If you didn’t look at a calendar or the date on your phone you could ALMOST believe that spring has arrived. The temps are in the low 60’s, with sunshine, blue skies, and the week ahead of the same temps! After the winter days of dreary gray skies, brownish trees with no leaves, grass laying dormant, and just overall yucky roads from all the salty, sandy treatments for winter driving, spring brings so much joy. I look forward to seeing the leaves budding, the redbud trees blooming, the shoots of daffodils and other spring flowers coming up and just the arrival of color back in our lives.
BUT NOT NOW!!! It’s too early for things to wake from the winter weather. Winter is still lurking in the background, ready to raise it’s ugly head with freezing temps, cold winds, and snow. It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when because it’s just mid February! Too soon to come out of dormancy nature! Stay asleep!
This month’s Paper Pumpkin from Stampin’ Up! is a great way to look forward to spring! The Fluttering Garden kit is one to celebrate spring without the fear of a hard frost hurting those tender buds on trees and flowering bushes and damaging the new growth of tender shoots.
This kit centers around hummingbirds!!! Enjoy creating spring cards, AND receive a FREE extra stamp set in honor of Paper Pumpkin’s anniversary!
Create charming cards with a hummingbird motif for Mother’s Day and more!
• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
• Textured white card bases
• Precut paper pieces and sentiments
• Coordinating colors: Basic Gray (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Coastal Cabana,
Early Espresso, Gorgeous Grape, Old Olive, Peach Pie, Pretty Peacock AND an extra stamp set!!!
Reserve your kit between February 11 and March 10 by clicking on the link below:
https://www.stampinup.com/products/paper-pumpkin-subscription/?demoid=2118088
AND there is a coordinating ADD-ON die set as well!!! This die set coordinates for the January thru March Paper Pumpkin kits, but you can use these basic dies throughout your paper crafting.
These small die sets are reasonably priced, BUT only available to those subscribing to Paper Pumpkin. If you are interested in this set just reach out because I can place the order for you.
Want more spring paper crafting opportunities? Sign up for the BRING ON THE FLOWERS CARD CLASS!
- This card class is available in person AND also by mail with a written tutorial!!!
- We will meet Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Zion Lutheran Church in Macon, MO.
- Time is 1:30-7pm
- Make 8 cards (2 of 4 different designs) using the new DSP’s and bundles!! Some will also include NEW product arriving in the ONLINE EXCLUSIVE tab in March!
- These cards can be used for feminine birthdays, get well, thinking of you, etc. Figure out which greetings you need and we will have a variety on hand for you to use
- Card kits are free with a minimum order from Stampin’ Up!
- Registration ends Friday, February 21
Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a fan of winter. I’m tired of the cold, of the yucky streets from weather treatments, and the dreary gray skies like most people. BUT too early of a spring brings the chance of damage from frost and freezing temps. I WANT the redbuds to bloom, I WANT the lilacs to smell, I WANT the fruit trees to hold those delicate blossoms. Just NOT in February!
I’m going to enjoy spring through crafting instead, looking forward to mid March when spring is suppose to arrive!!! Until next time, have a great day, keep stamping, keep crafting, and God Bless!
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