Creative inspiration

Who does not like colourful, cheerful daisies, especially to say “thank you” to someone?   This card features the Altenew watercolour dots stamp in the background. I applied different shades of green randomly on the stamp and lightly spritzed it with water before stamping onto smooth cardstock. The daisies were created using Altenew spring daisy stamp set and ink collections Pocketful of sunshine (so appropiate for daisies 🙂) and Tea party. The sentiment is part of the watercolour dots stamp set.  The dies for the sentiment is from Creative Expressions Austrian Collection corner, border and tag.        

I experimented with blending card, Altenew brush markers and The Ton thoughtful poppies stamp to create this card. First, heat-emboss the stamp with white embossing powder on the blending card. (Stamp with Versamark ink, sprinkle white embossing powder and set with a heat gun.) Use the brush tip of Altenew #702 Lavender fields to fill the flower, using light strokes from the outside edges towards the inside. Make light strokes along the edges, using the same marker, as shown below. Remember to use the marker at a slant, so you use the edge rather than the tip itself to do...

The sweet patchwork daisy collection will be in South Africa soon. The steps for making this card: 1. Apply anti-static powder to the vellum. Stamp the vellum with Versamark ink and sprinkle with white embossing powder. Set with a heat gun. (Stamp 2 sets of the daisy border)  2. Die-cut the embossed and coloured images.   3. Colour the daisy borders at the back of the embossed vellum with markers. For contrast on the card, do  not colour the small flower images.   4.Cut a square of 14,5 cm form one of the papers in the paper pack. adhere to...

The sweet peony stamp and die sets from Heartfelt Creations are so pretty and versatile in any colour. For this card, I stamped the peonies in deep purple archival ink, then dabbed on colour on the edges of the petals first with the deep purple and then with Versamagic in pretty petunia. After die-cutting with the matching dies, I shaped the flowers with ball tools. The background was cut from a page in the Heartfelt Creations lush lilac paper collection. I love the dimension and interest that the printed paper and lacy edge die add. The white lacy layer was cut...

Card base: A4 cardstock (240gsm) scored and folded to A5-size. Printed background from the Lush Lilac paper collection, trimmed to 14,5x20,5 cm. Die-cut frame: Eyelet lace frames Flowers: Small sweet peony, stamped and coloured with Ranger archival ink Deep purple and Versamagic Spring pansy. Yellow beads in centre: Prills Leaves and flourishes: Classic rose vines, stamped in the pruple archival ink and coloured with Versamagic oasis green and Distress ink in shabby shutters. If you liked this card, please do leave a comment. Thanks so much for visiting! Marie Smith