June Card Kit Inspiration: Stamped Backgrounds + One Layer Card Set
Hey there everyone! It’s Nina-Marie here with you today to share some inspiration on using the new stamp set included in the June 2016 card kit.
The stamp set, Looking for the Miracles, is a gorgeous one that has a lot of fun floral and leaf images. One of my favorite parts of the stamp set is the sentiment; not only is the font gorgeous, but the sentiment is perfect for encouragement cards of all kins=ds, which are always handy to have around. Today I’ve used the leaves and the sentiment to create backgrounds for this set of beautiful encouragement cards. Not only are these cards fun to make, but they are one layer too, which makes them super easy to mail!
To create these cards I started by cutting watercolor paper down to 4 1/4″ by 5 1/2″ (folded) card bases and placing them into my Mini Misti stamping tool. I prepped the cards with anti-stick powder and then stamped my sentiments onto the center of each card with Simon’s clear embossing ink. The sentiments were then heat embossed using gold embossing powder.
My next step was to stamp the leaves and smaller images to create the background framing my sentiment. For the green and purple cards I used the following Simon ink colors: Jellybean, Catkin, Green Leaf (leaves), Sea Glass (dot clusters) and Hydrangea (florals). For the coral and mint cards I used: Mint, Lake Shores, Spring Rain (leaves), Ducking (dot clusters), Coral Reef (florals).
Once my stamping was done it was time to add some color! I used Tim Holtz distress inks and water brush to color in my images. Because I used Simon dye inks I can watercolor over top without fear of the images bleeding because Simon’s dye inks are waterproof and safe for use with markers like Copics. For my watercoloring I used the following colors on the green and purple cards: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive (leaves) and Shaded Lilac (florals). For the coral and mint cards I used: Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers (leaves) and Abandoned Coral (florals). I then covered over every leaf and flower using the Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens.
And because I love the look of paint splatters I had to add some using the Finetec gold metallic watercolor set. You can of course leaves the splatters off for a more clean and simple look. Finally, I added a bit of twine across the top of each card in complimenting colors.
These were so much fun to make and I love how they have created such a fun set of cards to use for yourself, or give away to friends and family as gifts! I hope you’ve enjoyed this bit of inspiration and thanks so much for stopping by today to spend some time with me! See you soon!
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Beautiful!
Very lovely. Thanks for sharing.
I’m just discovering card kits and I think they are very cool!
Beautiful card set!
Very pretty cards! Love the elegant gold sentiment inside the bright & cheery colors of the florals.
These are so pretty!
Lovely cards. Looks like a great kits
Love it
Such cheerful creations! Love ’em!
Absoultely gorgeous creations!
Looks like a nice card kit! Thanks for sharing NIna’s cards.
Beautiful cards!
Love the stamp set in this new kit!
Amazing one layer cards!!
Thank you for the inspiration!
More beautiful cards from another wonderful set. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful and so gorgeous! Love the stamps so much will be pinning them to my wish list board next, tfs Karen x
Gorgeous cards!
Awesome watercoloring! LOVE the gold embossing. Right on trend with all the metallic’s!
Thanks for sharing with us!
These are beautiful! I love seeing how everyone is making all these beautiful combinations for this kit!
This card kit looks amazing.
Really Pretty!
Fun to see how pretty just using the leaves & smaller flowers can be!
Would not think to mix color/inks like that, Thanks!
Lovely CAS design and colors, Nina!
VERY PRETTY NINA!!!! I LOVE all of the color & that you made a set of these! ;) AND I enjoyed hearing the tid-bit information about the products you’ve used too! I DIDN’T KNOW that SSS Inks are waterproof! (I’ve PROBABLY heard this before, as EVERYONE is so helpful here on the blog…..) Probably just ME missing that! It’s a NICE THING TO KNOW!!! ;) THANKS NINA!!! ;)
great look:)
Love it! So glad I got this kit!
These are so, so pretty Nina!!!
What a gorgeous set of cards, they are so colorful!
Love the watercolor look!
They are awesome!! Thanks so much for the inspiration!!
What beautiful cards! I love the colors you used. Thank you for the lovely inspiration.
Such an awesome card kit! Love the colours and embossing! Thanks for sharing and the inspiration! :)
Lovely card!
Beautiful cards♥
One Layers are always a favorite of mine. Thanks for the inspiration.
Nina-Marie, you made some beautiful cards with few materials. Some inks, a gorgeous stamp set and”voila”! Amazing!
Great card ideas! I saw my e-mail and needed to come leave a comment letting you know how inspiring these card ideas are.
Hi Nina, I just got my set and had not had a chance to even think about what to make. Your Cards are just beautiful. Giving him some great ideas
Love this card, all the vibrant colors and the twine is the perfect accent!!
Woah, these are so gorgeous! I love the flowers and the sentiment is such a great focal point.
LOVE all those fresh & bright colors! Fabulous Cards :)
Beautiful set of cards! Love the design ♥
Great examples of the creativity achieved with the new SSS card kit! Love the organic aspect around the outer region, leaving the center to showcase the wonderful sentiment :)
Like the cards. I have some SSS inks that I use & did not know they were waterproof. Just cked and the bottom of the container indicates the ink will not smear when using water colors or markers. Have a Bee-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
very pretty. Love all of the foliage.
These are all beautiful, I love all the colours!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Well done. Love that sentiment!
Looks like another fabulous kit full of crafty goodness!
Gorgeous cards!!