Lodell Halvorson

Spring is in the Air Card
By Lodell Halvorson

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Designer's Tip: Paint Smooch Glitz over coordinating Smooch inks for added depth.

Supplies:

• 4 Seasons Trees Stamps
• 12x12 Classic Cardstock
• White Cards & Envelopes
• All 4 Acrylic Blocks
• Cardmaker's™ Citrus Creative Pack
• Metallic Ribbon Set
• Lettuce Smooch Ink, Plum Berry Smooch Ink, Plum Spice Smooch Glitz, Sassy Pink Smooch Ink, Starlight Smooch Glitz, Pool Blue Smooch Ink
• VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• Black Super Fine Embossing Powder
• Heat Gun
• Medium Zots™

Instructions:

1. Place your blank card with the fold to your left. Cover with Citrus purple words paper. Mat a 4"x5 1/4" piece of Citrus purple stripe paper on white cardstock with 1/16" borders. Glue centered to the card.
2. Stamp a spring tree with VersaMark ink and sprinkle with black embossing powder. Tap off the excess and set with a heat gun. Once the image has cooled, color in with Smooch inks in Lettuce, Plum Berry, Sassy Pink, and Pool Blue as shown.
3. Trim white cardstock to 3"x3 1/2" and mat on Citrus blue paper with 1/16" borders. Glue centered on the Citrus purple stripe paper, 1" from the top edge of card.
4. Stamp "Spring is in the Air" with VersaMark ink on Citrus green paper and set with black embossing powder. Trim to 1 1/2"x3/4". Paint a small strip of white cardstock with the Sassy Pink and Plum Spice inks. Use the white strip of cardstock to mat the greeting with 1/16" borders. Glue centered on the Citrus purple stripe paper, 3/4" from the bottom edge of the card.
5. Tie a 6" piece of metallic pink ribbon into a bow. Zot to the upper left corner of the image as shown.