April showers bring fleece-and-wool-weather instead of flowers here. Not a problem - let Log Cabin Smooch Spritz create a quick background for a bright chipboard flower. A few foam dots, adorned with the new Lucky Penny Designer Foils, add bright highlights and a bit of spring bling.
Here are the instructions for this easy card:
Clearsnap Products
- Log Cabin Smooch Spritz
- Color Catcher
- ColorBox Fluid Chalk Tangerine Inkpad
- ColorBox Fluid Chalk Deep Lagoon Inkpad
- Stylus
- White Foam Tips
- Lucky Penny Designer Foils
Stamps and Screens
- Hampton Art Elegant Alphabet Cling Stamps
- Hampton Art Nature Spritz Screens
Other Products
- Bazzill Sour Apple Cardstock (3-12" x 8" card)
- Bazzill Hillary Cardstock
- Paper Accents Muslin Aloha Cardstock
- Blue Hills Studio Irene's Garden Chipboard Flower
- Orange Buttons
- May Arts Gold Cord
- 1/8" Foam Dots
- 1" Circle Punch
- 1-3/8" Circle Punch
Directions
- Assemble the Color Catcher
- Place a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" strip of Hillary Cardstock in the Color Catcher
- Place the leaf screen on the cardstock and spritz it with Log Cabin
- Remove the screen, dry the ink, and trim the cardstock to 2-5/8" x 5-1/2"
- Use a Stylus and tip to ink the flower with Tangerine
- Stamp the "h," "i," and asterisk onto Aloha Cardstock with Deep Lagoon
- Punch the letters into 1-3/8" and 1" circles and ink the edges with Deep Lagoon
- Punch additional circles of scrap cardstock and layer then behind the alphabet circles for dimension
- Assemble the card, using foam dots or the "i" circle
- Attach foam dots along the top edge of the flower and press Lucky Penny Designer Foils onto the adhesive
- Tie gold cord through the buttons and glue the buttons to the center of the flower
Send the card to someone special with wishes for a Happy Spring!
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