The middle of April, I have an upcoming birthday for a friend here in town and decided to use the “Painted Poppies” Stamp set to create a card. She loves flowers and her favorite color is yellow, so I knew I wanted to incorporate that in the design. After rumaging through my stash of designer series papers and die cuts, basically this is exactly what I had envisioned for my card.
My color palette for this card is Daffodil Delight, Basic Black and Basic White. I chose the “happy birthday” greeting from the “Country Birdhouse” stamp set. The inside greeting from this same set says, “hoping you have the best.day.ever.” I found a sheet of 6×6 Gingham DSP in Daffodil Delight and cut it down to 2″ x 5.25″ to help anchor the lower portion of the card. I stamped the floral image on one of the stitched scalloped rectangles from the “Stitched So Sweetly” Dies. This panel was wrapped with “Black Twine”, corner to corner and tied off with a bow. I placed “Dimensionals” on the back of this panel before attaching it to the Basic Black layer. To add more yellow, I chose to color the flowers with Daffodil Delight“Blends”. Personally, I think this card has just enough yellow and a pop of black!
For finishing touches, I applied “Wink of Stella” Glitter Brush to the flower centers. Lastly, I added two of the “Brushed Brass Butterflies” from my stash. My apologies for using mostly retired products on this project, but I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my “pre-order” for the upcoming May catalog. In my next post, I hope to share with you the beautiful NEW 2026-2028“In Colors”. These NEW “In Colors” are a great addition to our current color offerings. The NEW “In Colors” are: Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe, (a returning In Color), Hydrangea Hue, Golden Glow and Peaceful Pine.
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I recently took a few minutes to stamp with the “Scalloped Wishes” Bundle again. Since my two previous cards utilized the die cut flowers and intricate border in this bundle, I wanted a more “earthy” card this time around. HERE and HERE are my two previous posts with this great bundle.
For this card, I chose Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Basic White for my color palette. I seleced a strip of DSP from the “Country Woods” DSP pack with a wood grain pattern. The greeting was stamped in Pecan Pie ink and punched out with a retired “Oval” punch. I did stamp the dotted border in Pecan Pie ink on Pecan Pie card stock and then die cut the scalloped shape. Since the white edge on the oval greeting was a bit stark, I used a “Sponge Dauber” to add some Pecan Pie ink along the die cut edge.
The biggest challenge was to ink the cattails with Old Olive ink, remove the ink on the cattail portion and then add Pecan Pie ink to the cattails. I stamped this image on a piece of Crumb Cake card stock so that it would not look to stark with all my earth tones. As many of you know, I love my “Wink of Stella” Glitter Brush. In true fashion, I added “Wink of Stella” to the dragonfly wings. This is such a subtle detail but definitely adds to the card. The finishing touch was to add a small twine bow with a “Mini Glue Dot”. This was truly an easy card with a few simple embellishments. Yay, this bundle is back in stock!
Since I have a few birthdays in the month of April, I decided to use the “Scalloped Wishes” Bundle for a few birthday cards. This is my second card created with this great bundle. My previous post HERE used this bundle to make a beautiful thank you card.
For my color combo, I chose Garden Green, Gorgeous Grape, Basic White and a touch of Soft Seafoam. I created the focal point with a few die cut images from the die set. The Garden Green striped paper is a print from the “Nests of Winter” DSP pack. I did choose a greeting from a retired set and stamped it in Gorgeous Grape. The flower centers are small circle die cuts from the “Pastel Shimmer Paper” that I texturized with a retired embossing folder. I attached the flower centers with a rolled up “Mini Glue Dot”.
One of my finishing touches, was to add “Wink of Stellla” Glitter Pen to the flowers. Next, I used a “Mini Glue Dot” to attach a purple twine bow (from my twine stash). I really like how the Basic White detailed lace trim die adds a nice crisp but delicate feel to this card. Basically, this was an easy card with the die cuts and DSP pulling the card together.
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