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TECHNIQUE TUESDAY IS HERE

The Mother’s Day card today features the use of the Thankful Garden Masks and Blending Brushes to colour the floral image.

TIP: When using the masks make sure you take a pencil and mark the notched corner of the first mask and then align the remaining masks to that guide.

There are three floral and two leaf masks in this collection.

The card base is Fresh Freesia and the black and white paper is from the Lovely Garden 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper pack.

I wrapped a length of the Fresh Freesia fAux Velvet Ribbon around the DSP panel.

I used the Fresh Freesia and Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pads for this card. The colours were applied lightly at first and then more heavily with each mask layer – this is great way to build up the colour intensity.

After colouring and die cutting the flower used Stampin’ Dimensionals to lift it up over the ribbon.

The greeting, from the She’s the Greatest Stamp Set, was stamped and then cut using dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies.

The card insert and back of the envelope had more of the black and white DSP added to them.

The final step was to add some of the Fresh Freesia gems from the Tinsel Gems Three Pack across the front of the card.

Tomorrow I have another card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. As you read through this post, you will see the products I used for this project. The new items are available from May 6th.

THis is only a partial product list.

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MOTHER’S DAY

Hello and welcome! I am so pleased that you have popped by today.

It is Wednesday afternoon and that means that it’s time for a Freshly Brewed Project blog hop. This week’s theme is Mother’s Day.

I decided to feature the Pansy Petals Suite for this project.

The Pansy Petals 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper uses all the new 2021 – 2023 In Colours – Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. This meant that I could use the 2021 – 2023 In Colour Jewels as well! And, the ribbon.

The Pansy Dies petals cut and emboss so once the flowers are assembled they have a lovely texture. After I had cut the petals, I used a Blending Brush to add colour to the flower centres.

I made a slimline card so that I could accommodate three pansies, as well as the Mother’s Day greeting.

The Pansy Patch Stamp Set has two pansy, two step stamps. I stamped the larger one inside the card.

With Mother’s Day just a few days away, are you ready? Do you have a card ready for your mother?

Make sure that you pop by the other Freshly Brewed Projects.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

These are the new products, from the 2021 – 2022 Annual Catalogue, that I used for this card.

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Pansy Dies
[155680]
$56.00
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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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MOTHER’S DAY

Hello and thank you for popping by. I’m pleased that you are here to check out my latest project.

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I thought that it was time for me to start making some more cards.

I was aware that not all countries celebrate Mother’s Day on the same day, so I did soe research. Countries that celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May include Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and Belgium. In Mexico and many parts of Latin America, Mother’s Day is celebrated on May 10th of each year. In Thailand, it is celebrated on August 12th, the birthday of the current Queen. (https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/mothers-day)

I used the BLOSSOMS IN BLOOM STAMP SET and WELL SAID STAMP SET for this card. I also used the WORD WISHES DIES and STITCHED SO SWEETLY DIES.

The colours I chose for this project were Balmy Blue, Garden Green, Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather. For the card front, I used a simple masking technique to stamp the leaves.

This is actually the card I made during my Facebook Live yesterday. I used my Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon and the white twine from the SNAIL MAIL TWINE COMBP PACK for the double bow.

And, this was the sample card that I was able to show before I started to make the earlier card. I like to have a sample so that those people who watch the Live, or replay, can see what’s coming.

The final touch for both cards was to colour the PEARL BASIC JEWELS to coordinate.

I think that you also need to have a gift box so that you can pop something lovely in the box to give her!

I stamped my own Designer Series Paper and then cut it out to attach to the sides and lid of the box.

Let me share the instructions for the gift box so that you can make your mum one as well.

If you make a gift box of your own, make sure that you send me a message with a photo.

Happy stamping – and, 3D project making!

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00