Flowers and Blog Blitz

Hi everyone.  I wanted to let you know that the designers will be hosting a blog blitz on the Outside the Box blog starting tomottow (Monday, March 24) through Friday, March 28th.  There will be two posts a day, and a chance to win some of the new dies and stencils.  I hope you will be able to join us!

Before the blitz, I wanted to show you some of the floral cards I have been making using the last release. 

For my first card, I started with white cardstock and added some embossing paste using the Rhapsody stencil (8815).  I allowed that to dry and then added the Tulip Stems die (98782).  To color the tulips, I cut out the tulip petals from pink cardstock, ran them through my die cut machine a second time with a rubber mat to emboss the petals and thenI added some pink Copic markers (R81 and R83) to the edges to add a little shading.  My coloring was a bit streaky, but I thought the streakiness looked just fine on tulip petals.

 For my second card, I cut out out the Kensington Border (98743) out of white cardstock.  I colred all of the butterflies, stems and flowers with Copic markers and then placed my diecut onto double-sided adhesive tape.  I like the glitter tape from Elizabeth Crafts for this technique because it really holds glitter well.  Once I put my die onto the tape, I sprinkled the whole thing with glitter so that the space around the die became all glittery and sparkly.

 

For my final card, I took some watercolor paper and covered it with pink, orange, and yellow Gelatos and sprayed the whole thing with water to blend the colors.  I let it dry, and then placed the Diamond Stencil (88352) on top and sponged ochre and magenta chalks onto the stencil.  To finish the card, I added the Perky Poppy die (98762).  I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but I paper-pieced the poppy die together and added a bit of Distress ink to the base of each of the poppy petals.

I hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend and will be able to stop by the blitz this week!

Comments

[sue t.]

Awesome coloring for the tulip card Laura!

[Gail]

Love the tulip card!!! what copic colors did you use please?

[Pam]

Beautiful cards! I love that tulip card!

[Jean Bullock]

All the cards are lovely. I especially enjoyed the first one. My mother loves tulips. I love how you colored the tulips and it looks exquisite against the white embossed background.

[Nancy Johnson]

The shading on the tulips makes them look so real!

[Laurie]

Oh my, I'm already wondering how I will manage to restrain myself from ordering all of the new stuff. Sigh.

[Jacquelene L]

I am excited about the new releases, and I am looking forward to the blog posts. Thank you for sharing the beautiful cards. The tulip card is my favourite, the embossed background and the colouring of the tulips. This is a beautiful spring card.
I also really like the Kensington border card, and the colours you have used. Thank you for sharing today.
Jacquelene L
Canada

[Denise Shepherd]

I am so excited about the new collection as I am sure they will be as fabulous as the last x

[Laura F]

Hi Gail. I updated the tulip post so that it includes more information. I hope this helps!

[Darnell]

Just gorgeous cards, Laura! Your tulip card took my breath away!! Hugs, Darnell

[Gail]

Thank you for the update and copic color markers number!!! Awesome!

[Conniecrafter]

Love the softness of the coloring in the pink flowers, just lovely and that border makes a wonderful focal point for the second card, pretty watercolor background for your flowers in the last!

[Lilian Smith]

Fabulous cards but especially love the tulip card, the colouring is just amazing

[ionabunny]

Lovely spring cards. Love the poppy one

[Deb O'Neill]

Love the tulip card. Makes me think of spring. Hope it arrives soon.

[Blue Rose]

What a lovely set of cards. I love the detailed dies...and those tulips, they look so real, streaks and all. Great job!

[Alicia]

These cards are beautiful! I can't wait to see more of the new collection!

[Loly Borda]

Beautiful cards! Love the Poppy die! TFS

[Alison Murray]

How fun and beautiful all your examples are. It never ceases to amaze me at the talent in this country. Love it, love it
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[BeverlyBL]

Beautiful set of cards. Those tulips look so realistic, and I am in love with that poppy die (and your colors are great) and the border made such a pretty card. I liked that you colored it. Not sure I would have thought to do that. And you can never go wrong with glitter.

[Lynda]

Spring has sprung in your cards! They are lovely.

[Sherry Lesiak]

All three cards are great. Especially liked the background on the poppy card.