Die Cut Layering Flowers and Easy Distress Oxide Ink Background

 


This card set was made using Altenew's Craft-A-Flower: Cosmos Layering Die Set. For each color set, I used various pieces from Memory Box's 6x6 Paper Packs. These sets are perfect for layering dies as they match perfectly. I die cut out multiple flowers of various colors to complete these cards. 



For the background, I used a Tim Holtz Distress Brayer and various distress oxide ink colors. The colors are listed below. I randomly placed the color on Neenah Classic Crest 110# Cardstock. I tried to keep straight lines going up and down or left to right. Once all the color was down, I lightly sprayed each background with water. 

Pink: Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry
Orange: Dried Marigold, Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon
Yellow: Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber
Blue: Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Prize Ribbon
Purple: Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord


Once the cardstock was dry, I trimmed each piece down to slightly smaller for an A2 Set (4x5.25") and I trimmed a piece of vellum down to slightly smaller then that (3.75x5"). I then laid out each piece where I wanted it on the vellum. Once I finished one card, I put another piece of vellum over that piece so I could align the flowers on the next card in the same spot. 


I could then glue the vellum with the flowers onto the colored background. I only placed the glue behind the cardstock so it would not show through on the vellum. The sentiment is from Altenew's Beautiful Inside Stamp Set and cut out with Simon Says Stamp's Nested Banner Wafer Die. The embellishments are from Little Things from Lucy's Cards.



SUPPLY LIST
Altenew's Craft-A-Flower Layering Cosmos Die Set [Altenew] [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Altenew's Beautiful Inside Stamp Set [Altenew] [Scrapbook] 
Simon Says Stamp's Nested Banner Wafer Die [SSS]
Spun Sugar Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Dried Marigold Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Scattered Straw Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Mustard Seed Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Salty Ocean Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Wilted Violet Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Dusty Concord Distress Oxide [Scrapbook] [SSS]
Tim Holtz Small Distress Brayer [SSS]
Neenah Classic Crest 110# Cardstock [SSS]
Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue [SSS]
Memory Box Berry Red 6x6 Paper Pack [SSS]
Memory Box Vibrant Violet 6x6 Paper Pack [SSS]
Memory Box Sunny Orange 6x6 Paper Pack [SSS]
Memory Box Ocean Blue 6x6 Paper Pack [SSS]



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