Hello, Crafty Friends!
Today, we are Celebrating Christmas in July with Spellbinders. This is a fabulous way to be inspired by an array of amazing designers and get you into the holiday spirit. My simple Joy card features Spellbinders Christmas Jasmine and Skinny Stripe Background hot foil stamp.
To create this card, I foiled a black A2 card panel using matte silver foil and the Skinny Stripe Background hot foil stamp. I love the look of the silver foil against the crisp black cardstock. I then used a circle die to create a window for my shaker bits and "Joy" sentiment. However, the real star of this card is the Christmas Jasmine. If you have not seen the floral arrangement videos by Susan Tierney Cockburn, then you are in for a treat. This amazing designer shares her passion for all things floral and provides lovely tutorials on making paper florals come alive. Hint...it involves special tools that help with providing veining for the leaves, and how to mold a paper flower using different ball styluses to create depth and texture to the paper petals. Once I learned the basics of paper floral design, it was time to play with these amazing dies to create 3-D flowers. I just love how they turned out. I completed the card with a few silver beads.
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Thank you for joining me. I hope you have a chance to step into your craftroom and create something beautiful!
Happy Crafting,
Keia
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Hello, sweet friends.
Today, I am sharing with you a card featuring Pinkfresh Studio's Sunflowers Collection. The Sunflower is the official flower of Ukraine and is a symbol of peace. In solidarity with the people of Ukraine, Pinkfresh Studio will donate 100% of the sales from this collection to Save the Children. #StandWithUkraine
To create this card, I used the Butterfly collection hot foil stamp on Spellbinders' Glimmer cardstock and acetate sheets. If you have not tried this paper for your foiling needs, I highly recommend it. I achieve a crisp foiled image when using these specialty papers for foiling. Once I had my foiled images, I used my Copic markers to color the cardstock butterfly image using hues of blue and yellow. The effect, once layered with the acetate butterfly image looks like a stained glass piece. For some time, I have seen the butterfly with florals image and wanted to recreate this look using the sunflower washi tape. It took a bit of patience, but I love how the focal piece came together. And layering the sunflower washi tape images using foam adhesive provides wonderful dimension. The simple inked background, in shades of blue, features gold watercolor splatters and a lovely sentiment from the Always Uplifting stamp set. A few gold matte metallic pearls and falling leaves complete this card.
Thank you for visiting this post. For more information and inspiration using the Pinkfresh Studio Sunflower Collection, please visit the online store (HERE). And remember, 100% of the proceeds from this collection will go to Save the Children. Thank you in advance for your support.
Create Beauty Every day,
Keia
Sunflower Collection
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