Spring Fling - Spring is in the Air!

Spring is in the air and right around the corner.    I love spring ... it's a breath of fresh air and natural wonderment as nature paints her magic with bright colors as new buds begin to grow on the trees and flowers start to bloom.   Today was no exception as the weather was perfect for my Spring Fling class. I shared a little happiness as we made the following card using Happiness Shared and Creative Elements stampsets.

I thought this card turned out perfect to welcome spring.  It can be used as a "thinking of you,"  "birthday," or even as a "welcome" card.  Yes, that is Stampin' Up!'s Whisper White organza ribbon.  I just took a strip of it , placed it on the stamp pad  with a Stampin' UP! sponge and ran it across the Wisteria Wonder stamp pad...voila!...perfectly coordinated ribbon to accessorize the card.  I did a watercolor technique with markers, stamp pads and blender pens.  Another technique I did was color the Stampin' UP! pearl using a Sharpie to put in the center of the flower.

Stampin' UP! Products:

Stamp sets:  Creative Elements and Happiness Shared

Cardtock:  Concord Grape, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder

Stamp pads: Stazon Black, Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi

Markers:  Wisteria Wonder, Concord Grape, Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Edgeletts, Stampin' UP! Pearls and Dimensionals

Another card just bursting with color reminding me of the bold bright hybiscus blooms in my flower bed.  The Poppy Parade stamp pad is the same color as the hybiscus.  I love the Fabulous Florets stampset I used to make this card.  The 2011-2012 In Colors are perfectly coordinated and make this card "Pop!"  You can't see it too clearly here, but I wrapped the ribbon around the card twice and tied a square knot then popped up the flower with Stampin' UP! dimensionals.

Supplies:

Stampset:  Fabulous Florets

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzaz and Peach Parfait

Stamp pads:  Pear Pizzas and Poppy Parade

Accessories:  Finial Press Embossing Folder, Stampin' UP! Pearls, Lucky Limeade 1/8" organdy ribbon from the Ribbon & Brad Pack "Everyday Enchanchment" from the Sale-A-Bration catalog and Dimensionals.

Last but not least, this card reminds me of when I was a little girl watching my father fly his box kite in the air.  I felt like a bird watching it fly in the air without a care in the world.  I vividly remember the bright color of red and wondering how in the world can a kite soar in the air like that.  Back then breeze and wind didn't make sense to me that it would keep a kite in the air.  I just knew that the kite was flying.  Every now and then, I see small children and their parents out flying their kites and remember the peacefulness and joy it brought to me as a child.  So, let's all soar in the air together with this card.

Supplies:

Stampset:  Send me Soaring - Occasions Mini

Cardstock:  Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White and DSP Paper Pack.

Stamp pads:  Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade and Bashful Blue

Accessories:  Designer Buttons which are a regular product in the 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalog, but you can get them free with a $50 order during Sale-A-Bration; Edgelets Stampin' Sponge, Curly Punch, Dimensionals and Stamp-a-majig.

Visit my online store 24/7 at:  www.laclem.stampinup.net to order the supplies to make this card.