Crazy Crafters Blog Hop: Special Guest Valerie Moody - Botanical Frame

 

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Valerie Moody - we are thrilled to have Valerie join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her . 

Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop.

It was very difficult to make a decision because it turns out that I really love Valerie's work and found inspiration at every turn but this is Valerie's project I eventually chose to CASE, taking inspiration from the frame and flowers.  Click on the image of her card to link to Valerie's blog.

The Botanical Builder Framelits remain one of my very favourite die sets - they make it so easy to create something very pretty!
 
So this is the card that I made.

The frame and corner of flowers inspired by Valerie Moody's gift box

This was such a quick and simple card to make but I'm so happy with the result.  I made it for a friend who is moving into a new home.

The base card is a 51/2" square in Night of Navy.  To that I added a layer of paper from the beautiful Floral Boutique pack and then used another sheet to create the frame with Layering Squares framelits.  I cut a variety of flowers and foliage using the Botanical Builder framelits with Peekaboo Peach, Pink Pirouette, Flirty Flamingo and Pear Pizzazz cardstock.  For the flower centres, I used Enamel Shapes in Night of Navy and Pink Pirouette.

I placed a layer of Whisper White behind the frame and stamped the greeting on it with Tangerine Tango ink.

The same colours appear inside the card in the form of stamped flowers

To decorate the inside corner of the card, I used the Blooms & Wishes stamp set with Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo inks.  I added a flower centre to the larger flower with Night of Navy ink and used a Night of Navy marker to add centres to the other flowers by hand.

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments. 

Thanks for following our blog hop. Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out of seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration they contain.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie



Product List - To visit my online store, click on a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

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Layering Squares Framelits Dies

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Blooms & Wishes Photopolymer Stamps

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Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper

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Pink Pirouette A4 Card Stock

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Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad

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Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

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Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[141397]

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

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Regals Enamel Shapes

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Subtles Enamel Shapes

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Many Marvelous Markers

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Glue Dots

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Sweet Sugarplum Cupcake

This card came together very quickly.  The circular frames were already sitting on my desk - remnants from another card and I hadn't yet used the cupcake stamp set so it seemed time to do so.

The cupcake panel is popped up on dimensionals

I used the Sweet Sugarplum  because it goes so well with the Rich Razzleberry and I wanted to use up those leftover circles.  The Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper offers the perfect choices to go with those colours.

I stamped a second lot of icing, hand cut it and popped it up on dimensionals

I added some Clear Wink of Stella to the icing.

To fit my birthday greeting on a very small square, I used the Teeny Tiny Sentiments set and realigned the sentiment.  I covered over the word "birthday" inked the stamp, removed the cover and then stamped the word "happy".  Then I cleaned the stamp and repeated the process for the word "birthday", using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line up the words.

I couldn't help adding a little watercolour shading with Crumb cake to the cupcake image.

Thank you for your visit
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List - To shop in my online store - click a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Teeny Tiny Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

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Layering Squares Framelits Dies

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Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper

[141654]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[126975]

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

[138325]

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[126978]

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

[141395]

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[126950]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Thank You for Painters Palette

All the waiting is finally over!  All the products in the fantastic new catalogue (best one yet, I think!) are now available for purchase!

The Painters Palette stamp set and the new Layering Squares framelits are just made for each other!

For this card, I stamped the easel from the Painters Palette set with Tip Top Taupe Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  I then added some shadows with a Soft Suede Stampin Write Marker.

Masking the square of the frame with some scrap paper, I then stamped the "canvas" area to look like a painting.  I used the two step floral spray from the Number of Years stamp set with Mint Macaron, Flirty Flamingo and Watermelon Wonder inks.  I then used matching Stampin' Write Markers to add some shading to the leaves and flowers.

Love the new Layering Squares framelits!

I used the Layering Squares framelits to create a Flirty Flamingo mat that covers the entire frame area and a narrower Soft Suede frame to sit on top.    I glued these onto the panel.

Using an aqua painter and a touch of Crumb Cake ink, I painted a little bit of shadow under the easel to "ground" it.

I cut a piece of Soft Suede cardstock ... wide and trimmed each end (one end at a time) with one of the Lots of Labels framelits using this technique.  I then cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock to ...wide and trimmed to a smaller size in the same way.  The greeting is from Gift of Love and is stamped with Basic Black ink.

The rest of the card is just layering.

'Til next time
Stephanie


Product List - To shop in my online store, click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Painter's Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

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Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

[138325]

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[138326]

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[141402]

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[138323]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]