Hello there!
Lorena here with a brand new Five for Friday post full of inspiration!
Lately, I’ve been in love with all things coral. It’s a really pretty color, perfect for both Spring and Summer, and it combines beautifully with soft shades (like mint), with bold ones (turquoise!) and even with trendy metalics. Here are a few coral crushes I’m having right now…
- Let’s start with an amazing coral reef. Because, you know, it wasn’t Anthropologie that invented this shade * wink *
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- An ombre coral cake? Yes, please!!!
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- Coral seems to be hot for bridesmaids gowns, but you can wear it anytime! This dress is proof. Isn’t it gorgeous, combined with navy trellis?
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- This fabric: Fluffy llamas on a flowery coral background. I. just. can’t. even…
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- The beautiful coral is making a dent in décor, too. I love how beautifully curated this little corner is.
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So the occasion called for some coral paper crafting, and here’s what I did.
I double die cut the A2 panel from
Lacy Layers die to make a square panel in coral, and then used the
Lacy Flowers and
Lacy Flowers Mats die to make some inlaid die cutting over vellum.
I finished the card with
Celebrate word die cut from glittery gold fun foam, and gold twine.
I also tried some tone on tone coral on this tag, but this time I used glittery white fun foam for the sentiment, which comes from the
Congrats die set.
I hope you enjoyed this coral parade! Happy weekend!
-Lorena
I first diecut the lacy flower from a white cardstock panel, just to get the outer shape of the flower. I then adhered a piece of acetate behind it and layered another piece of white cardstock (with a flower cut out as well) over the acetate on the inside of the card so you can't see any of the adhesive on the acetate piece. Once I had the acetate piece done, I diecut the lacy flower from a piece of aqua glitter paper and adhered the actual flower piece (after poking out all of the insides) directly into the open area on the acetate. Once it's adhered it kind of looks like it's floating and you can see inside the card.
Once I had the flower part done, I adhered a couple strips of patterned paper down the left side of the card and then I stamped the sentiment from the Lacy Flower stamp set onto a white cardstock strip that I adhered over the center area of the flower. I stamped some of the hearts from the same stamp set, coloured them in to match the card and cut them out with my scissors. I adhered them on to the card front with some clear sequins to complete the card.
Thanks so much for visiting today! I'll be back later this month with another card to share! ;)
What Marcie Says:
I used the colours in the inspiration picture and channelled all the springtime vibes I could to create a pretty floral focal piece for my card. The Lacy Flower Mats Die and Lacy Flowers Die made this SO easy to do. Repeatedly stamping the thin lines from the Magical set and adding few ink splatters in a tone on tone look make a plain yellow card base a little more interesting. Finally, a bold pink sentiment draws your eye right where it needs to go and sequins give it a bit of bling. :)
What Daria Says:
I was inspired by the gorgeous bouquet from the inspiration photo and decided to make my own... Unfortunately I do not have any umbrella die (that would look cool too)... So I just took a piece of craft cardstock to make the packaging and then colored and fussy cut lots and lots of flowers from Leafy Stamp set... Using coordinating dies would be so much faster... but they are still on my shopping list (wink)
What Shona Says:
Using the tulip image as the focal point, I stamped the images in black on the card front and coloured with pencils. The word die was die-cut 3x, glued together and adhered to the card along with the rest of the sentiment.
Thank you for sharing such beautiful creations with us, Ladies! We're lucky to have you!
Find time to create and make something today!
