Welcome to another new challenge from The Paper Players! Last week was a fun week with a delightfully spring-y color combination, the week before that was Spring Theme and this week it’s….(drum roll please)…

Yup!! Definitely a trend going on here…seems like everyone is looking forward to spring!! And I am no exception, though I may be just a tad less enthusiastic than my friends in the east. As I write this post it is 88 degrees with a projected high tomorrow of 91 degrees. I had to break down and turn the air on!! I’m a bit afraid that this heat so early in the season is a harbinger of a long, very HOT summer to come! So…enough of that gloom and doom…spring is here and I can’t wait to see your clean and simple floral creations!!

I had the most fun picking this color combination out! I chose my envelope liner paper and then built from there. The colors are Simply Chartreuse, Hibiscus Burst, Hawaiian Shores, Orange Zest, and Summer Sunrise from Papertrey Inks…L-O-V-E!! I think that Simply Chartreuse might be my favorite color ever!!

The stamp and die set is called Flowers & Flourishes by Clearly Besotted Stamps. Because I don’t have enough flowers already, lol. I had the most fun arranging these. Do you see how I carried the stem of the flourish down onto the card base? And then, to balance it out, I let my pink die cut blooms burst over the edge of the top layer on the left hand side.

I played with my enamel dots for a long time, trying out colors and positions on my card, but I think I finally found a winning combination! And of course, I have applied liberal amounts of Wink of Stella to my flowers!!

Won’t you pop on over to see what the design team has cooked up for you today? I hope you will be inspired to play along with us…I can’t wait to see what you create!!