April Come She Will

Where does the time go?  April already--and buds and blooms have taken their place on the Wisconsin landscape AND in the hands of our Second Tuesday Stampers!

Our choice of all flowers of all kinds was intentional this month. Call us nostalgic, but as Time marches on (we love this little poem in music) and we ponder Our Younger Selves,  Springtime and it's promise make us think about our past and future. Why not enjoy that old "feel goodness" and promise of a warm and sunny future?  We are passing that cheer on to our stampers this month!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in our projects are from ©Stampin’ Up!  Our sincere thanks to Art Garfunkel for the nostalgia.

A Fond In Colorful Farewell

Speaking of nostalgia, the 2013-2015 In Colors will soon be a fond memory. Using all five of these pretty hues was easy as can be! They play nicely together and our Stampers do the same as we get ready to end one stamping year and start a new one.

2013-2015 In Color Farewell Flower Card

Talk about creative!  Who would have thought that tucking five Crisp Canteloupe and two Pistachio Pudding Ink stamped Modern Mosaics and topping them off with a Pearl topped Coastal Cabana center could make such a pretty bloom?  Our Mosaic Punch flower is framed with a card base of Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock.  Enhanced with a strip of In Color Designer Paper sporting some pretty Coastal Cabana and a Scallop Edge Punched stripe of Strawberry Slush makes this beauty stand out on Whisper White.  Our message is simple and straight from our Dozen Thoughts stamp set accented with a Pearl.  This "Hello" is a perfect way to say goodbye!  

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from ©Stampin’ Up!

A Basket Full of Spring

Quick and easy and really fun.  This card is so bright and cheery that even some chilly April showers can't make our Stampers frown!  The Happy Spring message directly From the Garden and our Hand Picked Framelits top off this nice reminder of garden things to come.

Spring Basket Card

Impressive!  We used Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock fashioned into a basket with the help of our Berry Basket Bigz Die, and topped it off with Fun Flower Punched Marina Mist, Calypso Coral, and So Saffron big blooms.  We made good use of our Beautiful Bunch Stamp Set for the Calypso Coral flower centers, and tucked our Happy Spring! garden stake right into the basket.  Dimensionals helped set things off along with some Baked Brown Sugar Thick Bakers Twine to tie things together.  Done and just dandy!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from ©Stampin’ Up!

Because I'm Happy

It seems only right that our Stampers get to make a "Happy" card with our April offerings, and if happy smiles are hard to come by when we have some April showers, just give this HAPPY a whirl!

Flowery Happiness Card

How can such an impressive card be so simple?  It is truly simply beautiful. The Choose Happiness Stamp Set makes an artist out of everyone, but we could not have done it without our Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper.  How easy is it?  Stamp with Memento Black Ink . . . Watercolor leaves with Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz Water Color Markers . . . Sponge flowers with Daubers full of Rich Razzleberry Ink . . . Sponge around the DSP with sponges full of Old Olive and Soft Sky Ink and our artful selves have emerged.  Top it all off with a Black Memento Ink message from Choose Happiness punched out with the Label Bracket Punch, sponged with Soft Sky Ink, and popped up with a Dimensional.  Thanks to Vicky Hayes at her Crafting Clare Blog for this great technique!

OOOOOOOHHHHHH! Happy!  All Done--Clappy Hands!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from ©Stampin’ Up!