Graphic Flowers with Crafty Meraki

Hi There!  Today I’m hopping along on Instagram Crafty Meraki, showing off another card for the April Release Meraki Melody.  I hope you pop over to Instagram to see all the creations!  

For this fun and graphic design I used the new Meadow Muse Press-Tacular Plate, and the really awesome A2 Timeless Frames Para-Dies.  

I decided to bring some fun colours together and coloured up parts of the images with Copics,  then I outlined the edges with a black Copic marker.  I also pressed the image into the background of the card.  

To tie all the colours together, I used Crafty Meraki Strip Suite- ZigZag Zoom dies.  The sentiment is from the Meadow Muse Stamp set.  

Just a few Meraki Matte Eclipse Black Opal Gems add some shine and coordinate with the black centres of the flowers.  Thanks for stopping by!  

 

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Graphic Flowers with Crafty Meraki

Meadow Flowers with Crafty Meraki

 

Just a couple of weeks ago we were in Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island.  One of my favourite places to travel, especially in the Spring.  They are at least 6 weeks ahead of us in growing season, with their temperate climate.  It was gorgeous seeing all of the flowers blossoming!  Cherry trees, Magnolias, Daffodils, Tulips, Camellias....I could go on and on.  It put me in a very happy place!  Inspired by all of that beauty, today I’ve brought a very vibrant Spring palette with the new Meadow Muse Suite of products from  Crafty Meraki!  For this design I used the Press-Tacular Plates  the coordinating Layering Stencil set, and the coordinating die set.  

After I pressed the design into cardstock and stencilled, I die cut the image, I also pressed a few extra blossoms to be able to pop some up for dimension.  I added a bit of colour with my coloured pencils for definition, and then placed it on a clear cardstock base.  

The sentiment is from the Meadow Muse Stamp Set, and I accented with a few sprigs of die cut Olive Leaf Para-Dies.  

Appreciate you stopping by!  

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Meadow Flowers with Crafty Meraki

Meraki Melody Release is Here!

Hello!  I’m delighted to be bringing you a beautiful card design from the Meraki Melody Release!  Today I’m showing off the Meadow Muse Suite of products, including the Meadow Muse Presstacular Plate, and the Meadow Muse Stamp Set.  It’s the prettiest combination of petals and leaves!  The perfect size for colouring too!  

For this design I used the Press Plate to foil the image onto Copic XPress It Blending paper, then added colour with my Copic markers.  I foiled a second layer onto the pretty purple cardstock.  Next I used the new Timeless Frames die (cut 3 x) to frame up the “windowed layer”, outlining it with a gold pen, to coordinate with the gold foiling.  The whole image is framed again in gold shiny cardstock with the largest of the Timeless Frames die.  It’s really lovely because it adds dotted texture to the scallops as well.  

The lovely sentiment is from the stamp set, and its embossed ingold to coordinate.  A few gold enamel dots accent the sentiment.   

Be sure to pop on over to this post on Instagram for your opportunity to win a gift code from Crafty Meraki!  

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Meraki Melody Release is Here!

Creamy Magnolias with Crafty Meraki

 

Hello!  I’m back today with another lovely design using the Meraki Harmony Release from Crafty Meraki!  Today the designers are joining together with another hop to celebrate!  Be sure to pop on over to this post Instagram to enter to win!  

Today I have a rich design using the new Whimsical Magnolias Stamp, and Whimsical Magnolias Coordinating Meraki Para-Dies.  I created a design that opens on the 3/4 mark to allow the beautiful Magnolias to spill over the edge.  

I stamped the flowers in a soft ink to let the cream of the petals show through, then placed them over a background created of weaving different strips from the Crafty Meraki Strip Suite - ZigZag Zoom Die Set with straight strips for texture.  I've also foiled a pretty butterfly on vellum from the Flutter Glow Presstacular Plate.  Colouring the back of the vellum with Copics.  

The sentiment is also from the sent and embossed in gold to coordinate with the pretty old sparkly paper on the 3/4 edge.  

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Creamy Magnolias with Crafty Meraki

Meraki Harmony Hop with Crafty Meraki

 

Today I’m excited to hop along with the Crafty Meraki Design Team celebrating the recent Meraki Harmony Release on Instagram.  There are prizes and giveaways, so be sure to join us there!  For my card today, I created a sweet little design with the Feathered Friends Suite of products.  I’ve used the Crafty Meraki Feathered Friends Press-tacular Plate, the Feathered Friends Layering Stencil, and the coordinating die.   

To create the background texture of this richly coloured design, I used the Crafty Meraki Parisienne Slimline Para-Dies, and then layered the image overtop.  With all the jewel tone shades, it feels very tropical!  

The sentiment from the coordinating Feathered Friends Stamp Set is embossed, and I’ve added Jade Shadows Dew Drops for some sparkle.  

Be sure to pop on over to my Instagram page and this post to join in on the hop, and enter to win!  

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Meraki Harmony Hop with Crafty Meraki

Stunning Magnolias from Crafty Meraki

Hello!  I’m delighted to be hopping on Instagram with the Crafty Meraki Team for the beautiful March Release called Meraki Harmony.  There are so many delightful designs this month, and I had a wonderful time creating.  Today, I’m starting off with one of my favourite cards from this release, it uses the gorgeous Whimsical Magnolias Presstacular Plate.  Magnolias are one of my favourite flowers - even though they don’t grow here in my part of Canada.  

The shimmer is lovely on the press plate when you foil it!  I coloured the design with Copics, using the coordinating Meraki Para-Die die to die cut it out.  The background is watercoloured with Daniel Smith Watercolours, and splatters of white acrylic paint.  A few vellum die cut circles give anchoring points for the layout.  

The sentiment is from the set, also foiled and die cut, and a few sequins accent the design.  Please join us on the hop on starting here on Instagram, comment and you’ll be entered to win a $50 Gift Gift Certificate from Crafty Meraki!  

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Stunning Magnolias from Crafty Meraki

Rosey Roses with Simon Says Stamp

 

Hi There!  A few weeks ago when I was watercolouring a Simon Says Stamp’s amazing Beautiful Flowers Set, I also embossed the loose roses from the set, and after painting them I set them aside for later.  They made for a really pretty arrangement for a second card.  

To play off the colours of the roses, I did some ink blending, and colour lifting with a stencil in the background.  It makes for great colour and texture.  To accent and add some sparkle, I used Crafty Meraki’s Olive Leaf Para-Die on gold glitter paper.  It’s perfect for extra foliage.  

The sentiment is from Concord & 9th’s die set, Short and Sweet Dies,  and I’ve added in some ‘berry’ enamel dots to accent.  

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Rosey Roses with Simon Says Stamp

Slimline Tulip Spray with Crafty Meraki

 

Hello!  Today is another fun Hop on Instagram for the newest Meraki Genesis Release at Crafty Meraki.  There are ways to win, so please join us on this post on IG starting HERE.  For the Hop I created this slimline beauty with sprays of tulips in sunny shades.  I have been having a lot of fun with the new Press Plates!  This one is called Love Like No Other, and I pressed it with green outline ink and used the coordinating Crafty Meraki Layering Stencil Set and coordinating Dies.  The stencils are really gorgeous as you can see, and the vibrant colours are so perfect for these blooms.  

I placed the tulips on an ink blended background with water splatters, and then added touches of sparkle with the Strip Suite - ZigZag Zoom Dies cut from sparkle paper,  as well as the sentiment foiled with Crafty Meraki’s Handmade Love Hot Foil Plate (an essential for great scripty phrases).   

Just a few copper coloured sequins add that last detail to tie it all together.  Thanks for joining me today!  

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Slimline Tulip Spray with Crafty Meraki

Meraki Genesis Release

 

Hello Friends!  Today is an exciting day for Crafty Meraki with a brand new release called Meraki Genesis live today! Today begins with a hop on Instagram, so be sure to come see my IG post on my feed HERE.  There are giveaways and inspiration galore!  

My first card for this release is inspired by my friend Clara’s crabapple tree.  Each Spring it would bloom with an abundance of bright pink blossoms.  It was truly an amazing sight.  So, for this card I used the brand new and gorgeous press plate called You Inspire Me Presstacular Plate.  This plate is gorgeous and gives you stunning fine lines impressed in your paper.  

Bringing the image to life, I used the coordinating stencil for all those gorgeous pinks and greens, and the coordinating dies to cut it out.  I placed the flower spray on a pink cardstock base with texture added from Crafty Meraki’s Mini Slimline Parisienne Para-Dies.  

I’ve embossed the sentiment from the coordinating You Inspire Me Stamp Set on vellum and simple enamel dots accent.  

Be sure to pop over to this card on my Instagram feed to comment and follow, and follow the hop....there are so many beautiful designs in store from the team.  

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Meraki Genesis Release

New Near New Team with Crafty Meraki

 

Happy New Year friends!  I always love the start of something fresh and new!  And, I’m excited to say I’ve been asked to join the Crafty Meraki Design team for 2025!  This means I’ll be able to bring you all sorts of fun inspiration in the year ahead.  Today the team is hopping on Instagram with a giveaway, so be sure to check out my post and the hop there.  

I decided to pull out a little floral beauty for this years first post, its called Reason to Smile.  

I’ve coloured the design with Copics and coloured pencils in a fun colour palette, and then added the die cut sentiment (cut 3x) with Meraki Moments Hello Para-Dies.  I’ve kept the design more CAS for a fresh start to a new year!  

A couple of sequins to accent the sentiment and its complete!   Here is a peek at the team below.  Be sure to follow the hop on Instagram for your chance to win!  

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New Near New Team with Crafty Meraki

Poinsettia Wreath Gift Card Trifold with Crafty Meraki

 

Hello Everyone!  Are you down to the last minute preparations for Christmas?  We’re pretty close to being ready.  And I’ve got a great last minute design to fancy up those Gift Cards that we often give at Christmas.  This one uses Crafty Meraki’s Festive Floral Stamp, and I’ve coloured it with Copics.  I stamped a few extra of the poinsettias to add to the design to make it really 3D.  

The background is foiled with the lovely Crafty Meraki Jolly Holly Hot Foil plate in a perfecty peachy foil.  It coordinates so beautifully with the paper and wreath.  As you can see I’ve added some gold accents in the metallic dots, and I’ve lined the circle section of the wreath flap with gold pen.  

The fun part of this design is it opens to be a tri-fold card, so I attached velcro to the flap and base.

And when you open it up, there’s a perfect spot for your gift card to slide into!

It makes for such a pretty gift card presentation.  This view shows how 3D the design is.  

This will be my last design until Christmas is over....I truly hope you experience the moments ahead with great joy, hope, peace and the love of Jesus.  

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Poinsettia Wreath Gift Card Trifold with Crafty Meraki

Silvery Fa La La with Crafty Meraki

Happy Sunday!  Today I am bringing you another Crafty Meraki design as part of their countdown to Christmas!  I can’t believe there are only 10 days to Christmas Day!  We’ve finally made some dents in our Christmas lists and some Christmas baking so I’m feeling a lot better about that.  I want to celebrate Advent not stress!  

So, this pretty bejewelled design uses a few Crafty Meraki products.  I started with the Crafty Meraki Christmas Flower Layering Die, cut in silver cardstock, with teal greenery using the Olive Leaf Meraki Para-Dies.   

Next I created the background with the gorgeous  Holly Jolly Hot Foil Plate in shimmery silver foil.  I added depth to the layer with ink blending around the edges.  Along the top edge of the layer I added a strip of shimmery Jade Shadows Dew Drops from Crafty Meraki, attached with Scor-Tape.  

Then it was simply layering it all together with a very festive sentiment from Crafty Meraki’s Festive Flora Wreath Stamp set, embossed in silver and die cut with the coordinating die.   All that shimmer and glimmer is so classy!  

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Silvery Fa La La with Crafty Meraki

Purple Watercoloured Poinsettia with Crafty Meraki

 

Feeling delighted to bring you a beautiful floral today!  I’m guesting with Crafty Meraki this month and their Countdown to Christmas.  This beauty uses Crafty Meraki’s Blooming Noel stamp set and coordinating dies.  I stamped the image multiple times, embossing it in silver.  Then I cut it out with the die in layers, watercolouring the leaves and petals with Daniel Smith watercolours.  I LOVE watercolouring, just don’t often take the time to do it. 

Here you can get a bit of a better picture of the layers.  I’ve added foam dots between the sections so it has lots of dimension.  

The background is created by inkblending Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet Distress Inks, with some splatter to give the feel of bokeh.  A pretty shimmery strip is cut with Crafty Meraki’s ZigZag Zoom Die set.  

The sentiment uses Crafty Meraki’s Handmade Love Hot Foil Plate and silver foil, and for some bling I’ve added Sapphire Night Dew Drops from CM.  Sometimes a card comes together even better than you had hoped, and I really enjoyed creating this one!  Thanks so much for dropping by!  

 

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Purple Watercoloured Poinsettia with Crafty Meraki

Creamy Kissed Christmas Florals with Crafty Meraki

Hello!  I’m delighted to be with you today working with Crafty Meraki’s Christmas Countdown, showcasing beautiful Christmas inspiration.  Today I’m back with a beautiful die called Christmas Flower Layering Die.  This die is designed to be stacked to give beautiful 3D effects to your floral.  I cut the layers of petals and leaves from cream cardstock, and then placed them on a sticky craft mat.  I pulled my stylus across the petals to create veining for more realism.  Then, I kissed the petals with some soft peach ink blending and gave the leaves layers of green ink.  It has such a beautiful effect.  

Next I layered my flowers together with foam dots between the sections to really amp up that 3d feel.  I splashed some pretty gold shimmery mist onto the layers to give it shimmer, as you can see below.  The background texture is created with the cream on cream theme using Crafty Meraki’s Mini Slimline Parisienne Para Dies.  I also inkblended the background to tie it together.  Because its a slimline die, I just ran it through sections of paper, and added in the piece as a design detail.  

The pretty Joy sentiment from Crafty Meraki’s Festive Flora Wreath Stamp Set, and I embossed it in gold.  

Simple gold enamel dots accent the sentiment for more touches of gold.  It has a lot of dimension and I’ll probably need to create a special envelope for it ....but oh so worth it for the effect!  

Thanks for joining me today!  

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Creamy Kissed Christmas Florals with Crafty Meraki