Dueling with the Darlings Times Two

The 15th of the month a wonderful group of very creative card makers create cards from a kit provided by one of their teammates and post their creations on either their blog or on Splitcoaststampers (SCS) website gallery.  The teams are the Dueling Darling Divas and Dazzlers.  My team is the Divas and I will be posting 2 cards this month as I am very, very late posting my card that was due to be posted on April 15th.

For April's "duel" the hostesses were Barbara for team Diva (my team) and Tracie for team Dazzlers.  They chose the theme "April Showers".  Barb sent a fantastic kit just full of beautiful papers, stamped images and lots of embellishments.  Here is my card:

Stamped Image:  Whipper Snapper Design "Umbrella and Slicker"

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park Paper - Spring "Hello Spring" "Beaming Butterflies"; Pebbles Love You More - Ainsley (Umbrellas-Rain); Bazzill Tahitian Princess (dotted); Crate Paper Bloom "Delighted"

Various Embellishments:  White Tear Drop Pearls; Raindrops; Blue Sequins; Buttons - White, Tangerine Tango, Bermuda Bay;  Ribbons - Stampin' Up 3/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta, 1/4" Cotton, 3/8" Pool Party Glitter, White, 1/2" Pink Pirouette Seam Binding;  Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight Baker's Twine

I used sketch SC694 from Splitcoaststampers as my design and colored my image with Copic Markers:

Sentiment on the inside of the card is Whipper Snapper Design "Friends are Umbrellas".
Cardstock papers are various colors from Recollections.


My second card is for today's duel hosted by Heather for team Divas and Paola for team Dazzlers.  The theme they chose is "A Spring Tweet" and in Heather's words: "Spring has been a long time coming!  It feels lk the snow is lingering and the weather just refuses to warm up!  Our feathered friends often bring those first signs of spring, so we're ready to encourage them along this month!"
Here's my card:

Stamped Image: Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps "Black Capped Chickadees" (The kit also included another stamped image by Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps "A Mother's Love".)

Papers:  Bo Bunny " Serendipity" collection

Emellishments  & Ribbons - Various

I used another SCS sketch SC696 for my design:

  I used a scrap of blue cardstock and embossed it with a with Cuttlebug "Musical Flourish" embossing folder.  The Black Cap Chickadees were colored with Copic Markers after I checked one of our Bird books for correct coloring, then did a little fussy cutting out and mounted in on the top panel with dimensional foam adhesives.  the panels were backed with blue and brown cardstock.

Please check out the card creations from my Dueling Darling friends here:

Divas

Kelly     http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/

Barb      http://inkingintoretirement.blogspot.com/

Carol    http://lostinmycraftroom.blogspot.com/

Heather  https://landofstamping.wordpress.com/

Laura Jean http://buckygirl.blogspot.com/

Suzy     http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?si=SuzyS1104

Tami    http://blueinksdesign.blogspot.com/

Terry S.  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=11182

Dazzlers

Jeanette    http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

Darlene    http://accordingtobijou.blogspot.com/

Debbie     http://theinkigloo.blogspot.com/

Debby B  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?si=littledeb&x=18&y=13

Paola       http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=110313

Shelly      http://shellymc2.blogspot.com/

Terry A.   http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=392549

Terry L.   http://itstotallyterry.blogspot.com/

Tracie  http://tracie-craftycreations.blogspot.com/

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