Gift Card Envelope Floral Bouquet Cards With Mendi

Hello there! Before we switch gears and kick off our Summer Sneak Peek week starting here tomorrow morning, I thought I would pop in and share one last spring card idea that has been bouncing around in my head since our Spring Sneak Peek week back in January.

Card No. 1: I thought it would be so much fun to pair our new Beautiful Bluebell Stamps together with our Gift Card Envelope dies to create a floral bouquet. However, once I got started it was hard not to reuse this same idea with so many of our other flower layering stamps which I always make sure to stamp extras of assembly line style so I can have them on hand and ready to go for instances just like this. In the end, I was able to create five cards using one idea which saved me so much time and I'm really happy with how they turned out!

For all my cards today I started by trimming an A2-sized grey tone-on-tone patterned paper panel from our Subtle Grey Tones Paper pack. I then cut my Gift Card Envelope for this card from a green gingham from our Gingham Pastel Paper pack. After it was assembled, I tucked in three fern leaves from our Spring Greenery Dies. I then set to work filling in all the various bluebell flowers from our Beautiful Bluebells Stamps. For my greeting, I stamped the "happy birthday" phrase from our Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies. As finishing touches, I added a blue butterfly from our Watering Can Stamps and a white stitched strip along the bottom from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Bluebell Ink Colors Used:
Hero Arts Dusty Blue
Hero Arts Cornflower
Gina K. Powder Blue
Hero Arts Indigo

Stem Ink Colors Used:
Pinkfresh Studio Key Lime
Pinkfresh Studio Olive
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Card No. 2: For my next card, I started by die-cutting my Gift Card Envelope from a lightweight pink cardstock (65 lbs. or something similar to what you find with those Michaels multi-colored packs). I should note that I realized as I went along that it was helpful to ink the edges of the envelopes before assembling them to help define that this was indeed an envelope. Some of the earlier versions shared below lack that bit of definition and I wish I could go back and add it because they feel a little flat to me and maybe harder to distinguish that these are indeed envelopes.

This time for my flowers I used our Spring Bouquet Stamps with the little honey bee from our Tranquil Tulips Stamps. For my sentiment, I once again used the Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps, stamping them onto our Brilliant Banner 2 Dies which had been cut from our Gingham Pastel Paper and Dots & Stripes Pastel Paper packs. The scalloped edge added to the bottom of my card comes from our Eyelet Lace Border Dies.

Daffodil Ink Colors:

PinkFresh Sunshine
PinkFresh Sweet Mustard
PinkFresh Marigold
PinkFresh Apricot

Iris Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Lavender
Gina K. Wild Lilac
Hero Arts Grape Juice
PinkFresh Sweet Mustard

Lavender Hyacinth Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Soft Lilac
Lawn Fawn Fresh Lavender
PinkFresh Lavender

Periwinkle Hyacinth Ink Colors:
Simon Says Stamp Hydrangea
Ranger Archival Violet
MFT Purple Rain (retired)

Leaves & Stems Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Key Lime
Concord & 9th Parsley
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Card No. 3: Up next is a floral bouquet using our Tranquil Tulips Stamps which I stamped in purple, hot pink, and peach tones. For my lavender Gift Card Envelope, I turned to the floral patterned paper from our Flirty Flowers Paper pack. My "congratulations" greeting comes from our Inside Greetings Congrats Stamps which I stamped onto a coordinating shade of peach paper from our Gingham Pastel Paper and Dots & Stripes Pastel Paper packs. Lastly, I added the white stitched strip along the bottom from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Purple Tulip Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Soft Lilac
PinkFresh Lavender
Gina K. Wild Lilac

Peach Tulip Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Ballet Slipper
Gina K. Innocent Pink
PinkFresh Coral Reef

Hot Pink Tulip Ink Colors:
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Leaves & Stems Ink Colors:
Gina K. Lucky Clover (or Hero Arts Fresh Lawn)
PinkFresh Olive

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Card No. 4: For this floral bouquet, I turned to our Captivating Camellias Stamps which I stamped in beautiful hot pink shades and tucked into an aqua blue Gift Card Envelope. This time I made a Mother's Day Card borrowing a sentiment from our Happy Thoughts Stamps which I stamped onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies cut from pink cardstock and shaded with inks to match my flowers. I once again added some blue butterflies to match from our Watering Can Stamps and added a white stitched strip along the bottom from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Camellia Ink Colors:
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
PinkFresh Bubblegum
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Leaf Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Grassy Knoll
PinkFresh Key Lime
Concord & 9th Parsley
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Card No. 5: For my last card of the day I used our Lovely Lilacs Stamps to create a beautiful uplifting floral bouquet for a sympathy card. I already had the pink polka-dot Gift Card Envelope on hand so I decided to make my lilacs a beautiful shade of pink to match and cut my Brilliant Banner 2 Die from green cardstock to match the leaves. I stamped my "praying for you" sentiment from our Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps and once again added some pink butterflies to match from our Watering Can Stamps with a white stitched strip along the bottom of my card from our Eyelet Lace Border Dies.

Lilac Flower Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Ballet Slipper
Hero Arts Soft Pink
Hero Arts Bubblegum
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Lilac Leaves Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll
PinkFresh Studio Key Lime
PinkFresh Studio Olive

I hope I've inspired you with these cards today. Make sure to return here tomorrow morning at 8am EST / 5am PST for my first set of Summer Sneak Peeks as I count down the days to our big release on Friday. In the meantime, here's a little sneak peek to tide you over.

Supplies Used Today:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Captivating Camellias Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Captivating Camellias Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Sympathy Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Greenery Dies 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	Inside Greetings Congrats Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Bluebells Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Bluebells Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Spring Bouquet Cards with Catherine and Marie

Hello Crafty Friends! Catherine here, and today I am sharing a friendship shaker card created with the pretty Spring Bouquet Stamps and Stitched Arch Dies.

To start, I embossed A2 white cardstock with Quilted Hearts Embossing Folder. To make the opening, I die cut the embossed panel with the largest arch in Stitched Arch Dies. I then die cut a small arch using the leftover large arch. I then die cut a medium size arch with paper from Gingham Pastels Paper. I adhered the small white arch onto the medium arch and set it aside.

To make the shaker, I flipped my embossed panel over and adhered A2 acetate onto the back. Next, I die cut the large arch using a double-sided foam sheet. I then die cut the medium sized arch with double sided foam sheet. I removed the backing on the foam sheet and adhered the foam arches onto the back of the panel. I nested the medium arch inside the large arch and taped it together with craft tape. I placed the arches onto  A2 white cardstock, and added some Iridescent Clear Jewels inside the space between the two arches. I removed the arches and placed the embossed panel onto the background. I adhered the medium and small arches onto the center.

Using white cardstock, I die cut the flowers from Spring Bouquet and the butterflies from Watering Can with the coordinating dies. I placed the negative die cut cardstock onto my Misti stamping tool, placed the images back inside the negative space, and inked the images with the following Altenew Inks:

Pinks:  Frosty Pink, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry
Yellows: Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Sunkissed
Blues: Iceberg, Ultramarine, Sapphire
Green: Firefly, Grass Field

I adhered the images onto the card front. I added a “Thank You” sentiment from Big Bold Greetings inked with Altenew Persian Blue Dye Ink. I added a White Heat Embossed sentiment from Words of Gratitude and a few sequins from Majestic Fusion Sequins. I wanted to balance the blue arch in the center of the card so I added a border using Gingham Pastels Paper.

Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a wonderful week!

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Hello Crafty friends, Marie here! Today I’m back on the blog and excited to share my latest card creation featuring the beautiful hyacinth flower from the lovely layering Spring Bouquet Stamps alongside the adorable Feeling Froggy Stamp. I love hyacinths and I love frogs and the two combined just makes me smile! 

This springtime birthday box card was crafted using Lawn Fawn’s Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up die. I die cut all the box card components from Bristol smooth cardstock paper for the smoothest ink blending experience. I ink blended the outside of the box in Seedless Preserves distress Ink, and used a cloud stencil to ink blend the back panel with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink. For the grass panels, I used a combination of Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and for the water panel, I used Salvaged Patina with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide. 

After assembling my box card and cutting off the front and side flaps, I stamped out the hyacinth flowers onto 110 lb. Neenah Solar White Cardstock. When stamping each layer of the flower, I used a sponge dabber to lightly add ink to my stamp instead of directly applying the stamp into the ink pad. I do this technique so that each stamped layer is even and not too saturated. I also give each layer time to dry before stamping the next layer. For my blue hyacinth, I used a combination of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide, followed by Salty Ocean Distress Oxide, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide. For the purple hyacinths, I used Spun Sugar Distress ink, Cotton Candy Dye Ink from MftStamps, and finally Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide. I stamped out all the leaves and stems with Twisted Citron Distress ink, and shaded them used Copics In Forest Green (G17), Emerald Green (G05) and Yellow Green (YG03). 

Next, I stamped the adorable frog onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock with InkOn3 Fadeout ink, and colored him with PolyChromos Color Pencils, and copics for the lilly pad ( G17, G05, and BG09). For the tiny dragonfly images, I stamped them onto watercolor paper using Antique Linen Distress Ink and colored them with watercolor pencils. To make their dainty little wings pop, I added some Stickles Glitter Glue in the shade Diamond. I then cut out all my flowers and stems with the corresponding Spring Bouquet Dies. I used the Feeling Froggy Dies to cut all the little dragon flies and froggy. I then adhered all my images to my scene with a combination of double sided tape adhesive and Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue. To make all the little dragonflies look like they're flying, I cut super thin strips of thick acetate and attached them to the tip. 

Finally, I stamped out a Happy Birthday sentiment with my favorite Big Bold Greetings Stamps. I used the color Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide to stamp my sentiment and cut it out using the corresponding Big Bold Greetings Dies. I absolutely love how this box card came together!! It's absolutely perfect for a spring or summer Birthday, and luckily for me, I have many Summer birthdays ahead! Thank you for joining me today, friends !!! Until next time, stay crafty and happy cardmaking!!! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Froggy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Feeling Froggy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio