Good morning & happy Thursday! We have a fun them challenge this week as part of our hop. i’ve created a spring-like card with lots of layers & texture & I hope you’ll like it.

I began by creating the background for the stamped & die cut leaves on a piece of Basic White card stock. Using size E acrylic block I added ink colors of Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist by simply stamping the ink pad on a portion of the block. I spritzed this with water and stamped it directly to the card stock. I left this on the card stock for a bit to get it to soak in. I pulled out the large leaf stamp from Nature’s Symphony and inked it with Garden Green and stamped it on the inked card stock. I cut this down to size (3 1/4 x 4 1/4) and added it to a Garden Green panel 3 3/8 x 4 3/8. The next step was to add this beautiful laser cut leaf from the Covered in Flowers Accents (Jan. ONLINE EXCLUSIVE) with dimensionals. I die cut the stunning leaves from Granny Apple Green and attached it with both liquid glue & dimensionals. I added a double loop Linen Thread bow with a glue dot. This was attached to a Basic White panel run through the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder (4 3/16 x 5 7/16) and then to a Garden Green card base 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 4 1/4. The sentiment is stamped in Garden Green ink on a Basic White scrap (also from Nature’s Symphony stamp set) & die cut with the smallest Everyday Arches Dies. This was added with dimensionals. Final step… three Shades of Green Hexagons were added.

For the inside… on a 4 x 5 1/4 panel of Basic White, I stamped the small leaf image from Nature’s Symphony stamp set in Garden Green three times – each without re-inking. This gives a wonderful depth to the image. This piece was added to the inside of the card.

For the envelope… I repeated the process of stamping three times on the envelope front – first time full strength then two more times without re-inking. I repeated this process on the flap. LOVE how this turned out – and hope you do as well.

Now… on with the hop! Click the next button to take you to Nicole or click on a name to take you elsewhere – but be sure to visit all those participating in today’s hop – such great creations!

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Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage

Karen Ksenzakovic

Tara Carpenter

Terry Lynn Bright

Nicole Bloxom

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