Feature Friday at Concord & 9th - Retro Petals Turnabout Bundle

Hello crafty friends,

I'm back today with my final cards for Feature Friday at Concord & 9th! I've had so much fun creating with the May release products, I'm actually really sad this is the last bundle I'm showcasing! But maybe now I will have time to catch up on earlier releases, I think I have about 4-5 products from Concord & 9th that I haven't used yet!

I love love love the Retro Petals Turnabout bundle we are featuring this week! I'm a sucker for this pattern! So much so that I pretty much did the same thing on all my cards today hehe. You should go check out the Concord & 9th product page for more inspiration though, because they always show the versatility of each set so well! You can find the Retro Petals Turnabout Bundle here, but there's more sample cards on the single product pages: Retro Petals Turnabout Stamp and Retro Petals Turnabout Stencils. The stencils are a new addition to the turnabout family! One of them works just like the stamp, so you have to turn it around 4 times to get the full design. It's so awesome, I can only recommend it! It's so worth the money!

Anyway...First up this duo!  

I challenged myself and picked out an embossing powder I've never used. I have so many and I mostly go with white. So I thought I'd start with that! I chose the gorgeous Mulberry Mist powder, stamped the image once with Versmark ink and embossed it. Then I placed it back into my stamp platform, and stamped the next 3 turns. If you are not familiar with how turnabout stamps work, head to the Concord & 9th YouTube channel, I promise it is very easy to use them!

Once I was done with stamping, I decided to make two cards from the one panel I just stamped. I grabbed some purple card stock in the same size and cut them both at the same time at a diagonal. Then I paired them up, adhered them to an A2 size top folding card base, cut a thin strip of orange patterned paper to hide the cut lines. Here's where I made a mistake on the first card. I wanted to emboss my sentiment on the purple card stock but as I was working on it, I forgot about it and glued it on the card base already. Do the embossing first because otherwise your nice flat card will get warped...To straighten it out I ran it through my diecutting machine. The second one I embossed before attaching it to the card base. As a final touch, I added some flowers and leaves that are included in an earlier set, the Blooms-Fill-in die set. A couple of enamel dots and done!

Next up, a trio of cards! For the one on the left I used the stamp, for the other two the stencils. I used Altenew inks because these come in 4 shades of one color so they are pretty handy. On the card on the left I just stamped the image four times in 4 different colors. Then I trimmed down the panel and glued it on an A2 size color card stock and adhered it to an A2 size top folding card base. I used one of the stencils and gold glitter modelling paste to create the Hugs sentiment. I added some gold tangled thread behind the sentiment and using foam adhesive I added it to my card. To finish this one off I added some enamel dots.

On the card on the right I used a stencil and created an ombre look with the inks. I then moved the stencil up and used it again to create extra rows of diamonds between the ones I already had there. I felt like I needed more pattern and color! I just added the Hugs sentiment (same as on my previous card), a strip of gold card stock and another one that I stamped a sentiment on. Enamel dots, done!

On the card in the middle I used the turnabout stencil to add the leaves and another stencil to add the tulips. I used the 3 lightest color Altenew inks for the tulips and the darkest for the leaves from one set - I believe it's called Tea Party. This time I die cut the Friend sentiment from gold glitter paper and foam adhesive, glued them together and then glued the letters down on top of some gold thread. I also cut a strip of card stock and stamped and embossed a sentiment on it. Again, enamel dots and done! I splattered some black ink on all three cards.

Next up a blue/kraft/white combo duo! For the card on the left I used the turnabout stamp and stamped all four turns using Versamark ink, then I embossed it all in white. I trimmed off a bit from the top and bottom and glued this panel onto my A2 size top folding card base. I added two thin strips of periwinkle patterned paper. From the same paper I created a flower, using the Hooray Ribbon dies from an earlier release. The heart (also from this set) I embossed with my fave WOW Midnight Dream embossing powder. For the sentiment I went with the cute Hooray die and cut it from gold paper. Last but not least, the most amazing blue crystals I ever did see!!!

For the card on the right I made a different panel from kraft card stock. I used the turnabout stencil this time and stencilled with two colors, white and bronze (2 turns each so it give the whole pattern). With the help of another stencil from the same set I added some dots, I used glimmer paste for this. I used the same paste to create the Hugs sentiment using one of the stencils. Once this dried I simply fussy cut the letters. I trimmed down the kraft panel and added it to a white A2 size top folding card base. I glued down a strip of patterned paper for accent and I wrapped some twine around the bottom. I adhered the sentiment with foam adhesive and added 3 crystals. Done!

And here we are, the last card, if you made it here kudos to you! I really appreciate it! I stamped a white panel with 3 colors this time. Well technically 2 colors and 1 gorgeous embossing powder. Again, I started with the embossed layer, I used the Florida Sunset embossing powder from WOW. Then I added 2 orange petals and a hot pink one. I trimmed this panel down a bit and added an A2 size orange mat behind it, then adhered these onto an A2 size top folding card base. I cut a piece of patterned paper and attached it to the top, then I added a sticker for my sentiment.

I stitched on a button and glued down two resin flowers plus a hot pink bow. That's it!

Hope you like these cards as much as I loved working on them!

Thank you for stopping by today! Should you have any questions, please just leave a message on this post!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Feature Friday at Concord and 9th - Bold and Brushy bundle

Hello friends,

I'm back today with another Concord and 9th Feature Friday instalment! Today we are focusing on the awesome new Bold and Brushy alphabet stamps, which come in upper case  and lower case, or if you want, they are also available as a bundle. You may know the older alpha stamp sets, Perfectly Penned, Sophisticated Script upper case and Sophisticated Script lower case (or the Sophisticated Script bundle) and if so, you know that they are special because they connect perfectly to create the look of hand lettering. The new Bold and Brushy lower case set works the same way! It's just a bolder font. Here are some cards I've made using these sets!

If you spend $60+ in the Concord and 9th store, you get a free gift every month. This month it's the adorable Tulip Label dies.

On this card I've used the upper case alphas combined with a die from the Tulip Label dies set. I cut five labels in colors that matched the background paper. I stamped the letters and frame with Versamark ink and heat embossed them with white embossing powder. I then played with different arrangements and finally settled on this one. For two of the squares I used foam adhesive to add some dimension and tucked some tangled thread under another. I embellished the card with matching enamel dots and some puffy stickers.

Then as I was working on these cards I remembered it was Father's Day the next day, which is always on a bank holiday here so everything was going to be closed...No chance to buy presents anymore...I'm so bad! So I decided to at least make a card so the kiddo can give it to his daddy. I used the background stamp from the upper case set to create a colorful background for my sentiment, which I stamped in black. Some ink splatter and enamels dots and done! I also stamped LOVE repeatedly on a grey envelope. I used the lower case set. I had to stamp each letter separately so they connect. If you were to use the upper case alpha, you could stamp the whole word at once. To finish it off I added some ink splatters.

Next I made another rainbow card. I can't help it, I love rainbows! So I stamped the letters in Hey There with different color inks. Then I die cut tulips in matching colors using the free tulip die. The background paper I chose comes from a 4x6 Studio Calico paper pad and since it was a little smaller on one side than what I needed, I needed a mat behind it. First I cut it down to 4x5.25". Then I created a 5.5x4.25" top folding card base and adhered a light aqua patterned paper onto the front. I used the pinked edge die from the Confetti Card dies set to create a yellow panel. I glued the stamped panel on this and added some stitching details in rainbow colors. Once done, I adhered these two layers onto the card front using foam adhesive. A few enamel dots and done!

I die cut the tulips 12 times in a grid pattern, from an A2 size white card stock. I then decided to cut it apart and create 2 cards from it. I die cut 12 tulips from patterned papers to add some color to the white panels. I stamped my sentiments  with Versamark ink using the upper case alpha set and heat embossed them. Then I put the cards together and embellished them with some pearls and Nuvo drops.

On my last card I used the lower case alphas. I just love this font! And they connect perfectly - even if that's not the case in "and"...That was my mistake. I didn't plan ahead and this way I would have had to stamp the D over the P so instead I decided to not connect those two letters at all...I used 4 different gray inks and alternated them with each letter. Once done, I trimmed off the sides of this paper and glued it on an A2 size patterned paper. I also added a sliver of pink card stock on either side of the white panel. I decorated this card with flowers which I die cut using the Just Because dies, some enamel dots, tiny flowers and splattered some black ink all around.

That's it for today guys! These sets are so versatile! I hope you'll give them a try!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

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Feature Friday at Concord and 9th - Geode bundle

Hey friends,

I'm stopping by to share my second guest post for Concord & 9th! This week we are featuring the awesome Geode stamp and die sets (or you can also get them as a bundle at a discounted price here). 

This is such a gorgeous set! I find geodes so very pretty! I knew I wanted to go with one of the common colors you find in geodes, purple. Here's what I came up with:

On my first card I've used the heart shaped geode stamp and 3 different grey inks to stamp an A2 size white card stock. First I stamped the darkest heart so that is the main focus. Then I started masking and stamping, varying ink colors. Once done, I fussy cut out the very middle of the hearts. There is a die included in the die set but it's a bit larger and I only wanted to cut the middle out. 

Then I backed these cut outs with different purple patterned papers and card stock. I used some alcohol markers to add purple dots in the empty spaces. Once done, I trimmed off just a tiny bit on the sides so I could adhere this panel onto an A2 size purple card stock, then all of it onto a top folding A2 size card base. To finish it off, I stamped my sentiment and added some enamel hearts.

For my second card I made a top folding A2 card base and added the same size purple card stock panel on it. I stamped and die cut two hearts and added some watercolor to them. I also die cut the sentiment from purple patterned paper. I added some tangled thread behind my hearts which I adhered down with foam tape.

Last but not least I've added some purple enamel dots too!

I also wanted to use the big geode stamp and die, so I've made these two:

I love these colors! 

I've made two A2 size top folding card bases, then added an A2 size pool color patterned paper to one and the same size white card stock to another. I embossed the image with white WOW embossing powder. I then poked holes between every other line and hand stitched these with 3 different aqua color and one gold embroidery floss.

I heat embossed the sentiment on vellum with gold embossing powder. To finish off this card, I've added some lovely pearls.

My next card is pretty much the same. Here I stamped the image on the white card stock with aqua ink. Hand stitched the geode and again, added some gold and aqua paint splatters and a foiled sentiment.

What do you think? Which one is your favorite? I can't decide!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!


Have an amazing day!

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