Advice From A Wildflower

 

Hello everyone and Happy Saturday!  Design Team Michael here with a simple and beautiful card for that person who loves flowers and, especially, wildflowers.  I have a friend who is an avid gardener, she loves wildflowers, and her birthday is next week.  So I made her a card using the new Advice From a Wildflower stamp, which is part of the April 2024 New Stamp Release.  

• I made a top-folding A2 card using red cardstock.
• I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, which I adhered to the inside of the card where I will write my birthday message to her. 
• I used the same 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die to cut part of a wildflower paper from my stash. 
• I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back and then to the card front. 
• I stamped Advice From a Wildflower on white cardstock and die-cut it using a rectangle die.
• I layered this on a piece of red cardstock and then to the card front.  
• Lastly, I adhered a few red enamel dots and a red heart enamel dot. 

This card took me about 5 minutes to make and I cannot wait for her to get it from me.  I hope you have enjoyed this quick card idea.  If you go shopping on the Technique Junkies website, don't forget to use my code at checkout to save 10% on your whole order - TJ10Michael.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael

Wildflowers

Hello. Jeanette here. I hope you've been enjoying the cards the design team has made with the April 15th release. Hang tight because we have a lot more to show you. Remember, with the releases coming every 45 days instead of monthly, we'll have more time to play with each release. That's a good thing!

There are still just a couple of days left to take advantage of the 15% off this release, too. So don't forget to shop.

Today I'm sharing two more cards that I've made with stamps from this release (as well as a stamp from a previous release).

Silhouette Stems and previously released Difficult Time:

Wildflower Corner and Advice from a Wildflower:

If you like saving money - and who doesn't - please use the code TJ10JEANETTE when checking out at Technique Junkies to receive a 10% discount.

If you'd like to see other cards I've made using Technique Junkies stamps/products, you'll find them on my blog - HERE.

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I'm featuring two of the April 15, 2024 stamps -   Advice from a Wildflower and Wildflower-Corner.  This corner stamp is especially gorgeous and it would be perfect to use to create personal stationery, decorate envelopes and could be used for so many card themes (just a note, birthday, thinking of you, sympathy).

                       

Materials you'll need:

- Watercolor paper (if you don't use this type of paper simply grab a piece of light blue/teal piece of card stock and skip the "creating a wash" steps)

- Wide paintbrush and ink of your choice. I used a peacock color.

- Small dish of water

- Card base and 5.5 x 4.25 teal piece of card stock 

- String, thread, or yarn plus gem dots (optional)

- Adhesive

- Gray ink pad and black ink pad

- Optional - foam

I created a wash background first. To create a wash background I use my brush and paint water across the area I want to add color to. Next I like to put a little ink on a plate or glass surface then spray it with water. I want just a hint of color. Dab the brush in it then go back and forth across the water color paper. You can set that aside to dry or use a heat tool. Be sure it is completely dry before stamping on it.  

Using a stamping platform I stamped the Wildflower corner along the right side using gray ink.  I didn't stamp it all the way to the right because I knew I needed some room to tear around the border. 

Next I stamped Advice from a Wildflower using black ink.

Now the fun part - tear around the perimeter tearing the paper towards you.  There's no magic to this - just slowly tear the paper all the way around.  If you need to tear off a little more here and there - go for it.  

Grab your scrap string and wrap around the lower portion a few times and tape it in the back so the string doesn't move.  I used two kinds of string because the first string was too light so I added some thick thread.

Let's put it all together...

You can add a large piece of foam to the back of the water color paper if you'd like to lift it up or simply adhere to the teal card stock then glue the teal piece to your card base.  Add gems.

What are you going to add to the inside?  I decided to leave mine blank, but sometimes I'll add something when I get ready to use it. 

This release is filled with a wide variety of stamps that will work beautifully with other stamps you already have.  Take a look techniquejunkies.com/april-2024-gotta-have-it-all/.  If you are leaning towards buying the entire release remember you can save $31.83 off the price of $127.55 by purchasing the Gotta Have it ALL bundle. 

Everything else is 10% Off when you use my design team code (TJ10AJ) so...you might want to write it down in case you decide to go shopping another day.

Oh...one more thing.  If you like the "Advice from..." stamp -  Technique Junkies carries other ones too and you can find them here.

Have fun stamping!

AJ

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