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Showing posts with label Congratulations card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congratulations card. Show all posts

Monday, 8 April 2019

Colourful seasons congratulations card

Over the last week the trees in my garden have started to blossom. I love trees when the pretty little flowers come out and it very much inspired today's card. It reminds me of the beautiful cherry tree my late mum in law had in her garden and how beautiful it was when it blossomed.


The Colourful Seasons stamp and Seasonal Layers thinlits from Stampin' Up! has the most pretty stamps and co-ordinating thinlits which I used to create this pretty but simple card. I just love the all cherry blossom stamp and the larger ones which are die cut and raised on dimentionals.

My focal point is layered on a strip of burlap ribbon and polka dot tulle, to give a soft yet rustic feel . The backing paper is on from the stunning Floral Romance DSP stack and I have distressed the edges and spayed it lightly with my home made shimmer mist .

A super pretty card I do hope it inspires you to give it a try.

Have a lovely day.... happy stamping xxx Amanda

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Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Bokeh dots meets dragonfly Dreams



I recently had one of my down line and good friend Victoria round for a craft session. Fact is we got very little done. It was hot and sunny and we sat in the garden putting the world to rights and during our four hour session this card is all we managed to complete. It is a mash up of ideas from the two of us and I do love how it turned out ... although not sure it looks like four hours worth ha ha ha.

Bokeh dots fell into my shopping basket on my last spree,  a fab set with two small background stamps in. Desperate to use it I quickly stamped away but was initially disappointed with the results. After consulting a team forum I was told to not go direct to the ink pad with this stamp. Rather, it is better to use a brayer or sponge daubers. At the first attempt of this I got great results.

Keeping the colours simple we have Whisper white, Coastal cabana and basic black. The card base was also embossed with layered leaves textured embossing folder which looks amazing close up. A simple two layer dragonfly makes the card special, this was cut fro Dragonfly Dreams thinlits.

I hope you enjoy this project and will give it a try. All products are listed below and are clickable links to my shop where you can buy at your leisure.

I do have a Youtube tutorial sharing how to get the best results from the Bokeh dots stamp you will find it on yesterdays blog post by CLICKING HERE

Happy stamping xxx Amanda



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