Thursday, March 28, 2013

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!  :)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by!

10 comments:

  1. Both of your cards are just gorgeous--like a fresh taste of spring.

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  2. Yes, I love those colors! Sings Spring.

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  3. Umm, wow, you are so versatile! Quite different cards, but both very beautiful. The CAS one with the butterfly steals my heart. Great design!

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  4. Beautiful cards! I love the pretty layers on the first one and on the second, I love how you split the sentiment and added the butterflies in between!

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  5. Both cards are so beautiful! Can't choose which one i like the best!

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  6. So glad I don't have to choose a favorite, Carrie. They are both wonderful. So much fun to create totally different cards for the same challenge. Beautifully done. : )

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  7. Beautiful cards Carrie. Love the pretty colors and flower images. The buttons look awesome on the first card! Great textures with the de-bossed background piece. (PS, thank you for your sweet comment on my blog.)

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  8. Wow love the spring colors and both are so gorgeous! Love the pretty buttons you made too!

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  9. Wow! Both of these are absolutely beautiful! Between the gorgeous patterns you've stamped to the simple but striking focal point...just amazing! Thanks for playing along!

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  10. Oh MY! These colors are so pretty! And that button card is to die for! LOVE all the lace details! Also, Thanks for the sweet comments on my pillow box:-)

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