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Hello Spring 2022

I love making spring cards.  I get so excited to mix and match the many die sets I have accumulated throughout the year.  Today's cards feature die cut shapes from a variety of die sets.  I created both a vertical and horizontal card layout, changing out the focal image on each of the cards.


I started by cutting one of the Sizzix Creative Background dies from the side of a white card panel.  I trimmed a little off each edge and layered it onto a pink cardstock panel.  I cut some grass from light green cardstock using the the grass die from the Spellbinders March 2021 Large Die of the Month Set.  Using the same die set, I cut the sentiment "Hello Spring" from lavender cardstock.



You can't have a spring card without lots of flowers, so I scavenged through my scraps of paper to find colors that would coordinate well together.  I used multiple Sizzix Thinlits die sets to cut flowers, foliage, and branches from the scraps of colored cardstock.  I also used a Momenta dies set to cut a small bird and the larger butterfly.  I used a Momenta butterfly border die to cut a border of butterflies out of gray cardstock.  From this die cut border, I cut out the smallest butterflies.


I arranged the leaves and foliage near the bottom of the card and then glued the grass on top of them.  I layered a few of the larger flowers on top of the grass near the leaves.  I glued a tree branch near the top of the card and layered  a few more flowers on the branch.  For the vertical card, I used a larger bird on the edge of the branch.  For the horizontal card, I adhered a bunny in the center of the card sitting just behind the grass.


After adhering the sentiment, I scattered a few more smaller flowers around the decorative border and embellished with a few of the small butterflies.

I love that I was able to use so many dies and scraps of paper to create a couple of beautiful spring cards.


Hello Spring 2022
Supplies:
  • Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
  • Recollections Cardstock - pink, white
  • Sizzix Thinlits Creative Backgrounds
  • Spellbinders March 2021 Large of of the Month - Spring Together with Lever Pull
  • Sizzix Thinlits Bold Flora
  • Sizzix Thinlits Spring Things
  • Sizzix Thinlits Love Birds
  • Sizzix Thinlits Spring Bird
  • Sizzix Thinlits Bird Scene
  • Momenta Cutting Template - Oh Happy Day
  • Momenta Cutting Template - Flower and Butterfly Border
  • Cricut - Bunny and Bunny Tail
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