The final Mixed Florals card for this week shows you some more of the special stamps and dies included in this bundle.
The bundle includes this large die that makes the greenery on today's card. It sort of reminds me of grasses and reeds that you might find growing next to a beautiful lake. The colorful flowers in the front are another smaller floral stamp. I stamped and die cut several of them and gave them some cheery colors with my Stampin' Blends. There are also several cute little lady bug stamps and dies in the set, so of course I had to add one of each.
The next thing I needed to decide was what background to put behind them. I tried some designer series paper and different color cardstock, but nothing looked right. I wanted just a hint of color, but didn't want it to detract from the greenery and flowers.
As I was playing around I thought of a painting technique I'd used in the past to paint walls in my house. I took scrunched up plastic wrap, dipped it in paint and patted it on the walls. It always gave a unique look that I liked. I decided to try something similar for the background on this card.
In this case, I first placed a Linked Together Decorative Mask on my card, and then I started playing with the scrunched up plastic wrap and ink.
I was having so much fun that I decided to continue playing and see what other backgrounds I could come up with.
By the end of the day I had 3 fun backgrounds that I had made with decorative masks, including this one.
Yesterday on my Learning with Friends video series, I shared those three fun backgrounds. If you missed it, you can watch the replay here.
If you watch the video, will you leave me a comment and let me know which background is your favorite?
The Mixed Florals stamp set does not include greetings, so my sentiment for the card front came from the You are Beautiful stamp set.
When I made today's card I wasn't sure how many flowers I would need. As I indicated above I made several of them in all different colors. In the end, I decided three was enough for the front. But being someone that hates to throw things away that I spent time making, I decided to use a couple of the leftovers for the inside of my card.
You could just as easily stamp the flowers and color them directly on the inside Basic White cardstock. But I had the die cuts so used them!
Use this link to download a tutorial for this card.
A list of the product used is shown below.
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