Set of Thank You cards

 I made up ten thank you cards to give as part of a bridal shower gift.  I made the shower invitations for this bride, so wanted to make the cards in a similar design.  

I made five of each design.  Both use the Fresh Picked Buttercups dies (even though they're 'supposed' to be Forget-Me-Nots!).

I used Altenew's Dotted Tile piercing plate for all the backgrounds, adding a little ink blending behind the arches.  I created an arch using Essential Arches for the peach arch, and Arch Pierce and Punch dies for the blue one.  The sentiments are all cut in brushed silver, double layered - using Serenade Sentiment dies all from Spellbinders.

Bridal Shower card

 I had these bits and pieces on my craft desk from another project, and needed a bridal shower card - so they were perfect!  

This is the Arch Pierce and Press plate, Fresh Picked Buttercups and Serenade Sentiments.

I used the Essential Arches dies to cut the card base into the arch shape.  All dies are Spellbinders.

The outer and inner arches are popped up with 3D foam adhesive.  I added a little ink blending to the flowers and to the peach arch shape.

Shower Invitation

This is just version number one for a shower invitation I'm creating for a girlfriend... I will post the final product when I start mass producing in a few weeks.

Forget-Me-Nots are meaningful to the bride & her Mom, so I got as close as I could with Spellbinders Fresh Picked Buttercups.

I used an Altenew piercing plate for the base, with a little ink blending to warm it up.  I cut and stacked two frames using the Essential Arches dies, with a little blush ink in the corner, then layered my floral sprig overtop.  I cut the Celebrate from metallic gold cardstock, layered twice, and added a few gold pearls.

We are tweaking the colours a little to match the bridal party colours, which should be lovely!

Shaped Sweet Moments

I made a bonus card with the August Betterpress Society plate, 'Sweet Moments', using the Essential Arches dies from Spellbinders.

I pressed the plate in ombre fashion on some aqua cardstock using four of the teal inks from Pinkfresh Studio, using a blending brush to soften the colour transitions.

I cut out my panel with the Arches dies, then adhered it to a slightly larger arch shaped base in a deep teal.  I used the same die to cut a folded piece of white cardstock to serve as the card base.

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Layered Leaf Arched card

I have another card using the August Betterpress Society plate from Spellbinders, "Layered Leaf Prints".  I've been wanting to make a few shaped cards, and the Essential Arches dies from Spellbinders are some of my favourites, and worked really well with these plates.

I pressed onto a Bisque Cotton Card panel, using plates from both the main set, and the add-on set.  I used Distress Oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade, Bundled Sage, Fired Brick, Scattered Straw and Rusty Hinge.  Before pressing, I used a little Antique Linen ink to soften the bottom edge.

After pressing, I used one of the Arches dies to cut out my panel, and then used the largest one to cut out a reddish toned mat for my scene.  I used the same die to cut out a piece of folded cardstock, to use as a card base that I adhered everything onto.  I added a sentiment from the You Are Everything Sentiments set, and a few jewels.

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Gather

Finally a post of something new!  I've created 15 cards for different reasons, that I can't post yet... so I've been creating like crazy behind the scenes, and just felt like getting something put online.  This was a practise card for one of my projects, and I really love how it turned out.

The wreath die is from Tonic Studios that I've had for a few years, cut twice and inked up a little... and the bow die is Fit to be Tied from The Greetery.  I had previously made the wax seal, and thought it worked pretty well here.  Sentiment is from Art Impressions.  The Essential Arches die from Spellbinders was cut in cream cardstock, and inked with a little Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink around the edges.

Arched Poinsettia

 I have another card with Spellbinders Poinsettia Spray die set today - and this time I've mounted my spray onto a white panel cut with their Essential Arches dies.

I scoured my Pinterest boards looking for colour combo inspiration, and I found several ideas using navy with blush pinks and a hint of burgundy.  I used some two-toned pink cardstock from my stash, and die cut the poinsettias before ink blending some Tattered Rose ink on their centers, then gave them navy middles with gems attached.  The branch is the same navy as the background, and two tones of pale blue holly leaves are glued on to it.  I matted the arch on some dark silver glitter cardstock, and used the same paper to add glittery centers to the white flowers.  A simple sentiment was stamped on the bottom corner.

You can find this card at the Papercrafter's Workshop if you want to view it in person!

Daisy card

 I have an all-Spellbinders card today!  I've really been enjoying their products lately.  This is the Floral Stems die set by Simon Hurley, along with the Essential Arches die.

The wax seal was one I created during the Pressed Posies class given by Spellbinders a few weeks ago, so i adhered it down over some gold twine that I wrapped around my panel before attaching it with 3D foam tape to my card base.  I added a little ink blending in Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick, and some gold paint spatters as well.

Floral Stems

 I couldn't wait to create with my new Essential Arches dies from Spellbinders!  I've also been wanting to try painting some of my die cuts, after cutting them out of watercolour paper.  This is my first effort - lots of practise still needed, but I decided to make it up into a card.  I used my Gansai Tambei watercolours, trying to keep my style loose, adding a few different colours.  I spattered everthing with blue paint before assembling it all together.

The pieces are all from the Floral Stems set by Simon Hurley, all but the bow from The Greetery.  I added one of my Betterpress sentiments from You Are Everything sentiments from Spellbinders.