Creating Backgrounds With Floral Images | Rachel Alvarado
Hello Pinkfresh Studio friends! It's Rachel here with a card that features the Garden Medley Press Plate, coordinating stencils, and die set.
I absolutely love how this floral image covers the entire card background, making it easy when it comes to creating your card layout.
*Disclaimer: All products used are linked below as clickable images. If a product isn’t listed, it’s been discontinued
How to recreate this card:
1. Use the Garden Medley Press Plate, Detail Black Ink, and BetterPress LetterPress System to press your image into a piece of card stock. (I used Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb)
2. Blend color onto your images using the coordinating Garden Medley Stencils and Pinkfresh Blending Brushes.
3. Use the following Pinkfresh Studio ink colors to achieve the same look as my card or use whatever colors you desire to get a different look.
- Stencil 1: Seaside and Candy Violet
- Stencil 2: Lemon Whip
- Stencil 3: Mint and Meadow
- Stencil 4: Ocean Breeze
- Stencil 5: Sparkling Rose and Aquamarine
- Stencil 6: Citron
4. Die cut your florals using the coordinating Garden Medley Die Set. (I die cut a second piece from white card stock and attached my colored version and plain die cut version together to give this piece more depth once attached to my card base.)
5. Trim a piece of blue card stock to 4.25" x 5.5" for your card base. (You can later layer this onto whatever folding A2-sized card base you want.)
5. Lightly ink blend a 4" x 5.25" piece of white card stock with Slumber and Blue Jay Ink starting with your darker color at the bottom left corner and working your way to the top right corner, eventually fading to white.
6. Adhere the ink-blended piece to your card base and attach your floral image on top.
7. Die cut a scalloped stitched rectangle from white card stock using the Essentials: Stitched Scallop Rectangles Die Set and place this frame on top of your floral image.
8. Using the Basic Sentiments Die Set, die cut the word "Hugs" from white card stock and the shadow piece from blue card stock and adhere them together with liquid adhesive. Finish your card by attaching this sentiment to your card front with dimensional foam tape.
I hope you enjoyed my card today! I love the contrast between the white frame and the vivid colors of the florals. You can add as much or as little color you want to change up the look of your card.
I would love to see what you create! Make sure to tag us on Instagram with your own creations using these products!
Please feel free to leave a comment below as well as any questions you may have.
Wishing you all a wonderful day!
- Rachel
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Garden Medley press plate
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Garden Medley stencil
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Garden Medley die
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Basic Sentiments die
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Essentials: Stitched Scallop Rectangles Die Set
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