Hello, friends! I felt liked I needed a little change of pace from nautical cards so worked up this simple floral notecard.
I sponged the Memory Box Kraft Woodgrain Paper with Catherine Pooler Macchiato ink.
Next, I cut out the Block Print Passion Fruit Flower and Abundant Branch from Memory Box Powder Blue, Summer Squash and Lavender Bloom cardstocks, sponging CP inks for shading.
I cut an aperture for the Vintage Everyday Greetings sentiment using the outline die then stamped the sentiment using CP Macchiato.
Once all the elements were in place, I spattered the card front here and there for added interest.
Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a card that features the beautiful Block Print Passion Fruit Flower die set, as well as the Linear Stripes Stencil. Let’s have a look at what I created.
For this card I went with cardstock in shades of teal. I used the Memory Box Lagoon cardstock pack, as well as a small amount of green and yellow. I die cut all the flowers from three shades and then mixed and matched to create my flowers.
I then die cut a panel of white cardstock and used the Linear Stripes stencil along with teal stencil paste to create my background. I can be a little messy with stencil paste so there are little spots where there is extra paste, lol!
As I waited for the panel to dry I adhered all my flowers together with glue and then determined how I would arrange them on the panel. For the sentiment I used the cute Rainbow Days Lingo Notes stamp set. I stamped the word “hello” in black ink,colored it very simply with one Copic marker in a shade of teal that coordinated with the flowers and then die cut it with the matching die.
I adhered the panel to a white cardstock base and then arranged the flowers. The flowers were adhered with glue. The sentiment was adhered with thin foam squares.
Well, that is it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day.
Hello, hello! Have you seen the new Birch Press Design release? It is full of absolutely amazing fish themed designs. I have so many ideas rolling around in my head. I’m starting off with a fairly simple design today. Let’s have a look.
When my package arrived in the mail my niece and her family were on a vacation in Bali. The photos she shared on Instagram got some ideas going and one of them was this card. Along with all the dies there is a really fun stencil set that allows you to create beams of sunlight shining in the ocean. I immediately knew I was going to use the stencils for my card.
I inked up my panel of cardstock with Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink and then used on of the stencils and Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink to add the sunlight streaming into the water. Once that was done I splatted the panel with water to create little bubbles.
I then inkblended another panel with Mowed Lawn distress oxide ink, Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey. I die cut the kelp and little fish from that panel using the new Sea Kelp and Mini Fish die set. I added a bit of a darker green distress oxide ink (I don’t remember which one) to the kelp for some color variation.
The I figured out the arrangement of the kelp and fish. Since this card was going to my great niece who was on vacation in Bali with her parents I found a round Memory Box Tabs birthday sentment and inked it up with some of the green ink. I purposefully chose the sentiment tab with the wavy birthday to mimic the ocean waves. I adhered everything to my panel with glue and then added it to a cardstock base.
I just love how this turned out. Well, that’s it for me. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Hello, friends! Toni here with the first of two cards using the Linear Stripes stencil.
For this first card, I used the stencil along with Catherine Pooler inks to color up a white card base. I allowed the inks to blend every few lines to create a rainbow effect.
I then repositioned the stencil so I could repeat the process, creating a gorgeous gradient. I love the blending of the colors so very much!
I applied ink in a gradient pattern on the Block Print Garden Heart leaves as well as the Sugar Script Big Hello to blend in a bit with the stripes behind it.
I used vellum behind as the Block Print Garden Heart base because obviously more rainbow showing the better!
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello, friends! Toni here with you today. You may recall I said I’d made a second card using the Linear Stripes stencil. Let’s dive right in!
Once I’d sponged up the card front of my previous card shown below, I noticed I had a LOT of ink left on the stencil. I certainly didn’t want all that inky goodness to go to waste so I spritzed the stencil with a bit of water and used it to smoosh a piece of Strathmore Bristol.
Once that had dried, leaving me with subtle rainbow lines, I embossed the panel with a textured linen embossing folder. I also cut it out using a deckle edge rectangle die.
Next I constructed the Block Print Radiant Butterfly using a black glitter cardstock as the base.
I had recently seen a video about dot painting on canvas and thought I would try it on the butterfly using Art by Marlene neon acrylic paints and a stylus I had from ancient times when you had to emboss by hand (gasp!). Neat!
I diecut the Sugar Script Big Hugs sentiment from the same black glitter cardstock as the butterfly then topped it with an embossed Vintage Everyday Greeting.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Blue honey? What’s going on here, Toni, you might be thinking to yourself. Well, a few years ago I read an article about some beekeepers who discovered their bees had made blue and green honey. It turns out the hives were just a couple of miles from a candy factory that had inadvertently left some product accessible to bees. Apparently bees gonna eat.
So, I took inspiration from that and used glossy photo paper with Adirondack alcohol inks to create a randomly colored blue-green base panel.
I cut the Honeycomb Plate from Memory Box Summer Squash cardstock, adhering that to the top.
I colored up the large Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee using Copics and applied Clear Wink of Stella to the vellum wings.
I cut the Sugar Script Big Hello from black cardstock and popped it on top.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
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!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’re having a beautiful day! Spring has sprung and I hope you’re seeing beautiful blooms and butterflies in your part of the world!
There is still a chance of frost in my area so I won’t be planting the garden for a little longer. Until then I will satisfy myself with gorgeous die cuts from Birch Press Design.
My cards usually start the same way. I arrange images on a piece of clear plastic the size of my card face. It helps me get a sneak peek of the design. I can even lift the entire arrangement and try different backgrounds underneath.
My card features the Abundant Branch die cut. I cut it from green cardstock and then inked the stem and leaf centers with Distress Ink to add some depth and contrast.
A Block Print Brilliant Butterfly can’t resist the pretty blooms. I love how the layers bring the butterfly to life. I used a yellow base and topped it with light and dark orange accents.
I love the look of this card. It reminds me of botanical field guide drawings. Have a beautiful day!
Thanks for stopping by! I sure hope you’re having a great day! Spring is in the air and I’m starting to see the return of migratory birds. I’ve got the grape jelly out for the Baltimore Orioles, and sugar water for the Hummingbirds!
It’s really a treat to see them zipping around from flower to flower! I tried to capture what I see on my card today!
I started with the Block Print Passion Fruit Flowers cut from shades of red cardstock. They were easy to assemble and are big and bold. Of course they’d attract this pretty little Block Print Hummingbird!
I added extra foliage using the new Ornamental Branch and a few smaller flowers with the Block Print Tapestry Blooms die set.
If you love this little Hummingbird you should check out the other beautiful birds in the store! I’m smitten with them all!
Hello, my friends! Toni here with a heavily layered floral thank you.
I especially enjoyed making today’s card because I used up some leftovers, including the sentiment and the background coverplate, in addition to working with fabulous new dies!
To start, I adhered the Flora Layer Plate to a white card base.
Next, I assembled the Block Print Brilliant Butterfly and Block Print Tapestry Blooms using Memory Box Key Lime, Leaf Sprout, Orange Peel, Pool Party & Summer Squash cardstock with Catherine Pooler Inks.
I decided the bottom of the card needed a bit of filler behind the embossed Vintage Everyday Greetings sentiment. So, I cut out Foliage Bunch from Memory Box Key Lime and sponged it before adhering it to the bottom of the card front.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
