Blissful Blooms

Hello again, crafters! Even though I welcome fall and it’s rainy days (after this horribly hot summer!), I am not above enjoying some nice late flower blooms that bring color to my day. In today’s project, I am using a new stamp set by My Favorite Things – as you might have noticed, I love doodly florals and these are just so much fun.

The color choices were already influenced by my yearning for fall – I love coloring fall leaves and the browns and yellows contrast nicely with the other colors. I am currently researching fall colors, so be prepared for some juicy colors on the blog in the the next two months.

My original attempt didn’t work perfectly. My mask lifted up in some places and so I didn’t have a pristine border. I tried to fix that with a white gel pen, but since this was a one layer CAS card, it just was visible enough to bother me. And my OCD didn’t let me leave it like that, so I created a die cut circle for the sentiment which helped to cover up parts of the not-so-perfect masking.

Thanks for stopping by today - hope you enjoyed the card and the video! Have a fantastic weekend!

Blissful Blooms

You Have My Heart

Flower Circles Die

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Good Friends Are Like (Glittery) Stars

We are still approaching Valentine's day and if you – like me – don't really like the traditional love cards or currently don't have anyone to give such a card to, maybe this will inspire you. Why not create valentine's cards for your friends and tell them how much you appreciate them? That's what I did with one of my favorite Avery Elle stamp sets, Written In the Stars.

The front panel was cut with a Mama Elephant die, and the circle with a Waffle Flower die – I just love the stitched effect around the circle, it makes it look so much more finished. Right behind that front panel, I mounted a sheet of vellum. On it, I created the sparkly starry heart with Elizabeth Craft Glitter. Carefully rub it with your finger to set it and voila – a super sparkly, stamped image:

I stamped a few stars on the card base behind the vellum with silver ink. You can not see the stars clearly, but that was okay because it works perfectly with the sentiment I had chosen.

I hope you enjoyed the card and will find new uses for some non-Valentine's themed stamp and die sets! Thanks for stopping by!

If any of the products I used for this project are not available in the store, I'm offering alternative products at the end the product listing below.