A Little Hello Landscape Roses card

 Hi everyone! I've been out of town and doing lots of summer stuff and it's been a minute since I made a card, so it felt good to get back to my craft room! I have a fun card to share today. I love anything to do with my favorite flower the rose, so when I saw the Landscape Rose die set from Susan Tierney-Cockburn's newest collection, I had to have it!

There are many varieties of these roses, but one of the most pretty are the white with pink tips, so I used that variety in my design.

LANDSCAPE ROSE DIE SET AND STARSHINE BACKGROUND DIE

I used my new favorite cover plate die, the fabulous Starshine Background die for the background and there are tiny holes in the design, just enough to see some pink show through from the matting layer. So pretty!!

To make the flowers I inked the edges with 2 shades of pink ink and kept the centers white and used a light yellow for the stamens with a touch of orange on the tips. I use Susan Tierney-Cockburn's flower dies from time to time and I always watch her videos first. You can find them on the product page.

I also bought her Flower Mold Tray and her Ultimate Tool Kit and they have been really helpful. Definitely look into it if you struggle to make these detailed flowers.

These roses are pretty thick, so I will not mail this card. It's definitely a hand deliver only situation. I love how it turned out!

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Spring Camellia flower card

 Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing another Camellia card which is one of the new gorgeous flower dies from The Victorian Garden collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn for Spellbinders. This time I made the flower a bit flatter by doing less forming on the petals and eliminating the smallest set of petals. Check out what I made.

This is a favorite go-to card layout of mine. I like it because the main image is the star of the card, but the patterned papers in the background are simple strips that add colors and texture to the card. The spring papers I used are from the Echo Park My Favorite Easter paper pack, I even used one of the prints as the top layer for my flowers.

The sentiment is from Inside Card Glimmer sentiments foiled in Silver. I have the camellia flower sitting on a Scalloped Circle with a ring of the blue patterned paper adhered on top. Both of these were made from layering some old school Spellbinders dies, the Scalloped Circles and Standard Circles. I have had these die sets for over 10 years, quite literally my first die set purchase. Timeless!

For the finishing touches, I added a white button to the flower center as well as a few silver pearls.

Supplies used on this card:

Spellbinders Camellia die set

Spellbinders Scalloped Circles Small die set

Spellbinders Standard Circles Large die set

Spellbinders Inside Card Glimmer sentiments

Silver Foil roll

 Silver Pearls

Echo Park My Favorite Easter 6x6 paper

White button and twine from stash

 

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Spellbinders | The Victorian Garden collection

 Hi everyone! I'm popping in today with a simple birthday card which features a Camellia, one of the new gorgeous flower dies from The Victorian Garden collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn for Spellbinders. This die set makes the most beautiful camellias! And they are easy to put together.

The subtle background is from the chevron border die that is part of the Bunch of Borders die set. I die cut it 2 times with white cardstock and then in an alternating pattern, I colored the inserts with a RV00 Copic, added Twinkle Stickles and kept one plain white.

To make my Camellia, I die cut the flower and leaves with white cardstock and then colored the smallest petals with the same RV00 Copic marker. I didn't use the largest set of petals to keep the flower smaller in scale for my card. I colored the leaves with Copics and then to get the shine (Camellia leaves are shiny), I pressed them in clear pigment ink and heat embossed with clear powder.

For the finishing touches, I stamped the sentiment and added a single yellow gem to the center of the flower.

Supplies used on this card:

Spellbinders Camellia die set

Spellbinders Bunch of Borders die set

Spellbinders Essential Sentiments stamp set (retired)

 Twinkle Stickles

Copic markers in RV00, G28, YG67

 

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Spellbinders | Painter's Garden Zinna

 Hi everyone! If you've followed my blog for awhile, you know my passion for flower cards and flower dies -all the way back to Spellbinders "Create-a-Flower" series, remember those? This month Spellbinders has released another gorgeous collection of flower dies called The Painter's Garden designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. Today I'm sharing a card using the Zinnia die set and it is SO gorgeous! Check out what I made.

These flowers look complicated to make and they do take some time. But Susan has a "how-to" video on Spellbinders website that takes you through the steps. Zinnias come in so many vibrant colors, you can go all kinds of crazy on your projects. Photos just don't do this justice. If you want to see this card in action, check out the short 15 second Instagram Reel I made!

Supplies used:

Spellbinders Zinnia dies

Spellbinders Wonderful Script Sentiments

Spellbinders Inside Glimmer Sentiments

Spellbinders Fluted Circle Dies

 Spellbinders Autumn Leaves dies (accent leaves)

Spellbinders Gold Pearl

Spellbinders Gold Foil Roll

 Stickles in Twinkle (on flower centers)

 Black & White Stripes 6x6 pad - My Favorite Things

 

Spellbinders April release projects

 Hi everyone! The Spellbinders April 2022 New Release is available today and I am excited to share a few projects with 2 of the of the 5 new collections!!

In addition to the collections, there are NEW cardstock colors and some GLITTER foam sheets as well. So much good stuff!

 

I am showcasing sets from these new collections:

 Layered Fleur Bouquet Slimlines Collection designed by Becca Feeken

-Half Slimline Diamond die set  

-Half Slimline Bracket die set

Through The Garden Gate Collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn 

- Gardenia flower dies

-Beeblossom flower die set

 

First up is a card using the Gardenia flower dies from Through the Garden Gate collection. Gardenias are one of my favorite flowers. They smell divine! Sadly they need full sun to grow and my house is in a shady spot with many old growth trees around, and I can only grow shade plants! But I digress...

The background is from the Skinny Stripe Background Glimmer plate and foiled in gold. I LOVE this background, be prepared to see many more cards using it!

To create the true gardenia flower look, the smallest center petals were die cut from ivory cardstock and I added some light yellow crystal gems. I added some veining to the petals using a dark green copic marker. See the flourishes I used? They were the negative pieces from the slimline border die I used on my last card. Love finding uses for those negative pieces! The Hugs sentiment die is from the Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiment die set.

Next up is a rainbow inspired Gardenia Slimline card. This card uses the Half Slimline Diamond die set from Becca's collection and I used the Gardenia flowers again, this time I took a whimsy approach and inked them in rainbow colors!

***I reworked this card and posted it here. Check it out to see how I changed it!!***

I die cut the slimline die in white cardstock 2 times and adhered them on both sides of the card. I die cut the gardenias and inked each layer with a lighter touch as I got to the outer petals. I wanted the flowers smaller, so I skipped the last largest layer of petals. I added some DMC gold metallic thread and colorful gems as final accents.

And lastly, is a card using the Beeblossom flower die set from Susan's collection and I used Becca's Half Slimline Bracket die set on the left and right sides.

I admit I had no idea what a Beeblossom flower looked like and after googling them I found them to be very delicate and pretty. They are mostly pink and white and have several varieties. For the flowers, I die cut them in white cardstock and blended some pink at the outer edges. For the stamens, I cut them in white and dipped the ends in a yellow ink and then added yellow stickles. I also hand cut a few of them in half to make them fluffier. For the leaves, I gave scored and made a small fold down the center and used a copic marker and added some details. 

The For You sentiment die is from the Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiment dies.

I inlaid the bracket border die and cut it 2 times, one on each side of the cardstock. I carefully lined them up so they were symmetrical! But if you're off slightly, don't worry the Beeblossom bloom would cover it up and it wouldn't be noticeable. A few Gold Pearl accents finish the card.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! Here are some close up pictures.

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