Tina Foster - Be the reason someone Smiles Today

 Hi everyone, a very warm welcome to my blog post!

For my second blog post  I'm going to make a card featuring some of the yummy new products just launched  by Lisa Horton, and I've gone all pink! However, if you're not a pink person, you can choose colours that appeal to you, or the recipient. That's what so great about paper crafting, you can make a project really personal for that special occasion.

First of all take a card blank or make one yourself. I've used a 6x6inch card blank. Try to work with a nice quality card, personally I like to use at least 300gsm for the base card, which will stand nicely and take your glue plus further layers of card and embellishments.

Next I cut 2 more pieces of card - one in white (4.5x4.5inches)and a second in the main focal colour (5x5inches).  I've then used the Tartan stencil - new release by Lisa, launched on Monday with 3 colours of Distress Oxide inks (tattered rose, worn lipstick and picked raspberry). I placed them at jaunty angles and used a corner rounder punch to soften the edges. I glued them onto the card.

 Cut 2 more pieces of card 3.5x2.5inches in grey and one about 0.5inch smaller using your white stamping card and again use your corner punch to match the other squares. Stamp your sentiment using the Be Happy phrases  and then colour the edges with Distress Oxide picked raspberry shade. Glue them together and use foam pads to attach to your project

Cut as many flowers as you'd like in 2 of the shades of pink you've used in the stencilled background. I used very similar colours from my stash of American Crafts cardstock. I cut several layers for each flower, and shaped the petal by running a pair of scissors across each petal. You could also use a ball tool if you prefer. The layers have been stuck together with foam pads and each flower has been stuck to the card using a hot glue gun (so that they can be placed at angles). The leaves have been shaped in the same way as the flowers and have been cut from a previous collection from Lisa called Cut and Lift Pansies. I've glued them on, sliding them under the flowers in the desired position.

The finishing touches of buttons and heart paperclip were amongst my stash, but you could add a standard paperclip which I think would like equally effective.

Thank you for your interest. I do hope you've enjoyed my project, and hope it’s made you smile today! Looking forward to any your comments you’d like to make. Until next time ..... happy crafting! 

Tina 🌸