Wildwood Old and New - The Greetery

Hello, Happy Monday! I am back on the Seven Hills Crafts blog sharing a card made with a mix of The Greetery Wildwood, old and new!

The Wildwood stamps, dies and sentiments dies were released a couple of years ago and they remain such a lovely collection. This year, Betsy at The Greetery took some of the pretty floral images from the original Wildwood stamp and turned them into stand-alone dies for creating a gorgeous floral bouquet. They're perfect for creating dramatic and dimensional focal points!

Whilst the new Wildwood Bouquet die is a slightly different size, it still works beautifully with the original set, allowing you to create coordinating background images that pair perfectly with the dimensional blooms. Of course, the original Wildwood collection still holds its own as a standalone suite too.

I stamped my background using the multi-step stamps (which was much easier than I thought!) and ran it through the Pierced Plaid pierce plate for some texture. It's one of my new favourite dies! I then die cut the Wildwood Bouquet flowers and ink blended them to match my stamped background.

I stamped and heat-embossed a small panel using the Ciao Bella Borders stamps and dies, along with a sentiment from the set. I then adhered the panel to my card base, cut apart the flowers from the bouquet and popped them along the bottom. I just love how it came out.

If you've been tempted by the new Wildwood Bouquet die, the original Wildwood set is well worth a look too. The stamped florals create the perfect coordinating backdrop for the dimensional blooms, giving you even more ways to stretch your supplies.

You may also like the following companion products in this series.

• Wildwood stencils
•  Wildwood embossing folder

Have a wonderful week!

Alex Syberia Designs Autumn Release: Cozy Tea Time | Blog Hop & Giveaway

Welcome! I am so happy you are here, and today we are celebrating the Cozy Tea Time release by Alex Syberia Designs with a fun blog hop filled with tons of inspiration, beautiful cards and Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a $15 or £15 gift card to three lucky winners.

You may have arrived here from Carol's blog, if so scroll on down for the next stop and to find out more details about the exciting giveaway, now, on to the cards!

Yesterday I shared some of the cards I created with this wonderful release, and here are a few more that I had so much fun creating.

This was so quick and easy to put together as the Magical Wisteria stamps, stencils and dies do so much of the work for you. I stamped the image in grey pigment ink which I then heat set, used the stencils to colour the beautiful flowers, with a little shading in the centres and finally die cut ready for mounting on my card.

I ink blended a card panel in lilac and pink then stencilled over the top with the fun Sparkles stencil and die cut into an arch. Once it was all mounted on the card I finished it off with one of the matching sentiments.

I just adore the Mini Frames and Fruit die set, so many possibilities and the frames will definitely be a feature in my cardmaking rotation for the foreseeable future.

I tried a new technique for this card, I heat embossed the Magical Wisteria stamp onto black card, I then used the stencils and applied white pigment ink which I heat set. I then used the stencils again to apply coloured die ink - my top tip for this is to dab on the ink rather than blend, even though the white pigment ink was heat set, it still moves around. I used the Mystic Garden Cardstock pack for the glitter paper, the whole pack pairs so well with this release.

The standalone Wisteria die is so pretty, I used the Mystic Garden Cardstock pack again for this card, using alcohol markers to achieve that deeper purple but it still keeps that lovely metallic shimmer. I also used the Sparkles stencil to emboss the cardstock - it's so fun using stencils to emboss! I wanted to achieve the look of Wisteria blowing in the breeze, so I anchored the stem to a jump ring and attached it to another jump ring hidden behind the frame - take a look at the movement over on Instagram!

Now, on to the giveaway and hop details!

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a $15 or £15 gift card to three lucky winners.

The giveaway is open internationally. All three winners will be selected from entrants who take part in the blog hop by 11:59 pm BST on October 18. The winners will be announced on the 'Giveaway Winners' page of the Alex Syberia Designs blog on October 19.

Next up is the wonderful Sammi Stamps, but be sure to visit all of the talented creators below!

Alex Syberia Designs

Mona

Rachel

Nicoletta

Lea

Sylvie

Brenda

Martin

Carol

Ang

Samantha

Caly

Lien

Have a wonderful day, thanks for stopping by and good luck!

Exciting Announcment and Pinkfresh Studio Golden Poppies

Hello, I am finally back to blogging and I am so excited to share that I am now a member of the Seven Hills Crafts Design Team. I was thrilled when Tara messaged me to ask if I would be interested and I don't think I could have said yes any quicker! Today I am sharing some pretty Pinkfresh Studio florals with you.

I began with an A2 yellow card base and layered the Celestial Quilt Coverplate in white over the top, followed by the Celestial Weave Coverplate in lilac for a soft, textured background. Next, I used the Golden Poppies stencils to colour a whole bouquet of flowers and leaves. One of my favourite things about Pinkfresh stencils is how easy they are to align, the triangle guides make the process effortless.

Once everything was inked, I cut the florals using the Golden Poppies die. The slightly smaller die edges mean you get beautifully clean cuts without any white halo around your images, which I absolutely love.

To bring everything together, I added a panel using the Essentials Dotted Fancy Frames Die for a touch of white space, but any one of your favourite shaped dies would work here, then arranged the florals around it, popping a few up on foam pads for dimension. A sweet sentiment from the Celebrate in Blooms stamp and die set finishes the card perfectly.

Wishing you a wonderfully crafty week!

Supplies used  

• Celestial Quilt Coverplate
• Celestial Weave Coverplate
• Golden Poppies Stencil and Die Kit
• Essentials Dotted Fancy Frames Dies
• Celebrate in Blooms Stamp, Die and Stencil Kit

A Note of Thanks

I really do love Fresh Cut Florals stamps and dies from Wplus9, I think it may even be in my top 3 of all time. Unfortunately for you, it means you'll be seeing it more than a few times here over the next few months and for that I am sorry*

I love the starkness of black and grey paired with bright florals, and I already had the background strips cut so it was pretty easy to pull together.

I had enough stamped flowers and strips left over to make a coordinating tag too. I am currently trying to make a dent in my pile of 'scraps' so every time I make a card I have to use up all the remaining leftovers on another card or tag before I allow myself to move on. I think I made 6 in this manner over the weekend but I'll share them in another post.

Anywho, Toodle-oo
Ang x

*I'm sorry i'm not sorry.

A Tale Of Two Mum's

I know, silly title, but it's the best I can come up with this Sunday afternoon! September was a busy month for birthdays, my sweet nephew, my mother-in-law and my lovely, wonderful Mum.

This was a card that I just kept adding to, sometimes I need to learn when to say stop! I had a play with my new fresh cut florals stamp set and dies from Wplus9, they are so beautiful and so much fun to play with.

This is the card that I made for my mother-in-law

Florals again, quite predictable from me, this time I used Cutting Garden stamps and lots of patience cutting them all out :)

Thanks for looking,
Ang x

Fiskarettes Card W/C 21/06/10

Just a quick one! I thought I would share my latest card for the Fiskarettes blog :) Full instructions are here.

If you haven't visited before why don't you pop over for some ideas, inspiration and to join in with the Monday challenge!