April Showers...and Umbrellas!

Happy Saturday! Today we had some of those fabled “April Showers” that “Bring May Flowers.” Spring is here. My rose tree has several buds and the miniature rose has been blooming a lot in the last couple of weeks. It is the season of hope and rebirth, of the return of hummingbirds, the rich green leaves of the trees, and the showers that help provide life for everything on earth.

Umbrellas are fancy, too. They aren’t just dark blue or black anymore, but can be found in a variety of designs and colors, inside out and upside down, and all kinds of mechanical improvements on the original. Have you ever thought of sending a greeting featuring rain and umbrellas, celebrating the gift of water those April showers bring? Stampin’ Up! has created a very unique stamping bundle (stamp set and punch) so you can create a card, scrapbook page, gift envelopes, and more with just that theme in mind. It’s called the Under My Umbrella bundle. This is absolutely adorable, and can be used for baby and wedding showers as well as seasonal greetings!

A recent Paper Pumpkin kit also carried this theme. What’s Paper Pumpkin, you ask? It’s Stampin’ Up!’s monthly subscription box - a perfect way to get into stamping! We’ll be featuring a blog post soon that’s all things Paper Pumpkin - but for now, I hope you’re staying dry and using a little inclement weather to do some creating, whether it’s about the weather…or not!

Until next time, remember to look for the rainbow after the storm…

Wendy