Spring - Right as Rain

Spellbinders Expressions of Spring

Hello! I was recently a guest post author on the Spellbinders blog showcasing cards created with the Expressions of Spring Collection. There’s nothing quite like a change of seasons, and spring brings a new color palette and images.

I hope you’ll hop over to the post (pun intended) to read about the collection and the cards I created, as well as leave a comment!

Supplies:

Penny Black – A Floral Hello

Hello! Today I am sharing a “Hello” card created with Penny Black supplies.

I stamped the 30-704 Wings and Vases image and colored it with Copic markers and colored pencils.
I cut the image with its corresponding die set.
I cut the 51-611 Creative Curves from white cardstock and backed it with a rectangle.
I die-cut the sentiment, using the 51-040 Hello Frame die, three times (for extra dimension) and glued the pieces together.
I applied double-sided adhesive to vellum and cut a rectangular strip. With the vase in place on the Creative Curves piece, I adhered the vellum. I then glued the Hello sentiment to the vellum strip.
I stamped the light-orange paper with the 40-254 Decadence stamp for the card base.
I added the assembly to the card base.
I added butterflies, cut with a die in the 51-132 Flights of Fancy set, to the scene for additional interest.

A few weeks ago I shared another card created with a different image from the 30-704 Wings and Vases set.

Supplies:

Paper Smooches Freshly Made Sketches 434

Hello! Today I am sharing a friendship card created for the Freshly Made Sketches 434 Challenge with a combination of Paper Smooches supplies.

I used Paper Smooches die sets and a favorite stamp set which I’ve owned for a long time!

I took my color cues from the colors on the floral patterned paper. The frame was cut from SU Island Indigo (now retired) and the sentiment stamped with matching ink.

Thanks for dropping by!

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Spring Scene

Today I am sharing a spring-themed “Hello” card created with Lawn Fawn products.

To begin, I stamped the images and Copic colored them. I wasn’t sure how I’d combine them at first.
I laid out the pieces and saw that the scene needed to be a landscape one.
I created the background with the Stitched Cloud Backdrop and a grassy hill cut with the Meadow Borders.
To fill the sky, I die-cut the sentiment with the Speech Bubbles die.

Supplies:

Penny Black – Hope Blooms

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS encouragement or friendship card created with Penny Black supplies. Despite the pandemic (our state is under stay-at-home orders until early May), the flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping, and the sun is out.

- I stamped a sentiment from the #30-703 Blooming Sentiments set in black ink on blue cardstock and cut the panel with a 3 1/2″ square die.
- I cut the tree and flowers with the #51-596 Bird and Branch set. I adhered the tree to the square and trimmed as necessary. I added the flowers with glue.
- I die-cut the birds using the #51-094 Tweets and #51-050 Tweet Things sets and added them to the panel with foam adhesive.
- The 4 1/4″ square card base is Bazzill Orange Peel cardstock.

We’re in this together! Stay safe!