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

Beauiful Bluebells Floral Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some floral cards showcasing our Beautiful Bluebells Stamps.

For my first card showcasing the Beautiful Bluebells Stamps, I cut an oval window in my white cardstock panel using the Stitched Oval 2 Dies and then layered it with the scalloped oval frame from our Fancy Frames Oval Dies. I then arranged the bluebell flowers around the window's opening and backed it with a green polka-dot print that I had stamped using our Background Basics 2 Stamps. For my greeting, I stamped the sentiment from our Lovey Dovey Stamps using the same Altenew Hydrangea Ink I had used for one of the flower layers. The coordinating dies to this set cut the letter "I" in the phrase as a separate piece, but in this situation, I felt the greeting fit the space I had better without it, so I left it off. Lastly, I embellished my card with two fairies from our Garden Fairy Stamps, coloring them to match my green and purple color palette.

Next up is a monochromatic blue and white card featuring the Beautiful Bluebells Stamps. I was doing my best to harness the English feel of Laura Ashley, and I'm so happy with the way this turned out! I created a bouquet of the flowers using the Watering Can Stamps, tying a jute bow to position near the handle and adding one of the butterflies from that set. For my background, I stamped a blue diagonal mesh print onto white cardstock using our Background Basics 2 Stamps and then used that same VersaFine Arctic Ink to blend in the background for a tone-on-tone look. I layered a stitched scalloped rectangle cut using our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies to frame my floral arrangement and then added some extra loose flowers to the bottom two corners. To complete my card, I heat-embossed the "thinking of you" greeting from the Watering Can Stamps onto the Brilliant Banner 2 Dies, which had been cut from a green polka-dot print from our Spring Fever Paper pack.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images from light to dark:

Royal Blue Bluebells
Hero Arts Dusty Blue
Hero Arts Cornflower
Gina K. Powder Blue
Hero Arts Indigo

Blue Violet Bluebells
Altenew Wisteria
Hero Arts Passion Flower
Altenew Hydrangea
Altenew Ultraviolet

Stems & Leaves
Pinkfresh Studio Key Lime
Pinkfresh Studio Olive

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. 😊

Don't forget to check out our Beautiful Bluebells Stamps and Garden Fairy Stamps in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set. 💛

Supplies Used:

Beautiful Bluebells Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Bluebells Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Ovals Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Arctic Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Sky Blues Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio