Pastels Are the Theme at Scribbles Designs

As we enter the last half of Scribbles Designs Challenge for this month, I wanted to feature one of the many awesome doodles in the Scribbles Store. This one is called A30  Flower Doodle 7. While the flowers themselves I colored white and violet (with some shimmer in their centers, I wanted more color for its background. So this has become the image of many colors. I love the combination of blue and yellow, so I used both these colors on which to place my image,as well as to frame it  - first with patterned papers, and then to in its cardstock and stitched  panels. Embellished simply with a couple punched butterflies and a few pearls, the sentiment on my card reads:

Earth laughs in flowers

Scribbles Designs offers an optional theme every month along with its Anything Goes. This month is all about the Pastels. I hope my card inspires you in some way to join in the challenge for your chance to win free digis at the Scribbles Store. Happy crafting!

Sparkle n Sprinkle Sponsors the Path of Positivity

This month on the Path of Positivity the theme calls for PASTELS as far as color scheme goes. Now, I'm sure you are wondering what could be positive about the death of a furry family member. I think the sentiment tells it all. 
Pets are heaven-sent, a gift for us to cherish and to be cherished. Our family has only offered a home to our Wilson for almost three years now, but even to think of losing him sends tears to my eyes. And yet, since the death of my husband last year, my daughter and I have a new appreciation of the cycle of life and death.
We have learned to live in the moment, savoring each happy memory and continuing to make new ones, regardless of the stress and strife of every day life. There will always be loss along the path, but we must continue on until we each come to the end of our own. How much happier that path is to have known, loved, been loved and made memories with companions throughout it all.
My neighbor has had a rough year. She lost her oldest pup, Posie, at the start of the New Year. Just last month, her dear Rocky lost his battle with diabetes. I wanted to show her that we are praying for her in her time of loss, and she can count on us whenever she needs anything.
SPARKLE N SPRINKLE is this month's guest sponsor, and I used Pet Sympathy digi Set to create my card. The set comes with a few sentiments, as well as black-line and pre-colored cat and dog images.  I colored my own image with Copics, using one of the offered sentiments.
Of course, PASTELS is an OPTIONAL theme. But...
If you do follow the optional theme, be sure to add FT after your name so you are included in the draw for the prize for Most Inspirational. We'd also love to find out how this month's color palette makes you feel, if you'd like to share that with us. What kinds of feelings do PASTEL colors bring out in you? You can write a sentence or two in the body of your post, write a sentence at the bottom of your post next to the link up for this challenge, or simply leave a comment on the challenge post of the main blog if you'd like. 

Remember, in order to be considered eligible for this month's prizes, ALL creations must be positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature. You don't need to follow the optional theme if you simply want to have a chance at the Random Draw prize of a $15 gift certificate from Sparkle N Sprinkle, our guest sponsor this month. You only need to follow the theme if you want a chance to win an additionally-sponsored prize of a $15 gift certificate also from Sparkle N Sprinkle, for the project chosen as Most Inspiring.

  Whether you choose to create with the theme of PASTELS or not, don't forget to link your art to the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog before the end of April for your chance to win a gift certificate to the Sparkle n Sprinkle Store! Good luck and happy crafting!

Challenges I am Entering:

Crafting with Friends - ANything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

BINGO! with Bugaboo

Time to get your game on at Catch the Bug challenge blog. There isn't much time left to play, and the theme is BINGO. I chose the vertical row of Bling, Pastels & a Bugaboo image:

I colored my Bugaboo image, Ava Latte, with Copics and framed her with a die-cut, adhering her onto embossed and inked cardstock. My card base is white cardstock with a stitched-border frame.

I Stickled parts of my image, and added jewels for that touch of bling. A punched flower and sentiment finish off my card.

 Other Challenges I am Entering:

Hiding in My Craft Room - Freestyle
Suzie B's Blooming challenges - Use a Die or Punch (I used both!)
Our Creative Corner - Colour Your World (Blue skies, partly cloudy, yellow daffodils)
Scrap It with a Song - (pop song Shake it Off-NOT until I have my coffee!!)