Easter greetings in blue and a "Hello, Spring" card...

 

This card came together with some leftover bits on my desk. The cardbase was a leftover one from some card supplies I had gotten from the thrift store. The pale teal strip down the middle was left over from another project. I stamped the sentiment, embossed it, and then glued it directly to the card front.

I chose the teal strip to go with the blue card base because of the colors in the pretty butterfly sticker that came from Dollar Tree.

The butterfly has a bit of sparkle on it, so I wanted to add some sparkle somewhere else on the card front.

I tried to cut a blue, self-adhesive glitter ribbon into strips, but, try as I might, I couldn't get them the same width. A much easier method finally occurred to me: I adhered a 1/8" piece of double-sided tape down each side. Then I took off the backing and sprinkled glitter over it. I burnished the glitter by rubbing it firmly with my finger before shaking off the excess.

The double-sided tape worked so well on the front that I decided to add some on both sides of my computer-generated sentiment on the inside.          

I have a friend who does not celebrate Easter, but I like to send her a card at this time of year anyway. This is the card I made for her:

The flowers were actually a one-piece die, but I decided to layer it. First I cut them out of green cardstock, then out of light pink and finally out of a darker pink. I cut the blossoms apart from the two pink die-cuts, putting them together as you see in the photo. Finally, I glued them to the green die-cut.

When I added them to my fancy white panel, I glued the stems down flat and put some foam dots behind the blossoms.

Before I adhered the panel to my card front, I tied a ribbon around it with a little tag attached. The tag and the stamp for the sentiment came from a set my sister gave me for my birthday (Thanks, Michelle!). The tag was actually a bit longer, but after die-cutting it, I moved the die up on the tag and cut it again (just on the bottom) to get this shorter version. 

I stamped a simple sentiment on the inside leaving plenty of room for a personal note.

I have finally finished all of the Easter cards I need for personal use, so now I will concentrate on making some to donate. I'll also start making a few Mother's Day cards to donate. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl