Simply Elegant Cardmaking Inspiration | Kathleen Schmelz

Happy Friday, Pinkfresh Studio fans! It's Kathleen here, and I'm excited to be back to share a card that's both simple and elegant using some of my favorite product from the current Joyful Blooms release. ✨

*Disclaimer: All products used are linked below as clickable images. If a product isn’t listed, it’s been discontinued.

Let's have a look at how you can recreate this card:

1. Cut an A2 side-folding card base from light grey cardstock.
2. Die cut the largest die from the Elegant Circles dies (3) times from white cardstock and adhere them together.
3. Adhere the stacked frames centered onto the card base.
4. Stamp the Foliage Flair cling stamp in Detail Black onto white cardstock.
5. Use the coordinating layering stencils to ink blend the stamped image—Stencil 1 for both Design Option 1 and Design Option 2—using Fresh Pear, Aquamarine, Ocean Breeze, and Turquoise inks.
6. Die cut the largest die from the Elegant Circles dies from the ink-blended image.
7. Cut a piece of light blue cardstock to 4" x 1 1/4".
8. Heat emboss the "Happiness looks good on you" sentiment from the Perfect Peony stamp set onto it using white detail embossing powder.
9. Adhere the sentiment strip centered onto the circe die cut using thin foam adhesive & cut off the excess.
10. Adhere the circle inside the frame on the card base.
11. Die cut two branches from the Flowers for the Soul washi tape & adhere them on the right side, tucking one behind the sentiment strip.
12. Embellish to your liking using Clear Drops: Ice.

And that's it! You could easily mix up the color scheme of this card to make it more playful, or turn up the glam even more by adding a glitter cardstock frame.

I hope you enjoyed this card and it gives you some inspiration for what you can create with some of the beautiful products from the Joyful Blooms release! We’d love to see your creations—be sure to tag us on social media so we can admire your beautiful work. Thanks for stopping by, and happy crafting! 🌼