Friendship - Right as Rain

Impression Obsession | Flower Cart Hello

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS friendship card featuring several Impression Obsession die sets. The focal point of the design is a quaint flower cart full of colorful flowers. Brighten someone’s day with a little unexpected joy!

- Dry-emboss Sea Glass cardstock with the Burlap embossing folder. Add to an A2-size base.
- Cut frame from Snowdrift cardstock with largest die in the Frame in Frame 2 set. (The scalloped frame enhances the charm of the flower cart.) Back frame with Chamomile cardstock.
- Cut sentiment with the Speech Bubbles set. (I really like the size of these letters.) Add sentiment to background panel. Add assembly to card base.
- Cut cart and flowers from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble and add to card with foam adhesive.

Springtime Charm: Birdhouse Scene Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a spring-themed “Hello” card combining several Sunny Studio Stamps die sets. It has been a delight to hear the return of the birds singing now that it is spring.

Cut a mini-slimline panel (3 1/2″ x 6 1/2″) of Waterfall cardstock and add to card base.
Cut a strip of green cardstock (I used now-retired SU Cucumber Crush) with the grass die in the Picket Fence set.
Cut fence with the Picket Fence set from Snowdrift cardstock.
Cut birdhouses and birds with dies in the Build-A-Birdhouse set from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble.
Cut clouds from Snowdrift cardstock with dies in the Fluffy Clouds set.
Cut sentiment from white glitter foam (glitter side down) with the Art Impressions Journal Letter set.
Add clouds and fence to card base. Add birdhouses and birds. Lastly affix grass and add sentiment.

Impression Obsession | Friendship in Bloom

Hello! Today, I am sharing a friendship/encouragement card that features a barrel of blooming flowers and a heartfelt sentiment, “It’s your time to bloom.” The phrase can remind a friend to seize an opportunity, embrace growth, and achieve their potential. To see more cards with the encouragement theme head HERE.

- Stamp the Penny Black sentiment on Waterfall cardstock. Trim panel to slightly smaller to A2 size and add to an A2-size card base.
- Cut the Impression Obsession Bouquet and Whiskey Barrel pieces from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble and add to card base.
- Embellish with die-cut bees. (I used a now retired Elizabeth Crafts set.)

Spellbinders Stitching Friendship

Hello! Today, I am sharing a friendship card featuring a jar holding a miscellany of needlecraft supplies – scissors, a floss card, floss skein, thimble, buttons, needles – created with the Spellbinders April 2024 Large Die of the Month Club Kit, “Pins & Needles Jar.” Create a card for a different occasion by simply changing the sentiment!

- To create the card background, dry-emboss a 5″ x 7″ panel with the Tiny Dots folder. Add to a card base with debossed side face up.
- Cut Large Die of the Month Club Kit pieces from a variety of cardstock colors and patterned paper. Assemble as required.
- Add the assembled jar to the background. Fill with the assembled items.
- BetterPress the Always and Forever sentiment with Cosmic Sky ink on Snowdrift cardstock. Cut with the coordinating die. Add to the card by “pinning” it into the jar cushion.

Waddle You Know? Friendship Card

Hello! I am delighted to share a friendship card created with the Sunny Studio Stamps Puddle Jumpers stamp set with coordinating die set. With watercoloring, I brought the images – a girl in a ducky raincoat, her froggy umbrella, duck, and ducklings – to life.

- Begin by covering an A2-size card base with patterned paper in the DoodleBug Design Gingham and Linen pad.
- Stamp the Puddle Jumpers images in Versafine on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper and heat set. Color the images with watercoloring mediums of choice. Once dry, cut with coordinating dies.
  Zig Pale Pink (28), Light Green (41), May Green (47), Scarlet (23), Summer Sun (503), Bright Yellow (52), Orange (70), Lemon Yellow (51); Tombow Light Apricot (850), Tan (942), Dusty Rose (772).
- Cut an oval from white cardstock (I used the retired Spellbinders Fancy Edge Ovals die set). Create a sky and base by sponging on Distress Inks. Stamp the Puddle Jumpers sentiment. Mat the oval with a scalloped oval (same die set). Add oval assembly to card base.
- Add the watercolored images with dot and foam adhesive.

Looking for more spring-themed card inspiration? I recently posted a round-up of spring-themed cards HERE.