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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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Oval Floral

Posted on March 1, 2025 9:42 PM by Julie Comment

This feels like a continuation from last night’s post. I couldn’t let all those already die cut pieces go to waste, so I used them in a similar, but opposite card. Don’t you love it when you can make 2 cards for the work of 1? The same floral die was used but I swapped out the rectangles for an oval die.

A big congrats to Cyndi, the newest Featured Stamper FS943. She has a sweet gallery & my card is based on THIS card of hers. I kept most of the colors & use of the brayer, but I used die cuts instead of a stamped image & left off the texture plate embossing. I also added a couple of layers.

After I made yesterday’s card, I had all these parts left over. The purple mirror card already had the floral cut out of it, so I cut it again using the biggest Dot Dash Oval & put the rainbow colored outline inside it. I used a white pearl card stock to put behind it then a narrow border of the rainbow brayered background before attaching it to the largest purple mirror bg. I had the outline of the little flower left, too. It was painted w/ the glitter nail polish & since I wasn’t able to get the nail polish to fill in the petal openings, I cut some petals from the left over rainbow bg. The colors look very tropical to me. Like a vacay to Hawaii!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, purple MirriLAVA card stock (the Paper Cut), white glossy (for brayered bg), Stardream white

Ink: (Kaleidacolor Luau rainbow pad for brayered bg)

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Floral Bouquet, Dot Dash Ovals, Rectangle dies, orange & purple glitter nail polish, heavy duty aluminum foil (only used on the small flower)

Flower Bouquet die 5800D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Dot Dash Ovals die 5802-04D	Scotch ATG	Kaliedacolor ink pads
The Paper Cut Mirri Lava Card Stock	Ranger Brayer	Kromekote white gloss card stock	Stardream Paper

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Tie Dye Flowers

Posted on February 28, 2025 10:01 PM by Julie Comment

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I love this big floral die cut! You can do so much with it. Paper piece all the insides, inlay the outline, die cut and attach it over pretty paper or colored background. I also tried a new technique on the little glittery orange flowers. Follow along while I explain what I did on this card. The best part is you only need 2 die sets to make this card (other than 1 plain rectangle die).

It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge (IC100) & we are headed to Nana’s Place & her Pinterest Board where I was inspired by THIS. I read her tutorial on the nail polish flowers & really wanted to give it a try. I ended up with only the little glitter orange flowers done this way, but it was fun to try it. (Her tutorial is HERE if you want to see it.)

I started by using a glue stick to attach a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil to plain card stock & die cutting a bunch of the little flowers. Then I found some glitter orange nail polish & gave the technique a try. I brushed the nail polish onto the back of the flowers, waited for less than a minute to let the polish thicken a bit, then slowly drug the brush across the open areas. I ended up doing 1 section at a time. If you get it correctly, the polish will form an almost transparent bubble across the opening. Let it dry a minute, then add another coat for more color. I tried, but just could not get it to work on the larger flowers. For the large floral, I die cut it out of purple lava mirror card (it looks really cool in person), pushed out all the inside pieces, then attached it to a piece of white card board. I die cut it again out of a piece of glossy, brayered background I had in my stash, & pieced all them into the purple outline. The 2 white layers were die cut w/ the dot dash rectangles & attached to more of the purple mirror card. My little nail polish flowers were added as accents.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, purple MirriLAVA card stock (the Paper Cut), white glossy (for brayered bg)

Ink: (Kaleidacolor Luau rainbow pad for brayered bg)

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Floral Bouquet, Dot Dash Rectangles, Rectangle dies, orange glitter nail polish, heavy duty aluminum foil

Flower Bouquet die 5800D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Dot Dash Rectangles die 5802-03D	Scotch ATG	Kaliedacolor ink pads
The Paper Cut Mirri Lava Card Stock	Ranger Brayer	Kromekote white gloss card stock

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