Favourite Tulips with Honey Bee Stamps

 

Hi there!  Of all the flowers out there, I think tulips are my all time favourite.  I love their colour, shape, and how they usher in Spring with vibrance.  I decided to pick up the Lovely Layers:  Tulips Honey Cuts from Honey Bee Stamps because the dies are so realistic and give you 3 options of size of bloom to play with, and cut multiples layers of the flowers for wonderful realism.  

Coral coloured tulips are some of the ones I most gravitate to, so I used a few shade of coral cardstock to cut the layers, then ink blended on the layers to give added depth.  While also adding in a few textural details by adding coloured pencil in the die lines.  I also added in some bluebells from the Lovely Layers:  Wildflowers Honey Cuts, because they make a great contrast in colour to the coral tulips, and their petite size adds extra interest.

The background is ink blended with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink, with water splatters, and I cut a small section of white lattice for the bottom section of the card for texture.  

The sentiment is foiled and is a Spellbinders Let’s Celebrate Sentiments Better Press set.  

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Favourite Tulips with Honey Bee Stamps

Pressed Birthday Florals from Spellbinders

 

Hi There!  My friend had a Birthday and I wanted to make her a really pretty card with florals.  So, I pulled out a Spellbinders Betterpress Plate called Butterfly Bouquet.  Wow, it’s sure pretty.  And using the Betterpress gives you such stunning crisp lines.  I pressed it twice going both directions for a really full cardbase of flowers.  Aren’t they beautifully delecate?  I brought all the petals and leaves to life with Copic colouring.   

The sentiment is pressed from another Betterpress plate Let’s Celebrate Sentiments.  The whole sentiment read Happy Birthday Wishes, but I felt like it overwhelmed the card a bit, so I trimmed out the “Wishes” part of the sentiment.  

For accents, I added iridescent sequins, and used the tiny butterfly from the Butterfly bouquet trimmed out, just like it landed on the sentiment.  

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Pressed Birthday Florals from Spellbinders

Oh Happy Day with RAM Stamps

 

Hello!  How about a cuteness overload?  I’ve got this adorable little Balloon Girl from RAM Stamps today, and she’s just darling!  She has the cutest little dress, which is where the inspiration came from to create the feeling of eyelet for the background.  

I took strips of cardstock in white, Tidepool and Juniper (from Concord & 9th), and pulled out some of my older Spellbinders Dies to create eyelet sections, then I ink blended in varying layers to give the feeling of ombre and distressed colour.  

She’s coloured up with Copics, and I gave her a cute little scalloped frame.  

The die cut sentiment is from Concord & 9th, and I inked a few wood veneer stars with white ink to accent.  I think she’s really sweet!  

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Oh Happy Day with RAM Stamps

Periwinkle Petals Birthday

 

Hello!  Have you ever pulled out a stamped image and you’re really not sure where it came from?  I have a pile of images I’ve printed or stamped and just never gotten to.  This gorgeous floral is illustrated by Marcella Hawley - that I know for sure.  Her style is unmistakable, I just can’t find if it was from Power Poppy back in the day....or even for Flourishes even farther back in the day.  Regardless, its a beauty - and needed to finally make an appearance on a card.  

The colouring is done with Copics, and finished off with coloured pencils.  I can’t remember the last time I used lace ribbon, but the cream of the cardstock and the pretty petals just lent itself to a old fashioned feel.  To liven it up I also added a strip of periwinkle glitter paper to accent.  The background embossing folder is one from Spellbinders.  Which gives it nice texture.  

The birthday sentiment is stamped from another Power Poppy image, Party Time, at least that I know :) 

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Periwinkle Petals Birthday

Foiled Daffodils with Spellbinders

 

With two feet of snow on the ground, and more falling all the time, I’m longing for a warm up and a move toward Spring!  I’ve had this coloured panel on my desk forever and its Spring colours finally convinced me to create a finished design!  This is a retired foiling plate from Spellbinders called Flower Pattern.  After foiling it in silver, I coloured it up with Copics and trimmed around the interior to create a frame.  The foiling really takes it up a notch with the shimmer and shine.  

Daffodils are so cheerful!  You can never go wrong with them!  I also added in the interior sentiment from Yana’s Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating dies.  I’m always needing more Birthday cards.  

Some iridescent sequins make a nice finishing touch.  

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Foiled Daffodils with Spellbinders

Etched Lenten Roses with Spellbinders

 

Hello!  I have some gorgeous blossoms today using the Spellbinders Betterpress System and the pretty Betterpress plate that comes in the kit.  For me the more detailed a flower, the better, and these are just gorgeous!  I pressed them twice onto the cotton cardstock in the kit and then carefully cut around the flowers to create a top and bottom floral frame.  

I’ve used some creative liscence for the flowers, but lenten roses or hellebore (as I imagine these are) really do have unique colours to them.  Coloured up with Copics and layered over a lilac card panel which I pressed the sentiment into.  I smooshed some ink on the panel to add some texture in the purple.  As a Canadian - I’m so appreciative of the Canadian spelling of favourite!  

To accent I’ve added some pretty clear dew drops, like it just rained.  It’s such a pretty arrangement of flowers!  

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Etched Lenten Roses with Spellbinders

Jeweled Christmas Florals with Power Poppy

 

We are snuggled up inside today because of what the National Weather Services calls “a major snow event”, where a good 8 - 10 inches, or 25 cm fell in the past 24 hours.  I have thoroughly enjoyed it - but I’ll admit, I wasn’t doing the shovelling.   So, tonight I’m in the mood for Christmas!  I pulled out this beautiful image from Power Poppy called Ultimate Poinsettia Digital Stamp set. Marcy always had the most beautiful arrangements of florals for any season, and this one is one of my favourites with the poinsettia and anemone flowers, plus berries and dusty miller greenery.  

The image is coloured with jewel toned Copics, with finishing detailing done with coloured pencils.  I’ve die cut the image out of the box style with the tiny dusty miller greenery in the lower corner peeking out.  The background is foiled in light lilac with a Spellbinders called Glimmer Monoline Stars.  

The sentiment is embossed on vellum with the Power Poppy set,  Joy to the World Bouquet. I ink blended Blueprint Sketch ink on the vellum to coordinate with the purply-blues.  

A few pretty rhinestones give extra shine, and I accented the sentiment and corner with silver die cuts from Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia Die.   Appreciate you stopping by! 

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Jeweled Christmas Florals with Power Poppy

Be Joyful Foiling with Spellbinders

Sometimes you purchase something and don’t have enough time to really dig into it before the season is over.  Last Christmas season I bought the Joyful Glimmer Hot Foil Plate from Spellbinders, and here we are....using it for the first time.  It’s such a pretty 2 plate die combo of letters and Christmas foliage.  I foiled it in gold, added in colouring with Copics and then gave it an arched die shape.  

The foiled background uses the Layered Glimmer Holly Background Stencil and Glimmer die.  Foiled in red on deep red cardstock.  That tone on tone comes out so nice!   Next, to make the arched die really come to life I added coordinated die cut foliage from Spellbinder’s Christmas Bird Poinsettia Etched Dies.  It’s a great way to tie all the colours in together.  

A added a strip of mirrored gold cardstock the the bottom of the card to anchor the image, but it was so shiny and bright - to tone it down a little, I ran my sanding block over it horizontally and vertically, and it had the perfect amount of sheen!  

Thanks for joining me today!  

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Be Joyful Foiling with Spellbinders

Blossom Butterfly with The Stamp Market

I had the best time making today’s card!  I pulled out a couple of products from The Stamp Market, including the Enchanted Wings Dies and the Big Bloom Bouquet Dies, to create a botanical blossom butterfly.  I cut out the different layers in vellu and cardstock and layered up the large butterfly die.  

I also have a layer of vellum underneath the flowered butterfly and a smaller butterfly in vellum on top with the butterfly body and an extra blossom.  The vellum adds a softening and see-through effect which is so pretty.  The dies are so detailed you really don’t have a to add a lot of extra.  I also cut out the sentiment 3x in white and Juniper so it would have more dimension and stand out from the card base, which I embossed with a Spellbinders Embossing folder.  

Before attaching the butterfly to the card base I swiped all the raised flowers with white ink to tie it in to the butterfly body.  Just delightful!  

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Blossom Butterfly with The Stamp Market

Anemones on Acetate wiht Spellbinders

Hello!  And happy new week!  Today I’ve dabbled with some beautiful anemone flowers a clear cardstock to bring a lovely friendship card.   I began with Spellbinders Anemone Glimmer Blooms set, foiling the flower image twice, using the coordinating die to cut it out.  

Next, I coloured it in deep periwinkle colours with B60, B63, B66 and B69.  Then I split one of the images in 1/2 and arranged it on clear cardstock.  To help the colours pop, I added a layer of vellum which had been ink blended in soft blue under the acetate layer, it gives a sense of anchoring for the flowers.  

This set comes with the scripty friend die which I cut 3 x in blue cardstock, stacked together with glue and then added it to a shimmery white strip of paper.  A few iridescent sequins finish off the sparkle.  It’s a very glamorous look!  

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Anemones on Acetate wiht Spellbinders

Cuppa Columbine with Power Poppy

 Hi There!  Today I have another beautiful floral, this time from Power Poppy, and it’s a digi called: Cup of Columbine.  Talk about a beauty!  Just the way the pretty columbine petals are arranged in a tea cup is so whimsical and charming, and wonderfully illustrated by Marcy. 

I printed the image on XPress It Blending Cardstock, and coloured with Copics, finishing with some coloured pencils for some blending and details.  

I trimmed it out with a Pink Fresh die Rounded and Braided Rectangle.   The base of the card is ink blended with Distress Oxide inks to coordinate with the colouring of the columbine.  A few clear dot gems accent the design and nod to the seeds flying away. 

The foiled sentiment “Sending Birthday Wishes” is foiled using a Spellbinders sentiment for a little pop of silver, and I’ve added a bit of white gel pen to accent the tea cup and colour the polka dots on the cup.  

She’s a cutie!  

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Cuppa Columbine with Power Poppy

Painted Flower with Waffle Flower

Hi Again!  I’ve got something clean and simple today, embracing all that wonderful white space!  I’m using Waffle Flower’s Painted Flower Stencil and coordinating Die.  Honestly this is such an afforable combo - you can get both for under $20.  

I picked really soft colours for the stencilling/ink-blending.  One thing I did note is that you really do need to mask the other areas of the stencil as they are put together quite tightly.  It’s a really abstract flower, so you can add the interior layers a bit uniquely.  So you can see my wild flower centre placement :)  I prefer the softer of the two flowers for sure.  But variety is nice!  

 

A bit of gold splattering and gold enamel dots add more shimmer, and the sentiment is foiled with Spellbinders Yana’s Sentiments Glimmer.    Thanks for stopping by! 

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Painted Flower with Waffle Flower

Ginkgo Love with The Greetery

In this life I have been so very blessed to have a husband who is such a good Dad.  All the things a kid hopes for in a Father are things my beloved exemplifies, and I thank the Lord for Him!  This was my card for him for Father’s Day, it incorporates the very beautiful Ginkgo Botanicuts from The Greetery, which I picked up on their recent sale.  Did you know ginkgo symbolizes resilience, healing and longevity?  Perfect for a card for him!    

 

I love that these leaves can be masculine in theme.  I started with Eucalyptus cardstock from Concord & 9th and ink blended both Eucalyptus and Rainforest ink onto the leaves to given them some depth and bring out the detail veins in the die.  Then I splattered them wiht Rainforest ink and white acrylic paint.  

Next,  I placed them onto a card base cut from Pebble cardstock which I had ink blended deeper mushroom ink onto.  Its a great earthy look.  Some leaves are glued down some are popped up slightly for a great sense of dimension and texture.  

The foiled sentiment is from Spellbinders, Must-Have Sentiments Glimmer, and it’s foiled in a gunmetal silver shade.  To keep it very simple since there is some much going on with the leaves, I added a few coordinating enamel dots.  

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Ginkgo Love with The Greetery

My Role Model with MFT

 

Hello!  Today I’m popping in with our kids’ Father’s Day card for their Dad.  Since he sometimes peeks at my cards, I didn’t want to post it before the day.  Our kids are beyond blessed to have a Dad who is so loving, supportive, wise, sacrifical and hardworking.  100% they know they are loved and he is proud of them.  He is a leader and a servant heart and loves the Lord.  I am so grateful for him, and I know they are too.  

So this superhero themed card and the role model sentiment were perfect for him.  I was using a new set to me from MFT called Super Human and the coordinating dies.  These little guys are so adorable!  I coloured this little guy dropping in to save the world with Copics in my husband’s favourite colour - purple.  It was his HS and College colour and he still gravitates toward it.  

The background city scene uses another MFT set (Birdie Brown - retired now). I embossed the city in silver, and ink blended the sky in purples, adding in sparkle pen for stars.  I’m also playing along with this week’s MFT Sketch Challenge.  

The foiling uses a Spellbinders Foil plate called Hypnotic (seems to be retired), and then added an interior frame with a scalloped rectangle die from MFT.  

The sentiment is embossed for more silver touches, and now it’s adorable and heart-felt!  

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My Role Model with MFT

Blue Peony Wedding with Pinkfresh

Hello there!  Next week we’ll be celebrating our nephew’s graduation from the Air Force Academy, and his wedding two days later.  We have known this nephew since the day he was born and our families are close.  Our sons are groomsmen and we’re looking forward to a great celebration.  The colours of their wedding are blues and greys, so of course as cardmakers we always want to coordinate!  I pulled out the very lovely Peony Fantasy Bundle, including the Hot Foil plate, the stencil and coordinating dies, and worked with pretty blues and soft greens on white cardstock.  I added in a little coloured pencil blending in a few spots to soften the effect or deepen the blues.  Next, I also embossed some peonies in silver onto vellum using the stamp set and ink blended colour on the back of the vellum.  

I used the Braided and Rounded Rectangle Dies from Pinkfresh to form a frame for my flowers, and also used the Dotted Chevron Coverplate die on the blue cardbase for more texture.  Then it was all about arranging the flowers on the frame!   The sentiment is Mini Everyday Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil from Spellbinders and I stacked two small sentiments together foiling them to create a little banner.  

Just a couple of silver enamel dots accent the design.  Looking forward to celebrating this delightful occasion!  

 

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Blue Peony Wedding with Pinkfresh

Peaceful Lilacs with The Greetery

Happy Sunday evening!  For us in Canada its a long weekend, and I’m so grateful for the extra time of rest.  A friend asked if I had any cards for retirement, and I had to admit I didn’t!  But, hey I’m a card maker and I love to create, so I put some creative time into a few retirement cards this weeked.  This first design is a breath of fresh air from The Greetery, using the very lovely Lilac Botanicuts Die.  

 

I cut the lilacs on watercolour paper and pulled out my Daniel Smith watercolours and added pretty purples and pinks (Carbazole Violet and Quin Violet) to the blossoms.  This die set is great because you can get so much dimension with the extra single blossoms added to the main branch.  After adhering everything together I came back with my Zig Clear Real Brush markers to add some deeper colour and the centers to each blossom, as well as some definition on the leaves.  After everything was adhered together I added splatters of watered down white acrylic paint.  

The card background is ink blended and then texture is added with Waffle Flower’s Sweet Plaid Texture Plate.  A retired Ric Rack die added a little accent along the top and the purple foiled sentiment is from Spellbinders called Yana’s Sentiments Glimmer.  

A dreamy peaceful design!  Thanks for joining me today! 

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Peaceful Lilacs with The Greetery

Stitching Saturday - with Spellbinders

 

Hello!  It’s been a while since I’ve done a stitching project, so it was about time I pulled out my floss and a pretty stitching die from Spellbinders and went to work!  This one is called Stitched Hello , and its the perfect size for a quick project and fits just right on an A2 card base.  

The letters are such a nice block style, and have some fun diagnoal texture to them, but its really hard to photograph it in red.  I placed the stitched die onto a pretty Flower Frenzy 3D Embossing Folder to showcase more of the raised pattern of the flowers and leaves, I swiped my white stamp pad over top so the pattern really stands out more.  

Love the graphic quality to the colours, patterns and textures, and it’s a perfect everyday card to send!  

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Stitching Saturday - with Spellbinders