WPlus9 "Fresh Cut Florals" part two

Hello again!! I have been having a blast this weekend playing with WPlus9's "Fresh Cut Florals" dies and stamp set. I don't think I have ever been this excited about a stamp set. I think the best part about it for me was that I pulled out so many of my ink pads  and used them.  (I should really take a photo of all of them-it is kind of sick how many I have.)

I apologize for this photo. It was night time and my desk was very messy. I just wanted  everyone to see that I created each piece in an assembly line process. I used the "Fresh Florals Die" three times to die cut all these pieces out of white card stock. I then went to town stamping. I used TWENTY-ONE ink colors for all these pieces!!! It took me quite a bit of time to do all this so after I stamped, I decided to go to bed and sleep on how I wanted to use all these pieces.

For the first card, I pulled out my "Mega Gracious Vases" Die from Paper Trey Ink and die cut two vases out of white card stock. I knew I wanted to use these on a card but wasn't sure how or what colors I was going to choose for the background.

The white vase was just looking too austere to me so I looked around my house for inspiration. I remembered the sunflowers my friend had brought for me when she came for a visit that were sitting on my counter in a milk glass vase.

I decided that embossing the vases was the key. I went through my embossing folders and chose a thin one I had by Cuttlebug.

I loved how it came out!!! Using foam adhesive, I layered the vase over a die cut piece of pink patterned paper that I had already adhered to my card front. Then I played around with how I wanted my flowers to be. When I was happy with the arrangement, I used a mixture of dot adhesive and foam adhesive to layer the flowers.

I added a bow and some diamond Stickles to some of the flowers, stamped a sentiment and the card was done. So easy!! (However it took a while of layering and digging out products before I came up with this. I am a slow designer!!) I just noticed that the corner of the card in this photo is a bit deformed. I hate when that happens!!

Supplies:

Ink-Stampin Up!-Almost Amethyst, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Forest Foliage, Lavender Lace; My Favorite Things-Sour Apple

Paper-Echo Park-Splash by Bella Road collection-"Journaling," Little Yellow Bicycle-Baby Safari Collection-"Geometric Green," and Fresh Print Clothesline Collection "Cornflowers"

For my second card, I used pink as the background for the card. Instead of using an embossing folder, I used a score board to make the pattern in my vase. I then layered the vase, using foam adhesive, over a strip of patterned paper scrap and some blue twine.

I then arranged the flowers how I wanted them and adhered them to the card with dot and foam adhesive squares.

I then used some midnight blue Stickles for some of the flowers middles and added some blue gems to complete the card.

This is close up of the vase. I had to ink it because somehow I got a little bit of dark ink on it. To cover it up, I took Vintage Photo ink and just touched the sides with a sponge.

That is all for now. I have a couple more projects that I will share tomorrow with the same stamps. Thank you for stopping by!!!

Nora

Supplies:

Ink-Stampin Up!-Almost Amethyst, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Forest Foliage, Lavender Lace; My Favorite Things-Sour Apple

Paper-Echo Park-Splash by Bella Road collection-"Journaling," Little Yellow Bicycle-Baby Safari Collection-"Geometric Green" and "Cornflowers"from Fresh Print Clothesline Collection.

WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope your day is as beautiful as mine has been. The weather is PERFECT!

I haven't posted in a couple weeks. I have been creating but just not for my blog. However, I had time to play on Thursday with my Fresh Cut Florals set from WPlus9 and wanted to show you the projects I created.

I bought these stamps originally because Jennifer McGuire used them in the Summer Card Class II that I took in July. She made the CUTEST card with them!! However, when I received the stamp set and matching dies, I was at a loss on what to do with them. The stamps were a lot tinier then I was used to. I actually had to go to Jen's blog to see how she layered them up. How sad is that? It is VERY OBVIOUS when I look at the set now but I just think I had creative block.

I decided after one bad experiment the previous week that I was going to sit down and just play with them. The two cards that I created here are what I came up with. I paired the stamps with the Paper Trey Ink "Framed Out #12" set and if I do say so myself, they came out fantastic!!

The first thing I did was die cut all my images from white card stock and then use the corresponding stamp that went with that image. My color inspiration was from the Washi tape I used on the card. I had fun getting out all my ink pads and just playing. Once I had all my elements, I created my two cards, varying them just slightly.

The first card I used the sentiment "you make my heart smile" from the PTI stamp set.

I layered the chevron frame over a punched border and a piece of Washi tape. I then had fun just arranging the flower elements haphazardly.

Once I figured out where I wanted everything, I adhered the flowers to the card. I used foam adhesive to give some of the elements dimension. 

I really love how all of it looks together. Once I was through with the outside, I decided that the inside needed a bit of detail.

I decided to use some hearts and stamped them with three of the primary colors I used on the outside of the card. This gives me enough room to write something but also gives the inside a bit of punch.

My second card is almost the same as the first. However, I chose to stamp the chevron frame in raspberry fizz and changed the sentiment on the front. I rarely make the same card twice, even if it is to just vary the color a bit!!

I actually think I like the pink on the frame better then the red. I also stamped the sentiment in poppy red rather then the pink I used on the first card.

When I was done, I actually debated on whether adding some glitter to pop the front a little bit but I decided to just leave the card the way it was.

Like the first card, I decorated the inside of the card as well.

Instead of stamping hearts, I decided to use the same Washi tape I used on the front and two extra florals I had left. I like the inside of this card better then the first one too. I guess I just like this card better!!

I had so much fun making these cards that I stamped a bunch of the florals on Friday and created a bunch of projects with them this weekend. I will be posting those later in the week!!

Thank you for stopping by!!

Nora

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