Yay! It's another amazing Freaks blog hop, this time showcasing products from the Spring Catalog!
If you've just arrived or if you've come from the talented Wendy's blog, just keep clicking on the icon at the bottom of each post to see all 12 of the Control Freaks awesomeness!
Even though there are sooo many neat products I could show today 'Spring' makes me think of flowers and gardening; hence my moniker 'Flowerbug'. And I haven't played with any flower stamps lately! So on to my projects .....
I love yellow and orange! Guess what my bedroom colors were as a teen!?
This is a one layer card but it doens't look like it does it? The colors just pop!
Here's the 'how to': I masked off the middle of the Whisper White card front with post-it notes and embossed a few of the flowers from the Secret Garden stamp set using white embossing powder. Then I sponged (burnished) both Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie ink all over it.
Next I stamped more flowers using Pumpkin Pie ink and then removed the post-its. Then I stamped one more flower on the upper left. I colored in a few flower centers with a black marker and added the greeting from Blooming with Kindness in Black ink.
Can you see the scored lines above and below the masked area? I like that extra little detail. I hope you like this simple yet WOW card!
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Another easy to reproduce card for you. Are you wondering where I got the chevron patterned paper behind the punched White butterflies. It's actually a stamped image from the OH, Hello stamp set. I inked it in Tempting Turquoise and stamped onto White card stock and then punched out three 1 3/8" circle punched pieces.
To get those White butterfly circles, first punch out a butterfly from a scrap of White card stock. Then punch a 1 1/4" circle around it. Add pieces of dimensionals to pop it up.
Did you see the matching envelope?
I wanted to have a coordinating envelope for this card and thought our new Simply Scored Borders Scoring Plate would be perfect. I scored it twice using one of the zig-zag patterns on it; just move the envelope slightly over 1/4" from the first scored line. Then I added two of the extra punched butterflies above it.
Thank you for stopping in today. Now you're off to see what Connie Babbert has to share with you!
Love, love LOVE your flower card Dawn, thanks for sharing!!!
Posted by: RobbynW | February 25, 2013 at 01:52 PM
Your one-layer card is a MASTERPIECE! Abso-FREAKIN-lutely awesome :)
Posted by: Loni | February 21, 2013 at 01:30 PM
Very nice, LeeAnn. I love the technique on the first card! Looks like it would be more complicated than that...you make it sound so easy!
Posted by: Lisa Martz | February 20, 2013 at 03:09 PM
The depth in your one layer card is amazing. It looks 3D! And I love the little chevrons behind the punched butterflies. Very clever!
Posted by: Cindy Elam | February 20, 2013 at 01:26 PM
I love how the flower extends on top of the panel on the first card, LeeAnn! The colours are gorgeous!
Posted by: Cindy Major | February 20, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Two masterpieces!! I learned something new on BOTH of them!! Definitely gonna try the one-layered beauty And using the Chevron stamp from Oh Hello peeking in from behind a punched image!! Beautifully done, LeeAnn!!
Posted by: Wendy W. | February 20, 2013 at 07:36 AM
LeeAnn.. my room was the SAME colors!! :)
Posted by: Patty Bennett | February 20, 2013 at 01:15 AM
I really like both cards, but I especially like the orange and yellow one - pinned it!
Posted by: Elisha | February 19, 2013 at 09:18 PM
Wow! Great cards but the orange one is fabulous! :-)
Posted by: Justin | February 19, 2013 at 09:13 PM