Looking for Spring!

I made this card for Joans Gardens challenge #4 which is to include the following:

Use yellow and green for your colors
Use a piece of trim
Use a frame to call attention to your focal point
Use embossing

I stamped images using a retired 1997 SU stamp set that my friend Heidi recently sent to me, adding yellow flowers and green leaves. The birdhouse stamp was colored with markers before stamping and has Glossy Accents for a little sparkle. I was hoping to achieve the look of spring looking out of the window with this card.........not that I'm anxious for spring to arrive or anything! *wink* I cut the window using a Fiskars paper shapers template and then embossed it with the Tim Holtz woodgrain ef. It was distressed with Ranger Tea Dye and Vintage Photo inks to look like real wood. The "curtain" at the top of the window was a punched scrap I found in my bin that I'd punched BEFORE my MS doily punch bit the dust *sigh*........that was one of my favorite punches! I added some MS pearls to the top and sentiment panel. The sentiment panel was done with a Spellbinders fancy tag die and sponged with the same distress inks as the window frame. The sentiment is from SU!'s So Many Sayings and was stamped with Artichoke ink. The trim under the window is a piece I've had in my stash that I bought at a close-out sale several years ago. The window is popped up on foam tape but the picture didn't capture that too well.
My poor hubby is still snow blowing from the storm we had, and it's snowing again today. They're calling for possibly up to an inch today and tomorrow, and then another system that has to potential to become a major snow storm is in the forecast for next Wednesday!! It's unbelievable!! Then again, think of all the gas we're saving by staying home so much this winter!! LOL
Stay warm, take care, and thanks for stopping by :)

Carol