Hello Spring

Hi everyone.  It's been 2 weeks already, and it's time for another challenge to begin over at

 Try It on Tuesday. This is our first April challenge, and I think you'll love the new theme, perfect for this month.

First let me thank everyone who joined in to our last challenge (Oh So Sweet) and also to Chris who was our guest hostess. I loved seeing so many cute creations.

This time I think our challenge will be equally as popular as our last challenge was. Our newest challenge is 

Hello Spring

I decided to make my Hello Spring art journal page about being out in the garden. I started by using some bright pink paint and rubbing it around my background. I didn't want it to be a solid pink look which is why I used paint and not pink paper.  I also used the pink because I was going for warm. Then I stamped my cherry blossom branch 5 times along the bottom of the page. 

I used some watered down pale pink paint to slightly offset the color of the cherry blossoms.  I stamped the bird image  3 times. I then colored those birds in and also added a lower beak so their mouths would be open. Don't you love how the birds sing in the nice weather? I wanted my birds to be full of spring joy and singing their hearts out.

The bunny image was stamped twice. I glued the first one down on my page, and then I put a couple of those double sided sticky  foam adhesives down. Then after fussy cutting the second bunny I put him down over the first bunny. It's a bit hard to see on my page, but it makes the bunny look like he is really hopping off the page. 

I stamped and colored the flower chain. After I stamped the Happy Spring words on white paper, I stamped another quote around it.

And there's lots of wonderful spring inspiration from the other designers too, so be sure to check them out.

You have 2 weeks to join us at Try It On Tuesday, and we accept all kinds of art.  I hope you're thinking spring as I look forward to getting lots of spring inspiration.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Note: The stamps I used for this page mostly come from some very old sets. The cherry blossoms are from  Flourishes Clear Stamps , the birds are from an old Kim Hughes by Cornish Heritage Farms, the bunny is from Impression Obsession, the Happy Spring is a wood backed stamp from Hero Arts and the words around it are from some old word sets by Technique Tuesday. The flower chain is the newest image, and that is from a Zinski set from Paper Artsy.