A Spring Card For Canada Inks Up! Team Blog Hop!

It's time for our February Canada Inks Up! Team Blog Hop - our theme this month is "Spring" so join our hop and see what each one has made to share with you!

I'm so happy you dropped by my blog today and hope you enjoy my breath of "Spring" I made into a card for you. I've been making lots of lavender projects lately and think it's because I'm helping our family near Nelson, BC with marketing their lavender products . . .  I do love lavender though so it's not a bad thing!

I'm using Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper and the coordinating Friendly Hello Stamp set from this spring's Sale-a-bration flyer . . . there are only a few more days to grab your FREE products from this flyer with your qualifying purchases from the current Annual and/or January-June Mini catalogues  so get your orders in by February 28th and you can enjoy making some amazing cards with this set too!!

I used Thick Basic White cardstock for my card base (standard 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4") and added a layer of Fresh Freesia cardstock embossed with the Stitched Greenery Die - have you tried it yet? Oh my, it makes your layers pop!  Then I found the perfect piece of Designer Series Paper in the pack with the Freesia floral print with black outlines that look like I stamped - but I didn't!

I die cut the Designer Series Paper with one of the Scalloped Contours Dies and glued it to a strip of Layering Designs Vellum from the new Mini - don't you love how we can pull products from any catalogue and it all looks great?? They got set at an angle on the embossed cardstock just because I don't always do straight LOL! Then I added this to the card base with DImensionals.

I stamped the flowers in Fresh Freesia on a Basic White square that I trimmed down after stamping  to 3" x 2 5/8". The leaves were stamped in Pear Pizzazz and I added some of the speckles and tiny florals in Fresh Freesia stamped off once. 

I looped the Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon on the back of the stamped piece, then added Dimensionals to pop onto the front.  I took a small strip of Fresh Freesia and stamped my sentiment from Timeless Tulips in Memento Black then die cut most of it (the die was longer than my strip!) using one of the greeting dies in the Harvest Dies set carried over from the 2021 Holiday Mini. All that was left was for me to glue a strip of the Designer Series Paper to the envelope flap and my card is ready to send to a friend for a Happy Spring card. Doesn't the Fresh Freesia colour make you think of the early crocuses that pop up in our gardens?? 

Need some products to make this card and others? I'd love to have you shop with me by clicking this link - you can shop anytime 24/7 or message email me to help you! Remember to order and pick your FREE products by February 28th - you don't want to miss out! Use my current Host Code CJNJN6SE to get in on draws each month for shared Host Rewards! 

If you are the ultimate bargain shopper then grab the "Starter Kit" for some great deals - made even sweeter during Sale-a-bration as you can pick two extra stamp sets of your choice for free when you sign up for the kit! I can walk you though the process - it's super easy!!

Want to join my Craft and Chat events on Zoom on the third Tuesday of the month? Let me know and I'll make sure you get the invites (next one is March 15th) so you can craft with friends while we chat about what's happening in our crafty world. You can also check the Events tab on my website!!

Check out all our posts this month by clicking on the links below and be inspired - we love when you leave a comment too so don't be shy!! 

Happy stamping!

Ginny

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