Retro Floral Circles

Hello there :)

My card today started as a complete blank canvas !!... one of those occasions where I didn't have a stamp set, design or colour palette in mind... just that it was an Anniversary card. How do you decide what to make???
Well, I flipped through my stamps and eventually decided to use the Flower Circles from Waffleflower, I've used it a few times before but this time I wanted to step it up a bit and find a 'different for me' colour combo....

I always use pinterest for colour inspiration and use my ink colour swatch to match up the inks I have to the palette. I used a scrap of paper to plan out a design before preparing a card panel, running it through my bigshot with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Border die, then stamping the floral design.

I die cut the panel with the Avery Elle Simply Said: Happy die and then cut three more in brown card.... I did have the plan to add the original word over the brown layers but decided I preferred it with a contrasting colour showing. I used a Winnie & Walter set for the anniversary sentiment and embellished with sequins, enamel and glossy accents...... I love how it highlights those little black dots :)

I just love the colours and definitely not a combination I would have thought of 

without the help of Pinterest ... the retro shades also a great match for the stamps :)

How do you go about designing and making a card? What do you start with?

Do you always use the same process or do you change it up occasionally?? 

         

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stitching Borders

Hello.

Today i wanted to focus on the stitched border dies from lawn fawn. 

These are so versatile and don't have to be just a border.

For my first card i used the die twice both horizontally and vertically to make the design. 

I then just filled the blank areas with some lawn fawn patterned papers and the die cut sentiment.

This card as very simple to do with the die used twice parallel to to each other i then masked the bottom section and coloured and stamped the top part with distress ink and blissful botanical stamp set.

I then used the quinns abc dies for the sentiment and used the same ink underneath.

Similar to the top card but this time i used a different one of the dies and ink to colour the blank spaces.

and kept the background of the die cut white for contrast.

   

 

Thanks for looking.

3 little bears

Hello.

Just because something masculine doesn't mean it cant be cute to.

These bears from Lawn fawns party animals are perfect as a card for kids for their dad.

I stamped the bears in archival black ink onto watercolour card then coloured with Inktense pencils and a water brush.

Once coloured and dried i cut the panel to fit my card base that was already covered with beach side papers and used the new stitched borders dies from lawn fawn to add some extra detail.

I kept the sentiment super simple with the fun Owen's abc also from lawn fawn with their matching die cuts.

Once everything was put together i added some lawn fawn twine to finish. 

   

 

Thanks for looking.