The Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set and Sunflower Dies are available this month, until March 31, as a Bundle with an extra discount during the Savings Are in Bloom promotion! You can also get the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine at a 20% savings, but you can buy select Bundles even if you don’t get the machine.
This card came about because I wanted to make a card with the sunflowers set and dies. As I was looking through my designer paper the other day I came across this blue print designer paper in the Heart & Home Designer Series Paper. I thought maybe it would look good with the yellow sunflower. However, when I went to make the card, I thought maybe the print was not a good background for the sunflower. I simply turned the paper over to the wood design and that was fine. However, you never know when you are designing a card! As I went to put adhesive on the blue print side, I decided I really wanted to use it, so I did! Is it too much or just something different?! I don’t know! But I think I like it for now!
The card base is Misty Moonlight, a color I wanted to use before it retires soon. Yellow and blue always look good together. The sunflower is stamped in Memento Ink and then colored with Stampin’ Blends. I started with Light and Dark Daffodil Delight markers and added a bit of Mango Melody. The center is Light and Dark Soft Suede with some black dots that darken it up. The leaves were colored with Granny Apple Green, Light and Dark, but also added some Light Old Olive for a little darker green.
The sunflower is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the two leaves are adhered flat on the card, stuck under the sunflower a bit. The greeting in the Celebrating Sunflowers Stamp Set is stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on Basic White and die cut with a Stitched Rectangle Die. I was going to use the next larger rectangle for a Misty Moonlight layer but I wanted something narrower so I just cut a rectangle myself from the cardstock.
Be sure to check out the Bundles that are available this month during this promotion!
Thank you for all of those blogs i missed. And yes, it has prompted me to go hang out in my craft room. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Hi Jean! Thanks for your comment! I’m so happy you were inspired and feel up to crafting! It’s the best medicine!