Hello there! It's my turn to share for the TGIF post at The Greetery this week, and I've got strawberry lemonade on the brain for today's cards! I've been wanting to pair the new Botanicuts Strawberries with the Lemon Blossom set for awhile now, and this was the perfect opportunity to do it!
I also love the look of an all over background pattern, made entirely with popped up die cuts! Lots of people have made cards like this, but I hadn't ever done it and all of these strawberries and lemons provided the perfect theme for this type of card!
Keep an eye out on my Instagram today, as I'll be sharing a fun Reel Timelapse of making these cards!
I started out by die cutting all the strawberry elements and lemon components.
PRO TIP: A Q-tip is just right for adding a bit of ink blending along the leaf veins!
Next up, I stamped all the things!
I also stamped a couple of sentiment elements for each card.
PRO TIP: Go ahead and put your adhesive on the back of all the die cuts, and then arrange everything BEFORE you start sticking it down! This gives you plenty of opportunity to arrange and rearrange until it's a pleasing composition.
PRO TIP: This type of background works best, when the elements are sort of grouped together in little clusters, rather than everything just randomly floating, independently. See how strawberries and lemons are kind of tucked up together, as though they're clustered? That makes it appear less confusing to the eye.
PRO TIP: For added interest, I used two different colors of red card stock for the strawberries! They don't all have to be the same red! I also added some shading (Q-tip again!) to the lighter colored strawberries.
Hope you've enjoyed these cards, and I hope I've inspired you to create an all-over die cut background in your next crafty session!
Now, who wants a glass of strawberry lemonade??? Haha!
{Strawberry Lemonade Cards supplies -- click on thumbnails}
You can head to The Greetery Blog today, to see their TGIF post, as well!
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