Purple Layered Bouquet Mother's Day Cards

Today I am sharing more Layered Bouquet Mother's Day cards. I seriously stamped a big pile of pink and purple bouquets and went to town making cards! These are very similar to yesterday's pink cards. 

For today's purple cards I used Altenew inks. The blooms are stamped in Soft Lilac and Lavender Fields. The leaves are stamped in Leafy and Mossy inks from The Stamp Market. The background was die cut from Lilac Grace card stock with the Pierced Plaid Cover die, also from The Stamp Market. The sentiment is a retired Papertrey Ink set called Keep it Simple: Mother, stamped onto a Tag Sale Quilted die. To add some dimension I used Jennifer McGuire's trick of layering die cuts. I had a couple of bouquets that didn't stamp well, so I glued them underneath! Both the bouquet and sentiment strip have three layers glued together. 

This card is stamped in the same inks. The background was die cut with Pinkfresh Studio's Essentials: Diagonal Stitched Plaid die, trimmed down to leave a white border. The bouquet is layered onto an Intricate Mandala die cut. 

Here are the last two purple cards. 

This time I layered the bouquet onto a Delicate Doilies die cut from vellum. 

These last flowers were stamped in slighter darker purple shades. I used Lavender Fields and Deep Iris. I stenciled directly onto a top folding notecard with the Diagonal Plaid stencil to create the background. This sentiment is also from Keep it Simple: Mother. This simple design was one of my favorites! I also used the Flappable Stencil from The Greetery to embellish each of the envelope flaps. 

As I said before, I stamped a big pile of the Layered Bouquets, but I don't really like to mass produce the same thing over and over again, so I enjoyed making each one slightly different!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Layered Bouquet (Pinkfresh Studio), Keep it Simple: Mother (PTI)

Paper: Lilac Grace (PTI), Accent

Ink: Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris (Altenew), Leafy, Mossy (The Stamp Market), VersaFine Onyx Black

Dies: Layered Bouquet, Intricate Mandala, Essentials: Diagonal Stitched Plaid die (Pinkfresh Studio), Delicate Doilies (Ink to Paper), Tag Sale Quilted (PTI), Pierced Plaid Cover die (The Stamp Market)

Other: Diamond Plaid Stencil (Pinkfresh Studio), Flappable Stencil (The Greetery)

Pink Layered Bouquet Mother's Day Cards

 

I am making Mother's Day cards for all of the moms and mentor moms in my church moms's group. We have been entirely virtual for over a year now so I wanted to send them each something personal to stay connected and hopefully brighten their day. I used lots of Pinkfresh Studio supplies on these, including more of the Layered Bouquet set I used in yesterday's card. 

I stamped the blooms in Pale Peony and Hibiscus Burst inks. The leaves are stamped in Leafy and Mossy. For this card I layered the bouquet on an Essentials: Braided Circles die cut. The pink layer was die cut from Pale Peony card stock with the Essentials: Diagonal Stitched Plaid cover die. I trimmed it down to leave a white border. The sentiment is from a retired Papertrey Ink set called Keep it Simple: Mother, stamped onto a Tag Sale Quilted die cut. 

This card is much simpler, with the bouquet adhered directly onto the card front. To create the background I blended Pale Peony ink directly onto the card base with just the first layer of the Diamond Plaid stencil. The sentiment is again from Keep it Simple: Mother. 

This card is much like the first, except the Essentials: Diagonal Stitched Plaid die was cut from white card stock, and the flowers were layered onto an Intricate Mandala die cut from vellum. The plaid die cut is also popped up with foam adhesive underneath. Also, I used the Flappable Stencil from The Greetery to decorate each of the envelope flaps. These were so fun to make! I loved cutting a big pile of blooms and then changing each card slightly to make them each unique. I'll have more cards to share later this week!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Layered Bouquet (Pinkfresh Studio), Keep it Simple: Mother (PTI)

Paper: Pale Peony, Vellum (PTI), Accent

Ink: Pale Peony, Hibiscus Burst (PTI), Leafy, Mossy (The Stamp Market), VersaFine Onyx Black

Dies: Layered Bouquet, Intricate Mandala, Diagonal Stitched Plaid Essentials die, Essentials: Braided Circles (Pinkfresh Studio), Tag Sale Quilted (PTI)

Other: Diamond Plaid Stencil (Pinkfresh Studio), Flappable Stencil (The Greetery)

Layered Bouquet Happy Birthday

 

I have been growing my collection of Pinkfresh Studio goodies so I challenged myself to make a card using only products from that company. This was fun! The background was created by blending Slumber ink directly onto a top folding white notecard with the Diamond Plaid stencil. The focal point is the lovely Layered Bouquet stamp set on top of an Essentials: Braided Circles die cut. The circle is popped up with foam tape for dimension, and I added some clear drops here and there. The sentiment, from Happy Birthday Sentiments, was stamped in black clear heat embossed. More cards using these products to come soon!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Happy Birthday Sentiments, Layered Bouquet (Pinkfresh Studio)

Paper: Accent

Ink: Mossy, Leafy (The Stamp Market), Slumber, Blue Jay (Pinkfresh Studio), VersaFine Onyx Black

Dies: Layered Bouquet, Essentials: Braided Circle (Pinkfresh Studio)

Other: Diamond Plaid Stencil (Pinkfresh Studio), clear embossing powder, clear drops

Layered Bouquets for Mother's Day

I'm getting a head start on making my Mother's Day cards this year. These ones use a beautiful floral set from Pinkfresh Studio called Layered Bouquet. 

The flowers and leaves are each just two steps so this large bouquet stamped up very quickly! For the flowers I used Pink Pirouette and Pale Peony inks. The leaves are stamped in Mossy and Leafy inks. 

The flowers are matted on a Delicate Doilies die cut from Stamper's Select White card stock. The doily has a circle of fun foam adhered behind it to add dimension.

The sentiment is from a retired Papertrey Ink stamp set called Keep it Simple: Mother, stamped in Pale Peony ink onto the banner portion of a Quilted Tag Sale die cut. The banner is also popped up with foam tape. 

Let's talk about the gingham background for a moment. It's made with the Square Dance Stencils from The Greetery and I am in love with how it turned out! Using a fairly light hand I blended Worn Lipstick ink for the darker portion and Spun Sugar ink for the lighter parts. I think it is so pretty! Finally, the stenciled panel was trimmed down with the largest Crimped Frame die. 

And here it is in yellow! I don't normally do yellow but I really like how sunny and cheerful it turned out.

The yellow flowers were stamped in Barely Banana and Daffodil Delight inks. The background was stenciled with More Mustard and Squeezed Lemonade distress oxide inks. 

These were a joy to make and actually turned out how I had planned in my head. That never happens! Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Layered Bouquet (Pinkfresh Studio), Keep it Simple: Mother (PTI)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Ink: Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade (Distress Oxide), Pink Pirouette, Barely Banana, Daffodil Delight (SU!), Pale Peony (PTI), Leafy, Mossy (The Stamp Market)

Dies: Layered Bouquet (Pinkfresh Studio), Delicate Doilies (Ink to Paper), Tag Sale Quilted (PTI), Crimped Frame (The Greetery)

Stencil: Square Dance (The Greetery)

More Birthday Blooms

Today I have two more cards I made using The Greetery's Birthday Blooms stamps and dies. In this first one I played around with a purple theme. I actually started by ink blending Shaded Lilac distress oxide ink onto a white card stock panel, then decided to die cut it with the Essentials: Braided Ovals dies from Pink Fresh Studio. That gave me a fun frame for the rest of my pieces. 

After die cutting a pile of the Birthday Bloom flowers, I stamped them in a variety of purples. The darker blooms are a combination of Lilac Grace and Royal Velvet, and the lighter blooms are a combination of Lavender Lace and Wilted Violet. The "happy" die cut is stamped in Royal Velvet ink. 

I placed my sentiment in the middle of the oval and then framed it with my stamped blooms, alternating light and dark. I added just a few clear sequins and also stamped a few flowers in the corners of my white card base. 

For the last card I went with pink! The background was created by blending Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry distress oxides onto a white card stock panel. I also splattered water and Picked Raspberry inks for more interest. I die cut the background panel with the Nordic Frames die and then added the rest of my pieces. 

The blooms were stamped in a combination of Pink Pirouette and Fuschia, and Pink Pirouette and Orchid inks. 

I die cut the word "Birthday" and stamped it in black ink and added it to the center of the focal panel. "Happy" is stamped directly onto the pink panel. This was a fun set to play with, thanks for reading!

SUPPLIES:

Purple Birthday Card

Stamps: Birthday Blooms (The Greetery)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Ink: Lilac Grace, Royal Velvet, Green Parakeet, New Leaf (PTI), Lavender Lace, Garden Green) (SU!), Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac (Distress Oxide)

Dies: Birthday Blooms (The Greetery), Essentials: Braided Ovals (Pink Fresh Studio)

Other: sequins

Pink Birthday Card

Stamps: Birthday Blooms (The Greetery)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Garden Green (SU!), Fuschia, Orchid (The Stamp Market), Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry (Distress Oxide), Green Parakeet, New Leaf (PTI), Versa Fine Onyx Black

Dies: Birthday Blooms, Nordic Frames (The Greetery)

Wishing You a Sweet Day

I'll be sharing lots of birthday cards in the coming weeks. Now through March there is a steady stream of birthdays among my family and friends! This card is destined for a crafty friend from my church and uses the Cupcake and Sprinkles die-namic. My last card used the Mini Cupcake Maker die-namic, and today's card uses the full size cupcake. Both sizes are super fun!

The cupcake is adhered to an Essentials: Braided Oval die cut from Lilac Grace card stock. I love how pretty and intricate that die cut is! The cupcake wrapper was cut from pattern paper and the frosting was die cut from white card stock. I went over the frosting with a Wink of Stella pen to add some shimmer. The sprinkles are cut from Lilac Grace and gold card stock. 

I used the Twisted Crepe die to add a festive touch to the top of the card. I die cut the streamers from white card stock and, using a finger dauber, added Wilted Violet distress oxide ink. I alternated between full saturation and a very light tough to give it the variegated look. 

The background panel was created by splattering a white card stock panel with Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet distress oxide inks and then I cut it down with the largest Crimped Frame die. Finally, I stamped the sentiment, from Sugar Coated Sentiments, with Wilted Violet ink at the bottom. The entire main panel is popped up with foam tape onto a Lilac Grace card base. It's been fun playing and getting some cards made!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Sugar-Coated Sentiments (MFT)

Paper: Lilac Grace, Stamper's Select White (PTI), Spots & Stripes Brights pattern paper (Sugar Pea Designs), gold

Ink: Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet (Distress Oxide)

Dies: Cupcake and Sprinkles die namic (MFT), Twisted Crepe, Crimped Frame (The Greetery), Essentials: Braided Ovals (Pink Fresh Studio)

Other: Wink of Stella

Rainbow Unicorn Card

 

I made this card for a little girl turning 5 years old. Magical Unicorn by Pink Fresh Studios is one of my only "little girl" stamp sets so I often use it for girl birthdays, but I still love it! I'd been mulling the idea of using it to make a rainbow unicorn for some time and was happy to finally make that happen!

I began by die cutting the ears and horn from white card stock using the coordinating Magical Unicorn dies. The horn was embossed in gold and I added Wink of Stella to the ears to give them some sparkle, though that is hard to see in the photo. 

Then I die cut 6 of the smaller flowers, also from white card stock.  I looked through my inks to find a rainbow of colors I thought looked good together. Using ink blending brushes, I  colored the white flowers in the rainbow hues. I did it this way because I didn't necessarily have the card stock colors I wanted, but I did have the ink colors. 

Once I had all of that done, I arranged them in ROYGBV order. Try as I might, though, I just couldn't find a way to make all six flowers look good. I ended up removing the green flower altogether and just using green in the leaves. Having only the five flowers, with the yellow at the center, was much more pleasing compositionally. The vein lines on the flowers also have Wink of Stella on them, and I went over the little dots in the centers with a gold pen. 

All of the elements were adhered onto a white panel die cut with the Card Front Element Builder die. The unicorn's eyelashes were stamped in black but embossed in clear to give them some shine. Finally, I added in a few of the star clusters including in the stamp set around the top in Soft Stone ink.

Thanks for reading and I hope the little girl liked her birthday card!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Magical Unicorn (Pink Fresh Studio)

Ink: Pure Poppy, Amethyst Allure, Green Parakeet, Soft Stone (PTI), Ripe Persimmon, Squeezed Lemonade, Blueprint Sketch (Distress Oxide), VersaFiny Onyx Black

Paper; Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Dies: Magical Unicorn (Pink Fresh Studio), Card Front Element Builder (Sugar Pea Designs)

Other: clear embossing powder, gold embossing powder, gold pen, Wink of Stella

Have a Magical Birthday

My oldest son was recently invited to a birthday party for a girl in his class and this is the card I made for her. I decided to use Pink Fresh Studio's set Magical Unicorn. This is one of my only young girl type stamp sets, but I really love it!


The flowers, leaves, ears, and unicorn horn are all cut with the matching Magical Unicorn dies. The horn was embossed in gold, and the leaves and flowers were stamped with their coordinating stamps from the set. The ears are only glued on at the base, and then I sort of curled them up a bit for some dimension.

I used the Essentials: Braided Oval die to layer all of my unicorn pieces on. My inspiration for the layout came from the very talented Kelly Lunceford, who did the same thing on her card.

I stamped the eyelashes directly on the oval die cut, and then embossed the sentiment in gold. The oval is popped up with foam tape over a piece of polka dotted pattern paper that is from a very old Stampin' Up! pad I've had forever. I think it turned out very cute and I hope the little girl liked her card!

Have a great weekend!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Magical Unicorn (Pink Fresh Studio)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, pattern paper (SU!)

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery (SU!), Versa Fine Onyx Black, Versa Mark

Dies: Magical Unicorn, Essentials: Braided Oval (Pink Fresh Studio), Nesting Basics: Rectangles (PTI))

Other: gold embossing powder, adhesive pearls, foam tape