Ready for Spring?

I am so ready to see some spring flowers!  In the meantime, I always enjoy stamping and creating some pretty floral cards.  When I discovered WPlus9, the first set I knew I had to have was Mother's Day Bouquet.  It has such pretty flowers.  Later, I added Folk Art Florals to my collection, and, well, let's just say that my collection has grown considerably since then.  :)

This week's Monday Mood Board challenge over at WPlus9 was great motivation to bring some spring into my craft room.  Isn't that color palette just gorgeous??

On my first card, I created a plaid background and a pretty floral pattern in melon and yellows.  I stitched around the edge of the floral panel and de-bossed it with a quatrefoil plate.  

I added some beautiful doily details with the Lacey Layers stamp and die set, and topped it all off with a button card and heat-embossed, coaster board buttons.  A little extra texture with some loopy bakers twine, and I called it complete.

I wanted to do a second card in a CAS style to let those pretty flowers take center stage.

I added a punched vellum butterfly layered under a fussy-cut stamped butterfly from the Mother's Day Bouquet set.

Two very different designs, but I love them both very much.

Happy Spring!  :)

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