Hi friends!
Thank you so much for joining me on my blog today. I created this card for the current challenge at Cloud9 Crafts: Summer Fiesta. Go to Instagram to see how you can enter your project and get a chance to win a gift voucher!
For your convenience, you can find a full visual supply list of my card here.
I started by die cutting a few things from the Magic Iris Tropical Leaves Add-On. I used the main die cut (the Tropical Leaves Circle), a few flowers and leaves. I did this out of the Watercolor Wishes Rainbow paper pad from Lawn Fawn.
Of course I wanted to add a little bit of ink on the die cuts. I did this with my Pinkfresh blending tools, which are GREAT for inking up small die cuts. For the flowers I used the 1/4 tool and for that big circle, I used the 1/2 tool.
The colors I used are Distress colors: Festive Berries and Mustard Seed. For the greenery I did use Rainforest ink from Lawn Fawn. I like that ink a lot for giving some shadow to greenery. This color also works beautiful with Cilantro cardstock from Lawn Fawn.
I did splatter on some Copic white on the different die cuts. Don’t know if I would do it again though for this card. I think it would look beautiful without the splatters as well.
For my sentiment, I die cut another Tropical Leaves Add-On, but now I did this out of Sticky Note cardstock from Lawn Fawn. I inked up the edges with Mustard Seed (I used this for the flowers before as well). After that I stamped the ‘Hello Sunshine’ sentiment with Versamark ink. That sentiment comes from the Magic Messages stamp set (from Lawn Fawn).
I did debate quite a lot about the background. Actually I first inked up a whole piece with Distress Oxides, but it didn’t feel quite right. I used Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Blueprint Sketch but it wasn’t giving me Summer vibes. So I set that panel aside for another card.
So I eventually just went with a piece of patterned paper from the Pint Sized Summer Patterns paper pad. I really like that yellow paper with those little suns. Super cute. I trimmed it down to A2 size (4,25 by 5,5 inches) and adhered it to a white card base.
Then I glued down the tropical leaves circle, directly to the paper. The yellow circle with the sentiment was popped up with foam squares. Then I placed the flowers on there as well, I did an uneven number (so 3 flowers and 2 flowers). Apparently it is more pleasing to the eye when you use an uneven number.
I also added a few extra leaves here and there to fill the circle just a little bit more. And I did put 2 leaves and a cute little flower on the bottom right corner as well.
Super simple to make, but I really love adding ink to die cuts. It just adds that little extra something and inking up all the things is absolutely my favorite card making technique!
Here is the link again to the full supply list: https://cloud9crafts.nl/collections/cloud9-crafts-dt-inspiration-Summer-Card-feat-Lawn-Fawn-Magic-Iris-Tropical-Leaves-Add-On
I hope this gives you a little bit of inspiration. Thanks again for stopping by. I will be back soon with another project!
Love, Jarle x
Handmade card. Happy heart. 