"Hello Spring!" Challenge

A few days ago, my little Carolina Wren

was back scouting my porch out for her yearly nest.

It looks like she is going to make her home in

my wall mounted hanging pot again.

(Which means I will have to bring out my 

metal folding screen to protect her nest

 from our family cat. )

This all means, Spring is in the air and

our next challenge is "Hello, Spring".

We would love to see how creatively you

can express this season of new birth,

 baby birds, flower buds and warm breezes.

You don't have to be a member of Paper_Traders Yahoo Art group to participate but if you would like to join us and be privy to even more great paper crafting swaps and challenges plus better than ever artistic support, that would be super!

When the challenge closes, we will pick a winning piece that best showcases the theme of the challenge and/or supply requirement.

Challenge Rules

1. Make a paper craft, mixed media or digital piece of art ( any size). The theme is "Hello Spring".
2. Post your art to your blog, Flickr, Picasa (online albums). Mention our name PaperTraders Art Blog with a link back to this post. You are more than welcome to grab our button and post it on your blog as well. The last day to post for this challenge is March 31st, 2012.
3. After posting your "Hello Spring!" art on your site, come back to this post and leave us a comment with link to your post/image. You must include a direct link to your image or post, not a general link to your album or blog. All you will need to do is copy and paste the url address of your post found at the top of your browser window.
4. The winner(s) will be awarded our "Trader Treasure" blog badge which they can choose to feature on their blog. Their art will also be posted on the PaperTraders Art Blog for the month.

Free images to get you started!

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