Sunflower Fields Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm happy to be back with this bright and cheerful autumn card featuring a mix and match of images from different layering stamp sets. It's always so much fun and kind of magical to see those images come to life layer after layer.

To start, I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel out of dark kraft cardstock and cut an opening out of it using the largest Stitched Semi Circle die. Next I took my Woodgrain embossing folder, applied brown ink inside the folder on one side, placed my kraft panel on the other side, closed the embossing folder and ran it through my die cutting machine to create a cool tone on tone brown woodgrain texture. I mixed some ground espresso distress ink with water and used a slim brush to add brown splatters all over my panel, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink. While my Stitched Semi Circle woodgrain panel was drying, I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel out of a brown polka dot paper from the Critter Country paper pack, added white splatters all over it, and once that panel was dry, I stuck my woodgrain panel to it using 1mm foam squares.

Next I stamped all my images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using dye inks from Lawn Fawn and from Altenew, and here is a detailed list of the layering stamp sets I used: • Sunflower Fields - sunflowers • Pretty Pumpkins - pumpkins, leaves, swirling ivy • Watering Can - watering can. And here are the different color combinations I used to create each image:

• sunflowers - butter + sunflower + carrot + fake tan + doe + walnut (LF)
• watering can - lobster + chili pepper (LF)
• aqua pumpkins - kiddie pool + merman + peacock (LF)
• green pumpkin - frayed leaf + forest glades + moss (Altenew)
• yellow pumpkin - butter + lemonade + sunflower (LF)
• orange pumpkin - carrot + fake tan + pumpkin spice (LF)
• leaves - forest glades + moss (Altenew)
• swirling ivy - moss (Altenew)

Once all the stamping was done, I cut the images using the matching dies, splattered white ink all over them, and once they were dry, I attached them all to my card using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and liquid glue as well for the swirling ivy. I white heat embossed "Happy autumn" from Crisp Autumn on dark brown cardstock, cut it using the coordinating die, and stuck it to the card using foam squares again. 

And that's it! I hope that you like this bright autumn themed card. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Crisp Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Pumpkins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Pumpkins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunflower Fields Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunflower Fields Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Woodgrain Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Semi-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Critter Country Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Watering Can Rainbow Butterfly Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi. I am sharing some fun rainbow butterfly cards using the butterflies from our Watering Can Stamps and Dies. This fantastic set comes with a layering watering can that perfectly complements so many of our floral layering stamps like I shared yesterday, but today, I want to focus on the two little bonus butterflies for this set of cards.

Up first is a classic grid-style card. I started by die-cutting the largest scalloped square from black cardstock using our Scalloped Square 2 Small Dies. I then cut and scored a 4.25 x 4.25 square card base, which I adhered to and centered on the back. For the front, I die-cut a 4" square from white cardstock to layer over the top using our Stitched Square Dies to frame my butterflies. 

I stamped 9 individual butterflies in a rainbow of colors. To add a little interest, I inked up the solid layer of each butterfly by inking the stamp with a finger dauber (rather than the ink pad directly) and my Misti tool. I did this several times for each butterfly, building the color darker near the wing tips and lighter near the center. I then arranged them onto my card and popped each one up with some thin Crafty Foam Tape by Scrapbook Adhesives. Given the butterfly's width is greater than its height, I had extra room in my square grid to fit a greeting between the second and third rows so I heat embossed the greeting "Fluttering by to Say Hi!" from our Spring Showers Stamps, which I stamped onto the largest pennant strip from our Notebook Photo Corners Dies. I love the clean graphic feel of this card and how it turned out!

This time, rather than stamping each butterfly in a single bright color to form my rainbow, I stamped each butterfly to have a blended rainbow on their wings. I achieved this cool look by once again applying the ink to my stamp using a foam finger dauber with the help of a Misti tool. I took turns layering each color and stamping them 2 to 4 times each until I had the coverage and brilliance I desired before switching to the next ink color. When I was done, then I could layer the black layer over the top. I am so smitten with how gorgeous they look for just a few extra steps with the finger dauber!

For my card frame, I used the stitched rectangle die from our Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies and then embossed the center portion with our Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies by using an embossing mat instead of a cutting plate. I love how all the Frilly Frames dies can mix and match and be used for a variety of techniques! 

For my sentiment strip, I die-cut a rainbow ombre patterned paper from our Spring Fling Paper pack using the smallest stitched pennant from our Slimline Pennant Dies. It wasn't quite long enough so I lengthened it by hanging part of the die off of my cutting pad and running it through a second time. However, you could also just cut it in two parts and hide the seam behind one of the butterflies. For my greeting, I stamped "Let Your Dreams" using our Plane Awesome Stamps and spelled "soar" using our Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies. To jazz it up, I then applied some Glossy Accents over the top of each letter and set it aside to dry.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Plane Awesome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ranger Glossy Accents Shop at: Sunny Studio

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