Happy Birthday Wildflower Stems

I needed to make a couple of birthday cards and I pulled out a Sizzix by Tim Holtz die set that I have been meaning to use: Wildflower Stems #1. 

 I used one of the 5 dies from this set and cut it out of a panel of white cardstock. I had already cut the panel with the Greetery Crimped Frame die. I mounted it onto a panel on which I had blended Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, and Saltwater Taffy.

I stamped the front panel with one of my favorite birthday sentiments from Poppy Stamps, and I flicked gold watercolor paint onto the panel at the end.

I took the flower that I had cut out of the first panel and used it on another card for a friend who likes classic black and white. I send her a black and white card every year. I adhered the flower onto a piece of textured black cardstock and embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.

These cards were just a really simple use of this die, but I loved how they turned out. I plan to do more with this die set in the future.

Products Used:

Sizzix 664163 Wildflower Stems #1 Die Set

The Greetery GD-M-016 Crimped Frame Die

Poppy Stamps CL490 Greeting Basics

Distress Inks: Squeezed Lemonade, 

Carved Pumpkin, Saltwater Taffy

JudiKins Opaque White embossing powder

Sakura Poster Color Gold Paint

Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# cardstock

Paper Accents Black Textured cardstock