Kool Kitty Musings

Honeysuckle Birthday Wishes

Morning!

I'm over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a clean and simple take on the Honeysuckle Stems set from The Greetery.

Stamps: The Greetery - Honeysuckle Stems, The Greetery - Opposites Attract
Dies: The Greetery - Honeysuckle Stems, The Greetery - Opposites Attract, The Greetery - Opposites Attract Script, Avery Elle - Custom Panels (r), The Greetery - Fit to Be Tied

There are 3 large stems in this set, with 4 stamp-layering steps for the flowers and 2 for the leafy stems.

I stuck to bright pink shades for the flowers, but am tempted to go off-piste next time I use this set. :D

The raspberry ink for the darkest pink step is also used for the Opposites Attract sentiment.

To tie the stems together, I used the twine die from the Fit to Be Tied die set.

I created a watercolour wash for the background of my card. I like to use A2 panel dies like the one in the Avery Elle Custom Panel set to cut the watercolour panels to the right size. This helps flatten them down again after watercolouring and creates a nice rounded edge for this heavier-weight cardstock.

Finally, I added some pearlescent ivory sequins as a finishing touch for some subtle bling.

Here's hoping the nice weather sticks around for a bit. :)

Until next time, happy crafting!

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The Greetery - Honeysuckle Stems stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Opposites Attract stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Honeysuckle Stems dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Opposites Attract dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Greetery - Opposites Attract Script dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Avery Elle - Custom Panels dies (r) Shop at: MISC	The Greetery - Fit to Be Tied dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Stamp Market - Cheeky ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Leafy ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Mossy ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Peony ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Raspberry ink pad Shop at: MISC
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	The Stamp Market - Rusty cardstock Shop at: MISC	Tim Holtz - 4.25 x 5.5 Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36-pan watercolour set Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC
Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Royal Langnickel - Zen watercolour round wash brush set Shop at: AZ (UK)	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

DCM - Seashells on the Seashore

Happy Friday!

We're hitting the beach this week over on the Daring Cardmakers Blog, as Rizwana is challenging us to feature shells on our cards.

Well, I had high hopes of featuring more than one shell on my card, but it didn't quite work out that way! lol

Stamps: Hero Arts - Color Layering Sea & Sky (r), Hero Arts - Color Layering Waves (r)
Die: The Greetery - Curio: Summer Findings

I started out by stamping the Color Layering Waves on white cardstock in Sea Glass, Coastal, and Pacific inks.

I then blended Pizza Crust ink lightly at the bottom of the card leaving some white space and also going in with a light hand with some Kiddie Pool blue ink to make that transition from the waves to white less obvious.

I masked off the sea to start blending Oxide Inks for the sun and sky, and added some platters of water while the sea was still masked.

After a few blitzes of the heat gun and more ink layers, I removed the Post-It tape to add some yellow ink below the horizon.

Popped the panel in my Misti to add the "island" (which is actually the small cloud stamped a few times) and palm tree, and of course a few seagulls for good measure.

I just needed to add my greeting, but between closing the lid of my Misti and inking up the stamp I hadn't realised that the stamp had moved, so it's at a rather jaunty angle, But thankfully the font doesn't make it totally obvious that it was a mistake!

The shell from the Curio Summer Findings is cut from white cardstock and coloured with peach ink tones using a small blending brush.

And there we go, card complete.

Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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Hero Arts - Color Layering Sea & Sky stamps (r) Shop at: MISC | SBC	Hero Arts - Color Layering Waves stamps (r) Shop at: MISC | SBC	The Greetery - Curio: Summer Findings dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Distress Oxide ink pad - Fossilized Amber Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Distress Oxide ink pad - Kitsch Flamingo Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Distress Oxide ink pad - Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad - Picked Raspberry Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Kiddie Pool ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)
Lawn Fawn - Pizza Crust ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	The Stamp Market - Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Coastal ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Pacific ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Peach ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Sea Glass ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH
3M Post-It tape White Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC
Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Detail blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC	Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

Happy, happy birthday!

Morning!

I'm over on the Seven Hills Crafts Blog today with a bespoke birthday card for my nephew's upcoming birthday.

His current love at the moment is trains and, of all things, level crossings! But sadly, I had nothing in my stash that fit the bill.

Luckily though, he also really loves his new road play mat from Ikea, and thankfully I still had some rather vintage papers from My Mind's Eye that must be a good decade old now that ticked that particular box!

So, with the papers as my backdrop, I created a little scene for this special 5 x 7 card.

Paper: MME - Abbey Road: Round and Round (r), MME - Quite Contrary: Little Boy Blue (r)
Stamps: Concord & 9th - Make a Wish, Mama Elephant - Birthday Messages, The Greetery - Cake Pops Sentiments
Dies: The Greetery - Cake Pops Banner, The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Basics, Lawn Fawn - Finley's ABCs, Mama Elephant - Framed Tags - Park Avenue, MFT - Fishtail Flags STAX (r), The Greetery - Bold Numbers

I knew I wanted to add some sentiments as "street names" to the map (à la the Destination series of products by The Greetery), but first I needed to create all the dimensional elements first, so I could arrange everything on my card before stamping the sentiments and then gluing all the elements down.

I created a banner that would fly in the sky behind an imaginary aeroplane using the "Happy, Happy Birthday!" sentiment from Concord & 9th's Make a Wish stamp set.

I used The Greetery's Bold Numbers to cut the 2, then I used a banner from the Sentiment Suite Basics set and some ribbon elements from the Cake Pops Banner set to create a little podium for the 2 to sit on.

I used Finley's ABCs from Lawn Fawn to cut out the letters and arranged them on the card, so I could stamp the "a million birthday wises just for you" sentiment from Mama Elephant's Birthday Messages along the road.

I then added a few short greetings from The Greetery's Cake Pop Sentiments set as additional "street names". These sentiments are already curved in the shape of a banner, and they fit perfectly in the little grassy openings on the map.

And then it was just a matter of assembling all the dimensional elements.

Hopefully he'll forgive me for not giving him a level crossing card this year! ;) But to be fair, that is a rather niche theme. I'm hoping next year's will be a bit easier to reproduce on a card!

Until next time, happy crafting!

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Concord & 9th - Make a Wish stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC (UK)	Mama Elephant - Birthday Messages stamps Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	The Greetery - Cake Pops Sentiments stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Cake Pops Banner dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Basics dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Lawn Fawn - Finley's ABCs dies Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	Mama Elephant - Framed Tags - Park Avenue dies Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	MFT - Fishtail Flags STAX dies (r) Shop at: MISC
The Greetery - Bold Numbers dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

DCM - Sunshine

Good morning!

Well, Friday has come around quick! And it's time for a new challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog!

This week Miri has challenged us to feature a sunburst on our cards, so I dusted off the Pop Out Sunburst die from Pinkfresh Studio:

Stamps: The Stamp Market - Eat Cake
Dies: The Stamp Market - Eat Cake, Pinkfresh Studio - Pop Out Sunburst, Spellbinders - Fluted Classics Circles, The Greetery - Bold Numbers, The Greetery - Christmas Pudding

I never seem to go the easy route with rainbow die-cutting projects. I could have just run this die through my machine with white cardstock and inked all the rays separately.

But no, I delved into my pack of Tropical AC cardstock and pulled out 9 colours to run through my Big Shot and then spent much of my Sunday afternoon assembling all the sunburst rays to create 9 card bases ready to be used in future.

For the focal point, I used the Fluted Classes Circles dies from Spellbinders with some Azalea pink cardstock and some white cardstock, which I then splattered with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink.

This provided the background to the Bold Number 9 cut from gold cardstock, and I added a sentiment from The Stamp Market's Eat Cake set, plus a layered up glittery bow from The Greetery's Christmas Pudding die set.

Finally, I went to town with the rainbow sequins I received many moons ago in a Simon Says Stamp card kit. I only have a few of the teeny ones left now, but I wish I could get more, they match rainbow colours perfectly.

The closest I've found are the Studio Katia Crystal Rainbow Fusion sequin mix. I've searched and searched in the UK for this or something similar, but no joy.

Ah well, it's not like I'm short of other sequins. ;)

Make sure you check out the designs from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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The Stamp Market - Eat Cake stamps Shop at: MISC	Pinkfresh Studio - Pop Out Sunburst die Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	The Stamp Market - Eat Cake dies Shop at: MISC	Spellbinders - Fluted Classics Circles dies Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC
The Greetery - Bold Numbers dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Christmas Pudding die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Distress ink pad - Picked Raspberry Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
Hero Arts - Azalea cardstock Shop at: EH	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Gold metallic cardstock Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Ranger - Artist brush set Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

Just for you

Morning!

I'm over on the Seven Hills Blog today with a fun new birthday card project.

I've paired up some of the new items from The Greetery's recent birthday release with a couple of versatile sets from Concord & 9th.

Stamps: Concord & 9th - Playful Patterns, The Greetery - Tear Strip Tags, Concord & 9th - Paint Swash Turnabout
Dies: The Greetery - Tear Strip Banners, Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Circles, Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Rectangles, The Greetery - Crimped Circles, The Greetery - Takes the Cake Mini

I already had a colour palette in mind for this project, so I grabbed the Paint Swash Turnabout set and the new and improved All-in-One Turnabout Jig from Concord & 9th to create an A2 background that I could later trim down to use on my card.

Next, it was time to create the star of my card with the new Takes the Cake Mini die set from The Greetery. There are so many fun elements in this set for creating all sorts of fancy cakes – you've got icing details, layers for rainbow cakes, the little candles, and the cake stand.

I wanted to replicate the look of a fancy marbled/ombré effect on my cake. So I cut the cake from cream cardstock and used a small blending brush to stipple light teal ink over the cake for a mottled effect. I cut the icing from glittery cream cardstock and added some grey shading to the cake stand.

To colour the candles, I reached for a very handy little stamp set that I often use to add blocks of colour/patterns to small die-cuts. I used the solid rectangle in the Playful Patterns set to stamp yellow and teal rectangles one on top of the other on a scrap piece of white cardstock.

There's a notch in the candle die that makes it easy to line up the flames over the yellow, and cutting the candles this way round instead of colouring them later is much less fiddly and also means the colouring is nice and uniform.

The recent projects showcased by Betsy from The Greetery used coloured vellum in some very creative ways. But my stash of coloured vellum from circa 2004 has long-since been donated elsewhere. So I decided to make my own coloured vellum to match the pink tones in the background.

I grabbed a piece of plain Lawn Fawn vellum and rubbed a Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink pad over the vellum, rubbing away the excess with a microfibre cloth between applications until I reached the intensity I wanted. The vellum was also dry to the touch after rubbing with a microfibre cloth, so no need to zap it with a heat gun and potentially warp the vellum.

For extra pop and texture, I snipped into my die-cut vellum circle with a pair of scissors, creating a fringed effect. I then popped the vellum circle on one of the Crimped Circle dies from The Greetery with a blob of glue hidden by the mini cake.

Finally, for my greeting, I combined a sentiment from the original Tear Strip Tags stamp set with the new Tear Strip Banners die.

Until next time, happy crafting!

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Concord & 9th - Playful Patterns stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC (UK)	The Greetery - Tear Strip Tags stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Concord & 9th - Paint Swash Turnabout stamp Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC (UK)	The Greetery - Tear Strip Banners die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Circles dies Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Rectangles dies Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	The Greetery - Crimped Circles dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Takes the Cake Mini dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
Distress ink pad - Saltwater Taffy Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	The Stamp Market - Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Citrine ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Island ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Lagoon ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Sea Glass ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Tropic Teal ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
Bazzill Cardshoppe - Butter Mints Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Vellum Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Memory Box - Delicate Pastel glitter pad Shop at: MISC
Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Concord & 9th - All-in-One Turnabout Jig Shop at: MISC | SBC | SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Detail blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

DCM - Crowning Glory

Good morning!

It's a brand-new challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog, inspired by the phrase "Crowning Glory".

Well, what better excuse to give the brand-new release from The Greetery its first outing:

Stamp and stencil combo: The Greetery - Takes the Cake
Stamps: The Greetery - Sparkler Background
Dies: The Greetery - Takes the Cake, The Greetery - Takes the Cake Banner, The Greetery - Takes the Cake Floral Details, The Greetery - Takes the Cake Stand, Spellbinders - Fluted Classics Rectangles, The Greetery - Bold Numbers, The Greetery - Twisted Crepe

I used the new Takes the Cake product suite, which includes stencils, stamps, and various coordinating dies to create all the elements of the cake.

I used glitter cardstock for the fancy icing details, and metallic cardstock for the cake stand and the numbers crowning the cake.

I just love the colour and design possibilities of this product suite. :D

I also used the Sparkler background stamp as the backdrop for the cake, combined with the Fluted rectangle dies from Spellbinders.

As a finishing touch, I added Twisted Crêpe streamers behind the cake.

Make sure you check out the rest of the projects from the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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The Greetery - Takes the Cake stamps and stencils Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Sparkler Background stamp Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Takes the Cake Banner die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Takes the Cake dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Greetery - Takes the Cake Floral Details dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Takes the Cake Stand dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Spellbinders - Fluted Classics Rectangles dies Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	The Greetery - Bold Numbers dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Greetery - Twisted Crepe dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Stamp Market - Cactus ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Fresh Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Golden ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Peony ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Rosy ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Sea Glass ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Sunshine ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Tropic Teal ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Gold metallic cardstock Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
Lawn Fawn - Silver metallic cardstock Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Memory Box - Delicate Pastel glitter pad Shop at: MISC	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Ranger - Glossy Accents Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Detail blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)
Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

Daisy Days Two Ways

Morning!

I'm over on the Seven Hills Blog today, sharing two different ways to use the Daisy Days product suite from The Greetery.

The first uses the coordinating fill-in-the-blank paper pack. Such a great idea for creating that classy stationery look by just filling in the white spaces with the stencils and stamps in this Print Shop offering:

Paper: The Greetery - Print Shop: Daisy Days
Stamp and stencil combo: The Greetery - Print Shop: Daisy Days
Stamps: The Greetery - Opposites Attract
Dies: The Greetery - Opposites Attract, The Greetery - Opposites Attract Script

To keep the daisies white, I skipped the stencil that fills in the flowers, and simply used a light grey ink for the big stamp that adds all the petal details in one go.

I used Opposites Attract for the sentiments, with Meadow green for the main sentiment and black for the scripty sentiment.

Once they were added, I simply attached the patterned paper panel (which is actually cardstock weight) to a regular A2 cardbase.

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The Greetery - Opposites Attract stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Print Shop: Daisy Days stamps and stencils Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Opposites Attract dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Opposites Attract Script dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
Adirondack dye ink - Meadow (r) Shop at: SBC	Altenew - Limestone dye ink Shop at: MISC	Lawn Fawn - Guava ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Hippo ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)
Lawn Fawn - Manatee ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - No. 2 pencil ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Noble Fir ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Sage Leaf ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)
Lawn Fawn - Sunflower ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Altenew - Rock Collection ink cube set Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	The Greetery - Print Shop: Daisy Days paper pack Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Detail blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

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From the clean and simple, to a more vibrant number!

This time I stencilled all the Daisy Days steps on white cardstock and used the matching die to cut out the floral spray.

I really wanted the florals to pop, so used Cobalt blue as my card base and scraps of cardstock to layer up the main die cut, so it wasn't totally flat on the card.

Stamp and stencil combo: The Greetery - Print Shop: Daisy Days
Stamps: The Greetery - Opposites Attract
Dies: The Greetery - Print Shop: Daisy Days, The Greetery - Opposites Attract, The Greetery - Opposites Attract Script

I also stamped the larger daisies in two shades of pink and cut them out with the matching dies, so I could layer them over the stencilled background for more dimension.

This time, for the Opposites Attract sentiments, I stamped the main sentiment in black and the scripty sentiment in matching Cobalt blue ink.

For extra pop, I added clear Nuvo drops around the floral spray.

I just love the different looks you can get using the three products in the Daisy Days Suite. You can stick with just the stencils and stamps for a clean and simple look, combine them with the paper to create that classy stationery look, and bring in the dies to accent certain elements or cut out the entire background. So many possibilities!

Until next time, happy crafting!

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The Greetery - Opposites Attract stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Print Shop: Daisy Days stamps and stencils Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Opposites Attract dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Opposites Attract Script dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Greetery - Print Shop: Daisy Days dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Stamp Market - Breeze ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Cobalt ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Forest ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Fresh Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Lagoon ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Matcha ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Peony ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Rosy ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Sunshine ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Tropic Teal ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	The Stamp Market - Cobalt cardstock Shop at: MISC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops - Morning Dew (clear) Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)
Detail blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

DCM - May Elemental Inspiration

Morning!

It's a new elemental inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog this week, and here's the image Shabneez chose as inspiration:

The three elements I went with were citrus fruit, a riff on the colour palette using aqua blue in the background, and a group of three elements (like the bananas):

Stamps: The Stamp Market - Citrus Vine (r)
Dies: The Stamp Market - Citrus Vine (r), The Stamp Market - Jumbo Tag

I started out by die-cutting and then stamping all the Citrus Vine elements using the inks listed below on white cardstock.

I really wanted those lemons to pop and there's a book cover that always catches my eye when I see it recommended on audible, it's the cover for Simple Pleasures by Claire Chambers which features bright oranges against a teal background.

So I grabbed some Tropic Teal cardstock to run through my Big Shot with the Jumbo Tag die. I also cut the sentiment from that die set in the bottom left corner and added some white cardstock behind it and for the hole reinforcer.

The blue really pops against the pink cardstock which matches the pink I'd used for the first ink layer of the flowers, so that's what I used for my base.

And there we go, card done.

Make sure you check out the projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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The Stamp Market - Citrus Vine stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Citrus Vine dies (r) Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Jumbo Tag dies Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Bubblegum ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Cheeky ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Cotton Candy ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Golden ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Greenery ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Leafy ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Sunshine ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Umber ink pad Shop at: MISC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH
The Stamp Market - Cotton Candy cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Tropic Teal cardstock Shop at: MISC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC
Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

Happy Anniversary

Morning!

I'm over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a new card project.

My parents' wedding anniversary is just around the corner, so I grabbed my supplies over the Bank Holiday weekend and indulged in a bit of crafting time.

Paper: Carta Bella - Flower Market (r)
Stamp: Avery Elle - Simple Sentiments, The Greetery - Tagged Elegance
Dies: Altenew - Creative Edges Scalloped Scallops, Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Circle, MFT - Fishtail Flags STAX (r), The Greetery - Christmas Pudding, The Greetery - PreText Banners, The Greetery - Round About Hearts

I wanted to use some pretty papers from an old Carta Bella 6x6 paper pad for the background to this card, the only problem was this much-loved and retired paper pad is running very low on full sheets of paper and I had limited options for which designs I could use.

Thankfully, though, I'd hung onto the left-overs from previous projects and was able to use them up with some creative die-cutting!

I used the Altenew Creative Edges Scalloped Scallops border die to add a little fancy detail to one of the floral strips of paper. I then realised I could create a rosette kind of look to my card if I cut fishtail banners from some of the other paper scraps.

And for the actual "fancy" rosette element, I found that The Greetery's Round About Hearts die worked perfectly. You need to cut this die twice to create a full circle, and once assembled it looks a bit like a doily.

For contrast, I cut the centre of this die from another scrap of floral paper.

I stamped the With Love sentiment from the Tagged Elegance stamp set on ivory cardstock, and cut this with a smaller circle die that I could then mount on another circle of paper.

Top tip: When layering circles on circles, you can add extra interest and texture by using your scissors to create a fringe edge on one of the circles and ruffling the edges.

I was looking for the right fancy bow in my stash to finish off the rosette and found the perfect one in The Greetery's Christmas Pudding die set, of all things!

There is a large 4x2 in. version of this bow available individually - The Figgy Pudding Bow Topper die, which I may need to add to my wish list, as I really do love the style of this bow.

Finally, I stamped the Happy Anniversary sentiment from Avery Elle's Simple Sentiments set on one of the Pretext Banners dies from The Greetery and added Nuvo drops and a mini jewel as a finishing touch.

I forgot how nice it is to play with patterned paper again, all the more so when you are using up some of your scraps!

Until next time, happy crafting!

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Avery Elle - Simple Sentiments stamps Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	The Greetery - Tagged Elegance stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Altenew - Creative Edges Scalloped Scallops border dies Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Circle dies Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)
MFT - Fishtail Flags STAX dies (r) Shop at: MISC	The Greetery - Christmas Pudding die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - PreText Banners dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Round About Hearts die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Pale Rose Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Simon Says Stamp - Ivory cardstock Shop at: MISC
Carta Bella - Flower Market - 6x6 paper pad (r) Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Altenew - Golden Edge washi tape Shop at: MISC | SBC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops - Simply White Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH
Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC