Floral Statements Duo

Couple of simple little Floral Statements cards that I made earlier in the year ...

First up... Memento Black stamped HELLO image plus Aqua Painter water colouring... on a simply blank Very Vanilla notecard...

And second up ... a white embossed THANKS on a Crumb Cake panel...with a bit of Aqua Painter colouring in... mounted onto a Powder Pink mat and then onto a Thick Very Vanilla A6 card blank ...with a Powder Pink felt In Color Bitty Bow to finish off...

Actually this is the card that I made and then decided to start Whisper White aqua-painting before colouring in... as in this card here...

Floral Statements Duo

Couple of simple cards to say a quick hello... Same but yet different...

Edited to Add... the Clearance Rack has just been updated... more details on today's post here...

First up ... just white embossing on Crumb Cake... with white craft ink coloring on the flowers then Aqua Painter water-coloured over with Tranquil Tide, Pink Pirouette and Berry Burst... Matted onto white... set on a Crumb Cake card...

Second up ... the same... but plus Crumb Cake sponged Fresh Florals Designer Paper... set on a Tranquil Tide card blank...

Floral Statements oh so simple...

Simply white embossed on Crumb Cake... on a Whisper White panel... onto a Crumb Cake card... you really don't need to do anything more with this beautiful greeting!

Though I do highly recommend colouring in the flowers if you have a bit more time... click here for details on that... 

The coloured version was so popular I thought I should share the even simpler one!

And a couple of tips for you if you like "looking" around my blog... 

I couldn't find the coloured flowers version by searching in the Search box on here... but I remembered my Pinterest board onto which I pin all my projects... and it took me seconds to find it on there! Click here for the "Made at The Craft Spa" board... 

Or click here for my "Tutorials at The Craft Spa" board... I am adding to that one somewhat more ad-hocly at the moment... but they will all get on there eventually! 30 or so on... 100s to go!

Or just click here to follow me on Pinterest.... 

And finally.... I should be back to normal service very soon... been such a busy few months... my feet will be so glad to see the ground for a change!

Half Full Thank You

Another card made with the Half Full stamp set... proving it's all year round appeal and value....

These are actually some of the Thank You cards I sent out for some of my early September orders... as I was on a bit of a role with this card format...

More details about this card shared here with the Christmas version.... just the colours being different... with Sahara Sand for the wine in the glass... and Dapper Denim for the bottle cap, mat and greeting...

Although the eagle eyed amongst you may spot that I used Tranquil Tide for some of the mats! Both work...

Half Full for Christmas....

Back to the Half Full set... and a different christmas version.... with a few of my favourite colours!

A three layer card this time... set on a small square Sahara Sand card blank... (10.5cm square for A4 card -with 10cm Tranquil Tide mat & 9.5cm Glossy White Card stamped panel...or 4 1/4" Square if using US Letter -with 4" Tranquil Tide mat and 3 3/4" Glossy White stamped panel)

With a Pool Party sponged aperture...  sponged Crumb Cake bottle label... aquapainted Tranquil Tide bottle... Cherry Cobbler red wine & foil bottle top... with the glass lightly water coloured in Soft Sky ... and all over Wink of Stella ... and a stamped and hand cut sprig of holly to finish...

Like an even simpler card... check out the previous one layer and two layer versions shared earlier by clicking here... 

Floral Sentiments - Subtle Colour on Neutrals...

Just realised I didn't share this card with you when I posted my series of Floral Sentiments cards earlier in the year...

This was a simpler more straightforward version of this one... and I think I decided that I had posted a few cards that looked quite similar... so I resisted to post at the time... and then I forgot! But this was actually one of my favourites of my makes.... clean & simple with just a bit of subtle colour!

Embossing and colouring details here...

Flower Shop & Fresh Florals U Fold Card

Quick post today... as Wimbledon calls!!

Another U Fold (aka Bridge Fold aka Centre Box Fold) card... click here for the tutorial... this one using the 3cm high front panel again...

Using Fresh Florals papers, Flower Shop & Pansy Punch, Happy Birthday die, Silver Glimmer Paper and Clear Faceted Gems - and the new 2 1/4" Circle Punch...

Happy Birthday die cut and then snipped into 2 to form a long thin greeting instead of the short fat as it comes version .... aqua-painted Tranquil Tide on white for the Happy.... and Silver Glimmer for the Birthday...

Simples...

And it all folds flat for putting into your standard C6 envelope...

Embossed & Aqua-painted Floral Statements

Thought I would try out another experiment seeing as my aqua-painted Floral Sentiments card with sponged Fresh Florals papers posted here proved so popular...

Again on Crumb Cake... but heat embossing the image this time... and using softer pinks for the flowers... pretty!

So first the image was heat embossed in white... then Craft Whisper White was aqua-painted over all the flowers and leaves... followed by colouring the flowers with the Powder Pink marker pen... then aqua-painting Berry Burst at the tips and shadows and Tranquil Tide for the leaves...

Finished off with a very careful " wiping" away off the ink from the white embossed surfaces...

Matted onto a thin border panel of Whisper White... then onto a Fresh Florals paper panel brayered in Crumb Cake ink... and mounted onto a Tranquil Tide card blank...