Welcome to the Serendipity April Blog Hop! We are showing off some beautiful new dies & images! If you arrived here from  Jenny’s Blog ,  you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.
The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure  to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through April 12  to leave comments. The winner will be announced on Mary’s blog on April 13. And we have a sale.. Buy 3, Get a 4th Free.  Good Fri through Sunday 4/10 – 4/12. And don’t forget about our half off stamp of the month Mason Jar.
For my cards today, I made several water color wash backgrounds. I picked one of the brighter ones for this card. The frame was die cut first, edged w/ a black marker, Â then the tulips & leaves were cut out of the leftover pieces. Â A white background was cut to fit inside the frame using a pierced rectangle die then the flowers were arranged on top. The Bloom die was cut out of black 3 times and stacked together. I added just the flower centers cut out of a little pink area from the watercolor background. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and here’s a look at the inside.
Supplies:
| Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Spring Flower Pops,  Happy Birthday (inside) |
| Paper:  Neenah white, black, water color |
| Ink:Â Â Versafine Onyx |
| Accessories:  Serendipity  Flower Pops, Bloom dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, pierced rectangle dies, black Permapaque marker, water colors & brushes, black Permapaque marker |
My second card uses one of the paler water color backgrounds. This time, I die cut a narrow black square frame to place all the flowers & leaves inside. Before I attached them, I used a black Tombow maker to ink just a few of the dots from the ink splatter image and stamped them in a diagonal from top left to bottom right.
After attaching all the flowers, the Create word was die cut 3 times like before and stacked. I added some black crystals to the flower centers for a little sparkle. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and here’s a look at the inside.
Supplies:
| Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Spring Flower Pops, Ink Spots, I Just Wanted to Say (inside) |
| Paper:  Neenah white, black, water color |
| Ink:Â Â Versafine Onyx |
| Accessories:  Serendipity  Flower Pops, Create dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, pierced rectangle, petite oval dies, black Tombow marker, water colors & brushes, black crystals |
Now, you’ll need to hop on over to Karen’s Blog. I know she’ll have something wonderful to show you! Here’s the hop list, in case you get lost:
Thanks so much for stopping by!
I’m also adding these cards to Virginia’s View Challenge #14!Â
