Hi everyone! I’m on the Pinkfresh Studio blog today with a pretty, boldly colored, ready-for-spring card. I used PFS’s inks and the Embroidered Blooms die with those charming embroidered details for my bold card. Keeping in theme, I also used the Stitched Basket Weave coverplate die on the backing panel. I love the hand-stitched look of this card!

I started with the background, so let’s begin there.

1. I ran a 4 1/4″ X 5 1/2″ panel of smooth white cardstock through my die-cutting machine with the Stitched Basket Weave coverplate.
2. Then, I blended Meadow and Grassy Knoll inks onto it. Using Pinkfresh’s large blending brushes, I lightly added some Emerald City to get the right shade of green.
3. I adhered the colored panel to an A2-sized cardbase and set it aside.

Time to make flowers!

1. I again started with white cardstock and used the Embroidered Blooms die set twice. Later, I realized I wanted a few extra branches, so I used scraps of paper to die-cut them.
2. While there is an Embroidered Blooms stencil set, I just left the die cuts in the panel of paper and colored them there. 
3. Before coloring the flowers, I die-cut the sentiment (Basic Sentiments die set) using glitter paper from my stash. Pinkfresh has a very similar shade. I placed the sentiment where I wanted it and then decided on branch and flower placement.
4. After figuring out where all the blooms and branches would go, I knew which ones I needed to color in and which weren’t required. I left a little space between everything so that nothing touched (except for the two corner flowers), and I left a border of space around the outside of the panel.
5. I colored everything using Pinkfresh ink colors: Emerald City, Evergreen, Key Lime, the Soul of Province collection of purples, Clementine, Persimmon, Slumber, and Blue Jay.
6. Then, starting with the sentiment, I glued everything down. And I was done with my card!

I thought about adding bling, but I liked the sentiment as the only sparkly bit on my card.

Begin with a simple color scheme in mind, and consider using different shades of the same color, such as blue-greens and yellow-greens. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

-Anne