Forget-me-not card tutorial

Hello crafters! Today I am happy to share a card made with Simon Says Stamp brand new Shine On release.

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The Shine On release is filled with a great variety of products, perfect for summer crafting. You can see them all here.

I made a card today, of a summer meadow filled with forget-me-not flowers, greenery and three sparkly pink flowers. It was inspired by forget-me-nots that I photographed on a recent walk. All the flowers and greenery were die cut with a single die, the versatile Dancing Meadows. The background was done with a fun resist technique using the Simon Says Stamp Leafy Greens stencil. Sentiments were stamped with the Chill Vibes set.

Start by die cutting a bunch of flowers and greenery with Simon Says Stamp Dancing Meadows, from watercolor paper.

I colored most of them with Distress Watercolor Pencils (although not the yellow flowers that you see to the right). The small branches were made more textured than the rest.

I added a dot to the center of each forget-me-not.

The small yellow flowers and the larger flowers were misted with a combination of Distress Spray Stain and Distress Spritz.

Mist the greenery a little too, with Distress Spritz for glimmer.

Shape all the flowers with Tim Holtz Shaping Kit.

The background was done by first preparing watercolor paper with several layers of Distress Ink. Let dry in between layers.

Apply embossing ink through Simon Says Stamp Leafy Greens. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and melt with a heat tool. Always be careful when using a heat tool.

Apply white paint over the paper. When the paint is almost dry, wipe it off from the embossed areas and the leaves will appear. Repeat if you want a more opaque white.

The sentiments were also heat embossed. This Simon Says Stamp Chill Vibes set is so cool. 'Summertime' was first stamped with the outline word and white embossed. Stamp the solid word and off-set slightly. Emboss with clear powder. The clear powder will give the Simon Says Stamp Apricot cardstock a darker shade of pink and thus look like a shadow. 

Mount on white cardstock and then adhere with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

The background has a nice chalky look and the leaves have just the right amount of texture.

The shimmery pink flowers were layered with a yellow center and a Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy Gem.

The flowers are much more shimmery in real life than what they appear here.

Most of the meadow consists of forget-me-nots and greenery.

The second sentiment was first white embossed and then embossed with clear power, again off-setting slightly.

Don't aim for perfection when coloring the flowers. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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