Crystal O. Minkler: Scrapping For Less ~ April FOTM blog hop ~ Colors of Spring

Hello to all our wonderful Flavor of the Month fans! We are back this month with some wonderful products in our kit! Echo Park, Stampendous, Sunny Studio, and Stamping Bella to name a few! As always we are so very happy to design this and all kits for you and so this month we bring you "The Colors of Spring!" We have our wonderful Design Team and several guest designers joining us again this month so you will definitely want to find inspiration from these amazingly talented ladies.

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Hello! Check out that fabulous Banana Split card kit!! Isn't that just a fantastic card kit ^^^! I had so much fun creating my cards for this kit. I hope you like what I have to share with you today.

For my first card I used Sketch #4 with Collection One.

I just adore these Spring Market papers... the pink rubber boots are so sweet! I knew I just had to use the rubber boot image along with this adorable little frog. I stamped both images using Memento tuxedo black ink and colored them with copic markers {Umbrella/boots - E55, E57, R43, R81, R85; Frog/Grass - Y06, Y11, Y35, YG17, YG23, YG67; Puddle/eyes - B00, B02, B05}. I fussy cut my images out and set them aside. I cut a piece of white card stock to create my background. I used a cloud stencil and used Tumbled Glass distress ink. Once that was done, I colored the bottom portion using copic markers to create my grass. I adhered the background piece to a green mat and then adhered the frog image. I then cut the pretty papers and wrapped twine that I took from Collection Three around the piece. I popped up the piece using foam tape onto a Grout Grey card base. I adhered the cute little doily and the frog image to the card base. I popped up the rubber boots. All that was left was the sentiment. I stamped it using memento tuxedo black ink and colored the word rain in using copic B00... but it's really hard to see that in the picture. I fussy cut it and adhered it to the card.

For my second card I used Sketch #2 with Collection Two.

I took another direction with this card... I set aside the adorable Spring Greetings set in this collection and inked up the Spring Bloom set in the Banana Split subscription. I stamped this gorgeous daisy and the sentiment using versafine ink on some watercolor paper and heat set it. I added a couple

drops of the Celery Green watercolor by Avery Elle (also in the Banana Split subscription) to my acrylic block and using a water pen, I colored the flower and I also colored the watercolor panel that

I had trimmed and die cut the bottom edge. I adhered my layers to a white card base... popping up the last watercolor paper layer. I adhered a few sequins and then decided I had to add a butterfly. I

colored the butterfly a bit using my white gel pen. I wanted to stick with the green and white colors

that I had used throughout the card... a monochromatic card is always fun!

For my third card I used Sketch #3 with Collection Three.

I decided to challenge myself to give the No Line Coloring another try... and I really like how this one turned out. I stamped the image using a very light brown ink and then just colored away. I used the following copic markers - YG11, YG23, YG63, Y06, Y11 Y26 Y35, E08, E49, E55, E74, E79, RV10, E000, E21, E51. Once the image was colored I used a stitched oval die to cut it out. I wanted the image to be the focal point for the card so I kept the design simple. I adhered the diagonally cut foil dotted cardfront panel to the Jellybean Green card base. I popped up the main image. I stamped the sentiment from the Spring Bloom stamp set, trimmed it, and then adhered it to the card.

Here's a close-up of the colored image. I added a bit of white prismacolor pencil in some spots. Otherwise, it's all colored with copic markers.

For my fourth card I used Sketch #1 with Collection Four.

I cut and adhered all of my layers to a Sno Cone card base. I then stamped this sweet image using Memento tuxedo black ink and colored... yes, with copic markers {Mouse - E00, E11, N0, N2, N4; Flower/grass - RV10, R43, R85, YG03, YG11, YG17, YG63, YG67; Rain/sky - B0000, B00, B02, B05}. I die cut the image using a stitched arch die and then popped it up on the card. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of Sno Cone card stock and then die cut it using a banner die. I trimmed the banner in half and then layered it. I popped it up on the card and called this last card - done!

That's it for me for this month's blog hop.

Let's go take a look at what the rest of the design team has created!

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