Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog today! I’m so happy to be sharing my card and to show you my pretty Echinacea thank you card using the Gorgeous Nature’s Harvest Bundle.
I’m participating in Kylie’s monthly International Blog Highlights contest and the top 10 vote winners get to participate in an International Blog Hop. I would be so grateful if you could consider taking a moment and voting for my card? I’d really appreciate it!
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Depending where you live in the world these flowers are known as Echinacea or coneflowers. Either way they are stunning and I see their bright colours in many English gardens right now including my own.
You won’t believe how simple this card was too make, because each flower is just made with a single die cut & then just coloured!
The card above was originally made for a sketch blog hop. I shared it in advance on my Facebook live and had so many requests to show how I made it. So I demonstrated the technique HERE and made the card below. As you can see you can make full use of our huge range of Stampin Blends to make any colour flower you wish.
The hardest part of making this card was deciding which colour Stampin Blends to use. In the end I couldn’t make up my mind on the Live so I chose three different colours. Well why not?
My top tip is to use your watercolour pencils to add more depth and details to the flowers to really make them pop. What do you think?
Introducing Nature’s Harvest
Have you seen the Harvest Nature’s Bundle yet? It is one of those hidden gems in the July to December Mini Catalogue.
Echinacea Card With Nature’s Harvest
I made this card on my Facebook live a little while ago and there are lots and tips and tricks on there to help you to shape and colour the flowers.
How To make A Echinacea Card With Nature’s Harvest
- Stamp the texture pattern onto the piece of Basic Gray Card using Basic Gray Ink
- Add the piece of DSP using glue
- Die cut three Echinacea flowers in Basic white and colour with Blends & Watercolour pencils
- Arrange on the card and adhere with Glue and Dimensionals.
- Stamp the sentiment in Basic Gray onto a scrap of Basic White card.
- Fussy cut and add to the card with mini Dimensionals
- Finish with some Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Measurements
- Base: Thick Basic White – 29.7 cm by 10.5 cm scored and burnished at 14.9 cm
- First Layer: Basic Gray – 14.3 cm by 10.0 cm
- Second Layer: Basic White – 14.0 cm by 6.0 cm
- Flowers and Sentiment: Basic White scraps
Voila!
I had great fun making this card and I would love to know what you think? Please do leave me a comment.
If you would like to know more about any of my projects please do get in contact and I would love to help you.
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Sara
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Gorgeous! And agree with your tip on using water colour pencils to add depth. Thanks Sara for being part of my International Blog Highlights this month and all the best with voting!
absolutely beautiful! I love that pop of colour against the greys and whites. Lots of dimension with paper. Coneflowers are my fav! Good luck with the voting
I just love your coloring. I could not pick which one would be my favorite. Love them all, and the card layout is great, too.