Monday, February 18, 2013

a thank you card set...

I made a little card set just for fun today! It felt good to make something just because I wanted to and just because I felt creative, not for any assignments. :) I didn't get a chance to play with the new Mini Blooms stamp set and dies as much as I wanted to when they first arrived, so I wanted to sit down and play with them a bit.

On my first card, I used the banner from Papertrey Ink's In Stitches dies and wanted to layer it over the Mini Blooms flowers, so I cut some of the Mini Blooms and stamped them in Melon Berry, Pure Poppy and Sweet Blush inks. The leaves are stamped in New Leaf and Spring Moss inks. You can even layer the blooms like I did here by the banner.

I cut the "you" from the Wonderful Words dies with a dark gray cardstock from my stash and stamped "thank" from the Wonderful Additions Words in Soft Stone ink. I backed the Aqua Mist banner with Hawaiian Shores cardstock for more of a shadow effect on the banner.

The second card is very similar in that I used almost all of the same products, just a little bit different placement of them. I stamped "thank" in Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist inks (stamping them twice, not re-inking in between) to get the different shades of blue, starting at the bottom with the darkest color.

A few Mini Blooms flowers were added over the top and another "you" cut with Pure Poppy cardstock.

"So Much" is from the Mini Blooms set. When finished with the front, I added a little strip of Pure Poppy cardstock and a Melon Berry patterned paper card base. Hope you enjoyed these today!



12 comments:

Natalie Elphinstone said...

So very pretty. These are gorgeous!

Holly Saveur said...

LOVE IT so sweet and gorgeous..now I soooooo regret I didn't order this set too...was so in two minds about it ..loved it ..loved the script but thought I had enough tiny blooms with other PTI sets...not so after seeing these cards.......

richardbreaks said...

Danielle, the first card is pure genius. Layering the sentiment like that with the colors you chose is just beyond description. I really love that stamp and die set, too.

Hollie Shepard said...

I love these cards! I bought this set and can't wait to sit down with it! Thank You for the inspiration.

Susan said...

These cards are so cute Danielle! I can't wait for my package to come so I can start playing with them! I also noticed the envelope enclosure on your previous post and thought the mini blooms would be cute where the aqua flowers are. Thanks for the inspiration - glad you had time to just "play"!

Diana K said...

Totally gorgeous! I am really regretting that I didn't order Mini Blooms this month - just might have to sneak in another order.

LEG Studios said...

I'm so excited to get this set in my PTI box this week! These cards are so pretty, Danielle!!

Mary Ann said...

Very pretty card...

Sära said...

OH, these are so fun! I adore the color combination and I really like how you layered the flower images on top of each other. So pretty. I can't wait for this set to arrive!

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suzeyq said...

Love these cute cards! Wishing I had ordered this set also... oh well... next time!

Andrea Amu said...

Darling cards, Danielle!