My Favorite Things - April Slimline Card Challenge - Spring Has Sprung!

Hi everyone!   My Favorite Things have their new theme up for the monthly Slimline Card Challenge and this month it is 'Spring Has Sprung'.   Let your creative juices flow and create a card in this theme like I have done below.

To create this card I first used both the Slimline Grassy Edges and Slimline Cloud Edges Stencils together with Distress Oxide Inks in Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron and Rustic Wilderness to create the background.  I then used the Slimline Starter Die-namics to die cut the panel I'd created but I kept the skinny outer cut, adhered it to another slimline panel and then with the main panel I backed it with foam tape, carefully aligned it and adhered it down.

I stamped the images I needed for my design from Tweet Memories and Spring Songbird and coloured them with Copic Markers.  I used:-

Florals:  G07, B41, V12

Birds:  E0000, YR000, Y21, YR31, YR07, R00, R20 with W1 and W3

I used gel pens to add interest and definition to the florals and I highlighted points with a white gel pen.  All images were die cut using the coordinating die-namics.

I added these images to the card either directly with glue or with a single or double layer of foam to build some lovely dimension so they really pop off the front of the card.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment from Spring Songbird to a sentiment strip from Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics, applied with foam tape and then just a few sparkling clear sequins made the perfect finishing touch to a 'tweet' Spring birthday card.

I encourage you to go and make your own Spring themed slimline card, enter the challenge for a chance to win a $50 gift voucher!!   The best of luck to you and as always - happy crafting!

My Favorite Things - April Release Countdown Day 2

 

We're inching closer to the Tuesday March 13th My Favorite Things and my slimline card today reveals something from THREE brand new stamp sets, namely, Spring Wreath, Spring Songbird and Tweet Memories.   Read on for how I made this card.

First of all I used the brand new Watercolor Wash Stencil and Distress Oxide Ink in Peacock Feathers to create the background panel.   I used the Slimline Starter Die-namics to die cut the panel which I backed with foam tape and applied to a slimline card base.  I set this to one side.

I stamped the images I chose from the 3 stamp sets and used Copic markers to colour them all in vivid and happy hues.   I used a white gel pen to highlight one or two spots and then used the coordinating die-namics for each stamp set to die cut the images.

Images were backed with foam tape and applied to the scene.

There are some lovely sentiments included with these three stamp sets but I chose the one I did from Spring Songbird and I stamped them in two parts on to die cuts from the Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics.   These sentiments were backed with more foam tape and applied in the spaces I'd left for them.

All that was left was to apply a few sparkling clear sequins which I tucked into discrete areas of the card for some subtle interest.

I hope you'll come back for the final day of the Countdown tomorrow, I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog today and hope you're excited for the release.