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Bright Floral

Posted on April 25, 2025 9:52 PM by Julie Comment

This new flower cover die is so beautiful! I couldn’t wait to use it. It’s not at all hard, it just takes some color blending & paper piecing. And I do have a hint for making that a little easier. It’s also great for a lot of different occasions. Birthday, for a friend, Mother’s Day, Congrats, Graduation..just change the greeting and/or the colors to suit your needs.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1012 we are visiting Street Angles & their Pinterest Boards. THIS dress was my inspiration. I liked the bright reddish/pink flowers & green/teal leaves.

To make my card, I die cut the floral cover once out of heavy white card & once out of cardboard & glued the two frames together. Here’s my tip for making the coloring & paper piecing. I took another piece of heavy white card, placed the cover die on top then embossed it only, but did not cut it. This embossed version is easy to see the pieces I want to color. I used the detail set of blending brushes & several reds, pink, greens & teals ink. I should have taken a pic when I did this, but I forgot. When finished w/ the color blending, I put the die back on top & cut it, but didn’t take it all apart. Then I picked the individual pieces from the colored version & placed them inside the white frame. Here’s a picture of the two when I finished the piecing. I’ll save the colored frame for another card.

Then I picked out a greeting & popped it up just a bit. The pieced cover was attached to a teal background.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Gardenia Floral set (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, dk teal, heavy white (Recollections)

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #4, set #5, set #10, set #9

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Floral Cover, Gardenia Floral set dies, Detail Blending Brushes, Misti

Floral Cover die 5748-02D	Gardenia Floral set 37013	Gardenia Floral dies 37013D	Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #5
Color Fuse Ink set #10	Color Fuse Ink set #9	Detail Blending Brushes	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
MISTI	Recollections Hvy Wt white c/s	Versafine Clair ink	Scotch ATG

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Blue Flower Day

Posted on April 17, 2025 10:03 PM by Julie Comment

X5 !
A pretty, mostly monochromatic flower card featuring some beautiful new dies and a background made using die cuts as a stencil. Easy way to make everything match! Just pick your colors, die cut some flowers & use some of them as a stencil, and add a greeting.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1011, we are visiting Amicreative & their Pinterest Boards where I was inspired by THIS picture. I liked the colors & floral print.

To make my card, I started by picking out the ink colors. These happen to be my favorite colors, so it was easy! The flowers & branches were all die cut out of white. I used detail blending brushes to add a little color in the centers before shaping them & attaching them all together. I knew I wasn’t going to have a printed paper to go with them, so I die cut a couple of large branches out of thin white card stock to use as stencils. After putting a little removable adhesive on the backs, I used the inks & some large blending brushes to brush ink around them. The branches were moved around on the background, so that some were left white & others were on top of ink already there. It gives them depth & interest this way.

Above is the background before I added everything on top. I picked a dk teal for the center & backing up the white dot dash frame. Then all the flowers, leaves & branches were arranged & a greeting was added.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Hello There set

Paper: Staples 110# white, dk teal

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #8, set #9, set #11

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Rectangles, Dot Dash Rectangles, Bulid a Bloom Clematis, Sunlit Blossoms, Foliage Trio, Hello There set dies, Detail & Lg Blending Brushes, Misti

Hello There set 37010	Hello There dies 37010D	Build a Bloom Clematis die 5808-02D	Sunlit Blossom die 5811-03D	Foliage Trio dies 5611-07D
Color Fuse Ink set #8	Color Fuse Ink set #9	Color Fuse Ink set #11	Dot Dash Rectangles die 5802-03D	Rectangle dies 5003D
Large Blending Brushes	Detail Blending Brushes	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	MISTI
Versafine Clair ink	Scotch ATG

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Mother’s Day Poppies

Posted on April 11, 2025 9:53 PM by Julie Comment

Today, I have a sunny, Happy Mother’s Day card using some beautiful, water color like poppies. This set comes in 2 parts-the outline & the solid fill, to allow you to get a water color look without the mess. And the new Dot Dash Arch die is well, to die for!

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1010, we are visiting Bon Ton Goods & their Pinterest Board, where I was inspired by THIS vase of flowers.

To make my card, I stamped the outline part of the poppies w/ black, using a water proof ink. Then inked the solid inside part of the image. Yellow was used first, over the entire insert. Then I added the 2 pinks, 1 at a time over the lower or inside edges only. I repeated the yellow, this time spritzing the inked stamp w/ a little water before stamping it again. This allowed the colors to blend w/o soaking the paper. The poppies were die cut & popped up 1 more layer. The dot dash arch was cut out of a solid dk orange & the inside white arch was cut using the stacked arches die set. I used this set for the pale greenish-gray layer behind the orange, too. The bottoms of these two were trimmed off to fit. The greeting was stamped & die cut w/ its coordinating die along w/ two orange pieces to form a shadow on top & bottom. A pretty printed paper from the Welcome Spring pad was used behind the arches.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Poppy Trio W/C set

Paper: Staples 110# white, pumpkin orange, pale gray/green, Brass & Bliss: Welcome Spring paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse Inks set #1, set #4

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Sm. Stitched Rectangles, Poppy Trio W/C set , Stacked Arches, Dash Dot Arches dies, , MISTI

Poppy Trio W/C set 37022	Poppy Trio dies 37022D a>	Stacked Arches 5715D	Dash Dot Arches die 5802-05D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D
Welcome Spring paper 2016	Color Fuse Ink set #1	Color Fuse Ink set #5	Scotch ATG	MISTI
AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks