Bloom Where You Are Planted + Stamp Masking
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Hello! Today is my very first post for The Hedgehog Hollow Design Team. Pretty exciting, huh?!
Before anything, I have to tell you that the goodies that came in the September subscription box are GORGEOUS. I might be a bit biased, though, since the stamp sets include my most favorite saying (which is the one I used for the card today).
I’m a sucker for floral stamp sets, too so you can imagine my glee when the mail lady dropped this off at the house:
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I’ll have a crafty VIDEO for you next week, but today I have a photo tutorial on how I made the floral frame for this lovely card.
Masking to Make The Frame
I used a Stitched Oval Die to cut an oval out of some masking paper and stuck it to a 4 1/8-inch x 5 3/8-inch piece of white cardstock. To make the floral frame, I chose a few images from the Bountiful Blooms set.
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Now to get a good frame, you need to make sure your flowers are overlapping all around the edges of your masked area. For the larger flowers on this card, I stamped an extra one onto some scrap masking paper and fussy-cut it out. That way I could add more images close to it without worrying about overlapping lines.
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Continue all the way around the oval until there’s no more room for flowers and leaves. Don’t worry too much if you have a couple of gaps; you can fix that with some ink blending. More on that in a minute.
I colored my design with Copic Sketch markers (with the mask still on for crisp lines). Here’s the list of the colors I used:
- Large Flowers: V000, V15, V17
- Purple Flowers: V17 with Y32, Y35 for centers
- Pink Flowers: R20, R22, R59 for centers
- Round Leaves: YG63
- Pointy Leaves: YG67
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Here’s the part about the gap fix – once you have all the flowers colored, use your favorite ink blending tool to buff some color in areas that seem a little sparse. For me, that was around the leaves since the flowers did a good job covering most of the edge. I like the Nuvo Stencil Brushes for blending ink; it takes a little more time, but the smooth blend is worth it.
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The Reveal and Finishing Up
With all the blending and coloring done, it’s time for the fun part – peeling up the mask to see how it came out! It’s like opening a gift at Christmas, I tell ya.
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From there, I stamped the sentiment (from the Bloom Where You Are Planted set) using Versafine CLAIR in Nocturne and Monarch. Using the same die I used to cut the masking paper, I embossed the oval with my die cutting machine and a rubber mat.
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And to finish off the design, I dabbed around the florals with a couple of different colors Nuvo Crystal Drops and set it aside to dry. Full disclosure here: before I popped it onto an A2 card base, I decided to mat the card front with the piece of glimmery coral cardstock that came in the September box. So pretty!
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Thank you so much for stopping in to read today! Why not visit & follow me on Instagram? A little bird told me there might be a 10% off coupon to The Hedgehog Hollow posted there…
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Love all your pictures and descriptions…Great post and beautiful card!
So soft & pretty! Beautiful creation Niki and what an awesome stamp set! Thanks for sharing the inspiring details!
Thanks, Darlene! 🙂