Morning all!
I'm over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a card project featuring a great die set for those who love an impactful card and florals galore!
Concord & 9th's Primrose Garden die set (and accompanying stamps) recently came back into stock in the store.
So armed with my pack of assorted Concord & 9th cardstock and a folder of cardstock scraps, I set about die-cutting the elements I'd need.
Stamp: The Greetery - Sign Off Sentiments
Dies: The Greetery - Sign Off Sentiments, Concord & 9th - Primrose Garden
This die set comes with a kind of shadow background outline and a separate stitched insert die that you can impress into the outline shape or your card front to create a guide for the placement of the elements.
It's very handy for such a busy card with lots of elements you're layering up. I also found it useful for totting up how many of each element I'd need to cut to get the full look.
Here's a list of the Concord & 9th cardstock colours I've used:
- Main flower: Mushroom, Nectar, Grapefruit
- Daisies: White and Sunflower
- Posies: Tidepool
- Peony: Dragon Fruit, Sugar Pea, Sunflower
- Leafy branches: Lemongrass
- Berry branches: Evergreen and Cream*
- Large leaves: Aspen*
- Background outline: Sea Glass
* Cardstock from my stash
Once everything's cut out, it's a good time to put a podcast or audiobook on and just work your way through sticking and assembling all the pieces.
I like to use a large acrylic stamp block to hold down anything that needs a bit more pressure.
For more contrast, I mounted the Primrose Garden florals on a grey card base with a little stitched detail around the outside and added white Nuvo drops to the centres of the posies.
The greetings in the matching Primrose Garden stamp set are really handy and coordinate with the banner dies included, but I wanted to keep as much of the florals and foliage on display for this card. So instead, I used one of the more compact Sign-Off Sentiments from The Greetery, and it was the perfect finishing touch.
Until next time, happy crafting!
 The Greetery - Sign Off Sentiments stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 Concord & 9th - Primrose Garden dies Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 The Greetery - Sign Off Sentiments dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 Lil' Inker Designs - Silly Stitched dies (r) Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe - Butter Mints Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe - Taffy Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC |
 Concord & 9th - Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: MISC | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 The Stamp Market - Aspen cardstock Shop at: MISC |
 Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops - Simply White Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Bearly Art - Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC |
 Waffle Flower - 6.5 x 8.5 Grip Mat Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Crafter's Companion - Gemini machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | 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) | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
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