Hello friends! It's been a little rough going the past several days. My AFib seems to be kicking up again and that's never easy to cope with as far as I'm concerned. But life goes on and I do what I can manage. I did spend a little time working on today's card. It's actually taken three days to get it where I wanted it. This morning I made another change after scutinizing the card again. I'm happier with this latest "improvement" and I think it's time to share it with you. I'll post the before picture at the end and you can let me know what you think - before, after, or scrap it.
This is the latest incarnation of the card. I'm still a little iffy about it, but I'll give you the details on how it was made. The idea started with the Bloom Boutique Specialty Designer Series Paper which I absolutely love. The print with tiny white flowers on the Peaceful Pine background was used for this card. It was cut with the frame die in the Forever Florals Dies to create the greenery frame.
I thought I'd like the print on a white background, but it just looked too busy for me. So next I thought of creating a frame to go over it with just a small amount of the leaves showing through. A 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Peaceful Pine was cut. Then the center was die-cut with one of the Branching Out frame dies.
I liked the look of these two together, but I didn't really care for it on the white background. After trying a few possibilities, I settled on using Lemon Lolly for the card base. The two die-cut layers were attached together with "green glue". Then they were attached to the card base with the same glue.
Using dies from the same set, one each of the two different flower clusters were die-cut from Basic White cardstock. The leafy stem was cut from Peaceful Pine cardstock. It seemed to get lost on the card. So, using Basic White cardstock and a Blending Brush, Peaceful Pine ink was swirled onto the cardstock until I had a slightly lighter green to work with. Three more of the leaves were die-cut from this paper.
At this point, I used one of the sentiments to stamp on the Lemon Lolly cardstock inside the frame. Peaceful Pine ink was used. As you can see on this card, I wasn't happy with it, and I changed it this morning.
The die-cut leaves were arranged in opposite corners and attached with adhesive. Then the flower clusters were attached with tiny bits of Dimensionals.
A double strand of White Baker's Twine was used to make a small bow. This was tucked in under the flowers and attached with a Mini Glue Dot.
Three of the pretty 2026-2028 In Color Butterflies were sprinkled across the card front. These are the Peaceful Pine color.
And that's what the card looked like until this morning when I die-cut one of the labels in the set from Basic White cardstock. The same sentiment was stamped on it with Peaceful Pine ink.
It was then attached with Dimensionals right over the stamped words. One of the butterflies had been pried off and reattached onto the label. Much happier with this version. The white label seemed to help balance the card better.
I did say I would share the before card also. So, keep scrolling. It's right there.
Okay, now I need some feedback. Was I right to add the white label? Or should I have left it as is? Please let me know your thoughts on the matter.
Just wanted to remind you that everything I used to make this card is in the new May - August 2026 Catalog. The catalog will go live on May 5th - yay! I can't wait until you can get these products too and have time to play and create with them! I hope you love all these items as much as I do. Especially the new In Colors. They are fabulous and the little butterflies are just darling. You'll want to add them everywhere!
Okay, that's four of the new In Colors that I've shared so far. Just one more to go. I've got a pretty card and also a card layout to share with you to showcase the Barely Blush color. I think you'll like it.
Hope you're inspired to get out your stamps and paper a go create something special. And then don't forget to drop it in the mail to make someone happy.
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
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