DCM - July elemental inspiration

Good morning!

Welcome to the first Friday of a new month - and the next half of the crazy year that has been 2020!

If July could be nice and sedate, I'd appreciate it. ;)

It is of course time for a new elemental inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog this week and Svenja has picked a good one:

It definitely made me think outside the box for a moment until I started seeing things come together as I mentally prepared a supplies list that would work.

Stamps: Mama Elephant - Mini Everyday Messages, The Stamp Market - Field Flowers, MFT - Brush Splatter Background
Dies: Lawn Fawn - Quilted Backdrop, The Stamp Market - Field Flowers, Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Circle, MFT - Hexagons (r), The Greetery - Fit to Be Tied
Other: Distress Oxides

 

So my inspiration was the stencilled diamond pattern (interpreted as the quilted diamonds of the cover plate die), the hexagons, and the combination of yellow + hot pink.

The ink blending simply uses Squeezed Lemonade in the centre with Mustard Seed blended around the outside working in.

I added water splatter to the background but also splatter with the MFT background splatter stamp which is handy when you don't want to get too messy. I used the No2 pencil ink from Lawn Fawn for that, but experimenting with other background panels I was blending at the same time showed that I could have got great results with Mustard Seed Distress Oxide too - it would have showed up fine. :)

I left the panel to dry properly while I got stamping the Field Flowers from The Stamp Market in plenty of vibrant colours.

After a little positioning of things, I cut a circle aperture to house my hexagon greeting. These are the only hexagon dies I currently have. I keep meaning to get some nested hexagons but the WPlus9 ones I liked are always out of stock. But for little tags like this, the old set I have from MFT did the job wonderfully.

In hindsight, I wish I'd positioned the bouquet a little lower, but liquid glue on a Distress Oxide background isn't very forgiving so it stayed where it is. lol

Finally, I added a tie element from the Fit to Be Tied die set from The Greetery and doubled up the white die cut with one cut from Rusty cardstock for an extra pop.

As a final detail, I used clear Nuvo drops in the centre of the larger flower.

Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team and play along if you can. :)

Happy crafting!

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Mama Elephant - Mini Everyday Messages stamps Shop at: EH | SHC	The Stamp Market - Field Flowers stamps Shop at: MISC	MFT - Brush Splatter Background stamp Shop at: EH | SHC	Lawn Fawn - Quilted Backdrop die Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC
The Stamp Market - Field Flowers dies Shop at: MISC	Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Circle dies Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	MFT - Hexagons dies (r) Shop at: MISC	The Greetery - Fit to Be Tied dies Shop at: MISC
Altenew - Evergreen dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Altenew - Moss dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Altenew - Starlight dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Altenew - Tide Blue dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC
Distress Oxide ink pad - Mustard Seed Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad - Squeezed Lemonade Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Bubblegum ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Lawn Fawn - No. 2 pencil ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC
Lawn Fawn - Plastic flamingo ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Lawn Fawn - Pumpkin Spice ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	PTI - Hibiscus Burst ink pad Shop at: MISC	PTI - Raspberry Fizz ink pad Shop at: MISC
PTI - Summer Sunrise ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Hero Arts - Azalea cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS
The Stamp Market - Rusty cardstock Shop at: MISC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops - Morning Dew (clear) Shop at: AZ | EH | SHC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH
Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Cosmetic blending brushes Shop at: AZ	Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[Angelnorth]

Lovely vibrant bouquet Nat, gorgeous card!

[Svenja]

Beautifully sunny and fresh! Fab take on the moodboard <3