Vintage Pretty Florals card – CCC195

Hello! I hope you are well. I used the colours from this week’s Creative Colour Challenges for this vintage Pretty Florals card…

THE CHALLENGE

So you can join in, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com

Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge and to join in the fun with this week’s 3 colours.

ABOUT MY CARD

Whenever a colour challenge includes Crumb Cake my mind instantly thinks of creating a vintage vibe. And Shaded Spruce and Blackberry Bliss are a great combination for leaves and flowers. So, I used that as an excuse to play with the Pretty Florals stamps and dies bundle again. The Perennial Postage dies make interesting layers so easy.

My card base is Crumb Cake card measuring 21 x 14.5 cm, scored and folded on the long side at 10.5 cm. I added a little bit of Crumb Cake ink to this and stamped in each corner with one of the detail stamps from Pretty Florals. My Shared Spruce layer needed some stamping too, but I didn’t think the Pretty Florals stamps were quite right for this. So I brought in Natural Botanicals instead and stamped the 2 largest leaves with Shaded Spruce ink. Again, I added a little bit of Shaded Spruce ink with a blending brush, especially around the edges.

The main focus is that spray of Blackberry Bliss flowers. The Pretty Florals stamp set is a two step stamping set, one for the background and another for the details. I die cut the 3 flowers and the leafy stem then arranged them onto the Basic White Perennial Postage die cut that I stamped with another details stamp in Crumb Cake ink. This was backed with a larger die cut from Crumb Cake card that I inked the edges. Then I added some linen thread around this topper element and popped it onto my card with dimensionals…

To give even more of a vintage vibe I added a fine splatter of Crumb Cake all over using my Stampin’ Blend.

The final touches were to add a tiny sentiment (the sorry is from Encircled With Love) and a stamped insert…

The leaves are also from Natural Botanicals and of course I had to add some blended Crumb Cake ink.

JOIN IN

Remember, you can take part in this colour challenge too. Just click here to find out more. You don’t need to have a blog to enter, you can just upload a photo of your project using this week’s colours.

SHOP THE PRODUCTS

I’ve listed the products I used for today’s card below. You can click any of the product links to go to that item in my shop.

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION

When you shop with me you’ll receive a handmade card and gift as a token of my appreciation. You will also now receive Stampin’ Rewards, to use on a future order, each time you place an order of £20 (25€) or more. CLICK HERE to find out more about Stampin’ Rewards.

Happy crafting,

Heather x

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