Hello Honey Bee friends! Have you been loving the new Vintage Love release as much as I have? Today my anniversary card features the gorgeous Blooming View stamps and Honey Cuts. I absolutely love the florals, but also the window which has so many possibilities with other sets too!
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I started by using a fun stenciling technique for my A2 card background. I trimmed a piece of paper from the new Textiles & Texture: Vintage paper pad to 4-¼” x 5-½”. Then I lightly sprayed the back of the Vintage Flourish stencil with Pixie Spray. This is a beautifully detailed stencil and the spray will keep the small parts of the stencil secure.
Next I used a pallet knife to spread some transparent matte texture paste through the stencil. I removed the stencil and immediately washed it and the knife. When the piece was dry, I used an ink blending brush to add some very light brown ink over the entire piece. This makes the detail of the stencil pop! Check out this photo I took about half way through the process.
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You can really see what a difference the ink makes. (The ink wasn’t thoroughly dry and is much lighter after some time.) I adhered the panel to my A2 card base with glue.
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Next I stamped the images from the Blooming View stamp set with clear embossing ink onto Bristol Smooth cardstock. I added gold embossing powder and heat set it.
Then I used various watercolors from my stash to color the florals. I used a gold metallic watercolor on the window. Tip: Use a scrap piece of Bristol to experiment and combine colors to find what you like. This prevents me from making a color mistake on the actual piece.
I die cut all of the dry pieces with the coordinating Blooming View dies. I love that the window has two dies! I used the outer die to cut a piece of vellum to fit behind the window and used glue to adhere it to the card.
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The gold embossed sentiment is one of several in the Blooming View stamp set and is cut out with the coordinating die. I used foam dots and narrow foam tape strips to adhere the florals and sentiment to the card.
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This was a super fun technique to used with patterned paper and stencils! I hope you’ve enjoyed my card making process and have found inspiration here! Thank you so much for stopping by!