As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Springtime Critter

 Hello, and welcome to Spring at last!

Here we are at the last Thursday in March (oh yes it is, next week is 1 April), and it's an 

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE day.

Our theme for this time is Your Favourite Springtime Critter

(and please explain why)

Another tough choice!  I love Spring, the birds, the lambs, the chicks, the bunnies, they all make me happy, but, as we are so close to Easter, for me at this time of year it has to be chicks (although I am a little bit scared of adult chickens if I'm honest) with their significance of birth and renewal.

Looks like this little lady has a basket full of soon-to-be-chicks (hopefully not omelettes)

This is an older stamp that I've had a while waiting to be inked up

Stampavie (Penny Johnson) PEN81 Gretchen Collecting Fresh Eggs (retired)

Honey Bee Stamps - Eggcellent Sentiments HBST-166

and the matching Honey Cuts Eggcellent dies HBDS-166

MFT 6x6 papers - Perfect Pinstripes Pastel (retired)

I've used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens on this one this time, as the colours were a better match to the papers than my beloved Distress Inks

And our sponsor for this theme is

CRAFTY RIBBONS

Looking forward to seeing all your Springtime animal creations

Hugs

Pretty Postage (DT) Dies To Die For

 Morning all.  Hope you are all well.  We had a little bit of excitement this week, it was dad's birthday on Thursday so I had booked a day's leave so we could visit on the day.  When we got back, there was a letter on the doormat for Toad, inviting him for his vaccine!  This was about 2.30.  Couldn't book online as the system was foobarred, so we got on the phone (You are number 48 in the queue, please continue to hold).  Eventually, appointment made, same day, so from receipt of letter to returning home from vaccine was 3 hours!  I'm really pleased he is done, now I am patiently waiting for mine.

Anyhoo, brace yourselves, I've gone a bit sophisticated today!

Honey Bee - Pretty Postage stamp (includes sentiments)  HBST-301

Honey Bee - Pretty Postage dies  HBDS-301

Lawn Fawn - Dandy Day papers

Lawn Fawn - Hello Sunshine papers

MFT paper (pinstripe) but you could use any

I do this to myself a lot, I buy floral stamps and then panic when it comes to colouring - all done in Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours.  I think I need to lay down in a darkened room now

Hugs

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