Hello, friends! Today I am sharing two cards that I made with the Spellbinders collection Yana’s Tulips, designed by Yana Smakula, of course! This is a gorgeous collection that includes the two beautiful press plates that I used for my cards. There are matching stencils, a set of sentiment press plates and a separate die set. Tulips are my favorite flowers, and I hope to one day see the tulip fields in the Netherlands that inspired Yana’s collection. I was lucky enough to see some beautiful daffodils blooming in some of the English gardens on my recent visit to London, though!
NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.
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For my first card, I used the Tulips and Daffodils Press + Foil Plate and Stencil Bundle. This press plate also comes without the stencil, but boy does the stencil set make it so easy to color! I “stamped” the image with my BetterPress system and black pigment ink onto white card stock. I then used the stencils and the following inks from Altenew to color my florals:
- Sea Glass
- Ocean Waves
- Honeydew Glow
- Antique Olive
- Olove
- Sugar Kelp
For the sentiment, I used the new Bouquet of Hugs Sentiments Press + Foil Plate, which comes with matching dies. I foiled the sentiment with white foil onto black card stock.
My next card features the Windmills and Tulips Press + Foil Plate and Stencil Bundle. Again, this press plate comes separate from the stencil if you want. I, of course, used the matching stencil set to color my image. I first foiled the image with black foil. I have really enjoyed seeing all of the various color combos people have used with this product. For mine, I really wanted to give the tulips some color variation. I also wanted the tulips to be the thing that popped off this card, so I kept my windmills in the same family as the sky color. I did use a LOT of colors for the flower, mainly because as I was coloring them, they weren’t vivid enough, so I started coming in with brighter colors. I also muted the colors that I used on the windmills by coming in with a warm gray. I used the following colors of inks from Pinkfresh Studios and Altenew to color my image:
Pinkfresh Studio:
- Paradise (windmills)
- Turquoise (windmills)
- Ocean Breeze (sky)
Altenew:
- Golden Honeycomb
- Baby Pink
- Amber Glaze
- Orange Cream
- Fuchsia
- Maple Yellow
- Hazelnut (field)
- Fresh Leaf (leaves and bushes)
- Lime (flower stems)
- Cloudy Sky (windmills)
- Evening Gray (windmill blades)
- Reindeer Moss (tulip field)
I again chose a sentiment from the Bouquet of Hugs Sentiments Press + Foil Plate. This time, I foiled the image with black foil onto white card stock. Confession – I messed up one of my tulips while I was trying to add more color, and that’s the great thing about sentiments! Hide those mistakes!
I hope these cards bring a smile to your face today. As always, I appreciate you visiting my blog.
Wishing you all a crafty day,
Allison
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