonkey blog.
2. Leave a comment on this blog about the card shown above.

Now, zip on over to the next stop on the April Showers Bring May Flowers Blog Hop, which belongs to ZENITA ("Z").

Happy Spring!