Springtime Wishes

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I worked with the adorable Doodle Garden Springtime Wishes for tonight's post and I have a trio of cards to share.

My first card is one that's totally out of my comfort zone. I've been taking the Clean and Simple Cardmaking 2 class from Online Card Classes and this is one of the techniques I learned...clean and simple chalkboard.

I started with a card base of Black Licorice for this single layer card. The image and sentiment from Doodle Garden Springtime Wishes were stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I used my white gel pen to add the lines to each corner, which help frame her and direct the eye inward. For just a touch of colour I used a pink metallic Gelly Roll pen to colour in the tulips and added three doodle dots by the sentiment.

I used the same technique on the inside, stamping another sentiment from Doodle Garden Springtime Wishes, and the small flower cluster from Embellished Eggs. I added pink metallic dots to the flower centers. This technique looks easy, but it took me a couple of tries to get the lines nice and crisp, especially the finnicky white gel pen lines. But it was definitely worth the effort!

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My second card is a soft and feminine card and I used DS86 for the layout.

I started with a card base of Whip Cream then added layers of Pink Lemonade and Kraft cardstock. I stamped the small sentiment in the bottom right corner using MFT Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink. and used my Circle 1 STAX Die-namics to cut out all the circular elements on this card, with the exception of the button.

I stamped the image from Doodle Garden Springtime Wishes with Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-Press It Blending Card and coloured her with copic markers. I gave her rosy cheeks with some pink chalk.

I used the Button Border Die-namics to cut out the polka dot button and tied it with Hemp Cord. The patterned papers are from the My Mind's Eye Memorable collection.

On the inside I stamped the image with MFT Pink Lemonade Premium Dye Ink then used one of the sentiments from You Make My Day.

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My third card is another one that's out of my comfort zone because I coloured her with pencils instead copics...eeks! I followed Inge's fabulous pencil tutorial for the MFT Academy, which you can find HERE.

I started with a card base of Sweet Tooth then added a layer of Sno Cone cardstock. I'm in the clean and simple frame of mind because of the class I'm taking so I went with a super simple layout to let the image shine. I wanted to try my hand at colouring her on Kraft, so I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black onto the Kraft panel and set to work with my pencils. I paper pieced her dress with one of the patterns from the Authentique Fresh collection.

The sentiment is from the new Embellished Eggs set. I used the Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics to cut out the Sweet Tooth strip and I ran the straight edge through the die a second time to create the double-ended fishtail. The sentiment was stamped with MFT Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink.

On the inside I used one of the sentiments from Doodle Garden Springtime Wishes, stamped again with MFT Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink.

Don't forget to hop over to the MFT blog for a list of participating designers. 

Here are the supplies I used on the Springtime Wishes card:

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Here are the supplies I used on the Sending Smiles card:

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Here are the supplies I used on the Easter card:

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Thanks for stopping by!
Karen