Just A Touch Of Color

Hi crafty friends! Today I want to share a card that was directly inspired by this beautiful card I found on Susan Raihala's blog a while ago. I just loved the idea of keeping the entire design simple and only add a touch of color.

I am using Altenew's Peony Bouquet and only used two of the four layers for the peony. I wanted to keep the design light and simple and if I would have used more layers, the flowers would have too "heavy" for the design I had in mind.

I stamped only one of those flowers in color which makes it stand out against everything else and I also stamped the sentiment in color (couldn't help myself). With that minimal use of color, the card still appears very light and airy and your attention is drawn to the spots of color.

For the card base I used white card stock but ran my Delicata gold ink pad along the sides to make it shimmer. This just accentuates the elegant and airy nature of the card itself.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you got inspired!

Peony Bouquet	Label Love	Pink Lemonade	Soft Granite Shadow Ink	Razzleberry
Stamp Shammy

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Vibrant Spring Card with Fall Florals

Aloha, crafty friends! I feel this card today is so tropical that I cannot use any other type of greeting. Despite, at the time I was making this card, being less than a month away from the first of my two moves (so this was early January), I decided to buy some of the My Favorite Things Dye inks which had just come to Seven Hills Crafts. And I was not disappointed – these dye inks area vibrant and give great coverage right away unlike the HA inks which get muted and need to smooth out, sometimes blurring finer details. Armed with these new inks I was finally motivated to use my My Favorite Things Fall Florals stamp set for a spring card (because at the time of making this card, spring was the season coming up :)

I started out by die cutting a panel from linen card stock and sponging on some Distress Ink in fresh colors, then spritzing it generously with my trusty water+Perfect Pearl solution to make the ink run and blend. I used my fingers to move it around even more – loved getting messy here :)

Stamping the floral images was fun, but fussy cutting them certainly wasn't. The downside of my Scan n Cut is that when you use light inks to stamp your images, it doesn't see them and therefore can't cut them. You can create cutting templates, but if you want a border around them, the minimum is 3mm and not 1mm as you'd get if you'd cut directly (and not from a saved shape). So, I might spring for the dies for this set after all.

Overall, I am happy with the card even if the fussy cutting did nothing for the state of my hands. But the new inks – so lush, so vibrant, and no longer anxious waiting to see how the stamped image would eventually turn out. Don't confuse the dye inks with the hybrid inks, though! The hybrid inks are much paler, and I wasn't happy with them (save for Licorice, my go-to black). So, if you want fresh, vibrant colors with great coverage, go for the dye inks!

Have a great day!

Fall Florals	Whimsical Wishes	Sunshine Layers Die	Stitched Mini Scallop Circle STAX	Altenew Summer Afternoon Ink Cubes
Pink Lemonade	Razzleberry	Snow Cone	Summer Splash

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Bright Watercolored Anenomes

Hi there and happy Saturday! Lydia here with you today as me a Julia had a bit of a mix around this week but we will be back to our normal days next week!

I reached for a couple of older sets this week as they needed some love...

For the floral images I used Wplus9 'Watercolored Anemones'.... I just love this set! Especially in these bright bold colours it looks like it has been printed rather than stamped.

To get my placement I drew a circle using pencil then stamped the flowers and leaves into place. Once I had finished the images I then rubbed the line out.

For the sentiment I used Altenew 'Super Script'- how awesome does that look stamped it dark black ink?!?!

And that's it, super quick and simple but yet a bright, bold feast for the eyes.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See you next week,

Hugs, Lydia xxx

Wplus9- Watercolored Anemones Stamp Set	Altenew- Super Script Stamp Set	My Favorite Things- Razzleberry Dye Ink Pad	My Favorite Things- Peach Bellini Dye Ink Pad
Altenew- Red Cosmos Crisp Ink Set	Altenew- Green Fields Crisp Ink Set	Altenew- Four Scoops Crisp Ink Set

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