Welcome back! Already Wednesday…
For today, I am playing with several challenges that have a similar theme – those April Showers. Better get it done as there is only one more day left in the month.
Starting with: Retro Rubber (#270) – Singing in the Rain; Inkspirational (#366) Word – Rain; If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#215) – Rainy Days; Ellibelle’s I Spy (#36) – Spring Showers; and Pick 3 (#2604) choosing Rain, Pastels and Feminine.
Bringing my ideas together, I chose to CASE Cindy Coutts for Stampin’ Up! Only (#400).
Here is the result:
Steps:
- Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic Gray cardstock.
- Accent Mat: (3¾” x 5”) Basic White cardstock
- Background Panel: (3⅝” x 4⅞”) Balmy Blue / Basic Gray Rain patterned piece of paper from the retired Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper pack.
- Cross Strip: (3⅝” x 1⅜”) Vellum Specialty Paper.
- The sentiment, time for a happy dance, from the retired Flowing Flowers stamp set (circa 2022) was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with Black Embossing Powder.
- Decoration – Umbrellas: Umbrella patterned paper from the same Paper pack.
- Several different pastel-toned Umbrellas were fussy-cut with Paper Snips.
All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble Cindy’s layout. Two Umbrellas were popped up with Dimensionals.
We are in a drought situation locally and while I prefer sunshine, some rain would be most welcome.
Thanks for spending some of your time with me today. Cheers, Jolanda!
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Such a great design – love your little group of brollies
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Thanks, Deborah!
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Such a FUN and creative card! Thanks so much for joining our challenge at Pick 3!
Diane P3 DT
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Thank you, Diane!
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Love this so much, Jolanda – I loved this DSP so much! Cutting out all those fabulous umbrellas was like the first I did with it, lol. This is SO fun! Thanks so much for playing at Retro Rubber!
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Thank you, Heather! It came and went so fast that I still have plenty of this cute paper…
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Beautiful card!!! Thanks so much for participating in my IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE… challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at <a href=http://littlebitopaper.blogspot.com/>A Little Bit O’ Paper</a>.Psst!! I want to let you know about a NEW scrapbooking blog called <a href=https://onemorepagechallenge.blogspot.com/>One More Page</a> Check it out!! I started it in March!
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Thank you, Deanne!
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LOVE!! All those bright umbrellas against the gloomy (but beautiful) background!! You’re so talented!! Thanks for sharing at SUOC!
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My pleasure! Thanks, Tammy.
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Really cute, Jolanda! I busted out that same DSP for some rainy day cards myself recently, and we actually got rain (and snow!!) a couple of days this week which I am sure was due to my rainy cards, haha. I like the vellum strip for your greeting and those fussy-cut dancing umbrellas are so cute. Thanks for playing along with us at SUO Challenges!
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This is such a wonderful card. I think it would make a lovely male birthday card. Thanks for joining us at RR this time. Claire RR DT
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Thank you, Claire!
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A sweet design and great use of your 3 picks! Thanks for playing along at The Pick 3 Challenge, and we look forward to more shares from you soon. Donna xx The Pick 3 Challenge The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge The Inspiration Station Challenge Paper Funday Challenge
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Thank you, Donna!
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What a creative way to use those umbrellas! Good job. Thanks for sharing with the SUOC
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SOOOO very pretty how you brought in the vellum and love what you did with the umbrellas. Thank you for joining us at SUOChallenges.com and we look forward to seeing you again tomorrow for another challenge!
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Absolutely love those bright umbrellas dancing on that rainy day paper
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Brilliant design and great fun for an April showers card. Thanks so much for sharing with ‘I Spy with My Little Eye’ challenge. Pauline xx
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Thank you, Pauline!
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Absolutely loving this, the sentiment is such a great choice to go with the image. So fun!
Thanks so much for joining in at “I spy with my little eye” challenge!
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Thank you, Ellie!
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