If you are over the winter, check out this example of fresh spring card ideas!

IS it too early for spring card ideas? I don’t think so! Spring is such a pretty season and I know that, even though I live in Florida where it doesn’t get too cold, I always look forward to Spring. Plus, this card is just pretty, spring vibe or not!

For this card I used the Garden Boots, Half Tree, Large Garden Fence, Grass, Tiny Leaves #2, Leaves and Greenery, Small Flowers #3, Tiny Flower Buds and Garden Tools.

Card Base, Fence and Grass

• Use white cardstock to cut an A2 sized card base.  
• Cut a 5.50″ x 4.25″ piece off designer paper and attach it to the card base using ATG adhesive.
• Use white cardstock to cut two sections of the Large Garden Fence, overlap one section over the other and attach them together using glossy accents.
• Apply double stick tape to the bottom back  of the fence sections and a piece of mounting tape to the back of a few of the pickets and attach the fence to the card base.  Pro Tip:  Attaching the bottom of the fence flat to the card base reduces bulk.  Attaching a couple pieces of mounting tape to the back of a few pickets will hold the fence away to create dimension.
• Use green cardstock to cut one Grass section of grass, apply a strip of mounting tape to the back of the grass and attach it to the front of the fence.

Tree, Leaves and Flowers

• Use Kraft cardstock to cut the Half Tree and color it with a wet baby wipe and brown ink.  
• Dry the ink on the tree with your heat gun.  Pro Tip:  Adhesives don’t stick well to the cardstock when the ink is wet.

• Use green cardstock to cut two sections of the Tiny Leaves #2 and place them face up on the molding pad.
• Form the leaves using a leaf tool or with your fingers.
• Attach the leaves to the branches using touches of glossy accents.  Pro Tip:  Using reverse tweezers makes easy work out of picking up and attaching small pieces.   
• Use pink cardstock to cut the Tiny Flower Buds and place them face up on the molding pad. 
• Form the flowers by pushing down in the center using a tiny tipped stylus.
• Attach the flowers to the leaves using glossy accents.
• Apply a thin strip of mounting tape to the back of the tree trunk and a few tiny pop dots to the back of a leaves in a few key spots.
• Tuck the tree trunk in behind the fence and attach it to the card base.

Flower Border

• Use green cardstock to cut several foliage sections from the Leaves and Greenery set.
• Cut a set of the Small Flowers #3 using coral cardstock and place them face down on the molding pad.
• Use a small round stylus to push down on the flower petals for form them, turn them face up and push down in the center of each using a tiny tipped stylus to push the petals up.
• Attach the large and small flower sections together using glossy accents. 
• Use glossy accents to attach the flowers to the foliage sections, tuck the flower stems in behind the grass and attach them using glossy accents.

Boots and Tools

• Cut the Garden Boots using coordinating designer paper and cream cardstock.
• Assemble the pieces and attach them together using glossy accents.
• Attach the two boots together using a piece of mounting tape.
• Apply a piece of mounting tape to the back of the boots and  attach them to the grass and fence.
• Cut the Garden Tools using metallic silver foil and light blue cardstock.
• Trim off the handle section of each blue tool, line them up over the silver tools and attach together using glossy accents.

5403D Half Tree Die [ RBB ] 5401-02D Large Garden Fence Die [ RBB ] 5423-01D Rain Boots Die [ RBB ] 5309-07D Garden Tools Die [ RBB ] 5334-02D Tiny Leaves #2 Die [ RBB ] 5309-09D Small Flowers #3 [ RBB ] 5309-04D Leaves and Greenery Die [ RBB ] Tiny Flower Buds Die Cut 5147-10D [ RBB ] Tabed Grass Set Die Cut 5152-03D [ RBB ]

The Color Catalog by Sarah Renae Clark [ SRH ] Carta Bella Paper – Flower Garden… [ SBC ] Metallic Silver Foil – 5pk, Bazzill… [ ELH ] Sizzix – Paper Sculpting Kit [ SBC | BLIC ] Amazon.com: Scotch CAT 085 Advanced… [ AMZUS ] Mini Glossy Accents, Ranger Accents [ ELH ] Amazon.com: Mini Foam Dots… [ AMZUS ] Amazon.com: Scotch 1/2-Inch by… [ AMZUS ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ] Glue Dots, Mini (3/16″) [ ELH ] Amazon.com : Accent Opaque White 8.5”… [ AMZUS ] Vintage Photo, Ranger Distress Ink Pad [ ELH | SBC ]

Of course I will be sharing lots of spring card ideas because I love flowers, I love spring and I love putting things together on cards that make me feel happy! Now, I am not trying to rush winter – I know that winter can be gorgeous and a lot of people love it – but I just HAD to make something soft and fresh and ready for the newness of spring!