Sandy’s Craft Bag

With Mother’s Day coming up I needed to make a special card. I decided to use the Altenew Fresh Bloom layering set (a gift from a friend). I haven’t used it before although I’ve had it for a while. I ordered the coordinating die set recently.  Since I also needed to make a birthday card, I just switched colors for the second card.  For the first card I used Catherine Pooler inks in Bellini, Polished, Coral Cabana, and Tutti Frutti.  The flower centers were stamped in Limoncello, Shea Butter, and Tiara. For all the leaves I used Sage, Eucalyptus, and Spruce. For the flowers for the second card I used Hot Tub, Aquatini, Skylight, and Mardi Gras.  Next I cut out the flowers and leaves with the coordinating dies.  For the background I did some hot foiling. This was my first attempt with my new Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil machine.  I actually got it a few months ago but wasn’t able to use it since it didn’t fit on my Cuttlebug.  I had to get  a Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine

I needed to make a couple of Thank You cards today, so I pulled out my Altenew Meadow Burst Stencil Set.  I thought I could make something to enter in the Altenew April Inspiration Challenge .  I used Catherine Pooler inks in Lime Rickey, Sage, Eucalyptus, and Spruce, and Scrapbook.com inks in Havana Red and Cardinal Red.  The stenciling was done on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb. cardstock using ordinary blending brushes. I started with a piece sized at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2” then trimmed it down to 3 3/4” x 5”. It was matted with  tropical green print paper.  The sentiment was cut using a Poppystamps Thanks outline die with the shadow in a sage cardstock and the letters in a light green glitter cardstock that I had in my stash. I finished it off with some green glitter enamel dots.