Caly used different ink colors and ink blending on stencils for these colorful mushrooms. She put them in a trendy terrarium die with a heat embossed sentiment and die cut pierced background. Watch her video tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp blog.
When I was a little kid in the 70’s Mushrooms were really popular and it seems that trend has come around again. For awhile now mushrooms have been popping up on everything from clothes to home decor and even crafting supplies. Some of the designs are retro and look like they came from that 70’s era, some are realistic like you’d see in a nature journal and some are fantastical with fairies and gnomes. But however you style them Mushrooms are very on trend so today let’s look at some handmade card ideas that feature Mushrooms.
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Mindy added a darling little stamped mouse on top of die cut mushrooms for her sweet card. She created a night sky with ink blending, stenciling and paint splatter. She added to the nighttime feel with a black die cut foliage frame. Check out her how to video on the Lawn Fawn blog.
Jean used just dies and colored cardstocks for her adorable gnome scene card, I love his little mushroom house! A bit of vellum behind the sentiment helps it stand out. Take a closer look over at the Spellbinders blog.
Mushroom work for many seasons but especially well for Fall. This stunning Autumn card from Channin uses layering stencils and coordinating dies for a wonderful shaker card. Gold sequins inside the shaker and a gold heat embossed sentiment really pop with the Fall colors. Visit the Hero Arts blog for a video tutorial.
Little critters go along so well with mushrooms like on this super sweet card from Sara. I love the scene she created with the little mice and strawberries around the mushrooms. Notice how she subtly stamped the background and didn’t color it so the focal point pops. Take a closer peek at the Hello Bluebird blog.
Here’s another cute shaker card, this time with a fantasy fairy theme. The mushrooms are just accents but they add so much to the design and tie the garden scene together. Dori breaks down how she put this idea together over on the Art Impressions blog.
This pretty card from Tina has lots of depth and layers. There’s a die cut background backed with red cardstock, a layer of vellum with another layer of white cardstock and the layered die cut mushrooms with a heat embossed sentiment to finish it off. Watch her tutorial at the Cards and Coffee Time blog.
This mushroom card has a really rustic look with a watercolor background and die cut ferns, mushroom and wooden heart shaped slice colored with Distress Inks. Take a closer look at Betsy’s card at The Greetery blog.
Colleen stamped a large cluster of mushrooms and colored them with Copic Markers for the focal of this cool card. She created a unique mixed media background with layers of different pattern papers with small swatches of gold paste. Find all the details about this design on the Unity Stamps blog.
Oh my goodness how adorable is this little stamped frog wearing a mushroom hat!? Elaine used a stamp from Stamping Bella and colored it with Copic markers, making a tag with mushroom pattern paper and a funny stamped sentiment. Find her detailed coloring tutorial on the Marker Geek blog.
Mushrooms even work for winter cards like this fun and frosty design from Pam. She die cut all the images from Poppy Stamps, adding shading with Distress Oxide inks and creating the snow with white ink splatter. Learn more at the Expressions with Heart blog.
I think this idea from Candy is a great masculine card design. It’s got a monochromatic brown and tan color scheme with layers of pattern papers, trendy postage stamp die, leather tie and stamped mushrooms with minimal coloring. Take a closer look at the Sweet Stamper blog.
I hope you’ve been inspired today to include some trendy mushrooms into your next card design.
-Heather
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