Hello Friends!
Catherine here, sharing a “flamazing” card using Summer
Greenery Dies and the cute flamingos from Fabulous
Flamingos Stamps.
To start, I die
cut a piece of White Cardstock with Frilly
Frames Stripes Dies. I then sprayed some Kirsch Flamingo Distress
Spray onto the frame. I thought the color would match perfectly with the
flamingoes in the card!
I flipped the
frame over and glued on a piece of acetate. I then added foam tape onto the
edges and poured Birthday
Cake Dot Sprinkles and Pastel
Rainbow Confetti into the frame. I removed the backing on the tape
and attached a piece of White Cardstock 4.25”x 5.5.”
I then die cut
the Summer
Greenery Dies and ink blended some greenery with Squeezed Lemonade,
Dried Marigold, and Salt Water Taffy Distress Oxide Ink. I ink blended other
greenery pieces with Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink. I
splattered some pink and blue watercolor onto the greenery for interest.
I thought it
would be fun to add a drink bar for the flamingoes so I borrowed the bar from Tiki
Time Stamps and colored the bar with Copic Markers. I added a
“special cocktail” filled with confetti. To make the cocktail glass, I die cut three
circles using the smallest circle in Stitched
Circle Large Dies: one circle with White Cardstock, one circle with Acetate, and one circle with Double Sided Foam.
I ink blended
the White Cardstock circle with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and then I cut all
the circles in half. For the cocktail glass, I glued the confetti from Pastel
Rainbow Confetti onto one of the blue half circles. I added and
glued on straws by cutting two thin strips of paper from Classic
Sunburst Paper.
For the outer
rim of the cocktail glass, I trimmed the other blue half into a thin curved
piece to fit the outer shape of the Acetate half circle. I did the same for the
Double Sided Foam half circle. I glued
the blue outer rim onto the front of the Acetate half circle. I then glued the
trimmed Double Sided Foam half circle onto the back of the acetate. I removed
the tape backing and attached it onto the other blue half with the confetti.
I used the
lollipop die from Candy Shoppe Dies
for cocktail glass stand. I die cut the
lollipop die with White Cardstock and ink blended with Tumbled Glass Distress
Ink. I then trimmed the piece and glued it onto the back of the glass.
I stamped and
die cut the flamingoes, watermelon, and pineapples from Fabulous
Flamingoes Stamps and Fabulous
Flamingos Dies and colored the pieces with Copic Markers. For the
sentiment, I ink blended a piece of White Cardstock with Kirsch Flamingo
Distress Oxide Ink. I die cut the piece with a pennant from Stitched
Rectangle Dies and white heat embossed “Happy Summer” from the same
set.
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Hello Sunny friends!
It’s Bobbi Lemanski here sharing a handmade greeting using the new Summery Greenery dies by Sunny Studio Stamps. This brightly-colored card offers a trendy
color combination along with a quick and simple card layout. I’m using a fun
flower and a striped patterned paper for the background. These patterns are
from the Subtle Grey Tones paper pack. I love this
paper pack! The “Aloha” word is from the Island Getaway Stamp set.
To make this 5″ X 7″ card, I
started by adhering patterned papers to the card front. Since the
6″ X 6″ pattern papers do not cover the entire 7″ long card front, I added an
inch of 1/8″ strips of colored cardstock to the bottom of the front. I also
added a 5/8″ strip of striped patterned paper to the bottom, too. Both
patterns are from the same Subtle Grey paper pack.
I cut four 2-1/4″ diameter
circles out of green, pink, gold and teal cardstock. I cut a different leafy design from each circle cut. One of
the leaves is actually longer than the circle, cutting the circle in half.
That’s okay! I love when the leaves extend beyond the circle cut. How cute is
that?!
I attached the four circles to the
front, replacing the leafy design with a sage green leafy die cut for contrast.
Each circle got faux black stitches around the perimeter and some black dots in
the hole cutouts of the leaves. I used a fine-tip black marker to create the
stitches by hand. I like the black accents with these bright colors. It
“grounds” it a bit!
I added some Black Onyx Droplets to
the card for more high contrast. I also used my black marker to add smaller
dots of black to the front. Lastly, I stamped “aloha” in black in the center of
the circles to finish this card. This card could be used for many occasions,
including a simple “hi.”
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