Today the temperature outdoors was in the 70s. This is the first day of the year which felt like Spring finally arrived. Spring is all about flowers, sunny days, and in my house, eventually – ice cream. What does ice cream have to do with card making? More about that in a bit.

As I am working through the courses for the Altenew Educator Certification program, my card choice was informed by this class: In The Mood For Color. Each lesson covers a different color and the symbolism or feelings related to that color. The last lesson in the series combined colors. I took my cue from that and also the name of the Altenew inks that sing “Sunny Days Ahead” to me – Four Scoops. I did not use the Dark Chocolate ink pad, hence this is called the Three Scoops Card. The other three delicious ink colors used on this card are all stamped with the Build-A-Flower: Primrose layering stamp set.

The offcuts from this cover die were used as embellishments on the 3 Scoops card

My intention in saving the little circles from cutting the silver paper with the Halftone Cover Die was to use them for a shaker card. They seemed to add a nice little sprinkle of fun to the Three Scoops Card. And there is still plenty left over for a shaker card! This card is 6″ x 6″ and needed a big sentiment. One of my favorite dies is the Mega Hello die. It is about five inches wide. I cut it in white to use as an offset behind the second cut, which is in a lovely Spring sky blue. The sentiment is raised with foam tape. The top card panel measures 5 3/4″ square. This is popped up with foam tape onto a black square measuring 5 7/8″. The card base is a 6″ x 12″ piece of white cardstock, folded in half to form a 6″ square top-folding card.