Soft colors, shimmery gold and a leafy collage create a simple window card for any occasion. The new Verdant Leaf Collage - on a background of pastels and spritzed, splattered gold - would be great for Valentine, wedding or friendship cards.
Hello, Jean Okimoto here...congrats to the winners of last week's Valentine Blitz - and thank you everyone for all of your thoughtful comments!
Verdant Leaf Collage is a versatile design that's perfect throughout the year - in fresh greens for spring and summer, deep rich colors for fall, and in silver with bright berries for the holidays.
Trim white cardstock to 8-½" x 10-¼" and score it at 3-½" and 7". The 3-¼" panel will be folded to the inside to cover the back of the inked background. Cut Verdant Leaf Collage from the center panel.
Blend light layers of Distress Oxides on smooth white cardstock. Dry the inks. Shake Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz vigorously, then spray the inked cardstock. Heat-set it. Splatter it with more Shimmer Spritz and heat-set it again. I'm very spritz-and-splatter-challenged, but I attempted both here...living on the edge!
Trim the background slightly larger than the window. Attach strips of doublestick tape along the backside of the perimeter of the window to attach the background. Diecut hearts from the scraps with the Bright Hearts die.
Prep Sending Love Posh Script by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help remove the delicate diecut when you're ready to attach it to the card. Cut it from pale peach cardstock - leave the diecut in the die. Attach strips of Diecut 'n Bond doublestick tape to the diecut and run it through the machine again - leave it in the die again. Remove the little bits of tape liner then press the self-adhesive words firmly onto the card. Attach the hearts.
Big thanks to everyone who ordered December's SIMPLY ASIAN - WINTER 2020 card kits from Impress and Stamps and Memories! Thanks for promoting the kit Ann, Shari and Roxanne!
Working on my next kit - HEARTS + HUGS - introducing many of the new Memory Box, Poppystamps (Whittles!) and Birch Press Design Valentine Collection products.
Thanks for visiting...see you again this weekend!
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This is so very pretty, Jean. I love it!
Posted by: BECCA YAHRLING | 01/14/2021 at 08:55 AM
Really pretty and simple!
Posted by: Barbara-Jean | 01/14/2021 at 01:40 PM
Jean, your card designs are so “Jean”. When I see a card I can say it is a “Jean” design b/4 scrolling down and seeing the artist. Love your style.
Posted by: Donna | 01/14/2021 at 03:30 PM
Fabulous card. I love the background colours and the window to showcase it.
Posted by: Johanna Rundell | 01/14/2021 at 04:12 PM
Lovely & peaceful! Love the water colored background, of course! Merci!
Posted by: Jacky | 01/27/2021 at 02:18 PM