Fresh Springtime Greetings

Hello friends!  

I hope you're having a great week!  We have been having some yo-yo weather down here in Florida!  Spring is trying to make an appearance (the redbuds have blossomed, the azaleas are blooming) but we have had several overnights in the low 30s recently.  So crazy!  

I've been spinning lots of undyed fiber/fleece lately, alongside a couple of colorful spins.  You can sorta see where my color inspiration for card-making has come from lately.  (These "turtles" from one of those spins were spun leisurely over a span of six months, and recently completed!  Now I'm spinning the undyed fiber as a plying partner, so it will still be a while yet before the actual two-ply yarn will be finished).      

This project includes some of those lovely pinks, corals, purples and blues.  I so LOVE gingham and dotted Swiss!   

These little scraps of paper were from a 6 x 6 paper pad that had a hole to accommodate hanging from a pegboard display.  Rather than trimming them into even smaller pieces to avoid those holes, I decided to just make that a focal point and stick a couple of jewels in there!  

I love mixing and matching designer papers and found a print that had all those lovely Spring colors to go along with the floral.  A bit of spattering with white acrylic paint added some interest and tied all the designs together.  

One of the stamp sets I used (for the sentiment inside) is a set that is currently on sale as part of our ongoing Product of the Week series.  This particular one goes through the end of February.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten Year Round Greetings
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - All Occasion Sentiments Set 1
• Echo Park My Favorite Spring 6x6
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Candy 6x6
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Farmhouse Signage (tiny heart)
• Spellbinders - Labels 59
• Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms - Fairy Floss
• Dotted ribbon
• Distress oxide ink
• diluted white acrylic paint for spatters