sunflower shaped cards...

Happy last day of June everyone!  Rosemary here today.  Since 4th of July is just a few days away I had wanted to make a 4th of July card, but I discovered that a stamp set that I thought I had I did not actually have and there was not enough time to order it from AJVD.  I'm a little bummed, but thankfully I had another project to share today that has been ready to go for a few weeks now.   Both these cards were created using just the new Sweet Sunflower die set.  

When I had previously posted the two cards I made with the Sweet Sunflower die set and coordinating stamp set I had indicated that both those cards were inspired by other cards I had made.  Well these are the cards that inspired the other cards!   When I got the Sweet Sunflower die set I knew I wanted to make a shaped card with them.  The main die is large enough to create a shaped card with it.  You simply create a card base and then place the main die on the card front making sure to allow the die to hang past the fold.  That way when you die cut the card you still have a small amount of fold (or hinge) left.  Hope that makes sense.  I created the card that is made with the cardstock and brown glitter cardstock first.  I die cut the main sunflower from a light yellow and then the outline from a slightly darker yellow.  I cut multiples of the outline to build up dimension. The contrast is pretty subtle.  I die cut the card base from kraft cardstock and adhered the yellow sunflower to the front.   The brown glitter cardstock was die cut and then I used the circles left over from die cutting the outline to add to the center so that there was the yellow showing through and to give the center more stability.  The pieces for the leaves were die cut from the same color cardstock, adhered and then I attached the leaves to the inside of the card where you would write your note.  

After I made the first card I realized I had made a little mistake.  I wasn't paying attention to how the card would stand after I die cut it.  When you try to stand the card up is rolls over to the side.  Because I wasn't happy with the contrast between the yellow cardstock I used I decided to remake the card and remembered that I had this fun polka dot patterned paper from Stampin Up! (it is about 10 years old so no longer available).  Thankfully I still had some of the yellow.   Followed the same basic procedure for creating the card just this time I got it right so that the card stands correctly!  I also adjusted where I adhered the leaves.  This time I adhered then to inside of the front of the card (hope that makes sense!).  I also decided to not put a sentiment on either card as I thought they were pretty cute just as they are.  Going to add these to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

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Thanks for stopping by and have a fun 4th of July!

Rosemary

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Wave of Happiness

Wishing you a wave of happiness!

How cute is snorkeling Hootie?

To create the waves I die cut the waves from the Anchors Aweigh 2.0 Die Set, then used the negative cuts to create the waves. I ink blended Catherine Pooler inks in Something Borrowed and Juniper Mist for the waves, Limoncello for the sun and a light handed Something Borrowed for the sky.

Dressed Hootie the Owl in his scuba gear from the new Surf's Up Summer Hootie Add On Die Set and away he goes, creating waves of happiness! The sentiment is from the Oceans of Fun Stamp Set which has great beach/water themed sentiments!

Thank you for joining me today!

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Glad To Have You In My Life

Welcome back!  I'm sharing this one with the new Tropical Hibiscus Layering Flower Die Set!  I really enjoyed coloring these as I often do love to die cut my shapes from white Copic Friendly paper and then coloring them rather than using colored cardstock or design paper.

I chose bright happy colors for this one.

And have you seen the new Let's Talk Hawaiian sentiment set??  I love how it has both the Hawaiian and English versions of the sentiments and it's perfect with these pretty tropical flowers.

I created a quick, easy and fun background using the Plaid backdrop with a piece of yellow cardstock behind it.

And here are the colors I used!

That's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed it and you'll come again soon!

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Surf's Up with Hootie the Owl!

Surf is Up at our house! Pool is open and warm!

I love this new Surf's Up Summer Hootie Add On Die Set. How cute is IT!

Hootie and his surf board ready for the waves!

And the Oceans of Fun Stamp Set that has great coordinating sentiments!

I used the Anchors Aweigh 2.0 Die Set to create the waves by using the negative cut of a wave, then ink blended with Something Borrowed Catherine Pooler Ink. I blended a little bit of Limoncello for the sun in the upper corner.

Then using the Elegant Edges Die Set, I created a sand dune for Hootie to stand on!

Fun but also quick and easy!

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hibiscus flower...

Aloha!  Rosemary here on the blog today with a card I made using the new Tropical Hibiscus Layering Flower die set and the Let's Talk Hawaiian stamp set.   Both of these products are part of the new release from A Jillian Vance Design. 

I'm loving both of these new products!  My sister-in-law is Hawaiian and so I am excited to use them to create cards for her!   For my card today I decided to do some simple coloring with Copic markers instead of trying to find cardstocks to layer together.  I die cut all the pieces and then started by coloring the bottom layer with a single light pink Copic.  The second layer was then colored with the same light pink as the bottom layer plus a darker pink and then added in an even darker pink on the third layer.  I colored the two final pieces with two shades of yellow.  I die cut the palm leaf layers and colored in the same way.  The Tropical Hibiscus dies are clever in that there is a tab on each die that help you figure out how to layer them.  Love that!   I wanted some dimension to my flower so I used my Petal Pusher Stylus and Shaper Mat to add some shape to each layer before adhering them with Just Glue It adhesive.  I was going to just adhered the flower to a plain white rectangle, but then remembered that I had this fun tropical patterned paper pack so I found this piece with the black leaf pattern, trimmed a 2"strip and adhered that to my white cardstock before die cutting the piece with a Stitched Dot rectangle die.  I adhered the panel to a light gray cardstock base, added the flower and leaf.  The sentiment was stamped in black ink, die cut with a label die from the Slimline Essentials die set and popped up on the card using some 3D foam tape.

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Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Rosemary

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You Float My Boat

Hello everyone! Thanks for checking out the blog today. I have a super fun Mini slim card for you! 

The Anchors Aweigh 2.0 set isn't just for anchors... there's so much you can do with it, the other elements included! We're featuring this on Saturday for the One of a Kind Virtual Event on Facebook, join the group for free and watch some amazing craftalongs! We will be on at 6:15, so don't miss it! That bundle is still available and you can order it HERE. We can't promise it'll arrive on time, but you can always watch the video back. 

This card just shows that you don't have to use the anchors. Here I used the sailboat and waves to create an adorable ocean scene! I also used the Spring Hootie stamp set for the sun and stars in the sky! A little ink blending and you've got a gorgeous sky. 

Thanks so much for reading and I hope to see you all on Saturday!

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Shine Bright - Sweet Sunflower

I'm back with another Sweet Sunflower using pieces I cut while making the my first card with this new die set.  You may remember I cut three flowers, one from an alcohol inked panel, one from white glitter paper, and one from gold cardstock.  I made three cards with the pieces and this is my second!

For this one, I used the petals from the alcohol inked panel and the outline from the white glitter paper and center.  I cut another center piece from some gold glitter paper using the piece with the holes in the center so that the white would show through.

I assembled the flower on a vellum background again and then used a couple of the leftover pieces from the Vintage Flourish backdrop I used last time.  Finally a sentiment from the Sweet Sunflower stamp set and a few sequins!

Love these new sets!  I'll have my third card for you next time so hope you'll come back to see it.  Thanks for stopping!

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