It's Time To Get Inspired!

Hey everyone!  It's time for another 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - can you believe we are up to #32 already?  I cannot believe how quickly the time has gone!  This week's hostess-with-the-mostess is Leanne (who is down helping Miss L. out while she recovers from surgery) and she has given us this wonderfully SPRING-Y photo for our inspiration this week:

I love inspiration challenges because everyone is going to take something different from it and we LOVE seeing those differences.  The only thing we ask is that when you post your card to your blog, please let us know how you were inspired by the picture.  For me, it was all about the flowers and the springtime colors.

This week is a Mojo Monday contest week and you all know how much I love me my Verve.  :)  I am so excited to get to play along with the Divas for this month's release... I am stalking my mailbox for the stamps to arrive so I can play with them.  This week's sketch is a fun one:

I bought some new 6x6 paper pads last week and have been itching to use them so I ripped open the MME "Gertie" and got to work:

Isn't that the prettiest paper?  I am in {love} with all of the Stella Rose line from MME - I had to control myself in the store because I would have bought all of them!  Seriously, you've gotta check them out...be-yoo-ti-ful!  I had fun layering the flower and popping each layer up so it looks more 3-D.

If you've got some time this week, we'd love it if you would play along with us at the 4 Crafty Chicks.  Have fun with the inspiration picture.  :)  Enjoy the rest of your week!




Stamps: Black Tie Birdies, Love's Flower (Verve)   
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso   
Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Ruby Red, Early Espresso, Old Olive, "Gertie" (MME)  
Accessories: Paper piercer, sewing machine, Early Espresso satin ribbon, button, twine, dimensionals, adhesive gems, Apron border die & Big Scallop border die (TCP)