Rachel used a beautiful garden trellis die with bricks below to draw the eye into the garden scene with birds and daffodils. She added color to her dies with markers. Find a video tutorial for this card over on the Hero Arts blog.
The flowers are blooming and the fruit and veggies are growing so it’s a wonderful time to incorporate The Garden in your handmade cards. There are so many different garden related stamps, dies, stencils and pattern papers you can use to create amazing card designs that will work for many different occasions. Today let’s take a look at some wonderful ideas to get you inspired!
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This awesome card from Rick has a wheelbarrow filled with lovely flowers, a watering can and sentiment surrounded by a wreath of flowers and ink blending. You can watch his video tutorial on the PJ Crafters Stamps blog.
A beautiful exotic bird visits the flowers on this tunning shaker card from Bibi. She used coordinating stamps and stencils for easy coloring in of the images. Find more details over at the Altenew blog.
The pop of yellow from the sunflowers really stands out on this pretty in pink garden card. I love all the layers of dies with different frames, the garden gate, and tag, they really create loads of dimension. I spotted this idea on the Brass and Bliss Instagram page.
A darling bunny is stopping to smell the flowers on this lovely card. He and the stamps flowers are colored with watercolor markers and there’s extra texture from ribbon, die cut shapes and dry embossed leaves in Tiffany blue. Find all the details on the Unity Stamps blog.
This little mouse is having fun in her little garden. I adore the scene Elena created with a soft ink blended background, tiny die cut clouds, bold title and all the stamped gardening images. Take a closer look at the Lawn Fawn blog.
I’m obsessed with this box card from Marine! The layers of stamped bunnies, deer, mushrooms, flowers and bees create a very dynamic and dimensional design. This baby card is sure to put a smile on the new parents faces! Learn more at the Blue Marine blog.
The lattice die is the perfect background on this beautiful garden card from Isha. A sweet stamped butterfly is stopping by to check out the heat embossed flowers and die cut strawberries and leaves. Take a closer look at the Sunny Studio blog.
Christine used dies to create her wonderful garden scene card. There’s a fence, big flowers, bold butterfly, gold sentiment and even a fun shaker element in the back. The gold accents and shaker pieces add a touch of shimmer and shine. Learn more at the Trinity Stamps blog.
I love Alice in Wonderland so I flipped when I came across this Queen of Hearts card from Elaine! She used stamps from Stamping Bella for this scene card with the Queen standing outside of her rose garden looking ready to chop some heads. Watch her Copic coloring tutorial on the Marker Geek blog.
Lots of wonderful little insects and a hummingbird are visiting the lovely flowers on this card from Carol. Notice how she added the blue color around the edges of the stamped and die cut images, it matches the inked and embossed background seamlessly without the white borders. Learn more at the Honey Bee Stamps blog.
And last but certainly not least is this amazing card that’s so inviting you want to step right through the gate into the garden beyond. Watch Angelica’s video tutorial showing how to use stamps, dies and stencils to create this card over at The Greetery.
I hope you’ve been inspired to incorporate some garden scenes into your cards this Spring and Summer!
-Heather
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