Kia Ora Koutou
Welcome back to Inspiration Wednesday and today I have three different posts for you with three cards.
First up is a card using the gorgeous Decorative Accents Tag dies. This is one of my favourite go to dies and I use them a lot.
Products Used:
Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, 159723
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers – 36 Pack, 478455
Crystal Ultrafine Transparent Glitter 1/2 oz., 85-glitter
Lettuce Entertain You Prills, ANC814
Ticket and Tags Die, HCD1-7201
Album Tags and Accents Die, HCD1-7202
Decorative Pocket Accents Die, HCD1-7211
Cottage Garden Hydrangea Die, HCD1-7278
Fresh Cut Hydrangea Die, HCD1-7279
Cottage Window & Hydrangea Die, HCD1-7280
Stack and Store Daubers-Pack of 30, HCDA2-450
Cottage Garden Paper Collection, HCDP1-2111
3D Hydrangea Shaping Mold, HCFB1-489
Just For You Sentiments Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3845
Cottage Garden Hydrangea Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3900
Fresh Cut Hydrangea Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3901
Cottage Window & Hydrangea Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3902
Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Pack of 50 – White, HCPP1-475
Other Products:
White cardstock, Ranger Archival ink – Violet, spray adhesive, foam tape, narrow white ribbon, stamp positioner
For more tips on creating with the Cottage Garden Collection watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/faBoB2s49RI.
For more tips on creating with the tags & sentiments, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/eAfLuNkRda4.
For more tips on creating with the pocket dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/uDhKUj9AAMo.
Instructions:
Cut a piece of white cardstock 6” x 12”, score at 6” along the long side and fold to create a base card of 6” x 6”. Cut a piece of striped patterned paper 6” x 6”. Cut three decorative dies from the HCD1-7211 Decorative Pocket Accents Die set out of white cardstock. Add Crystal Clear with spray adhesive and adhere behind three sides of the patterned paper and then adhere to the card front. Cut a piece of patterned paper featuring the birds on a branch 4” x 6” and using the plain edge shaped die from the HCD1-7211 Decorative Pocket Accents Die die cut the edge above the birds. Die cut the decorative edge die and lace edge die from the HCD1-7211 Decorative Pocket Accents Die set out of white cardstock, add Crystal Clear glitter with spray adhesive and then adhere to the shaped edge as shown. Adhere this to the bottom front of the card on three sides only to create a pocket.
Stamp the curved flower image from the HCPC-3902 Cottage Window & Hydrangea Stampset in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Adhere to the top of the pocket as shown with foam tape.
Stamp the bird and flower image from the HCPC-3901 Fresh Cut Hydrangea Stamp in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Shape and adhere to the bottom of the card as shown with foam tape.
Stamp the small hydrangea images from the the HCPC-3901 Fresh Cut Hydrangea Stamp in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Trim the leaves and adhere one to each end of the large branch with the birds.
Stamp the flower images from the HCPC-3900 Cottage Garden Hydrangea Stamp set in Violet ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the centres with Vivid Chartreuse ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Colour the backs of the flowers with French Ultramarine ink and sponge the edges of the flowers with Forget-Me-Knot ink and shape using the coordinating mold. Add Crystal Clear glitter to the flowers using Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge and Lettuce Entertain You Prills to the centres and add to the base of the birds as shown.
Stamp the straight flower image from the HCPC-3902 Cottage Window & Hydrangea Stamp set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Adhere to the top of the card as shown with foam tape.
To finish the card, add Ultrafine Crystal glitter to the flower images on the bottom of the card and the decorative white pattern at the top of the card.
Tags: Cut two outer tags from the HCD1-7201 Ticket & Tags Die set out of white cardstock. Die cut two small tag ends from the HCD1-7202 Album Tags & Accents Die set out of white cardstock and adhere to the top of the white tags. Cut two inner tags from the HCD1-7201 Ticket & Tags Dieset out of the patterned paper and adhere to the front of the tags. Stamp the sentiments from the HCPC3845 Just for You Sentiments Stamp set with Forget-Me-Knot ink on the front of the tags.
Stamp the straight flower image from the HCPC-3902 Cottage Window & Hydrangea Stamp set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Trim the ends and add to the top of the tags. Stamp the small hydrangea images from the the HCPC-3901 Fresh Cut Hydrangea Stamp in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Trim the leaves and adhere one to the end of the small hydrangea spray.
Stamp the flower images from the HCPC-3900 Cottage Garden Hydrangea Stamp set in Violet ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the centres with Vivid Chartreuse ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Colour the backs of the flowers with French Ultramarine ink and sponge the edges of the flowers with Forget-Me-Knot ink and shape using the coordinating mold. Add Crystal Clear glitter to the flowers using Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge and Lettuce Entertain You Prills to the centres and add to the tags as shown. To finish, add Ultrafine Glitter to the images on the patterned paper. Add white ribbon and a bow to the top of each tag and insert into the pocket.
Please watch out for my next blog post featuring the gorgeous new decorative dies that have just been released this month.
Happy Crafting
Ka Kite Anu
Patricia