Hi everyone. I wanted to let you know that the designers will be hosting a blog blitz on the Outside the Box blog starting tomottow (Monday, March 24) through Friday, March 28th. There will be two posts a day, and a chance to win some of the new dies and stencils. I hope you will be able to join us!
Before the blitz, I wanted to show you some of the floral cards I have been making using the last release.
For my first card, I started with white cardstock and added some embossing paste using the Rhapsody stencil (8815). I allowed that to dry and then added the Tulip Stems die (98782). To color the tulips, I added some pink Copic marker to give them a bit of dimension.
For my second card, I cut out out the Kensington Border (98743) out of white cardstock. I colred all of the butterflies, stems and flowers with Copic markers and then placed my diecut onto double-sided adhesive tape. I like the glitter tape from Elizabeth Crafts for this technique because it really holds glitter well. Once I put my die onto the tape, I sprinkled the whole thing with glitter so that the space around the die became all glittery and sparkly.
For my final card, I took some watercolor paper and covered it with pink, orange, and yellow Gelatos and sprayed the whole thing with water to blend the colors. I let it dry, and then placed the Diamond Stencil (88352) on top and sponged ochre and magenta chalks onto the stencil. To finish the card, I added the Perky Poppy die (98762). I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but I paper-pieced the poppy die together and added a bit of Distress ink to the base of each of the poppy petals.
I hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend and will be able to stop by the blitz this week!
