It’s quite nice to get back into the crafting groove – my new stash purchases are really helping. 🙂
I’ve bought some lovely stamps and versatile dies that were put on my wishlist due to an enabling crafty pal.
Here’s the finished item my new square dies went into the making of…
Paper: Simple Stories
Stamps: Concord and 9th – Flourish
Dies: MFT – Happy Birthday to You, Avery Elle – Double Pierced Squares, Lawn Fawn – Large cross-stitched square stackables
Other: dye inks, Misti, 3D foam tape
The Happy Birthday to You die is a perfect fit for some decorative square dies (ideally they need to be at least 4″ square to comfortably fit in) and I love how the Flourish stamps from Concord and 9th really fill out that space. I used layered die cuts to add dimension to the sentiment with a dark piece of cardstock matted on the back of the stamped panel to make the cut-out areas really pop. 🙂
Lots of lovely ink shades went into the stamping of this card but I think you could really make it pop even more using one colour for the leaves and one for the flowers but simply changing the intensity of the shade.
And speaking of inks, I spent a lovely afternoon yesterday while binging on Netflix and recovering from Saturday evening’s festivities organizing my new craft purchases which included a great deal on the 12 Distress Oxide inks – purchased the bundle from Joanna Sheen when the back in stock e-mail arrived in my inbox! They’ve flown out of stock again but definitely worth setting up the e-mail notification as it is a very good saving if you can be patient.
There’s something rather therapeutic about just sorting and organizing a little and allowing your brain to empty of tired ideas so that new ones can develop. 🙂
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