Spring Has Sprung

Yes, it's the first day of Spring, and we woke up to about 3 inches of snow on the ground.  Thankfully, it's mostly melted away now, but it was a reminder that in Iowa we can't quite count on the end of winter just yet. 

When I saw this Williams Sonoma picture at the CCEE STampers Blog, I was inspired by the contrast between the bright blue and pops of red.  I started with this awesome glitter transparencyfrom Prima and combined it with beautiful blue designer paper from Pink Paislee's 365 Degrees collection.

I used Kazan's Sketch from 2 Sketches for you & wanted to incorporate this great sparkling holiday ribbon into the design, but I didn't want it to show behind the transparency.  I solved that problem by attaching the transparency to a second piece of the same designer paper and attaching it with foam mounting tape over the ribbon.

 
I finished with an elegant sentiment from About Art Accents and a chipboard butterfly from Making Memories Flutter collection (love when all my different manufacturers work together). 

Comments

[Kathy Martin]

Beautiful card! Love your color inspiration! :)

[Cheryl N]

GORGEOUS card!!

[~amy~]

excellent...seriously...one of my fav color combos right now!

[kazan clark]

So pretty Steph :) That is a lovely color combo. I am glad Spring is here too even though we have 8" on the ground from a storm that rolled in yesterday :)

[E.T]

this is gorgeous Stef! i love the colour combo

[Corie F]

WOW -- love the red and blue together -- so pretty

[lauren]

that is gorgeous AND dramatic AND awesome!!! (i am loving that teal-ish blue and red together lately...and this is SUCH a great use of that combo!) ♥

[Tosh]

Oooh!! LOVE the colors!! And that butterfly is just the sweetest!! Gorgeous card Stef! Thanks so much for joining us in our CCEE challenge!!

[Shirley]

Just love the way you took the colors from the inspiration piece for your card. It is so pretty, I love the colors, the bow and the butterfly. Thanks for joining us in the CCEE challenge.

Shirley