Painted Petals Wreath Card in Subtles for Happy Mothers Day

Now this is more me! And definitely more my mother… she wouldn’t have been happy with the bright pinks & purples version… so a quick remake was in order… and here it is! And now safely hand delivered!

And the eagle-eyed of you may have spotted.. this is an even larger card – and A4 wide Square – aka 21cm or 8 1/4” Square – though I was in a panic as I suddenly didn’t think I had a large enough envelope – but luckily the panic was quickly over…

SU! Supplies

Stamps – Painted Petals, Hello Life, Crazy About You

Card & Inks – Sahara Sand, Lost Lagoon, Blushing Bride. Whisper White

Framelits – Project Life Cards & Labels

Embellishments – Sahara Sand Lace Trim, Basics Pearls

Painted Blooms Box Frame

So here is the final project we made last week at my Painted Petals & Blooms class – and this was also a project for my All Day class on Saturday… I was determined to make everyone cut into their gorgeous piece of Painted Blooms papers… you know the one… great to stroke but SO hard to cut!

So I searched various shops and on-line for a nice – but inexpensive - box frame. To no avail…way above my class budget! And then I watched a few moments of crafting TV… saw some envelope boxes…and had a Eureka moment!!

And the Eureka was great for the box section on each side… but the corners left me baffled!! So it was onto the Internet and a bit of research… 2 hours later and I was no better off – there are many box frame tutorials but the corners didn’t do it for me….so it was back to my paper sample… and trial cutting this way, then that, then the other  …. and suddenly it just… worked!!!

So those beautifully mitred corners took me quite a long time to work out …. but this project does not a long time for anyone to make. Once you know the tricks…well the rest is easy! But more on that another day….  I can feel a tutorial coming on if you are interested….

So back to the project…the box frame is made from one piece of 12x12 paper…the leafy one!

Then the floral picture within is cut from “The Gorgeous Piece” … and I have paper left to make some more great cards…

All finished off with simple Rich Razzleberry stamping of the Feel Goods words to bottom left and Pool Party Perfect Pennants stamping/ Framelit die cutting to the top right. With a sprinkling of Dazzling Diamonds Stampin Glitter glue to finish off. Actually less of a sprinkling… there is loads on there!

And now it is ready to hang on my kitchen or utility room wall… the colours were pre-tested after all!

And how much did I love this Box Frame…. well if I say that I have already made 10 variants… I think you may get the picture!!!

And another Painted Petals card to go in the Box

And to finish off my Painted Petals series..here is that last card that my ladies made to go in their box. This time the leaves were inked in Pistachio Pudding and a light marker stroke with Wild Wasabi to give them some definition…

This stunner is a complete CASE of a swap card at January Training made by the very talented fellow  Jem, Sally-Jo Houghton. Sally-Jo’s work is always SO impressive – she is a true creative being…. I also have to thank Sally-Jo for showing me the way to the fantastic Hello Life stamp set!

I just changed the stamping panel to Naturals White and the greeting colour to Rich Razzleberry  to fit in with the other cards going into the box.

Look at all that shiny glitter….

Oh and here is Sally-Jo’s original swap card…. thanks again Sally-Jo…

More Extra Large Square Painted Petals Happy Mothers Day Cards

And here are another 2 versions of the extra large square Painted Petals card. I had made another sample to show that the wreath effect could still be achieved but more simply ie direct leaf stamping without all the fussy cutting!

So here is Denise's stunning version (as she wasn't in the mood for the cutting.... or the kissing either as I can now see!) Her mum likes a softer pink so she grabbed the Blushing Bride and the Blackberry Bliss too…and WOW!

 

Now Karen went for lots of kissing and some extra fussy cutting! So she has added a few extra single flowers to balance out either side…stunning….

Beautiful cards ladies – hope your mums are happy too!

Large Painted Petals Wreath card #2

Following yesterdays post, here is a  variant of the large square card we made.

This is actually the original sample  I made -  I knew that a few people would not like the large wording from Hello Life that I had used. I LOVE it and have used it on a LOT of projects– but it isn’t to everyone’s taste … Though I have to admit I had completely overlooked this stamp set in the Spring Summer catalogue – it is on Page 6 under a Home Decor kit – don’t  miss it too!

The leaves are also different…instead of kissing to add some texture/definition in yesterdays – i just dragged a marker pen down the centre of the leaves after inking the leaf image in Wild Wasabi – and then stamped. Some with and some without ( Kissing being a lot quicker!!)

And a bit of extra flower stamping around the card blank to finish off….

Oh – and the ribbon is from the Artisan Embellishments kit…

Large Painted Petals Wreath card

And here is the last card of the Painted Petals series we made this week. A large but straightforward 7 1/2” Square card for special ladies for Mothers Day or Birthday – or any occasion really!

So I used the fabulous – but often overlooked -  “leaves image” in the Crazy About you stamp set. And as it is a solid image…yup you guessed it – we were all kissing again! This time with Wild Wasabi on the I Love Lace background stamp & Pistachio Pudding on the leaf.

8 leaves – and a bit of hand cutting & finger squeezing to give definition later – and you have a great wreath. The leaves were just arranged around a circle which was just drawn around the outside of the largest circle framelit.

Tip for you though – make sure you stick the end leaf over the narrow stem part. ( we all naturally arrange it the other way ie placing the narrow stem under the leaf – which is fine for a dry run… but do the sticking the other way – as it is a lot simpler and faster! This will mean nothing as you read this – but it does makes total sense when you are doing it!

And the flowers are again just hand cut & defined using a thick mat and embossing stylus– mainly just the trio from the 5 flower image as they are the easier part to cut out…. I did actually start with cutting out the full 5 part flower and leaves image – but then I realised there would be an hour of cutting instead of the 15 minutes of this version – looked great but that 3/4 hour had to be cut!

The Mothers day wording is also from the Crazy About You stamp set. I LOVE that you can place the HAPPY next to the separate MOTHERS Day on the block and just stamp away. Though I have to admit that I cut away a tiny bit of surrounding plastic to achieve the exact same spacing between the words…

And this is die cut using the great shape in the Project Life Framelits set – just perfect for the banner shape needed…

And all finished off with a bit of simple stamping inside the card…

Oh and I have a few other variants to share of this card tomorrow….

Another Painted Petals card to go in the box! Plus NEW Sale A Bration products…And Weekly Deals updated…

Well the Painted Petals cards & box shared yesterday went down very well at todays class…

My friend and fellow crafter, Zoe was particularly delighted to make all of her 4 Mothers Day cards plus a spare for any occasion as well as a box for chocolates and a special make for Mothers Day presents…. More on the extras another day!

But I had to pop onto share Zoe’s version of the “Amazingly Amazing heart card” – made so as to fit the HAPPY MOTHERS DAY greeting – love this version Zoe…. told you I had to share! Thanks for letting me….

Oh and before  I go… here are this week’s Weekly Deals – I think I can see a “Happy Easter banner” being created here in March and a ribbon stock up too!

I will be ordering Sunday 1st March if you are after anything…. and do remember that you can earn a free Sale A Bration (SAB) item for every £45 you spend… and …even better… spend £50 + and you can have a free Craft Spa class in March too (worth £12.50)

And talking of Sale A Bration… I am delighted to tell you that there are 4 new items that you can earn for free during March. These are in addition to those previously published.

Little sneak peek pictures below… don’t know why the Coastal Cabana colour in the Thanks card etc looks like such a vivid green!! - but go here for full information…. I personally can’t wait to get my hands on those vellums and the large THANKS stamp!

Painted Petals Set in a Box

Here is a project that we made at our January Jems Training session.

4 lovely cards and a simple box to put them in. Featuring Painted Blooms papers and Painted Petals stamps. Love these Julie…. and so do many of my ladies that craft! So there will be a fair number of these made this week at The Craft Spa….

Think my mind must have still been thinking of hearts when I made this one!

And finally the little box…all wrapped up with a sparkly Something Borrowed embellishment to finish. Love these little embellishments. More on those soon….

Painted Petals Note Cards Trio

Loving my Painted Petals stamps. I can feel a series coming on…..

Let’s start with something simple…. grab some white and crumb cake notecards & envelopes, some Whisper White cardstock, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky  & Craft Whisper White inks & some sponges. Oh and maybe a few other things as we go along…..

And just create…. no fuss, no bother… simple but gorgeous!

Keeping it clean & simple… Direct Wild Wasabi ink pad around the central Whisper White panel. Gems coloured using Blendys….

Could maybe do with a close up photo here…. the central panel flowers are inked with Rose Red..then extra highlights added using a Rich Razzleberry marker… yummy!

A bit of faux shadow work…. background of whisper white flowers over-stamped with Rose Red flowers.

And central Whisper White panel Soft Sky sponged all over then Wild Wasabi sponged around edges….

Central white panel all Soft Sky sponged  and Dazzling Details applied to the flowers. So pretty!

And you can still see the texture of the stamp coming through…

Painted Petals Large Square Double Display Card

I have a real treat for you today…

This is a stunning card made by my incredibly talented friend and fellow Jems team member, Sam Wilson using my Large Square Double Display Card tutorial. Imperial version here. Metric version here.

It is just too good not to share more widely… so I was delighted when Sam agreed that I could share with you all….

Spot that centre panel…no, not the Painted Blooms papers. Sam meticulously re-created the large paper panel effect using the co-ordinating stamps. But Sam’s tip for you….. that took  a while!!!!

And I will have another Double Display card treat to share with you shortly…. Sam has sent me a photo of her gorgeous Christmas Large Square Double Display card…all I can say is double WOW!!

Keeping it REALLY Simple–Part 2–Painted Blooms

Told you I am starting off the New Year REALLY simple… As explained in yesterday’s post -  grab a few note cards, a NEW Stamp set from the 2015 Spring Summer Catalogue and a few inkpads – PLAY… and CREATE!

Today it is the NEW stamp set… Painted Petals..

Which has a gorgeous set of co-ordinating papers… called Painted Blooms… but more of those on another day… For today … I am just keeping it REALLY simple ….

Oh did I say NEW…. yes these projects use new stamp sets that are to be found in the 2015 Spring Summer Occasion Catalogue. Releasing 6th January…only 1 day left now….

Not got your Spring Summer Catalogue or Sale A Bration promotion leaflet yet… Just call & collect if you are local… or Email me to arrange a copy in the post … or come back here tomorrow, Tuesday 6 January to download for yourself…