April Showers bring - Tulips - Paper Craft Crew Challenges #289

I have been so impatient for the spring flowers to appear!

And they have been so slow in doing so.  The Ice Storm of 2 weeks ago didn't help matters, but the temperature is rising now to more seasonal levels and hopefully we'll see some action - in the plant department anyway.

For the challenge with Paper Craft Crew #289 (April Showers Bring May Flowers) I pulled out a hostess stamp set that will be retiring the end of May.

The Tranquil Tulip stamp set has been a favourite of mine and I have used in on a number of occasions.  I will miss it.

These are my spring flowers - tulips arranged in a Z-fold card.  The base of this card is Wild Wasabi (retiring), scored at  5 1/2 and one panel scored again at  2 3/4".  Each section was layered with Whisper White card stock and then the green diagonal striped Delightfully Daisy DSP.

The tulips were stamped using the Stamparatus, fussy cut, put together with dimensionals and then adhered to a strip of window sheet inside a die cut crate. 

For a sturdier structure, the crate was die cut from  a piece of Whisper White card stock stamped with the Woodgrain background stamp.  The edges were sponged lightly with Soft Suede ink.  To allow the crate to fold with the Z fold card, I removed the bottom of the crate and inserted a 1" insert inside for stability and for the tulips to attach to.

This crate was inserted into the Z of the card on 2 sides.  On the top front section I added a strip of Delightfully Daisy DSP as well as the sentiment (from Bunch of Blossoms).

Three colors(Rose Red, Rich Razzelberry and Daffodil Delight)  and 2 sizes of tulips were stamped and fussy cut.  The stems and leaves were also fussy cut, and after sponging all the edges, the flowers were assembled and adhered to a strip of window sheet.  This is turn was adhered to the inside of the wooden crate.

top view

On the front I placed 3 small single tulips in a circle on a small white Doillie and placed a triple white organza ribbon just below them.

Some clear Wink of Stella was applied to the base only of all the tulips.  I found this glitter tended to smear the colour somewhat so limited its application to the base.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Tranquil Tulips (retiring), Bunch of Blossoms, Wood grain
Inks:  Rich Razzelberry, Rose Red, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Basic Black
Papers:  Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Delightfully Daisy DSP
Accessories:  White Delicate Doillie, 1/4" white organza ribbon, Stamparatus, Window Sheet, Wood Crate framelit die, dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella