Let's Celebrate You, Bloom & Grow

Hello and welcome to my blog today. Lately, I have been thoroughly enjoying creating with the fabulous Bloom & Grow bundle. The stamp set includes the fabulous sentiment 'let's celebrate you', which is perfect for celebrating exam successes, weddings and special days of all kinds. Who wouldn't love to receive a card with this on it?

I created a tri-fold card from an entire sheet of Melon Mambo card and dividing it into thirds. The front and back panels are decorated with Designer Series Paper from the Sail Away suite, but for the middle panel I created my own patterned card by repeatedly stamping in Balmy Blue ink tone on tone onto Balmy Blue card with the cluster of small flowers. 

The flower borders are stamped in Black Stazon ink onto watercolour card and cut out with the coordinating die. I used my Aqua Painter and ink pads to do the colouring. By pressing a small amount of ink from the ink pad onto an acrylic block you can create your own palette of colours. The intensity of the colour can be changed by adjusting the amount of water flowing. It's always best to test on a scrap piece of paper first!

The flowers I visualised in my mind's eye were roses and forget-me-nots (but I'm not sure whether they actually flower at the same time?!), so I chose Melon Mambo and Balmy Blue to colour with. The centre of the forget-me-nots is a golden yellow colour that I have made by mixing Mango Melody ink with a few drops of Frost White Shimmer Paint. I'm really pleased with the effect. Just imagine the rainbow of possibilities...Frost White Shimmer mixed with any colour ink! I used Old Olive ink and (neat/unmixed) Frost White shimmer paint to colour the foliage. 

The flower borders, together with some smaller clusters of flowers to fill in the gaps, were mounted to the slanting edges of the card using glue dots. Finally, I added a few Gingham Gala sequins to the panels. 

I am participating in Kylie's International Blog Highlights for August where the theme is Encouragement. I'm hoping that this card filled with love and celebration fits the bill.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope you approve of my card and that you'll visit the gallery and vote for me! because the best bit about this Highlight is that you can vote for your favourite five projects in the gallery. At the end of the voting the top ten winners will get the chance to be part of an international blog hop that will happen at the end of August. I would love to take part in the hop, so I would really appreciate it if you would visit the gallery and vote for my card.

If you want to purchase the items used for this card, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop.  You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

As always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Use the hostess code FAMQ2G7E to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get rewards.  To place an order please visit my online shop HERE.

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

Click on the images below to purchase them in my online shop:

If you want to purchase the items used for these cards, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop.  You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

As always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Use the hostess code E69ZZPBN to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get rewards.  To place an order please visit my online shop HERE.

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

Click on the images below to purchase them in my online shop:

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