New Colours Take 2 - With Concord & 9th

Hello!  I’m back today with round two of cards with the new colours from Concord & 9th.  The really nice thing about this Blooming Hello Inlay design from the Colour Club is that by cutting a few 1/4 sheets, you can make multiple cards with the design.  As I mentioned yesterday I used Lakefront, Plumberry, Pistachio and Starfruit, with an Aqua Sky base.  

After cutting the Aqua Sky base through the die, I removed all the pieces and then ran it again through the Quilted Cardfront Die to give some added texture to the design.  Then it was the simple process of putting all the pieces into the “puzzle” of the inlay.  Great combo of colours don’t you think?  

It’s the perfect little cheerful card!  

 

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New Colours Take 2 - With Concord & 9th

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

Party Hats with Concord & 9th

 

It’s a Party Hat kind of day!  I’ve got adorable new designs from Concord & 9th to play with and since I’m in need of more Birthday designs, I started with the cute Party Hat Inlay die that came free with purchase.  Its the cutest concept for an inlay design.  And because you cut out different layers of dies for colour, you have a lot of templates to use for future designs.  

Today I started with this fun palette of Seaglass, Tidepool Juniper, Lemongrass, Watermelon and Wildberry and interplayed the colours in each card.  The sentiment on the left card uses Everyday Expressions die.  

And this card uses a sentiment from  Short & Sweet dies.    Both cards have some holeless sequins to add touches of sparkle.  

They make such a sweet pair!  Thanks for dropping by! 

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Party Hats with Concord & 9th