Spring - Right as Rain

My Happy Place

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS card featuring the Cottage Cutz Potting Shed die set with a retired MFT stamp set (“Beach Bunnies”) sentiment, which I masked (the sentiment says “You Are My Happy Place”).

I die-cut the pieces for the shed, watering can, and flower pot and assembled them with glue. The die is one piece, which you run through multiple times cutting different colored cardstock. I tried a number of different shed siding/roof/door color combinations. I saw a garden shed online with a teal door (gray siding), but when I tried teal cardstock, it just didn’t look the same. I really like all of the details that the set provides.

I stamped the sentiment and added a horizon by brushing Distress Ink for the sky and the grass.

We recently had snow in the PNW. It’s melted now and there are daffodils popping up!

Penny Black Daisy Hello

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS, spring-themed card showcasing two die sets from the Penny Black Daydream release.

I die-cut the back panel with the 51-637 Bunch of Daisies die.
I backed the piece with white cardstock and inlaid the daisy stems and centers (having used the same die to cut those pieces).
I cut the sentiment with the 51-638 Thanks & Hello set.
I glued the letters to a white, textured cardstock band, using the negative for placement.
I cut a frame from pink, textured cardstock, adhered the sentiment band to the back of the frame, and adhered the assembly to the daisy panel.

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!

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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.

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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!

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