Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m thrilled to be back on the blog with this super duper colorful card showcasing the beautiful Daisies and the gorgeous Layered Butterfly Floral stencils. When I first saw those daisies, I immediately pictured them with rainbow petals, so I took my brightest markers and inks out to create this bright and bold card.

I started off by stamping the daisies, leaves and bow from Daisies, as well as the jar and tag from Fall Jar, on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the matching dies, and then colored them using all the colors from the rainbow.

I cut a Stitched Torn Rectangle panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and started off by creating a simple rainbow base using, from the top left corner towards the bottom right corner: kitsch flamingo, dried marigold, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, salvaged patina and shaded lilac oxide inks. Next I used the first three Layered Butterfly Floral stencils, and one after the other, applied darker shades of inks to create a tone on tone pattern using picked raspberry, carved pumpkin, mustard seed, mowed lawn, peacock feathers and wilted violet oxide inks.

I always like to add texture to my ink blended panels, so I first splattered water all over the panel and dried it using a paper towel. Next I mixed some black soot oxide ink with water and used a small brush to make splatters on the paper, and then did the same with white ink.

I attached my Stitched Torn Rectangle panel on a 5,5 x 4,25 inches white card base, stuck the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and then created my greeting. I first cut the Spring Script out of gold glitter cardstock and out of white cardstock. I attached the gold glitter one on top of the white one, but shifted them a little bit to create a white border, and stuck the word on the card using liquid glue. And I white heat embossed “Greetings” from Easter Train on a piece of orange cardstock, trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and finally attached it below “Spring” using 1mm foam squares.

I finished my card with highlights and details on the images using a white gel pen, and a little bit of morning dew glitter on the bow for one more sparkling touch. And that’s it! I hope this card will inspire you to go bold and off the traditional color palettes you’re expected to use. Rainbows always look great, you can’t go wrong with them!

Thanks so much for stopping by, see you next time!

Hello, Gemma here today to share a clean and simple birthday card, featuring some older and newer products.

I love the look of pearl white on white, whether it be embossing powder or glacier paste. This is a fun way to add interest and texture to a background, whilst keeping the background subtle.

I used the new Birthday Words stencil with some Winter White Nuvo glacier paste on top of white card. I left this to dry whilst I worked on the rest of my card.

I stamped a cupcake from the Birthday Cupcakes stamp set, coloured with copic markers, and die cut with the coordinating die. I added some extra texture and sparkle with a glaze pen, Nuvo Crystal glaze and fine glitter.

Copic colours:
B91, 52, 34
RV00, 52, 55
B000, 00, 01
Y00, 11, 13, 17, 35

Once dry, I cut the stencilled panel down to 2.5” by 3.5” and adhered it to a mini slimline card. I’ll keep the rest of the panel for another project.

Above this, I adhered a panel of white card cut to 3.5” square. To hide the gap between the panels, I adhered two strips of card – pink and pearl white – cut with the Stitched Strips set.

For some interest behind the cupcake, I die cut frames using two coordinating dies from the Crafty Days stamp set. The bottom layer is pearl white card, then I cut a top layer frame from white sparkle card, with the centre cut out.

I adhered the base layer frame directly on the card, then the glitter frame on top with foam tape. Finally, I added the cupcake with foam tape to finish.

I hope this card inspired you. Thank you for stopping by!

Hi everyone, it’s June again and today I’m sharing this fun spring card with you all!

You know those products that when you see them, you instantly get an idea on how to use them? That’s what happened with the Daisies stamp set for me. They just looked like they wanted to be inside a vase of some kind, so I pulled out a set from last year’s autumn release called Fall Jar and used the jar as a vase. I stamped it in blue Copic friendly ink to make it look more like glass. I also used grey ink to stamp the flower stems inside of the jar so they look a bit ‘blurry’ as if they’re inside of water and behind the glass. I used black ink for all of my main stamps, but I decided to use even more colors and scattered around some flowers stamped in brown ink. These are from the Citrus stamp set.

I blended an ombre background using Shabby Shutters Distress Oxide. I used the new Layered Butterfly Lattice stencils on top of it using a darker shade of green. After that, I cut out my panel using the largest of the Stitched Torn Rectangle Dies.

For my sentiment, I cut the new Spring Script out of turquoise cardstock to introduce a pop of color and I stamped ‘wishes’ from Sentiment Strips: Easter to complete it.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my card as much as I enjoyed making it! I feel like these Daisies are gonna be a good staple piece in my stamp collection. They would work for so many occasions!

Anyway, I hope to see you all again next month, bye!

Hi everyone, it’s June here! Today I’m back to share another card made with the new spring and Easter collection.

This release features my favorite cupcakes Pretty Pink Posh has released to date and I instantly got inspired to make a very colorful Easter card. I chose 3 of the cupcakes from Easter Cupcakes and stamped them in Copic friendly brown ink. I wanted to use a lot of spring-y pastel colors, so I colored them mostly in pinks, greens, yellows and neutrals. 

Confession time, I’m kinda intimidated by layering stencils that require a lot of different colors like the Layered Butterfly Floral stencils. I’m a tone-on-tone kind of girl, so I went into the process of making my background with some hesitations. But I knew that if I wanted to get out of my comfort zone, this colorful card would be the perfect chance. And strangely enough, I was happy with the first attempt! I started by blending a subtle ‘glow’ of Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide and layered my stencils on top of it with the colors Peacock Feathers, Fossilized Amber, Worn Lipstick and Vintage Photo. 

I didn’t get to use the green I used in my cupcakes in the background, so I decided to bring it back as a frame. I cut an Eyelet Rectangle out of white cardstock and matted it onto a piece of green cardstock. I cut my stenciled pattern paper to size and adhered it onto the rectangle. 

The card was already very busy, so I didn’t want to introduce more colors with my sentiment. I stamped the scripty ‘Easter’ from the Easter Train stamp set in black onto some white cardstock. I finished off the sentence by embossing some sentiments from the Sentiment Strips: Easter stamp set onto dark brown cardstock and I cut them into strips.

This card was definitely a big step out of my comfort zone, and I encourage everyone to try the same! It was fun to end up with a card that’s totally different from what I usually make and I bet you’d have fun also, so don’t be afraid to try new techniques.

I’ll be back again next month with even more inspiration, see you soon!

Hello, Gemma here today with a fun window Easter card to share. I started with a 6” square panel of white card. In the centre, I stamped a sentiment from the Easter Sentiments stamp set.

Next, I took three of the dies from the new Stitched Eggs die set and cut windows in the panel.

To add the same windows in my 6” card base, I temporarily taped the panel on to the card base and fitted the dies back into the already die cut spaces . I then opened the card base and ran it through my die cutting machine. You may need to remove the panel and run it through a second time with the dies to cut out the windows fully.

You could skip this step and just use the card base for your windows, but I like to use a thicker card panel for a sturdier finished card.

I adhered the panel on top of my card base, now with three windows to the inside of the card.

Next, I die cut the Stitched Eggs from different coloured card stock. I chose three of the eggs to show through the window spaces, using double sided tape to secure them inside.

I then adhered more eggs over the front of the card to create an all over pattern. You could pop some of the eggs up with foam tape, if you want more dimension. To finish, I stamped the same sentiment inside the card.

I appreciate you stopping by, thanks for visiting us today!

Hello, Gemma here today to share some treat boxes, perfect for gifting Easter chocolate.

I began by die cutting the Birthday Treat Box from gingham card. These boxes are really easy to put together. I added double sided tape on the sides, then folded the die cut boxes along the scored edges and secured the sides with the tape.

Next, I die cut the Bunny Face Shaker from brown and white card. I also die cut the ear pieces, nose, mouth and whiskers using the same die set.

I decided to add cheeks to my bunnies, using a die from the Halloween Mug Additions set. I also added some lashes to the white bunny, using a die from the Easter Mug Additions set.

I adhered the bunnies to the front of the treat boxes, along with a white card piece on the back for a written message. The die for this piece is from the Birthday Treat Box set.

To add some more decoration, I die cut a rainbow of individual eggs from the Easter Egg Border set. I adhered three eggs on each side of the boxes to finish.

I hope these boxes inspired you to create cute Easter treat boxes. Thanks for stopping by!