Is it Spring Yet?

Hi Friends.  It's EK, and I am popping in today as a Guest Designer.  I am always so excited when I get to come play with the folks here at Doodles Paper Playground.

So yesterday we had our first snowfall of the season...school was closed early, and today all the kids are home on a Snow Day.  So I am happily asking...is it Spring Yet.  Now that the holidays are over, I am not gonna lie, I am ready to see green buds popping up everywhere.  Now I am perfectly aware that I have the long haul of winter still to endure, but I thought I could at least make a card today to celebrate spring.

To celebrate spring, I pulled out some Test Your Luck Green sequins mix to create a fun little clean and simple card.

Test Your Luck

I really like how this collection of green sparkle blend sequins easily transferred into fun little leaves to go with this Clearly Besotted Stamp set.

I colored the image in with my copic markers and then added a few dots of glitter pen.  I don't normally create clean and simple cards, but I really wanted the sequins to be the star today.

Are you over it yet, or just settling in for the fun?  Let us know in the comments below where you stand with winter.  Until then, Happy Crafting.

Love You Card

Hello Crafty Friends - Annie here today sharing a Love card with a spring twist. 

Sometimes you just need to let someone in your life how much you love them. Perhaps they are going through a tough time or just need to know they are loved.

I created this card using the Sparkle Blends: Cozy and Sparkle Blends: Spring Fling. I like to combine my blends from time to time.

Sparkle Blends: Cozy

This desaturated blend of eggplant, teal, champagne, lavender,

hunter green & red has the perfect cold weather vibe.

Mainly a base of matte & satin sequins, with just the right

touch of glitter and iridescence.

Sparkle Blends: Spring Fling

With a beautiful base of pastel pink, lavender, pink,

 light gold and blue metallic cup sequins, and 

a generous amount of tiny pastel heart confetti, 

Spring Fling is perfect for all your Spring (or wedding/engagement/new baby!)

 projects - especially in the light of the pretty touch of 

whimsy we're incorporated by the addition of 

pastel colored butterflies and faceted crystals. 

I created this shaker card with both blends. I stamped and colored the images in soft colors. I then die cut the word from white cardstock and used a bit of Distress Oxide in Shaded Lilac only on the bottom of the letters. I also punch three tiny white flowers from the remaining white cardstock and add some Nuvo Drops to the center of them. I also add some Nuvo the stamped flowers.

I did some finishing touches with some Wink of Stella in Clear and a bit of detail dots in Gelly Roll pen Metallic gold.

Supplies Used:

Sparkle Blends: Cozy

Sparkle Blends: Spring Fling

Distress Oxide Ink: Shaded Lilac

Word Die Cuts: MFT

 Stamps by Chloe -Fancy Foliage: Bird & Flowers

Punch: EK Success - Tiny Flower

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