Morning all!
I’m over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a more minimalist card project.
Well, minimalist in that it features clean and fresh colours.
I don’t know where April went to, but May definitely marks the start of my move towards summer shades. And in fact, one colour I’m enjoying at the moment is purple!
A colour I’ve always shied away from, but it works so beautifully with florals.
So, the perfect reason to use it with the much-loved Takes the Cake family of products from The Greetery.
Paper: Crate Paper
Stamps: The Greetery – Sign Off Sentiments, The Greetery – Takes the Cake
Dies: The Greetery – Sign Off Sentiments, The Greetery – Takes the Cake, The Greetery – Takes the Cake Banner, The Greetery – Takes the Cake Floral Details, The Greetery – Takes the Cake Stand, Spellbinders – Fluted Classics Ovals, The Greetery – Deco Frames
I started out by stencilling and stamping the flower layers in Takes the Cake stamp and stencil set and cutting them out with the coordinating Floral Details die.
I stamped the banner in Minty Fresh ink from Lawn Fawn (one of my favourite shades for getting a light pastel tone of aqua) and gave the banner a zap with the heat gun before stamping the Happy Anniversary sentiment and cutting it out with the Takes the Cake Banner die.
Then I cut the lilac cake background and glittery frosting with the Takes the Cake dies (which can also be used on their own without the other elements in this product range).
I cut the Cake Stand dies from pearlescent silver cardstock and then assembled all the elements.
I wanted a simple background to show off that cake, so I backed an A2 cardbase with subtle patterned paper and cut the largest Deco Frames die from ivory cardstock.
I still wanted the paper to show through, so I created an aperture in the Deco panel with an oval die.
Once everything was mounted on my card, I added an additional sentiment from the Sign Off Sentiments stamp and die set, with pearls and a faceted heart gem providing those all-important finishing touches.
And there we have it, the first card of the summer season made!
Until next time, happy crafting!
 The Greetery – Sign Off Sentiments stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Takes the Cake stamps and stencils Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Sign Off Sentiments dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Takes the Cake Banner die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Takes the Cake dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Takes the Cake Floral Details dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Takes the Cake Stand dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 Spellbinders – Fluted Classics Ovals dies Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC |
 The Greetery – Deco Frames dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 Lawn Fawn – Minty Fresh ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK) |
 The Stamp Market – Bubblegum ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Cactus ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Cheeky ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Golden ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Pale Plum ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Peony ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Plum ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Rosy ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Sugar Plum ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Sunshine ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Tropic Teal ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe – Pale Rose Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Concord & 9th – Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: MISC | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC |
 Simon Says Stamp – Ivory cardstock Shop at: MISC |
 Memory Box – Delicate Pastel glitter pad Shop at: MISC |
 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) |
 Taylored Expressions – Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC |
 Waffle Flower – Shader Brush Size 1 – Double-Ended (Pack of 5) Shop at: SBC | SHC (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 |
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