In my last post I mentioned sharing more cards made with gel prints, and
I'm working on that. But in the meantime, I wanted to quickly pop in
and share a few cards I made recently that just make me happy. Bright
colors and some flowers -- I can tell I'm ready for spring!
I really love the layout on this first card. The bold colors really pop against the black, although they look a little muted in this photo. And the vertical strips of colored card stock make it feel like the bicycle images are moving across the card.
A layering stencil from Pretty Pink Posh made it easy to create these daffodils, which are a lovely focal point for a spring or Easter card. I think they look especially pretty with the stitched edges of the white panel.
Clean and simple layouts are always some of my favorite. I really like the style of the flowers in this window box -- the stems and flowers are all separate stamps, so you could create a ton of different looks.
Okay, no flowers here, but ocean cards always make me think of warm weather, so I think it counts. I've had the Scenes from the Sea stencil set from Trinity Stamps for ever and finally tried it out. I'm definitely no ink-blending expert, but I think this little underwater scene turned out pretty cute.
I actually completely messed up what I intended to do for this card, which uses a stencil from Taylored Expressions. You're supposed to stamp the coordinating background stamp first and then use the stencil to fill in the flowers. I didn't even think about it and just grabbed the stencil and started ink blending on my card stock. Oops. I know I could have figured out how to position the background stamp over it, but instead I decided to just draw in the details on the flowers and leaves using the background stamp as a guide. It's not perfect, but I saved it from the recycle bin!
That's it for today's quick post. I'm planning some crafty time tomorrow, so we'll see what comes of it. Thanks for stopping by!
These are happy and fun cards! The one with the bike is my fave! I like how you matched the colours!
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Thanks so much, Sunshine!
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