Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Birthday Card for Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

 Welcome to the AIK monthly blog hop. Our theme for this month is "Celebrate Spring" and we can  use any product we wish.  The list of hoppers is at the end of my post. I hope you'll hop along. 

Here's a thumbnail of what I created... 

 Let's take another look... 

 

At the time I created my card I was using the Painterly Pears DSP, which was on the Last Chance List but is now discontinued...what a shame! You'll be seeing a lot of this paper in future posts, trust me!!

In any event, my card base is Old Olive with a mat of Secret Sea. I embossed a piece of Lemon Lolly with the All in a Row Embossing Folder, which was current at the time and is now discontinued. So sorry for all the sad news. However, there is some good news too...

The sentiments are from the current Easter Basket and Cutest Crew Stamp Sets! Yay...there are many cards you can make with those sets and trust me, they are cute AND Eastery. You might see some on my blog one of these days.

Let's take a look at the inside...

 

 

More sad news...I used the Perfectly Pears Dies to cut out pears from the DSP. Those dies were discontinued just a few days ago! The leaves are from the retired Stippled Roses Stamp Set. The sentiment is from the retired Hooray for Surprises Stamp Set. 

Here's some semi good news about the Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes...they are currently unavailable BUT you can go to the product in SU and request an email to let you know when they are back in stock. As of today, they are estimated to be back the week of April 27 but the dates have often changed to sooner.

Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Next" button will take you to Tara. Clicking on the individual names below will take you directly to each member's post. Trust me, you're in for a treat!

 

1. Karen Ksenzakovic
2. Ann Louise Fodgaard
3. Mary Deatherage
4. Karen Finkle - that's me!
5. Tara Carpenter
6. Charlene Tackvic
7. Terry Lynn Bright
8. Nicole Bloxom
9. Amy Koenders