Handmade by Natty

Morning all!

I’m over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a new card project full of spring vibes.

I’ve been really procrastinating about getting started on my Easter/Spring cards this year.

Every year, I am brimming with good intentions.

I plan to start my cards sooner, I won’t leave them to the last minute like last year, I have Easter and Spring supplies I bought the previous year that still need a good outing.

Every year, it’s the same story.

Every year, I realise I should have started making my Easter and Spring cards straight after Christmas.

Perhaps next year I’ll get it right!

But to get me in the mood, I decided to remake one of my favourite Spring cards from last year.

Stamp: Memory Box – Springtime Typewriter Sentiments (r)
Dies: The Greetery – Crimped Frame, The Greetery – Curio: Spring Findings, The Greetery – Curio: Summer Findings, The Greetery – Hoopla Mini, The Greetery – Hoopla Mini Inserts, The Greetery – Sentiment Suite Basics, The Stamp Market – Tiny Tags (r)

I, of course, reached for the Curio Spring Findings and Curio Summer Findings die sets from The Greetery and selected a bunch of elements to cut from cardstock and colour with Distress Oxides and sponge daubers.

Once assembled, I add coloured pencil details to the greenery, and white and black pen dots to add more detail to the butterfly, feathers, and cherry blossom.

Next, I created the watercolour background using a mix of Saltwater Taffy and Fossilized Amber regular Distress Inks on watercolour cardstock. And of course, there had to be some splatters of these inks and some copper metallic watercolour paint.

Once the panel was dry, I cut it out with the largest Crimped Frame die to add a little texture to the border when mounted on a white card base.

Now comes the fun part – arranging all the elements.

As an alternative to using the Curio Divider Details dies, I also like to arrange the elements on some old mini tags in my stash (adding twine details to complete the look), as well as some of the dies in the Sentiment Suite Basics set (out of stock just now, but you can subscribe to be notified when its back).

And of course there has to be a little embroidery hoop from the Hoopla Mini die set and coordinating Hoopla Mini Inserts to frame one of the elements – I used some of the blooms from the BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix for the purple florals, and this set is great if you want to add more tiny flower elements to your card projects.

To make my sentiment stand out more, I stamped it on a white sentiment strip cut with the Sentiment Suite Basics set.

After making this card, I definitely feel like I am more in the mood for spring makes, so I had best get my skates on now!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Memory Box – Springtime Typewriter Sentiments stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	The Greetery – Sentiment Suite Basics dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery – Crimped Frame dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery – Curio: Spring Findings dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Greetery – Curio: Summer Findings dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery – Hoopla Mini dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery – Hoopla Mini Inserts dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Stamp Market – Tiny Tags dies (r) Shop at: MISC
Distress ink pad – Fossilized Amber Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress ink pad – Saltwater Taffy Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Distress Oxide ink pad – Aged Mahogany Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Antique Linen Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Distress Oxide ink pad – Black Soot Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Blueprint Sketch Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Bundled Sage Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Chipped Sapphire Shop at: SBC
Distress Oxide ink pad – Crushed Olive Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Forest Moss Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Ground Espresso Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Lucky Clover Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Distress Oxide ink pad – Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Mowed Lawn Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Peeled Paint Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Prize Ribbon Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)
Distress Oxide ink pad – Rustic Wilderness Shop at: SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Salty Ocean Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Scorched Timber Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Distress Oxide ink pad – Speckled Egg Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)
Distress Oxide ink pad – Spun Sugar Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Stormy Sky Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Tattered Rose Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Twisted Citron Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Distress Oxide ink pad – Uncharted Mariner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Distress Oxide ink pad – Walnut Stain Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad – Wilted Violet Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC	Jackdaw Express – AM534 – Premium White Watercolour Card 300gsm Shop at: AZ (UK)	Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36-pan watercolour set Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Uniball Signo White pen Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Bearly Art – Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC	Waffle Flower – 6.5 x 8.5 Grip Mat Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)
Sponge daubers Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz – Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz – Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Waffle Flower – Mini Media Mat Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)
Royal Langnickel – Zen watercolour round wash brush set Shop at: AZ (UK)	Crafter’s Companion – Gemini machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Thermoweb iCraft – Purple tape for die-cutting – 1 1/2″ Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC