GUEST ARTIST FEATURE: Kay Miller

Hello Friends! Kay Miller from My Joyful Moments here today, and I am super excited to be here on the Wplus9 blog! I have been a huge fan of Dawn's for several years, ever since I discovered Wplus9.

I have a card to share with you today using some gorgeous products that I just love! I don't think I'm the only one who fell head over heels in love with the Free Hand Florals stamp set. I am also using an older set, Lacey Layers, which I've had in my stash for a long time that I dearly love! It's so great for layering and building collage type cards.

So for my card, I started by watercoloring the background using a light tan dye ink on watercolor paper. When this was dry, I splattered some more of that same color ink around. I let this dry well. I then stamped two of the medallions from the Lacey Layers set with that same tan dye ink that I used for the watercoloring. I adhered these to my watercolored panel with foam tape.

I then stamped the roses in three different shades of pink and the leaves in two shades of green. I cut those out with the companion dies. After arranging them just perfectly, I adhered them with foam tape.

The sentiment is from the Strictly Sentiments 2 stamp set. I stamped it in the same tan dye ink that I used on the medallions, and cut it out with a banner die. I adhered this just under my cluster of roses with foam tape. I felt like my card still needed something under the banner for balance, so I added one more bunch of the green leaves just underneath.

I adhered this whole panel to an A2 size top folded white card base and added a few clear sequins.

I hope you have enjoyed my post today and are inspired to create something beautiful! Thank you so much for stopping by, and a huge thanks to Wplus9 for having me for a guest!

Featured Supplies

How amazingly talented is Kay! I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Kay for showcasing Wplus9 in such an amazing way. I have been a fan of Kay's work for quite some time, so it was extremely humbling to have her as a guest. It has definitely been our pleasure, thank you so much Kay!

For your convenience, here is a list of the Wplus9 supplies that Kay used on her project today, along with links to purchase.

Freehand Florals Freehand Florals Die Strictly Sentiments 2 3x4" stamp set Lacey Layers 6x8" stamp set Lacey Layers Die

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Adding Creative Details with Joni Andaya

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing my take on Freehand Florals and Freehand Florals Die. This set is one that you will fall in love with, no wrong stamping here.

To begin, I first cut my gold stripe panel paper from My Mind's Eye Fancy That! 6 x 6 paper pad. Then die-cut my scallop panel from Sunshine Layers Die. For my sentiment, I heat embossed "awesome" in white and distressed the panel behind it with PURE COLOR Dye Ink in Pumpkin Spice. Then "hope your day is" stamped after in Warm Wool. Both sentiments are from the You Equal Kind stamp set.

For the bouquet, I started by stamping some filler foliage and flowers directly onto the scalloped panel using Hayride and Last Leaf PURE COLOR Dye Ink. Then, I stamped the larger leaves and the roses on a separate piece of white card stock and die-cut the images with the coordinating dies. For the roses, I used Little Piggy, Miami Spice and Gala Red. And for the leaves, I used Last Leaf and Appletini.

I wanted to personalize the images a bit and make them stand out from other cards that are created using the same image. An easy way to do that is by adding small creative details. I chose to add some dots onto the flowers and leaves with a Uni-ball Signo Broad pen. I think this is the perfect and easy way to add just a little something to make them unique.

Lastly, for the final touch, I added some enamel dots in "Last Leaf" from the Enamel Dots Autumn Splendor: Blue pack.

I hope you guys enjoyed today's project! Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful week!