Tricia's Stamping Creations: ICS April Blog Hop Spring Is Sprung

It's time to hop along with the ICS April Blog Hop and this month we are celebrating Spring with the theme, "Spring Is Sprung". Our talented Design Team members will be sharing their projects and ideas to help you get creative.

When I think of Spring and flowers, it reminds me that Mother's Day is less than a month away. I decided to show some love to some of my retiring products to create this beautiful card design that requires minimal stamping and no coloring. The Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper has so many stunning floral designs that are perfect for creating lovely Spring projects. By mixing and matching products, it's amazing what you can create.

Products Used:

Celebrating You stamp set (item #158028) Retiring

Blossoming Happiness Dies (item #158823) Retiring

Split Card Textures Dies (item #159162) Retiring

Fabulous Frames Dies (item #159163) Retiring

Double Oval Punch (item #154242)

Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper (item #158822) Retiring

Pool Party Cardstock (item #122924)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Brushed Metallic Cardstock (item #153524) Retiring

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Brushed Brass Butterflies (item #158136)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Pool Party Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Brushed Gold Metallic Cardstock

Large Frame die cut with the Fabulous Frames Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Background Layer - 4 7/8" x 3 5/8" Die cut with the Split Card Textures Dies

Sentiment Label punched out with the Double Oval Punch

Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper

Flowers & Leaves die cut using the Blossoming Happiness Dies

This beautiful Mother's Day card is a wonderful combination of die cutting and designer series paper. The flowers and leaves have been die cut from one of the sheets of designer series paper that coordinates with the Blossoming Happiness Dies. The detailed background was created using the Split Card Textures Dies and I framed it with the large frame die from the Fabulous Frames Dies, using the Brushed Gold Metallic cardstock to step up the design. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Celebrating You stamp set with Gold embossing powder to coordinate with the frame. To complete the card design, I added several Brushed Brass Butterflies for a subtle touch of bling. This card is perfect for creating beautiful cards quickly and without the fuss of coloring images. So many of the products I used are retiring, so if you would like to order them, I recommend doing it soon to avoid missing out.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own beautiful Spring projects. Make sure you take the time to check the Last Chance Products Sale List, with some products discounted up to 60%. These products are available only while supplies last.

Now it's time to visit Terri's blog and see what she has created this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.