Inspiration post for floral & textures

Hello,

This is an inspiration post for  Craftyscrappers. This month we have a new challenge with theme 'Floral & Textures' at our blog. So my post for today is going to show 4 cards with this theme. This theme has endless possibilities with cards, mixed media, scrapbooking, tags, etc.. 

Materials used:
1. Craftyscrappers
    a) STAMPS
        i. Life quotes
       ii. Sending Hugs
      iii. Hello sunshine
   b) STENCILS
       i. Distress circles
      ii. Dahlia flowers
     iii. Bricks
      iv. Diamond Pattern
       v. Abstract stars
      vi. Honeycomb
  c) PASTES
      i. Dazzle paste - Orchid, Fog
     ii. Shimmer paste - Martina
2. Altenew inks 
   a. Lavender fields
   b. Frayed leaf
   c. Jet black
   d. Evening gray
   e. Buttercream
   f. Coral berry
   g. Bamboo
3. Spellbinders circle die & square die
4. White card stock
5. Liquid pearls
6. Sequins
7. Vellum
8. Colour pencils
9. Embossing paste
10. Foam flowers
11. Double sided adhesive

Lets go to my cards...........

CAS one layer card

This is my first car, a single layer card using our new release Hello Sunshine stamp set and bricks stencil. 
Its a 5 x 5 card and I stamped the floral image on the corner of the card and coloured with pencils. 
I randomly added the stencil on the background along with a sentiment. 
To finish the card, I added some liquid pearls. 

Stencil highlighting

For my second card, first I used some embossing paste using honey comb stencil for the background and let it dry. 
Then I used Dahlia flowers stencil, I used coral berry ink for the flower and bamboo ink for the leaves. 
I used some colour pencils, to highlight and give some shade to each petal in the flower and leaves.
I worked my way from dark to medium for colouring. I put together the flower and leaves and added some liquid pearls to finish the card. 

(This technique works with any stamp floral, abstract, etc....)

Stamp highlighting

For the next card I am focusing on stamp highlighting. 
I used script stamp from Hello sunshine stamp set for the background where I repeatedly stamped it on the background using evening gray inks. 
I die cut a square and did some stenciling using distress circles and added the sentiment and added this to a vellum square sheet. 
I stamped the flowers and leaves from Sending hugs stamp set using lavender fields and frayed leaf for leaves.
I used colour pencils to highlight the flowers and some of the leaves. (I didn't highlight some of the leaves as my main focus is on the flowers)
I added some flower sequins to finish the card.

(Tip: This technique works only with solid flower stamps)

Texture background

My last card is here where my focus is on some texture using stencils and pastes. 
For the background, I used diamond pattern 2-in-1 stencils and Orchid dazzle paste and Martina shimmer paste (I used heat gun to dry it).
In a piece of card stock I used Abstract stencil with Fog dazzle paste and circle die cut and added a piece of vellum on top of the die cut.
I added the sentiment on the vellum piece.
To make this card more better, I added foamiran flowers on one side of the circle.
I used double sided foam adhesive to add this card piece to the stenciled background. 


There is endless possibility with this theme. 

Check out Craftyscarppers BLOG for more inspiration by our creative/design team members. 


Challenges:
1. CAS on Sunday
2. Create and inspire challenge
3. a bit more time to craft
4. creative fingers challenge
5. creatalicious challenges
6. crafty gals corner challenges
7. lets create challenges
8. not just cards challenges
9.  the paper shelter
10. addicted to stamps challenge
11. parus card making challenges
12. crafting by designs
13. cute card thursday
14. the flower challenge
15. pile it on challenge
16. through the craft room door
17. a perfect time to craft
18.  crafty creations challenges
19. love to scrap challenge blog
20. crafting-with-friends
21. heart craft paper
22. simply less is moore
23. lil patch of crafty friends
Happy crafting