WMS Spring Themed Hop

I have been having some Waltzingmouse new stamp withdrawal (although my pocketbook has been happy) and I figured to combat it I could created with the WMS sets that I do have. In fact, I challenged myself to see if I could comibn stamp sets for a new look. I was able to create two cards for the hop too. It was a fun challenge and one I just might do again.

My first card came together rather quickly with the help of some beautiful Prima paper from the Annalee pack. I find it hard to use really busy designs on my card usually, but this one was a no-brainer. The flowers remind me of springtime and I thought it would look nice with WMS's Bitty Banner set. I white embossed the images onto white c/s and then used distress inks to "color" them in. The sentiment is a combination of WMS's Say It Loud and Spring Baskets.

My second card was inspired by my first one in a way. While trying to decide how to use the floral paper, I kept going for my 'Twas the Night Before Christmas set. I LOVE the window scene from it and knew I had to use it some way. I love have my blinds up and the windows open during the spring and thought why not just try that idea out. Spring Basket has a sweet little butterfly that I thought would go great with my scene. The grass is from PTI's Peaceful Garden and stamped using Peeled Pain Distress Ink and then sponged along the edges. The sky was created by sponging Tumbled Glass DI. After I created my window with the little butterfly I decided that he needed a few friends so I stamped two more flying around the grass. They were colored in using copic markers and the one in the window is covered with a layer of glitter pen. This sentiment is from Spring Basket as well; however, I got a little to excited about this card and messed it up a little. It should read Glorious Spring Wishes. DH told to it wasn't too bad (he's so sweet). To help add to the window idea I used glossy accents to create the panes (I really love doing that too).

Now to wait until Saturday when the sneeks starts and the 29th when the full 9 stamp sets reveal happen! (It will also give me some time to get my money together, lol)