Summer Blooms with Kara

Hello, It's Kara and I'm back with a little ode to spring. I'm so ready for blooming flowers, sunshine and warm weather. The new Queen Bee PURE Color Dye Ink is the just the epitome of spring/summer!

I started by die cutting this double heart from Needle Point Hearts. I decided not to add any stitching, but instead back it with black cardstock and allow the black to show through. Then, I pulled out an old favorite called Summer Blooms. I built a little spray of flowers and leaves overlapping the die cut stitching holes slightly.

I added a few black accents with the sentiment, the veins of the leaves and the dots. The dot stamp is a little favorite of mine from the Dream Believer stamp set. I love that little stamp and use it all the time on many different types of card designs. It's the perfect little accent!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Featured Supplies

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

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Needle Point Hearts Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Queen Bee Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Little Piggy PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Sweet Gelato PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Hayride PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Last Leaf PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Summer Blooms stamp set Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Dream Believer stamp set Shop at: WP9

Stitching On Black Cardstock With Kara

Hey guys it's Kara. I know you have been loving these stitching dies as much as I have! There are so many ways to use them and today I thought I'd share a look at stitching on black cardstock.

Originally, when using this large heart from Needle Point Hearts, I went right to white cardstock thinking that the floss would pop. However, if you choose the right colors, your floss will pop on black too! Play around and try different colors. I knew I wanted to use white and hot pink seemed like another natural choice. When I laid the floss on my cardstock it looked great!

I just did some simple stitching around the heart starting with white on the outsides, moving to light pink and then finally a darker pink in the center. I added a sentiment from Bold Banner Greetings on a simple banner die cut from Bountiful Blooms. I didn't want to cover up too much of the stitched heart.

Super simple, and super sweet! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Featured Supplies

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

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Needle Point Hearts Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Bountiful Blooms Die Shop at: WP9