Very Cherry Hello

 

The kits that Taylored Expressions curates are always so good! This month is no exception. The kit is called Very Cherry and its oh so cute!

Before making this card, the color combination running through my head was red/pink, and I wanted to create a patterned paper look. Using the misti tool, the background stamp was stamped onto cupcake cardstock. Using red and green inks, the cherries and the leaves were stamped in. The stencil was adhered over the stamped panel, and using blender brushes, red ink was softly applied. The stamped panel was then adhered to the card front with foam adhesive. Using red and white cardstock and the circle layering dies in the kit, the cardstock was diecut. Before adhering the dies together, the sentiment was stamped in Oreo ink, along with a few hearts in cherry pop ink. Using the clear stamp, a single cherry was stamped and colored in with copic markers then die cut out with the coordinating die. To embellish, a few crystals were added with glue. 

 

Creating a stamped watercolored background is such a great technique, especially when using Karin Markers. The cherry background stamp was stamped onto watercolor paper using the Misti tool and Oreo ink. A few Karin markers were selected to color in the cherries and then slowly coloring in the background with a marker and watercolor brush. Watercolor paper sometimes likes to bend or warp, so I used a lot of foam adhesive when adhering the panel to the card. The sentiment was stamped onto sugar cube cardstock and adhered to the card. To embellish red and black crystals were added.