April Showers Bring May Flowers

I am a proud member of Tracy's Design Team over at Craft Junkie Too!! I adore Tracy and her DT assignments are always so perfect.  This week, she asked us to create a project with the theme of:

"Bring on Spring"

How cute is that?? :)

So here is my project. Most of the paper is from DCWV's Flower Shower paper stack (I grabbed it last summer on clearance and have been using it ever since).  Even the sentiment block is from this paper stack! :) The purple metallic paper and purple glitter paper is also DCWV. 

Here you can see the little rain drops that are all over the back ground paper as well as the bigger ones I added. All raindrops are coated with Glossy Accents.

I tied a little bow with the same sheer ribbon I put on the sentiment block.  The umbrella and sentiment block are attached with pop dots to give them lots of dimension.

I just couldn't resist putting my little white gel pen doodles all over the umbrella, sentiment block and around the outside of the card body. I put little self stick rhinestones on the umbrella tips, the bow and the sentiment block too.

When I can't burn the edges of the ribbon to keep them from fraying I use clear nail polish on the ends.  On this kind of sheer ribbon, the lighter burns the ribbon.

The cuts on this card are from the following cartridges:

Umbrella and Raindrops- A Child's Year

Card body - umbrella + boxes from Plantin Schoolbook and I welded them together to get the shape of the card body.

Other supplies used:

Self stick rhinestones

white gel pen

pop dots

sheer ribbon

glossy accents


Click here to download the Gypsy cut file for this card.


Now head on over the Tracy's blog and link up your Bring on Spring project for a chance to win a guest designer spot at Craft Junkie Too!! 


I am also entering this card into a Fantabulous Cricut Challenge :
April Showers : Use an umbrella or hat