Spring Birthday Card!

Hi everybody! Hope you are enjoying a nice Sunday! I'm in the crafty cave cooking up all kinds of things to share this week! You are probably able to tell that I am all about Spring right now. I'm ready for bright, happy colors and sunshine in my craft projects. It's been very dry here and windy and yesterday it was warm too. Very odd weather. I would like a spring shower….that would be nice. Anyhoo…I'm off track now. OH! Before I forget…I set up "A Blog Called Wanda" Facebook page this week. I would be very happy if you would "like" it. The link is in the blog left side bar.

Today's card is a cheery Spring birthday card made with what has to be one of my favorite paper collections of all time… October Afternoon Sidewalks. I could make 500 projects with this paper. The palette is wonderful and it works for so many types of cards. Do you have a very favorite paper right now? Share with us so we can check out your fav!

You know this paper just screams out to be matched with gingham right? The flower was cut with PTI flower dies. The center is a pin that matches the paper collection. Don't you love how it is perfectly matched to the paper? Um, I'm not OCD or anything….

I decided to pop some bright red to pick up that color. I used my Martha Stewart butterfly punches. I cut a window out of a Nestabilities die and put the text paper behind it.

I matched the green with Stampin' Up Kiwi Kiss paper, and popped my top layer up on some foam tape for more dimension.

I crumpled the flower in the palm of my hand to make it not so hard and straight. This way it has a gentle curve to it, like a real flower might.

Thank you so much for coming by to see me today! This week has some fun things in store. I am guest designer over at Penny Black (yay!) on Tuesday and I will post my cards here too. They are all new Valentine images. Thursday I will be back with a calendar project that we are all working on for Taylored Expressions. I'm making a whole calendar using Cuppie images! Have a fabulous day!