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

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