Beautiful gardens filled with warm rays of sunshine, skies of blue, and trees filled with fragrant cherry blossoms make for the perfect retreat setting, where daydreaming can abound and the stress of everyday life just seems to melt away! Breathing deeply and enjoying the sweetness in the air becomes second nature, as you take in your enchanting surroundings…a decorative wishing well with beautiful vining florals, a whimsical wooden bridge leading to places imagined only in daydreams, and a darling collection of hand carved bird houses that your “tweet” friends serenading you from above call home. Let your imagination wander, and enjoy life at a slower pace, taking time to smell the delicate cherry blossoms with the new Cherry Blossom Retreat Collection from Heartfelt Creations! Enjoy a walk through a refreshing paper collection filled with beautiful springtime hues…grass like greens, pretty blossom pinks, clear sky blues, and charming corals, all encompassed in dreamy petite plaids, dainty polka dots, and elegant lace like accents. An inviting collection of cling stamp sets, along with coordinating dies, await to bring your very own garden oasis to life, filled with elegant garden benches, alluring wishing wells, and sweet springtime songbirds. A delightful assortment of varying sized cherry blossom petals, along with a coordinating dimensional shaping mold, allow for quick and easy assembling of gorgeous, delicate cherry blossoms perfect for all of your spring themed creations! So, join us as we bring a hint of spring to craft rooms everywhere…it’s the perfect day for a crafty daydream with the new Cherry Blossom Retreat Collection!
I had a lot of fun coloring this beautiful image for my card.
Angelica
Size: 7” x 5”
Supplies:
Heartfelt Creations and Supplies Carried by HC
Inks: Distress ink (broken china, twisted citron, mowed lawn)
Image Colored With: Prismacolor Color Pencils (Blush Pink, Scarlet Lake, Dahlia Purple, Blue Lake, Ultramarine, Indanthrone Blue, Aquamarine, White, Putty Beige, Sienna Brown, Dark Brown, Pale Sage, Olive Green, Apple Green, Kelly Green, Grass Green, Dark Green, Spring Green), OMS, Prima Art Philosophy Metallic Pastel Accents Semi-Watercolors, Pebbles Ink. Basic Brights Chalks)
Paper: Bazzill Cardstock (green), AW 89lb. Curios Iridescent Cryogen White cardstock
Accessories: Art Glitter Shell White Microfine, foam dots
For more tips on creating with the collection watch the tutorial at: https://youtu.be/OaA2da5H-E0
Instructions: Finished card size is 7” x 5”. Using rectangle dies cut a 7” x 5” panel from green cardstock and a 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” panel. With coordinating die cut a panel from patterned paper, ink edges with broken china ink and glue to green cardstock, glue panel to base of card.
Stamp scene image with olive ink on white cardstock, cut panel to coordinate with smaller green cardstock panel, color image, glue to green panel. Stamp bridge image with coffee ink on white cardstock, cut with coordinating die, color, glue to scene image with foam dots for dimension.
Stamp birdhouse with olive ink on white cardstock, cut with coordinating die, color, slightly shape on back with stylus. Stamp birds with black ink on white cardstock, cut with coordinating dies, color and shape on back with stylus.
Stamp the following on white cardstock, leafy branches - olive ink, flowers - rouge and rose coral inks, cut with coordinating dies, color flowers with same inks used to stamp images, color leafy branches with twisted citron and mowed lawn inks. Shape flowers with shaping mold, finish shaping with flower shaping kit. Shape leafy branch with flower shaping kit.
Add stamens to all small flowers. Glue birdhouse, branches, flowers and birds as pictured. Add sentiment. Add glitter to flowers, sentiment and river image. Add mini prills to centers of large and medium flowers. Add extra stamen as pictured.
Beautiful card Angelica!
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