Petals & More Thinlits

Hello, Crafters.

I hope you're enjoying your weekend, with weather equally as lovely 

as ours - sunshine, warmth, blue skies! We're making the most of it 

as this is unusual for April, and I'm sure our normal 

April showers will arrive soon!

Yesterday when I was making tomorrow's video, I was showing  the dies 

I was going to use from the Petals & More Thinlits, and 

showed the die cuts on the back of the magnetic sheet that was holding the dies.

 I made a comment about the stand-alone dies i.e.

 those that don't have a co-ordinating stamps, and it occurred to me that, apart

from the long decorative die, I don't think I've played 

with any of them. I decided there and then I would remedy that for 

today's card!

I carried on and finished recording the video, and once I'd set it up 

to start downloading onto YouTube, I set about make my card. 

 I decided to use the large die, and die cut the branches and leaves 

in Wild Wasabi Cardstock (CS), which I adhered onto a 

layer of Whisper White CS. It was like looking at a blank canvas,

 trying to decide where to go from here! The obvious choice was fruit, 

as in the Fruit Basket Stamp Set which has four 

co-ordinating punches, or flowers, like blossom, which made me 

think about the two new packets of the Touches of

Nature Wood Elements that were sitting on my desk - I was off!

 I chose Pink Pirouette as my co-ordinating colour, which, like Wild 

Wasabi, will be retiring on 31st May 2018! I coloured the 

white side of five of the small wooden daisy-like flowers using the Dark 

Pink Piroutte Stampin' Blend, and then adhered them in strategic 

positions using Tombow to hold them in place. Another product 

I've been enjoying using recently is the Fine Tip Glue Pen, 

which I used to paint over the daisies, 

On three of the flowers, the glue formed beautiful mounds, and

 on the other two it spread into one large covering, and went

 into the centre hole as well, blocking it up! Although the 

branches, leaves and blossom were looking good, 

the card front needed something else i.e. more than just 

a sentiment, and I thought of the three 

butterflies from the Sharing Sweet Thoughts Stamp Set. 

I stamped them onto a piece of Whisper White CS, using Jet 

Black Stazon Ink, and I coloured them using my Wild Wasabi and 

Pink Piroutte Marker Pens. To finish the card front, I fussy cut the 

butterflies, and adhered them using Dimensionals. Next I adhered small

 Basic Pearls in the centres of the daisies, and painted the 

wood elements with a second coat of the Fine Tip Glue.

  I tied a piece of retired Pink Piroutte Ribbon into a bow, around the card front, 

and stamped HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the Hostess In The City 

Stamp Set in Wild Wasabi at the bottom of the card front.

 I had already adhered a layer of Pink Pirouette and Whisper White

Cardstock inside the card, but couldn't decorate it yet 

 without the risk of smudging the daisis. The final touch was 

painting the three butterflies using my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen! 

 A very pleasing card methinks! 

That's about it from me today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting!

JanB.