It was pretty clear as I looked over the more than 180-plus submissions for the Bring on Spring challenge that I’m not the only one ready for spring! Many of you are as eager as I am for warmer weather (in North America at least), or at least a change of the seasons.

I do apologize for posting these so late—I don’t think I’ve ever gone to the middle of the month before! But I knew you’d understand, because I’ve been gone the last few weeks with the Workshops of a Lifetime, and I don’t have the Internet accessibility that I’m used to. And I don’t have the time availability either!

Ideally, I like to reserve one big chunk of time to review these, so all the projects are fresh in my mind. Of course, some months it’s a faster process than others, when there aren’t as many submissions. But this one was probably the most submissions we’ve ever had, and so it was very hard to find a big enough chunk of time to sit down and review them all.

I sure enjoyed it when I did, however. Thanks for sharing your creativity, and I encourage you to enter this month’s Stencil Surprise challenge. . . .

In the meantime, congratulations to this month’s Spring Thing Challenge winners!

February 13—Diana Ball

http://www.stampingmoon.com/2010/02/baby-on-board.html

February 16—Julia Bettencourt

http://www.juliabettencourt.com/blog/?p=5664

February 24—Mary Jo Albright

http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/spring-flowers/

February 25—Tanja Westwood

http://tanjawestwood.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/so-shelli-spring-challenge/

February 25—Julie Davison (butterfly embossed card)

http://juliedavison.blogspot.com/2010/02/cas-butterfly-notecard.html

February 28—Lisa Young

http://addinkandstamp.blogspot.com/2010/02/like-spring-day.html