Creating Flower Wreaths w/Joni Two Ways

Floral stamps are so versatile, especially if they include individual blooms or smaller clusters. You can build bouquets, use them separately, create all over patterns, or create wreaths.

For today's projects, you can easily use any flower stamps and dies you already have on hand. For my first project, I've used the Modern Petunias stamps and dies. And for the sentiment I used the Birthday Wishes stamp set.

To begin, I used Wplus9 Nautical Navy cardstock, distressed it with Distress Oxide Ink in Peacock Feathers around the card and left the middle card dark. Because the Distress Oxide Inks have both dye and pigment ink properties, I was able to "brighten" up the edges of the darker cardstock with the lighter color. I then splattered it with water and Gansi Tambi Starry Colors.

I colored the flower images with Copic markers, then die-cut them using their matching dies.

Next, I added some Pretty Pink Posh Jewels in Pearl White Jewels. To finish off the card, I heat embossed the sentiment "hope your birthday is extra" in white on black cardstock, fussy cut it out, and adhered it using foam tape.

For my next project, I used the Hello & Thanks stamps and dies. This set doesn't have individual flowers, but it does have several smaller clusters of flowers that can also be combined to create a wreath.

I first distressed the white card panel with Distress Oxide Inks in Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade, then splattered it with water.

Next, I stamped the images on white cardstock in black ink. Again, I used Copic markers to color them and then die-cut each image using their matching dies.

For the sentiment, I used the larger "thanks" included in the same stamp set, and heat embossed it in Aqua Tinsel. For the smaller sub-sentiment, I used white heat embossing on a black strip of cardstock.

To really kick it up a notch, I added some Diamond Stickles selectively on some of the flowers and leaves.

Finally, I added some Pretty Pink Posh Ivory Jewels for added interest to finish off the card.

I hope you guys enjoyed, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Birthday Wishes Shop at: WP9	Hello & Thanks Shop at: WP9
Hello & Thanks Die Shop at: WP9	Modern Petunias Shop at: WP9	Modern Petunias Die Shop at: WP9

Distress Oxides and Lots of AUTUMN LEAVES w/Dawn

Hello crafty peeps! I wanted to pop in today to share a couple of cards I created on World Cardmaking Day.

I shared these throughout the day on Instagram. However, thanks to that pesky Instagram algorithm, many of you may have missed them. I noticed when looking at the insights for those posts that they only reached a couple of thousand accounts vs. the 20+ thousand that follow. What can you do, right?

So, on to the goodies! I decided that I wanted to pull out my all time favorite stamp set for World Cardmaking Day - Autumn Leaves.

I just adore this set! I can pull this one out on any day of the year and come up with a card. No fail. I ended up with 4 cards all similar in design but unique in their own way by swapping an item or two.

For this card I did some Distress Oxide Ink stamping on Kraft cardstock. I used the timeless "rock n' roll" technique when inking. I inked up the stamp with one color and then added another color ink to the stamp around the edges and such before stamping.

I added a few splatters of ink to the background for a little interest since the layout of the card was very simple. I trimmed the panel and mounted it to a black card base. For the sentiment I used our Birthday Wishes stamp set and heat embossed it in Liquid Platinum.

The pattern stamping for all of these cards was created exactly the same way. I arranged all of individual images on my MISTI stamping tool. Then inked them up, stamped them. Turned my cardstock 1/4 turn, inked the stamps up in a different color, and stamped again. Turned the cardstock 1/4 turn again, inked in another color and then stamped.

For the next card, I again used Distress Oxide Ink. This time I skipped the multi-color inking and chose to stamp on our Coal Mine cardstock.

I'm in love with the rich sophisticated color palette and decided to swap out my sentiment to keep with the same style. Our Grateful Greetings stamp set was perfect.

I created another stamped panel, again on Kraft, but with solid inking. I wanted to switch up the orientation, so I went with a landscape orientation this time.

I stuck with the Grateful Greetings for my sentiment again. I stamped it in Distress Oxide ink and then clear heat embossed it. I added a little vellum behind the sentiment label and popped it up with a bit of foam tape.

And finally, just because I do love a good white card base, I had to create one on white. I used several of our PURE COLOR dye inks to stamp my background pattern.

I used the exact same layout as the previous card, but reached for the Birthday Wishes stamp set again for my sentiment. You can never have too many "birthday" cards!

I hope that you enjoyed todays cards! As always, thanks for stopping by!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS | EH	Ranger Embossing Powder LIQUID PLATINUM Shop at: SSS
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts Shop at: SSS	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Kraft Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Coal Mine Cardstock Shop at: WP9
Hayride PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Pumpkin Spice PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Falling For Blue PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Grateful Greetings Shop at: WP9
Cranberry Crush PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS	Birthday Wishes Shop at: WP9	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE Shop at: SSS
Bazzill 40 LB VELLUM 8.5 x 11 White 25 Sheets Shop at: SSS	Hemptique NATURAL Bamboo Cord Set Shop at: SSS	Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | EH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Shop at: SSS | EH
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Shop at: SSS | EH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Mowed Lawn Shop at: SSS	Autumn Leaves Shop at: WP9	MISTI Precision Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | EH
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Cracked Pistachio Shop at: SSS | EH