Watering Can & Lovely Lilacs Spring Bouquet Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some floral cards for Spring using our gorgeous Captivating Camellias Stamps and Dies. These have always been a favorite set of mine, so I had so much fun revisiting them for these two clean and simple cards.

For my first card featuring the Watering Can Stamps, I paired them with the Spring Bouquet Stamps for a blooming floral arrangement, adding them both inside and around the watering can to fill in the backdrop of my card. Before adhering any of them to my card front, however, I inked the center of my panel with a light hand of Seedless Preserves Distress Ink to give my scene a bit of a hazy glow.

I grounded the scene with a 1" green strip of cardstock stamped with a tone-on-tone diagonal grid print using our Background Basics 2 Stamps. Lastly, I added the sentiment "I've been thinking of you often," using a mix-and-match greeting that comes with the Watering Can Stamps.

Ink colors used for Iris:

• PinkFresh Lavender
• Gina K. Wild Lilac
• Hero Arts Grape Juice
• PinkFresh Sweet Mustard

Ink colors used for Daffodil: 

• PinkFresh Sunshine
• PinkFresh Sweet Mustard
• PinkFresh Marigold
• PinkFresh Apricot

Ink colors used for Hot Pink Hyacinth:

• PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
• PinkFresh Bubble Gum
• Gina K.Passionate Pink

Ink colors used for Pink Hyacinth:

• Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
• PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
• PinkFresh Bubble Gum

Ink colors used for Lavender Hyacinth:

• PinkFresh Soft Lilac
• Lawn Fawn Fresh Lavender
• PinkFresh Lavender

The ink used for watering can:

• Hero Arts Soft Granite
• Hero Arts Charcoal

Ink colors used for leaves: Concord & 9th Parsley

For my second card today, I started with many of the same elements using the Watering Can Stamps and the Background Basics 2 Stamps for my subtle tone-on-tone backdrop, but this time I had previously cut a window using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies from an A2 panel so I had this leftover piece (from THIS card no.4) that I didn't want to go to waste. This card felt meant to be with the beautiful way it complimented the lilacs I had also previously stamped using our Lovely Lilacs Stamps. 

I added the "thanks for your kindness" sentiment using our Autumn Greetings Stamps and VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. I then embellished my cards with two lilac butterflies from the Watering Can Stamps and a few scattered PinkFresh Studio Lilac Clear Drops.

Ink colors used for blossoms:

• PinkFresh Studio Soft Lilac
• PinkFresh Studio Lavender
• Gina K. Wild Lilac
• Hero Arts Grape Juice

Ink colors used for leaves:

• PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll
• PinkFresh Studio Key Lime
• PinkFresh Studio Olive

The ink used for watering can:

• PinkFresh Studio Key Lime
• Hero Arts Fresh Lawn

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💗

Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovely Lilacs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovely Lilacs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Fresh Foliage Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Shades of Grey Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Lilac Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Soul of Provence Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Fairy Dust Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Rise & Shine Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio