Category: Garden Wishes

Hello and thank you being here. I am so pleased that you are popping by to see what my latest project is.

As I mentioned recently, my new Sunday posts will be a project from the Global Design Project’s weekly challenges.

Global Design Project #285 is a colour challenge. The colours are So Saffron, Seaside Spray and Sahara Sand. Well, it wasn’t until after I finished my project I realised that I used Soft Sea Foam instead of Seaside Spray – I wrote down the colours incorrectly. I wish that I had looked at all the samples and I may have autocorrected myself when I started blending the soft green. Anyway, I won’t be adding it to the challenge but still like the end result.

I made two projects – a card and a gift box.

The Sahara Sand card base has an embossed layer adhered to the front. I used the Dandelions 3D Embossing Folder to add texture that coordinates with the stamp set and dies that I chose.

The next step was to use Blending Brushes to colour a piece of the Dandy Laser Cut Paper. The blended the So Saffron front the top down and the Soft Sea Foam from the bottom up. Then I stamped the dandelion image, from the Garden Wishes Stamp Set, in Sahara Sand onto the same coloured card stock. Using Saddle Brown StazOn ink I stamped the same image onto white vellum. After the images were cut using the Dandy Wishes Dies, I coloured the card stock piece using the Blending Brushes again.

The vellum piece was adhered to the laser cut piece. Then I cut four lengths of Linen Thread and threaded it through the sides and tied it at the front. Then I used Stampin’ Dimensionals behind the other dandelion die cut and popped it over the linen thread.

I stamped the greeting and then cut it using one of the, soon to be retired, Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I cut it a second time making it thinner.

The last touch was to add a few Gold Glitter Enamel Dots.

Then I made a gift box using one of the Love You Always Treat Boxes. I covered it with some Soft Sea Foam 6″x 6″ DSP from the Subtles collection. I used one of the Dandy Laser Cut Paper round shapes and coloured it with my So Saffron Blending Brush, before adhering it to the top of the box. Then I cut lots of dandelions and overlaid them on top of each other and held them in place using Mini Glue Dots. Before securing it over the So Saffrom circle, I tied some Linen Thread just below the head of the dandelion.

Well, I made not have finished with a project to add to the #GDP285, but I do have a card and matching gift box that I am really happy with. Here’s hoping that I get it right next week.

Keeping it real – happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Garden Wishes Bundle (English) [156220] $89.00	Garden Wishes Cling Stamp Set [154408] $38.00	Dandy Wishes Dies [154315] $61.00	Dandelions 3D Embossing Folder [152953] $17.50	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00
Dandy Laser Cut Paper [154300] $20.00	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Gold Glitter Enamel Dots [152155] $14.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $15.25
So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611] $15.25	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $13.00	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109] $13.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00
Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Love You Always Treat Box [154285] $15.75