Rainbow Blocks Page

Hello friends! I hope you are well and getting some crafting time. Today I have a bright and colorful scrapbooking tutorial to share. If you scale it down you can make a card instead.

Here the weather is slowly warming up after a cold May so far. The apple trees are so beautiful with all their flowers.

I used double-sided patterned paper from Whimsy Stamps. The set is called Rainbow. They came in the Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit. The kit is sold out, but you can still get the papers. I just love their bright and happy color, the circles, stripes and splatters. When I can't decide which paper to use, I like to do a blocked design so that I can use a lot of papers at once. If you are making a card instead, just use smaller squares.

The journaling is on the back of the layout and is about these corona times, since I felt that I wanted to document it. The photo is from a couple of years ago, but simply happened to be on a my desk, so I used it, even though it wasn't taken recently. It was also taken in my parents garden and I miss them now when we haven't been able to see them for months.

Cut nine 3x3 in squares of Rainbow paper and sand the edges slightly to reveal the white core.

Stitch each square to the background with white thread and stitch a frame around them. I wanted to repeat the splatters on some of the designs and used Scribble Sticks in the same colors as the papers. Dip the tip of a Scribble Stick in water and then flick a paint brush against the tip to create splatters. It is very easy and they dry quickly too. I used colors from Scribble Sticks 1 and Scribble Sticks 2.

Here's a close up of the stitching. Remember to do the stitching before adding embellishments.

I die cut Simon Says Stamp Shimmer Butterfly from one of the patterned papers in the set and from SSS white glittery paper. I gave the butterflies a trail of pearls.

I also die cut two butterflies using Tim Holtz Scribbly Butterflies set. Bright colored patterned papers work so well for die cutting.

Here's a look at the Scribble Stick splatters. It is one of my favorite techniques with Scribble Sticks.

Simple white die cuts look striking against a colorful background. These flowers were die cut with the Simon Says Stamp Daisy Stem.

I wanted a little more glittery paper on the page, since I really like the look of this white glittery paper. Flourishes were die cut with Tim's Adorned set. I also added two Prima flowers and a sentiment stamped with the Simon Says Stamp Tabbed Sentiments set. I thought it fit well for the theme.

By offsetting the glittery paper a little you get just a hint of glitter under the butterflies. It looks particularly nice when the light hits it.

And the blue and green butterfly. Staple the two butterflies together.

The title was die cut from white paper using Tim's Alphanumeric Tiny Type Lower.

And a second glitter flourish and flower. The glitter paper sheds no glitter at all, which is one of the reasons why I like it very much.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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