Exploring - Imaginisce Inspiration

Hello my blogging friends. I hope you all had an awesome Easter! I had all my college kids home over the weekend, so my house was noisy again :) And you're never too old to color eggs.

I have a couple Imaginisce projects to share. The first is a layout featuring my favorite cat, Spook. Spook was one of my foster kitties that I couldn't bear to part with. Spook and his brother Jinx came to us from the local pound when they were just a few weeks old with respiratory infections. They were so sick. Wouldn't eat or drink anything. The kids and I took turns forcing feeding them chicken broth with an eye dropper. I paced the floors holding them, patting their backs, and listened to them labor to breathe. I thought we were going to lose them. After a couple days though, they seemed to be able to breathe a little better. Pretty soon they were running around and you would never have guessed how sick they were. Jinx went to his furever home but I could bear to give up Spook and he joined our family. Spook still likes to sprawl across my shoulders so I can pat him :)

My back yard is fenced in, so Spook is pretty safe running around outside. He likes to run out when I let the dog out. It is fun to watch him chase bugs, especially the grasshoppers. Here are some close-ups...

 The title was cut with my Silhouette. The dragonflies were made with an old Sizzix paddle punch. I like to layer them so it looks like they are flying off the page.

The Imaginisce designers were given this color inspiration to follow...

Supplies:
Imaginisce: Childhood Memories: Patterned Paper, alpha stickers, Sticker Stackers;  Good Dog: Pattern Paper, paw print snag 'em stamp;  Endless Summer: sun snag 'em stamp;  I-Rock tool; Hot Rocks Compact Jewel;
Bazzill cardstock in cream and black; Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalk ink in Baja Blue; Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen; Tsukineko Staz On ink; Little Yellow Bicycle Wood Naturals; Studio Calico wood veneers; Teresa Collins Now & Then Washi tape; Sixxiz dragonfly paddle punch; Sakura Micron pen; Silhoutte Cameo Die Cut machine.


My second project is a card I made for the April Imaginisce Sketch Challenge. Here is the sketch...

Challenge Rules:

1.  Use pastel colors

2. Theme: SPRING

3.  Use ribbon/twine

This was a tough one. I didn't have much for pastel papers...

I thought I could send this card to one of my girlfriends. Imaginisce always has an awesome prize, so give this challenge a try! You have til the end of April to link up.

Supplies:

Imaginisce: Hello Cupcake: Pattern Paper; Childhood Memories: Pattern Paper; Love You More: Pattern Paper; Hippity Hop: Chipboard Stickers;

Bazzill: cardstock in white and orange; The Twinery: strawberry twine; Epiphany Crafts: flower button tool, buttons; Quick Quotes: Powderpuff ink in Coconut white, Green with Envy,  Pink Cheeks, and Baja Blue; Darice: clouds embossing folder; Silhouette Cameo Die Cut machine

I am linking my projects up at Paper Issues. Their latest issue is clouds, butterflies, rainbow, etc ...

Enjoy your week everyone!

~Marcia