Welcome to week 15 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Daffodil Delight, a bold yellow from the Brights colour collection.
I really wanted to make a daffodil card for our Daffodil Delight blog hop, however as we only use current Stampin’ Up! products in these blog hops and I didn’t have any daffodil stamps, punches or dies. It was time to get creative.
I’m not sure just how botanically correct my daffodils are, so please allow me some artistic licence!
For the embossed Whisper White layer of my card front, I’ve deliberately inked my embossed brick wall darker in some places than others, applying both Crumb Cake and Garden Green with a blending brush to give a more realistic effect.
There are two sizes of daffodils on this card. For the back layer of the larger daffodil I punched two leaves in Daffodil Delight from the Strawberry Builder Punch. I them removed the leaf stems and overlapped the dies when gluing them together.
The middle layer of the large daffodil is die cut in Daffodil Delight using the small double flower dies from the Cherry Blossom Dies. The Pumpkin Pie circle in the centre of the flower is punched with a standard sized hole punch for ring binders.
The two smaller daffodils use the flower die from Birds & More as the background layer and the triple flower die from Pierced Blooms for the middle layer, both cut from Daffodil Delight. The Pumpkin Pie flower centre is punched using the deer nose in the Deer builder punch.
Stems and leaves are die cut from Garden Green card stock using the stem die from Pierced Blooms dies and the offcuts from the circle wreath die in the Painted Labels dies. The cute little pot was stamped in Crumb Cake using a stamp from the Plentiful Plants stamp set and then die cut from Crumb Cake card stock using the coordinating Perfect Plants Dies.
I’ve recently acquired the Artistically Inked bundle and just couldn’t resist adding this gorgeous “hello” sentiment to the front of the card – isn’t this font so eye catching? I die cut it out with one of the Tasteful Labels dies.
My final touch was a Bumblebee trinket. I’ve been hoarding these – it’s time I started adding these adorable embellishments to my cards!
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented Rachel Woollard – I can’t wait to see what she’s made this week!
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Thanks for visiting my site. I’ll be back with another Christmas card on Monday.
In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm … and keep on crafting xxx
Catherine your vision in finding just the right die to create each element for your daffodils was incredible. It’s such a great card! I love the brick wall, the blended colours add a real life touch and enhance the texture. I love my bumblebee trinkets so much that I only have one left – I’m definitely hoarding this one!
Catherine you are so clever and your card is a masterpiece. Using that die for the leaves was simply genius.
This is just fabulous Cathy, how creative to use the punches to make the daffodils and then to use the die to make the leaves. Love the brick wall. So creative, and so gorgeous!
Thud! That’s my jaw hitting the ground! What an amazing card – your daffodils are so clever and delightful!
There are so many varieties of daffodil I’m sure yours fit in there somewhere too Cathy, The main thing is, they are instantly recognisable, and you are too clever!!!
I can see them nodding their heads in the Spring breeze!!!
This is a great card. It would be a perfect for many occasions with a variety of sentiments.
I totally love this Cathy! Such creative use of our punches and dies. The neutral elements on the card are just the perfect backdrop. Love the shading on the wall – so realistic!
Oh wow, you are so creative, Cathy. This is absolutely stunning and I don’t care if it is botanically not correct, I adore it!
What a beautiful Spring card Catherine, So clever how you made the daffodils I think I will have to give that one a go when next making flowers for a card.
And Daffodils are perfect at the start of Spring! Your daffodils are very cute and love how you have used different products to create them Cathy. The brick wall has come up brilliantly and the addition of the bumblebee is delightful.
Great daffodils Cathy, I could tell what they were immediately. The punches and dies you’ve used are inspired
Cathy, youare altogether too clever! Super-creative use of dies to make these gorgeous daffodils … I am very impressed. I love the brick wall, and the sentiment. It’s all just totally fab!!@