Hello crafty pals! What's up? I'm feeling back to my old self again after being sick all weekend and the beginning of the week. Looking forward to getting back out into the world! I have dinner plans with my friend Friday night and I can't wait to see her and get to gabbin! This weekend has a lot going on but I'm not sure which activities if any we'll participate in yet. It was 87 degrees here on Tuesday!!!! WHAT?? I'm not ready! Not ready at all for that! Luckily it already cooled off. Whew. If you've known me for a while you know I am not a Summer person! But, it's one step closer to FALL!! LOL.
The lovely Nina at Waffle Flower was kind enough to send me out a stamp set from their April Release, and I am so excited to share it with you today! It's called Bouquet Builder 1 - and I combined it with some other favorite Waffle Flower supplies to make a bright, fresh, Sping-y floral card. I used a vivid shade of magenta/purple which I never use! I love it! My coloring medium for this project was my Zig Clean Color Brush Markers. Haven't used them in a while. I popped it with some fresh white embossing on black paper - which always looks nice. All my supplies are listed at the bottom of the post!
I started with a white A2 card base and layered magenta paper from my stash. Then I die cut a scalloped rectangle layer from the Waffle Flower Lacy Layers Die Set for the top layer. This was my foundation for the florals. I stamped the two big flowers and the leaves and cut them out by hand (don't look too close!) since I don't have these dies yet. I used my Zig Clean Color Markers and a water brush and colored in the flowers and leaves. Very easy to work with these markers. You can color directly onto the paper, or paint some of the marker onto a stamping block and pick up the color with your brush.
Here is a close up of my paper layers. The sentiment is from the Waffle Flower Happy Day stamp set and I heat embossed it in white embossing powder onto rich black paper and trimmed it down with my paper trimmer.
When I attached everything to the card, I used foam tape and layered it this way and that way until I found a good balance. When I attached the sentiment, I tucked it under one of the leaves. I like how that part came out!
I only used these five colors!
Here's a close up of the flowers. You can also see that I sprinkled a few sequins here and there for some sparkle!
Thank you for stopping by today! What are you working on in your craft room right now? Are you doing graduation cards? Wedding cards? Mother's Day? Tis the season for lots of fun holidays and celebrations! Take care and have an awesome weekend! XOXO
SUPPLIES FOR TODAY!
This is so fantastic! What an extraordinary opportunity. I’d love to visit that little card shop. Thanks for setting the scene and the mood so well.
Posted by: Flower | 05/01/2018 at 02:18 PM
gorgeous!!
Posted by: Joan Bardee | 04/29/2018 at 03:43 PM
Great color combinations. Looks like spring for sure.
Posted by: Geneva | 04/27/2018 at 08:47 PM
Gorgeous! I just got this set too.
Posted by: Amy | 04/26/2018 at 03:31 PM
I'm with you, need a dose of Spring before the heat of the summer... This set is really nice. I love your color choice, but, I think it would be wonderful in lots of colors. I had two male birthday cards to do this week. My sister-in-law has three grandkids graduating so I need to start thinking of that. So glad your feeling better. I might skip the salads for a while.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 04/26/2018 at 11:07 AM
Very pretty card Wanda. I purchased this stamp set when it was first released but not the dies yet. I'm going to try and fussy cut the images and see what happens. I hope they turn out as good as your's did.
Posted by: Marie Siler | 04/26/2018 at 08:11 AM
What a pretty card! Love the colors! Motivates me to get my Zigs out now! So glad you are feeling better! Julie L
Posted by: Julie L | 04/26/2018 at 05:51 AM
Awesome card, Wanda! Love the spring florals & wonderful colors! A happy card!
Posted by: Patt H. | 04/26/2018 at 03:56 AM