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Spring is Here!

I saw some bulb flowers peeking up and buds on trees.  It is official...spring is upon us.  Thank goodness!

For today's card, I wanted to celebrate spring by creating a flower from the Open Poppy (F703) and some papers from the Frond paper pack.  To make the flower, I stamped it onto patterned paper with black Versafine ink.  After I cut it out, I popped it up onto foam tape and placed it above a stem and leaves I cut from the same paper pack.  To finish the card, I stamped Spring is Here (B1245) and put everything onto a Russian Sage notecard.

Happy Spring!

Continuing with the Dots

Well, I guess I'm not quite done with the dot cards yet.  I just HAD to make another card using up some of my Frond patterned papers.  I love it when I can use up all my little scraps!

To make this card, I punched papers from the Frond pack using an assortment of circle punches.  I originally had a flower in the center of the card, but by the time I was done coloring it, I decided that it made the card look to busy.  Instead, I used pop dots to raise up a simple saying (Thank You Script B832) onto the card.  I let it mix in with all the other little dots.  I then put everything onto an Iris notecard.

Nature Print Egg

I love the new Nature Print Egg  (C1345).  It looks good embossed or colored with watercolor paints.  For this card, I chose to stamp the egg in Olympia Green Versafine ink onto paper from the 6"x 6" Frond pack.  I cut out the egg and covered it with a coat of Diamond Glaze to make it look more "egg-like."  I gave the egg plenty of time to dry then popped it up onto a circle cut from a Marvy Mega Circle punch.  I then added a layer of eggshell cardstock cut from a Marvy Giga Scalloped Circle punch and more of the Frond paper.  I am sorry to say I have no idea what company makes the ribbon I used.   To finish the card, I layered everything onto a Sage notecard and added some pistachio jewels.

Olympic Inspiration

I'll admit it, I am a very tired woman.  Why?  Because I can't seem to go to bed without watching every ounce of Olympic coverage.  I am such an addict!  Does anyone else suffer from Olympic-itis? 

I decided to let my Olympic addiction/obsession inspire today's card.  I stamped the Periwinkle butterfly (B1181) five times onto white cardstock using black Versafine ink and then colored my butterflies using watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  I chose the colors found on the Olympic flag and then arranged them in the same order as the Olympic rings.  

For the background, I used some Frond 6" x 6" patterned paper and stamped it using the Distressed Swirl (D1333).  The Distressed Swirl works well with butterflies and birds to give the impression of movement. I then added the Sky's the Limit saying (B1076), which I thought paired well with the Olympic theme.  To finish the card, I added some jewels to the butterfly heads, layered the patterned paper onto Bayou cardstock that was cut with a Nestabilities Labels 8 die, and placed everything onto a Pool notecard.

If you will excuse me, I am off to watch some ice dancing....

Create/Discover

I think the new Create Art background (G1330) might just be my new favorite stamp.  I have been using it on everything!  For this card, I stamped it onto some Frond paper using Spanish Moss Versafine ink.  I know the Versafine would pick up the fine details of the stamp.  I then overstamped the image with a new tree from the Song of Spring release.  When I layered the tree onto more of the Frond paper, I lined it up so that the brown branch on the paper lined up with my tree.  I thought it gave the impression of roots.  To finish the card, I added a green ribbon and layered everything onto a Granny Smith notecard.

Nuts About You

So, I have to say this weekend has been interesting.  We received 30" of snow, lost power, and had twelve trees crash down to block off our cul-de-sac from the other roads.  I am really hoping to see a snow plow tomorrow!  The good news is that it left me with some time to craft...

Today I decided to play with some of the latest log and squirrel stamps.  They are just so much fun to color!  I stamped the log home (D1324) on either side of the stump parade (C1323) using brown Memento ink.  I then added the large squirrel from the 2 Squirrels (B1320) stamp and colored everything with Copic markers.  For the sky, I colored the outside edges with a Copic B00 pen and the inner part with a B0000 marker to create a gradient of blue.  I added some hearts from the Tree of Love (D1312) using Versafine Crimson Red ink and the Nuts About You (B941) saying using brown Memento ink. To finish the card, I layered everything onto some vanilla bean cardstock, added some Frond patterned paper, and placed everything onto a mocha notecard.

Birdie Thanks

 

I think the cacophony of chirping outside my window this morning might have inspired me to make a card that features a whole heck of a lot of birds.  I have a feeling that they might know about the snowstorm that is supposed to hit this weekend.

For today's card, I made my own background by repeatedly stamping the Birds in the Vines (E1331) stamp onto Frond paper using black Versafine ink.  I then stamped the Blossom Bird (D1052) onto more of the Frond paper and added many layers of licorice cardstock.  To finish the card, I added the Thanks Script (A833), attached some sky blue jewels the the central bird branch and placed everything onto a Pool notecard.

New Papers

I just love the two new paper packs from Memory Box.  Today I used paper from the Frond collection.  The nice thing about using various papers from the same pack is that you know they will all go together!

For today's card, I stamped the Palamedes Swallowtail (D1057) onto some of the patterned paper using Versamagic Ocean Depth ink and the new Create Art background (G1330) onto different patterned paper using Versafine Olympia Green ink.  To finish the card, I added a layer of mocha cardstock, more patterned paper, and placed everything onto a mocha notecard.  The patterned papers pretty much did most of the work on this card!