Happy Spring

Is it spring already? It sure feels like spring here.  Today, the sun is up and so is the temperature.  We are currently enjoying 60 F degrees but it's not officially spring yet.  Hmmm... I wonder what spring has instore for us. 

Last week, I saw a bouquet of yellow tulips the moment I stepped inside a grocery store.  I stared at the tulips for a few seconds...and I thought, spring is just around the corner...and spring cleaning is gonna happen soon. LOL

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Today, my card was inspired by the tulips I saw at the grocery store. The patterned paper I used here is from Echo Park called Springtime  and I just love the colors of the paper.  The flowers are from WOC. The tulips and the rose were originally white and I stained them with Wild Honey & Mustard Seed Distress Inks. The stamps are Tulip wheelbarrow and Tilda w/ lace shoes. 

I colored Tilda very lightly to show that spring feel.  I had a few buttons that matched the paper which I thought would give a more spring-y look to the card. I also stitched around the edges of the patterned paper using my sewing machine.

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I'm entering this card here:
Just Magnolia: Challenge #146 Special Monthly Challenge
Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog: Think Spring
MDUC: Challenge#136 Buttons & bows
Simon Says Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge: #20 Spring

 

A closer look at Tilda

  

The pull out for any sentiment.

 

Distress Inks used:

Tulip: wild honey & mustard seed

Leaves & grass: shabby shutters & peeled paint

Wheelbarrow: brushed corduroy, vintage photo & walnut stain, back soot

Tilda: Antique line, walnut stain, tattered rose, spun sugar, worn lipstick, shabby shutters

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Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Mae