Tricia's Stamping Creations: We Create April Blog Hop April Showers

Monday, April 1, 2024

We Create April Blog Hop April Showers

Welcome to the We Create April Blog Hop and this month our theme is "April Showers". Here in Colorado, Spring is in full swing and we have been alternating between lovely warm, sunny days and cooler rainy and sometimes even snowy weather. Basically, typical Spring weather for Colorado. Our Design Team is excited to share their wonderful projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects to help celebrate the special occasions you have coming up.

When I think of Spring, I think of the saying, "April showers bring May flowers" and so far we have been lucky enough to have both rain and snow. For my card design, I chose to use the lovely Spring scenery in the Rocky Mountains as my inspiration. Once the snow has melted, the beautiful wildflowers start to bloom and everything is so green and pretty. I chose one of the designs from the Meandering Meadows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper to create the background for my card design, to recreate that wonderful view. I wanted to keep my design clean and simple, so I chose to add a simple sentiment and minimal embellishments to create a lovely Thinking of You card.

Products Used:

Garden Meadow stamp set (item #162736)

Something Fancy Dies (item #160424)

Meandering Meadow 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #162735)

Highland Heather Cardstock (item #146986)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Highland Heather Classic Ink Pad (item #147103)

Ribbon Duo Combo Pack (item #161318)

Adhesive Backed Dragonflies & Birds (item #162743)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Highland Heather Cardstock

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

Basic White Cardstock

Sentiment Label die cut with the Something Fancy Dies

Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This beautiful card really does showcase the wonderful designs in the Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper pack. The soft, watercolor look to the scenes are so peaceful and soothing and I thought it would be perfect for a Thinking of You card. I added the designer series card front to a Highland Heather card base to help make the scene stand out. I stamped the sentiment with Highland Heather Classic ink onto Basic White cardstock and die cut out the sentiment with one of the Something Fancy Dies. I cut two pieces of the Petal Pink ribbon and attached them to the card front and then added the sentiment label over the top with Stampin' Dimensionals. For a touch of bling, I added several gold Dragonflies to complete the design. This clean and simple design is a wonderful way to showcase your pretty designer series paper to help you create beautiful cards.

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 projects. Spring is such a lovely time of the year and there are so many wonderful possibilities to explore.

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

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