Swing into Spring Day Two!

Today's Sneak Peak Flourishes set was so much fun to play with! It's so full of whimsy!


I thought I'd try some different seasonal cards with it so here are two pretty samples:



Spring Swing Sunset

I used a couple of fun things on this card...Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits for the coloring, paper piecing on the dress and Flower Soft on the blossoming Spring tree! I thought she looked like she was having a great time swinging in the Spring sunset so I created that feel with the coloring. Then I tried to replicate that sunset feel in the background layers with different circular shapes of designer paper. The quote reads "The world is a playground and life is pushing my swing".

Doesn't the Flower Soft look cool? I stamped the tree branches/leaves several times to give the space to really use the Flower Soft well and make the tree look like it was really full of blossoms.

A Gentle Push

With this card I thought a very Autumn feel would be fun so I watercolored the tree with some pretty warm colors, then I used a technique called Pointillism on the tree with different colors of Stampin' Write Markers dotted to give the feeling of leaves on the tree. I love how it turned out...

Then I went for really strong contrasts in color based on my designer paper, and some whimsical buttons.

The pretty sentiment reads: A gentle push-small exertions, focused directions-fluttered excitement, and you can soar....to new heights. Isn't that lovely?

Come and see all the great samples by the Design Team here:

Cindy Lawrence
Laura Fredrickson
Julie Koerber
Faith Hofrichter
Latisha Yoast
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Jan Marie Caruso
Sharon Doolittle and Nancy Kirk

and to win this set, pop on by the Flourishes Blog today!

Recipes:

Spring Swing Sunset: Stamps: Flourishes Swing Set; Ink: Black Stazon; Paper: Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla, Raspberry Tart DSP, Kiwi Kiss; Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Prismacolor Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits, Blending Stump, Flower Soft (Flourishes), Dimensionals, 1/2 inch circle punch, Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Piercer.

A Gentle Push: Stamps: Flourishes Swing Set; Ink: Brown Stazon, Chocolate Chip; Paper: Really Rust, Soft Sky, Fall Flowers DSP, Watercolor paper (Flourishes); Accessories: Aqua Painter, SW Markers, Reinkers, Big Shot, Scalloped Circle Bigz Die, Sponge, EE Buttons, Soft Sky DS Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Dimensionals, Mono Multi Glue.

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Swing into Spring Day Two!