This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!
Hi friends! I am back with another project for my April Showers Bring May Flowers series, this time featuring the Blissful Bouquet stamp set that I illustrated for Simon Says Stamp. This stamp set features individual large dahlia and peony blooms, accompanied by several different types of “filler flowers” and a few options for foliage so that you can create super elaborate and lush bouquets, or you can create smaller floral swags, as I’ve done for today’s project! I’ve had this white glitter Half Spring Floral Mandala die cut on my desk for a few months just waiting for the right project, and I thought it was the perfect foil for some intricately-colored flowers. I selected a springy lavender-pink, aqua, and white color palette to create this vibrant birthday card. Let’s get started with the details!
The Half Spring Floral Mandala die reminds me of a lacy doily, but with a bit more updated and modern feel than a traditional doily that you might see at your grandma’s house. Flowers and lace go hand in hand in my book, perhaps reaching back to when I was obsessed with all things shabby chic right after I got married, or perhaps they’re synonymous because of lacy wedding dresses. Regardless, these pretty blooms from my Blissful Bouquet stamp set which I illustrated for Simon Says Stamp work beautifully with the lacy Half Spring Floral Mandala. I stamped the large peony and coordinating bud stamp, as well as some of the intricate foliage stamps using Contour Ink onto Hammermill white cardstock. I used my Copic markers to add vibrant color to the flowers and foliage for some intricate floral images, then die cut the finished images with the coordinating dies.
To help make my glittery white lace die cut pop and coordinate with the aqua foliage of my bouqet, I used a blending brush to blend some Dew Pawsitively Saturated Ink on the edge of my white A2 card base, keeping to roughly the same size and shape of the Half Spring Floral Mandala die cut. I adhered the die cut directly over the top of the blended area with liquid adhesive, then arranged my bouquet of flowers around the edge of the die cut, adhering them with foam squares.
For the greeting, I silver heat embossed a couple of sentiments from another of the stamp sets which I’ve illustrated for Simon Says Stamp: Lisianthus. I like to make sure that the sentiments included in my stamp sets are simple but meaningful, so that they can be used for lots of different purposes. I silver embossed the greetings onto some vellum, then used my sharp scissors to fussy cut the detailed Happy Birthday sentiment and trimmer to trim the longer sentiment strip. I folded and tucked the end of the sentiment strip behind the card front panel and added some tiny dots of adhesive behind the solid embossed areas to adhere the greetings to the card front. A few Surf Pawsitively Dazzling Gems finished everything off and added some extra sparkle!
Well, that’s all for my project today. I am headed to Ohio to work at CREATE in a couple of days, Simon Says Stamp’s big crafty event. If you see me, be sure to stop by and say hi!! I am so excited to see everyone and have some crafty fun! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
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