Hello, everyone! Toni here today sharing a floral notecard with a colorful hummingbird.
I embossed the card front and sponged the top with a little blue then added a frame.
Next I cut out some Jovial Blooms and Leaves then nestled the lot into the bottom portion of the card along with one of the Vintage Everyday Greetings.
My favorite part was sponging up the Block Print Hummingbird and sponging it with a bit of gold to make it iridescent. So very pretty!
Be sure to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of ingredients and to check out my other projects.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello, everyone! It’s summer and the water’s fine! Toni here with you today sharing a card made using some cute fishies from the new release. I love them so so much!
I wanted a school of fish, like what you might see in a giant aquarium. To achieve that I cut out a variety of fish using Memory Box cardstock.
I used Catherine Pooler inks with the cardstock to create variations in color for each fish.
For the sentiment I used the Sugar Script Big Hello die and outline in Summer Squash and sturdy black. The sentiment embossed on vellum is Lawn Fawn which coordinates so perfectly.
I added some glam with a no-shed aqua glitter cardstock as the card front. Swoon!
Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies and to check out my other projects.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a sunny card that would brighten up anyone’s day. Let’s have a look at what I made.
There are so many pretty flowers in the new Block Print line that it is hard to decide which one to use! For this card I decided to use the Block Print Fun Floral die set. One of the things I noticed about this set of dies and the resulting flowers is that they would be perfect for a wreath!
I started by diecutting a circle using a die set from Poppystamps (our sister company) from bright yellow cardstock from the Memory Box Sunshine. The rest of the pieces were die cut from various shades of yellow from the same pad.
I then assembled all the flowers by alternating colors. When I was done I had lots and lots of flowers to use for my wreath. Below is a photo of my pile of flowers.
I die cut some cream Memory Box woodgrain cardstock for my background and then adhered the die cut circle to the panel. I flowers were arranged with the large flowers at the top, bottom and sides and the smaller flowers in the gaps that were left.
To break up all the yellow I added some bright green leaves that I cut with the leaf die from the Block Print Stems and Berries die. I finished off the card with the sentiment from the Rainbow Days Lingo Note stamp and die set that I surrounded with lots and lots of clear Fairy Jewels.
I love how my fun and bright wreath turned out! I hope you enjoyed learning how I created it. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.
Greetings, friends! I love this time of year when it’s warming up, flowers are blooming and bees are happily buzzing along. Heavenly!
Thus, I was so excited to receive the latest release which is all about the bees!
I think my favorite is the Honeycomb Cut Out die. Just imagine patterned paper or sponging different colors–swoon.
I used Memory Box Golden Wheat cardstock behind the cut out, sponging some Catherine Pooler inks and spattering white for added interest.
To coordinate with the background honey colors, I used Memory Box Key Lime for the Abundant Branch with sponged Golden Wheat flowers. The way the branch pops is amazing.
I colored up the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee with Copics. I applied a bit of Clear Wink of Stella to the vellum wings.
I used the same vellum for the backer behind the embossed Vintage Everyday Greeting.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a card I created using the new Block Print Garden Heart and Ornamental Branch dies. The Block Print Garden Heart die set is now a new favorite of mine! Let’s have a look at what I made.
I went with two bright and sunny yellows from the Memory Box Sunrise 6×6 cardstock pad and two light greens from the Greenery 6×6 pad. I know it is hard to tell that there are two shades of green, but there are! Because I used two shades of yellow and green and alternated them for the layers of the bloom and leaves I had leftover pieces that I kept to use for another project.
Once I got all the floral and leaf piece die cut I became a little stumped as to what to do next. Originally, I thought a solid heart die cut from heavy weight vellum would be nice, but after die cutting the heart from the vellum I really didn’t like it. I also thought about using a darker shade of green, but eventually settled on a white heart. Kept the vellum heart for another time, though.
Now it was time to figure out a background. Again, I thought of going with a darker green background, but decided to die cut the Ornamental Branch die from white cardstock and layer the pieces on a white cardstock panel. I really like how all the white makes the floral center of the heart pop.
Now that I had everything figured out, I adhered the large leafy die cut to the heart, added the flower and then tucked the smaller leaf stems behind the flower. The two Ornamental Branch pieces were adhered to the white panel and then I added the heart. I adhered everything using liquid adhesive. The final piece was the sentiment.
I chose a sentiment from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp and die set, stamped it in black ink and then die cut it with the matching die. The sentiment was adhered with liquid adhesive and a few thin foam squares. Well, that’s it for me. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Hello, friends! Toni here with the first of many cards I’ve made using the new release. The florals are to die for!
The Block Print Star Flowers remind of 60s/70s floral designs (showing my age!) so I created my own fabric out of paper.
I used Memory Box Raspberry Sorbet, Golden Wheat, Summer Squash, and Pool Party cardstock on the various layers to create a variety of different flowers.
I used the same colors for the Block Print Scalloped Butterfly so they would coordinate.
Final touches include adhering the diecuts onto a piece of black cardstock, leaving enough room for the Celebrate Today Noted Script Hot Plate & Outline Die to be added.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello, hello! Rosemary here today and I am back with a card featuring another super sweet Block Print die set. This time I’m using the Block Print Perched Bird. Let’s have a look at what I made.
I knew I wanted to perch my little bird on one of the big Sugar Script die sets and settled on the Big Hello die set. I die cut the word from white cardstock and the shadow from a light gray. I did this because I wanted the focus to be on my little bird.
I decided to go with a blue/purple/green color combo because I thought it would be fun to add some flowers around the word and little bird. Since spring is on the way I decided to use the Sprouting Crocus Contour Layers dies.
I pulled out the colors of cardstock I wanted to use and then die cut all the pieces. To add some depth to the diecuts I did a little bit of inking to each piece with an ink color that was about two shades darker than the cardstock. Once everything was inked up I let the pieces dry a bit before adhering them together with liquid adhesive.
I wanted to add more interest to the background that my little scene would be sitting on. I initially had a different idea, but as I was looking through my products I saw the Memory Box/Open Studio embossing folders and decided to use one of them. I went with the Gracious Floral embossing folder. I embossed the white cardstock and then die cut it with a rectangle die. I did this because I wanted the embossing to be flattened just a little bit.
Now it was time to put it all together. I adhered the embossed panel to a white cardstock base and then arranged all my elements as you see. I used a combination of liquid adhesive and thin foam squares to adhere everything.
Well, that is it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today. I have a card today that I made using the new Floral Arch Contour Layers die set. When I pulled the package for this die set out of the box I gasped at how beautiful it is! I couldn’t wait to make a card with it.
On the packaging the image is shown in shades of pink and that is what I went with initially. As I was making the card I decided to throw a little red into the mix since there is red in the patterned paper I used.
I decided to die cut the pieces from colored cardstock and then to blend on some additional ink for more color. The green cardstock I used to die cut the top stems was a lot lighter when I started out, but I love the deeper green color I acheived!
After die cutting and inking all the pieces I adhered everything together using liquid adhesive. I thought that the second largest dies from Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set would be perfect for the floral arch. I die cut it from a sheet of paper from the Gladiola Plaid 6×6 paper pad and then embossed it with the Open Studio Gracious Floral embossing folder. When I embossed the paper I actually embossed the wrong side, but decided that I liked the debossed side as it was a bit subtler. I adhered the panel to a white cardstock base with strong double sided tape.
I adhered the floral arches with liquid adhesive and then added the sentiment from the Sugar Script Sentiments 2 hot foil set. I’m almost out of these sentiments so time to foil some more! The foiled sentiment worked perfectly since as you can see there are little touches of foiling in the plaid paper.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a card that was a bit of an experiment for me, lol! Let’s have a look at what I made.
I started my card by going through the stack of contour layering dies I have pulled out in order to use to make cards and settled on the Dainty Rose and Leaves set. I have had this set for awhile, but I don’t think I have used it yet. I die cut all the pieces from white cardstock and then decided what ink colors I wanted to use. I don’t often use purple so I settled on that and pulled out coordinating purple inks to ink up all the layers of the rose. Two shades of green were used for the leaves. The I assembled all the pieces.
Since I have been into adding texture the background of my cards I pulled out the Grace Layer A plate and embossed a rectangle of white cardstock I had die cut with the die. I wanted to try something a little different so I pulled out the Gilded Grace Outside Stencil set. This set of stencils was designed to coordinate with the Gilded Grace hot foil plate, but it also works with the Grace Layer A plate.
I used a grip mat to hold the stencils and cardstock in place as I did the stenciling. I only stenciled a portion of the background as I wasn’t sure how things would turn out. I’m actually pretty pleased with the end result. The interesting and unique thing about the Grace Layering dies is that the centers of each die cut out allowing three different looks. I decided to die cut the center portion of the layer A die and layer the larger circle on top of the embossing. I adhered flower to the center of the smaller circle and popped it up in the center using thin foam squares.
Here are the different products I used to make the card. I finished things off with a sentiment from the Crystal Lingo stamp set.
I hope you enjoyed today’s experimental project! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
