Looking for some easy spring card making inspiration? Check out these blossoms peeking out from these window cutouts, giving a taste of the season ahead.
Today Shelly has brought us a beautiful clean and simple card that has blooms peeking out from behind these crisp white cutouts. We adore the pastels used, and feel like this card has us anticipating sunshine and the promise of gardens full of wildflowers. Follow along to see how Shelly created this CAS Spring Window Card.
- Start with white cardstock and cut to the size of 3 1/2″ x 5 1/4″.
- Using the 5819-04D Nested Rounded Square w/Stitch die (smallest one), place the die onto the cut cardstock panel and die cut the square (3x). *Tip: Using a ruler to help line things up and as well as starting the first die cut on the center left side of the panel can help with the ease of getting things to line up/be spaced out evenly.
- Use a ’round’ corner punch to round the corners of the panel. (you could also use a die with rounded corners, as well.)
- Set aside.
- Take the 5811-01D Scarlet Blossom die set and use it with white cardstock to die cut blossoms.
- Using Color Fuse Ink sets #1 (Lemon, Autumn), #5 (Rose, Bubblegum), #9 (Beachside, Dreamer) and blending brushes, ink blend flowers.
- Assemble flowers together.
- Set aside.
- Using the 37009 Spring Greetings stamp set, stamp sentiment onto white cardstock using black ink.
- Use the 37009D Spring Greetings coordinating die with the stamped sentiment.
- Set aside.
- Take a piece of black cardstock and cut to the size of 4 1/4″ x 1/2″.
- Set aside.
- Take an A2 white card base and adhere the die cut panel from above with foam tape. *Tip: before adhering things, place the blossoms where you’ll want them at. It makes it a little easier to get an idea if you need or may want to adhere some of the blossoms beforehand because they do tuck under the panel some.
- Adhere blossoms to the card and add highlights to blossoms using a white gel pen. *note: you may notice there are no leaves being used as in the picture above. After assembling things together I decided I wasn’t feeling them and decided to leave them out.
- Adhere black cardstock strip onto the card.
- Adhere die cut sentiment onto the strip using foam tape.
- Adhere baubles to the card. *note: you can use any embellishments, use what you like.
Products used: 5819-04D Nested Rounded Square w/Stitch die set, 5811-01D Scarlet Blossom die set, 37009 Spring Greetings stamp set, 37009D Spring Greetings coordinating die set, Color Fuse Ink Set #1, Color Fuse Ink Set #5, Color Fuse Ink Set #9, Large Blending Brushes 4 pack.