Morning!
It’s been a while since I shared a card project, but my mojo thankfully has returned for this week’s Daring Cardmakers challenge. Miri has chosen the fab image for our elemental inspiration dare this month:
For my elements I chose the aqua blue, yellow, and grey colour palette, florals, and black dots:

Stamps: Concord & 9th – Painted Peony, Concord & 9th – Botanical Turnabout, Concord & 9th – Paint Swash Turnabout
Dies: Concord & 9th – Painted Peony, Pinkfresh Studio – Diagonal Stitched Rectangles, The Stamp Market – Oblong Hexagon

I started off by creating the blue background with the Paint Swash Turnabout stamp and Lawn Fawn Kiddie Pool ink layered up for 3 rotations of the stamp, leaving areas to go in with the spotty stamp in Onyx black ink and randomly fill in some of the white gaps.
I set the background aside to dry while I inked up the Painted Peony stamps in various colours from the Concord & 9th ink cube set.
For the large peony I used Pinkfresh Sweet Mustard ink for the bottom and middle layer, then Altenew Honey Drizzle for the last layer.
I used my go-to diagonal stitched rectangle die to cut the background to size, and added a grey oblong to make the floral element really stand out against the background.
Press and Seal was of course deployed to keep the floral spray in place so I could stick it down right where I wanted it. It also made it easier to line everything up in the Misti so I could add the sentiment from the Botanical Turnabout stamp set just so…
Once everything was assembled I added some sequins from the Blossom set by Lucy’s Things as a finishing touch.
Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team, and play along if you can!
Happy crafting!
![]() Concord & 9th – Painted Peony stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC |
![]() Concord & 9th – Botanical Turnabout stamp Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
![]() Concord & 9th – Paint Swash Turnabout stamp Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC |
![]() Concord & 9th – Painted Peony dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC |
![]() Pinkfresh Studio – Diagonal Stitched Rectangles dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC |
![]() The Stamp Market – Oblong Hexagon dies Shop at: MISC |
Altenew – Honey Drizzle dye ink Shop at: MISC |
![]() Lawn Fawn – Kiddie Pool ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
![]() Pinkfresh Studio – Sweet Mustard ink pad Shop at: MISC | SBC |
![]() Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
![]() Altenew – Pocketful of Sunshine ink cube set Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC |
![]() Concord & 9th – Ink cube set Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC |
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS |
![]() Simon Says Stamp – Fog cardstock Shop at: SSS |
![]() Ranger – Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
![]() Tombow – Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
![]() 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
![]() Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
![]() MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC |
![]() Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
![]() Thermoweb iCraft – Purple tape for die-cutting – 1 1/2″ Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
![]() Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
![]() Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |




























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