Spring 2012 ATCs

So, my scrapping friends (including the ladies at The Paper Girls Challenge Blog) and I are about to trade another set of ATCs.  This time, the theme is "Spring."  And the idea for these took a lot longer than my others!  I thought of doing a two sided card with "April showers" and an umbrella on one side and "Bring May Flowers" on the other side.  But, my trial for those didn't turn out great.  Then I thought about a rainbow of flowers.  And again the trial wasn't what I wanted.  Then I had an image of butterflies and flowers in my head.  But, the thought of stamping and cutting a bunch of butterflies didn't sound like fun.  So, I decided to turn to another ScrapbookSteals MCM sketch.  I decided to use some random paper my MIL had given me with a bunch of punch outs.  I had more than enough flowers from the punch outs to use (inspired by Use It Tuesday), so I looked for a sketch with a large flower spot and then a sentiment spot for the Spring stamp I knew I wanted to use.  MCM #47 turned out to be the answer.  From there, it was easy!  I added some green ribbon I had and ink, and it came together quickly.  Here are all 28 cards plus two of my favorites: