Frames & Flowers DSP kit

This was my first time getting a kit like this…and I have to admit that I LOVE it! Making these cards was so easy! I coordinated with Lost Lagoon and Petal Pink card stock, and of course Basic White too. Ink color used for the sentiments was mostly Pretty Peacock and you might recognize some sentiments from a variety of stamp sets including:

-Happiness Abounds stamp set

-Layering Leaves stamp set

-Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set

I’ve also used the Bough Punch and Hexagon Punch, Spotlight on Nature Dies, and Nested Essentials Dies. 

Last but not least, the peony is from the Poised Peony stamp set and colored in with Stampin’ Blend alcohol markers.

These are not all the cards I made with this set but only those I remember to photograph before I sent them all out! LOL And I still have some of the die cuts left for another day. 

Quadrilateral Cards for New Years

When I first saw this idea of cutting a square of printed paper into 4 on an angle to make 4 cards, I was intrigued. I love anything on an angle! But it still took a while before I got around to trying it. I made these New Year’s Day cards last year and hope to do the same again this year. 

Here are two of the cut pieces (apparently I didn’t photograph all 4 “corners”):

Because this printed washi paper had a directional design, I could only place the pieces in the corner that would make sense for the printed pattern:

A photo of the finished card:

And a close up of the kagami mochi that is symbolic of Japanese New Years. I was just learning to use alcohol markers here and was quite happy with the way the coloring turned out.

Light the Sky Let’s Celebrate card

This was a fun card to create! I loved the die cut fire bursts and tried to use gold foil under it but I didn’t like the way it looked. In the end, the background layer was sponged in concentric circles to simulate the colors changing as the fireworks exploded and spread through the skies…

Here’s a closeup of the sponge brushwork under the fire bursts and cut out:

I did the same for the smaller fire bursts in the lower corner:

I also did a fire burst in a heat embossed gold and added a jewel in the center…And a sentiment with a gold accent:

Last but not least, the inside of the card:

Wish the photos would do this card justice as it looks so much nicer in person! But hopefully you get the idea of the techniques used…Had a lot of fun making it!

Thanks for stopping by…have a wonderful day!