Glimmering Peonies

Hi Creative Friends,

Today I have a card design to share with you that features beautiful peony flowers in a stunning floral display. It is the Glimmering Peonies by Spellbinders.

You can hot-foil this floral spray in any color you like and get different looks just by varying the cardstock and the hot-foil color. For a super fast card, just hot-foil on colored cardstock. Or, you can hot-foil and color it using your favorite medium. I chose to watercolor mine so I used hot-pressed watercolor paper.

This floral hot-foil plate is gorgeous and as I said, you can easily hot-foil it, creating a beautiful card front all by itself – without doing anything else but I chose to use hot-pressed watercolor paper and gold hot-foil the design using the Spellbinders Glimmer system (see supply list).

From there, I used a few distress inks to color it. I reached for a few of my favorites: Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, and Wild Honey. The leaves were painted using first Crushed Olive, then Peeled Paint, and a dash of Pine Needles.

There is a lot of intricate design to this floral display, so I took my time and had fun painting the flowers and leaves.

When the painting was done, I trimmed the panel and added a thin gold foil strip on the long side. A wider strip of watercolor paper was mounted alongside the foil. To create the strip, I used a long scrap of watercolor paper and smooched color here and there, using the same three colors I used for the flowers. I used the matching reinkers to achieve a rich and intense color.

Now that the whole panel was assembled, I mounted it onto a cream cardstock card base.

Many sentiments would work perfectly with this floral display and I tried lots. I finally settled on using the “Thinking Of You” die in the Heartfelt Blossoms die by Concord & 9th. I cut out the words using a piece of Candy Hearts cardstock and cut out the shadow using a stout piece of vellum (in the supply list below).

The sentiment was mounted using a spot of glue. That finished my card design.

I love this spray of peonies. I know I will reach for this glimmer plate often! ♥

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hi Creative Friends,

Mother’s Day is coming soon and what better way to celebrate this holiday than with flowers? Especially if they are the queen of Spring flowers, the tulip! I used the beautiful Spellbinders Tulip Trio die set.

Below is a short description of the steps to make it. But first, a quick reminder that you can still save 15% site-wide until midnight tonight. Just use the coupon code: 15APR24.

To begin, I made an A2 white cardstock card base and a white cardstock panel to cover the whole front. From there, I cut a broad lattice panel by using the Pinkfresh Studio Simply Diamonds. This die is one of my absolute favs!! It creates a great backdrop.

With the cardbase and panels set aside for now, I started making the tulips. The Spellbinders Tulip Trio die set is awesome! It cuts out three different tulips and a bunch of different leaves.

Using a few colors of colored cardstock (see supply list), I cut out the flowers, then shaded them with distress inks using daubers (to help get into small areas).

For the pink flowers, I used Festive Berries and Picked Raspberry. The yellow tulip was cut from white cardstock and then shaded with Scattered Straw and Wild Honey. The third tulip was cut from light pink cardstock and shaded with Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord.

The leaves were cut from Easter Grass cardstock, and then shaded with Rustic Wilderness. With all the shading done, it was a simple task to arrange and glue them together.

To put it all together, using the white A2 panel cut earlier, I splattered on some black ink dots, and then let them dry.

When the panel was dry, it was mounted on top of the card base. The lattice panel was added on the front using foam squares to pop it up.

The flowers were arranged and glued in place.

I am in love with the Let’s Celebrate sentiment set from Spellbinders. It has soooo many lovely sentiments in stylish script and block letters. So, of course, I used it to create my sentiment. Using the BetterPress system, porcelain BetterPress cotton A2 paper, and their BetterPress black ink, I letterpressed the “Happy Mother’s Day” sentiment, and then cut it out using the coordinating die.

Once the sentiment was mounted my card was done! I love the fresh look of the tulips for this Mother’s Day card. ♥

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Flowers For Mom

Hi Creative Friends,

I am popping in to share a delightful new card design using one of the brand-new die set from Penny Black. It is called Layered Bloom and it is simply lovely!

I began by creating an A2 white cardstock card base and added an Eucalyptus green cardstock panel to the front, then set it aside while I created the other pieces.

The flowers and leaves were next. Using white cardstock, I cut out two sets of flowers and a few leaf sprigs from the oldie-but-goodie Creative Leaves die set by Penny Black.

The flowers were colored by ink blending first Creamsicle, then Watermelon ink (see supply list). The leaves were also colored using a blending brush and Eucalyptus ink.

The flowers were assembled and set aside while I cut a white cardstock panel using the All-In-One Oval die. This die cuts out a complete panel with a wonderful decorative edge.

Next, I ink-blended a small white cardstock panel using the Watermelon ink, then splattered tiny droplets of gold ink (the flowers got a little splash of gold droplets too).

When dry, the panel was mounted on the card front, positioned so it would show through the oval when the decorative scalloped panel was mounted. I used some foam squares to pop it up!

The flowers and leaves were arranged and mounted with foam squares, along with a couple of cute little butterflies from the Soaring die set by Penny Black.

For the sentiment, I used the Let’s Celebrate BetterPress sentiment set and my BetterPress system. I used the watermelon ink.

The sentiment was mounted and the card was done – YAY!

Thanks for joining me today… I hope to see you next time! ♥

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Hello Birthday Girl

Hi Creative Friends,

Amy Tsuruta (IG: @craftee1) is with us today and is sharing a super cute critter card design. The card features three adorable hedgehogs from the wooden block “Partying” stamp by Penny Black.

Hey Foiled Fox Friends. It’s Amy Tsuruta and I’m sharing a birthday project today:

I’m featuring the following products by Penny Black:

• 1445K – partying
• 30-976 – hello builder

The images and sentiment have been stamped with Lawn Fawn – Crunchy Leaf.

I stacked the following dies by Hero Arts:

• Infinity Postage Stamp
• Infinity Circles

A bit of ink blending backs the circles. The color trio I used:

• Distress Oxide – Speckled Egg
• Distress Oxide – Peacock Feathers
• Distress Oxide – Chipped Sapphire

Thanks for stopping by!

more about Amy:

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Sending Birthday Wishes

Hi Creative Friends,

I am sharing a new card design with a BEAUTIFUL floral frame from Spellbinders called Mirrored Floral Blooms press plate. You can either use hot foil or letterpress to imprint the design. If you were to letterpress then the Spellbinders BetterPress system is perfect, but today I used my Spellbinders Glimmer system and gold foil to imprint this gorgeous floral display.

With this in mind, I began by using a piece of cold-pressed watercolor paper, the Mirrored Floral Blooms press plate, gold foil, and my Glimmer system, I hot-foiled the design. Since I was using cold-pressed watercolor paper, I used several paper shims so I would get a great impression. The impression turned out beautiful but in hindsight, the smoothness of hot-pressed paper maybe would have been better.

The panel was ready to paint. You could use any watercolor medium like traditional watercolor paints, Tombow dual pens, or in my case, I took out my Karin watercolor pens. These are magical pens in my opinion! They have great colors and you only need a few colors to paint the entire floral display.

The technique I used to paint was to add a line of color where the shading would naturally be on the petals of each flower, then with a damp brush spread out the paint from there. This method creates delicate colors.

When the flowers were painted and dry, I cut out the panel using the largest of the dies in the Hero Arts Infinity die set. It cuts a perfect A2 size! I find that super useful to getting a perfect centered and trimmed panel.

The panel was mounted onto an alabaster cream cardstock card base.

The Mirrored Arch Labels die set perfectly matches the arch in the panel. That said, I used two dies from the set and created an arched frame cut from Stardream metallic cardstock (see supply list).

Included in the press plate set is a lovely sentiment. I chose to use my BetterPress system to print it. I mounted the sentiment on the BetterPress platform, inked the stamp with Delicata ink, then ran the sentiment through my die-cutting machine.

Once the sentiment was printed, I cut it out using a Mirrored Arched die, then glued it to the center of the card front, then added the gold metallic paper frame I made earlier to complete the card.

Yay! the card was done and I am loving the result… I hope you do too! ♥

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Just Calling To Say…

Hi Creative Friends,

Popping in to share a couple of card designs using the super fun stamp and die set, Just Calling by Concord and 9th. I think this set is a delightful way to just say hello or send an interactive birthday or “love” card.

The first of the two cards I made was interactive where you can turn the phone dial to change the message in the speech bubble… how awesome is that!?!

To begin making the first card, I created the background using the Folk Art Turnabout and my stamp positioner. The four Concord & 9th ink colors I used were Ballet Slipper, Honeysuckle, Honeycomb, and Sprout.

The phone was super easy to put together! Concord & 9th thought of everything to make it a snap. I, of course, used the assorted cardstock card stack from Concord & 9th for my colored cardstock.

Then, to make it interactive, I cut out the rotating wheel, then stamped the different greetings around the wheel. It was then mounted on the inside and then mounted onto the dial on the outside… sound confusing? Here is Concord & 9th’s video to help.

The flower background was trimmed and mounted onto an A2-sized cardstock card base, then the speech bubble and circle for the dial were cut using the coordinating die.

The phone and dial were mounted on the front and a sentiment strip was stamped and mounted to complete the card.

The second card was super simple but don’t let that fool you. I think it’s a very clever and fun way to say hello!

For this one, I simply cut out the pieces of the phone, assembled them, and mounted them onto a solid cardstock card base. I used the speech bubble cut out to stamp my “Hello” greeting, then mounted it to the card front. Can you believe it, that was all there was to it!

I had loads of fun making these and they were so simple. Often I create very involved card designs, it is a refreshing change to make quick-makes too! ♥

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In the spotlight: Dahlias

Hi Creative Friends,

We have two treats for you today. We have a new video, just in time to start your Mother’s Day or special birthday cards. Second, since we are spotlighting the big, beautiful dahlias in the Dahlias stamp set by Papertrey Ink, we are offering for a limited time a special discounted price to you! So, two reasons to check out our latest video below.

As promised, here is the step-by-step video to walk you through each of the two cards. Check it out by clicking below or go directly to our Youtube channel here.

Each card design features these amazing dahlias. You can create them in any color and arrange them how you would like them best. Here is a close-up of the first card.

This card features a chocolate brown background and a pink and white insert. A trio of dahlias were chosen from my stack of flowers, and greenery was added by cutting out some leaves from the Into The Blooms: Christmas Sprigs.

I used a variety of ink colors for the flowers, namely Concord & 9th Honeysuckle, Dragonfruit, Poppy, and a few distress inks like Festive Berries, Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral, Worn Lipstick, and Picked Raspberry.

The sentiment was from the Spellbinders Wonderful Script die set. By the way, I think these card designs would make a delightful Mother’s Day card. So, with that in mind, I have included a Mother’s Day sentiment set in the supply list.

The above card has more dahlias, plus a spikey flower in yellow from Into The Blooms II. I also used a smaller leaf cluster from the same Into The Blooms: Christmas Sprigs die set. The sentiment was from Spellbinders Yana’s Layered Script Sentiments die set.

As a recap, here are the two card designs, each featuring the dahlias.

I hope you enjoyed this video. Please let me know which card design you like best! Thanks for watching and your time! ♥

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You Make My Days Brighter

Calling all coffee lovers!

We have a treat for you today. Amy Tsuruta (IG: @craftee1) is sharing a super fun card design featuring a favorite of many… coffee! Check out this delightful card where she has combined a few Papertrey Ink goodies to make this design shine!

Hey Foiled Fox Friends. It’s Amy Tsuruta and I’m sharing a caffeinated project today:

I combined a couple sets by Papertrey Ink:

• Papertrey Ink – Just Notes | stamps + dies
• Papertrey Ink – Love to Layer: Notebook | dies
• Papertrey Ink – Thoughts of Spring Sentiments | stamps 
• Papertrey Ink – Brew to Go | dies

The Concord & 9th cardstock and inks I used:

• Sunflower
• Avocado
• Mushroom

The coffee cup is cut from Papertrey Ink – Classic Kraft.  I think the pen from the Just Notes set is so fun! The stacking heart dies on the coffee cup are from the Just Notes coordinating die set.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Nothing But The Best

Hi Creative Friends,

I love floral stamps, and a few companies do it up right. One of them is Pinkfresh Studio and the set I am using today is a real beauty. It is Nothing But The Best, and it is so lovely!

What a wonderful set this is. The flowers are beautiful and the coordinating stencil set is a dream to use! Another neat thing the stencils do is guide you along to the next section and create perfect coloring!

The ink colors I used were a few from Pinkfresh Studio and I used ink daubers (to get into the small spaces). So to start, I used Peach Fuzz on the outside parts of the flower, then intensified the color using Coral Reef. For the centers, I used Passion Fruit with a dash of Black Soot distress ink right in the centers.

The blue flowers were colored using Tidal Pool and Ocean Breeze, with a dash of Coral Reef.

Finally, the leaves were colors, again using daubers, with Fresh Pear and Olive. All the colors are in the supply list below.

Once all the coloring was done, I cut it out using the matching die. At the same time, I stamped the included sentiment with Versafine Black Onyx ink and cut it out using the coordinating die.

To provide a nice background for the flower spray, I used the smaller Ornate Rectangle Frame. Instead of cutting it out, I used my rubber mat with my die-cutting machine and embossed the pattern onto a small white cardstock panel.

To put it all together, I mounted an A2-sized Luxe Grey cardstock panel onto the front of an A2-sized white cardstock card base.

A foam backing was added to the back of the white embossed panel made earlier, then it was mounted on top of the card front.

The flowers and sentiment were mounted using white foam squares to complete the card.

It is always a pleasure for me to create a floral card and this spray of flowers from the Nothing But The Best set is perfect. I hope you give it a try! ♥

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Tulip Festival

Hi Creative Friends,

Spring is in the air… and tulips are popping up everywhere! These delightful flowers are wonderful and they are great for cheery projects. The new Concord & 9th Tulip Festival stamp and die set creates a spray of tulips!

These tulips are super easy to make. All you need is a few complementary colors of cardstock and glue to cut out and arrange together to make these lovely flowers. The assorted paper pack from Concord & 9th has all the colors you need right at your fingertips! When the tulips were all made, they were set aside.

For a decorative background, I embossed a white cardstock panel using the Honeycomb Quilt Top cover plate from Concord & 9th, then stamped a random display of gold dots using one of the stamps in the Tulip Festival stamp set and some Golden Glitz Delicata ink. Using a sponge dauber, I also lightly blended on some of the same gold ink on the left side of the panel.

An A2-sized panel of gold metallic paper (check out the supply list below for this gorgeous mica-coated paper- it is extra special!) was cut and the honeycomb embossed panel was trimmed and mounted on top of the gold.

Next, the flowers were arranged and permanently placed onto the honeycomb panel using foam squares and a little glue.

For the sentiment, I cut out 3 ‘Hello’s” from the ‘Sweet As Pie’ die set by Concord & 9th. They were then stacked and glued together.

A narrow variegated gold silk ribbon with a bow was added to the bottom of the flowers and the Hello mounted on top to complete the picture.

The card was now done – YAY! I think it will bring the recipient a smile! That makes it even more special!

If you are wondering about the supplies used, check out the list below… and I will see you next time! ♥

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