Hello, crafty friends! As you know, I love making sets of cards using the same colour scheme and you may recall when I posted an Instagram reel a week ago showing all these die cuts. Well, I finally got a chance to assemble these cards and I want to make more of them because the colours are so lovely and perfect for uplifting card themes!
Someone I met recently asked me to make an encouragement card for her friend and I immediately thought of the More Signature Sentiments set from Taylored Expressions. Since I received the Coneflowers as a gift with purchase back in August 2022 and hadn’t used them yet, I decided now was the perfect time to do it! The great news is, you can now buy these gorgeous dies in the Taylored Expressions shop. 😉
I used the Mini Slim Top-Fold Cards – Sugar Cube as the base for these two horizontal cards so they open from the right and stand nicely on the mantle or wherever the recipient chooses to display them.
The colours I chose for the flowers are Taylored Expressions Lavender Glaze, Bazzill Pale Rose and Lawn Fawn Fog, plus Concord & 9th Sprout for the leaves.
I also used Taylored Expressions Salt Water Taffy for the Stitched Mini Slim Stacklets and Frame in Frame 2 and Frame in Frame 3 Cutting Plates.
Other papers featured are the glitter silver cardstock from the Sizzix Silver Opulent Cardstock Pack, which I used with the Petite Scallop Mini Slim Stacklets, Frame in Frame 3 Cutting Plates and Spellbinders Color Block Scenic Scape Dies.
I wanted a contrast for the soft pastels so I snuck in some black and white stripes from My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes Paper Pad on the two A2 cards.
On this second A2 card, I featured a sentiment from Beautiful Soul because this stamp set features some of my favourite uplifting sentiments. I really wish there were coordinating dies for this set. Taylor, if you’re reading this, please release dies for these awesome sentiments!
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When I was creating these cards, I looked for my Taylored Expressions Build a Scene – Rolling Hills Dies but couldn’t find them. I’m sure they’ll turn up somewhere at some point but, in case you have these in your stash, they’re a great way to create depth in similar garden scenes.
All of the panels and frames were glued flat to the card bases. I used small and large foam squares on the left side of the flowers and leaves, and liquid glue on the right side of the leaves and stems to create dimension and visual interest.
All of the sentiments were stamped using VersaFine Clair – Morning Mist pigment ink. I used black ink first as a test but it was too stark against the pretty pastels so I switched to a slightly softer shade and it was a great match.
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