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Today I received a lovely Spring swap from Connie in Denmark!

A very textural card with a dainty border and ribbon and  pyramid layered center flowers.

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Here is my third Spring swap card.  It comes from across the pond from Jude in the UK!

Isn't it pretty!  And...quite clever too!  Check out the next view.

After you turn the brads you find a surprise as the pictures open outwards!

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Chris from Arizona is new to making cards.  She sent me this adorable card for a Spring swap!

Keep up the good work Chris!!!

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One of my Spring swaps arrived today from Linda in Michigan!

A bunny frolicking in the flowers...what fun!

Will The Real Spring Stand Up

Well, Spring has finally arrived!  How do I know for sure?  The robins are busy looking for worms, the dust storms are churning and the lilacs are blooming.  I just love the scent of lilacs...brings back great childhood memories!  Dust storms...not so much!!!

For the month of April I signed up to do three "Spring" card swaps.  I used the same stamp but different colors.  Here is the first one.

The stamp I used is called "Tulip Window" by Stamps Happen, Inc.  I stamped it on white cardstock and then colored with various things, Copic markers, watercolor pencils and paint pens.  

I chose colored cardstock to go with the coloring in the picture and cut a 5" x 6.75" piece and used Martha Stewart's continuous edge punches (Double Loop) to edge the piece.  Since you can only do certain sizes I had to finagle the measurements by cutting it in half left to right and sliding it together and matching the loops to make it shorter.  Lastly I glued the picture to the looped background.

I measured contrasting cardstock for the card base and attached the picture to the folded card.  On the inside I added a piece of cardstock the same color as the loops and corner punched the corners with the "double loop".  Then I stamped it with a Hero Arts stamp called "Spring Memories".

 Here is variation two...

 Here is variation 3...