Saturday Step by Step: Wildflower Card

Hello everyone and welcome, Zoe here. I am delighted to be your host for this Saturday Step by Step with Frilly and Funkie. As we shake off winter and get ready to greet the new season, it inspired me to break open the new wildflower thinlits die set and make a spring card. Here's how...

 

Step 1: Cut a piece of paper 4.25  x 5.5 inches and cover with a light layer of white gesso using a distress collage brush.

Step 2: Once completely dry, distress the edges and machine or hand stitch.

Step 3: Take distress watercolor cardstock and die cut a couple of the flowers and a wall from the Tim Holtz wildflower and mixed media 3 thinlits die sets. Cut the wall away from the cardstock so you are just left with the outline.

Step 4:  Gather the wildflower die cuts and distress crayons.

Step 5: Lightly apply the distress crayons to the die cut and rub with your finger. Brush water over the top with a paint brush to blend the crayons.

Step 6: Use the same distress crayon technique with the wall die cut and once dry, attach to background with a dab of glossy accents. Scribble distress crayon onto a non-stick craft mat and spritz with water. Mix with a paintbrush and brush over the brick work to create a shadow. It's just like watercolouring!

Step 7: Attach the wildflowers to the background with another dab of glossy accents to the stalks and center of the flowers. Carefully lift some of the petals to give dimension to the card.

Step 8: Dab antique linen and vintage photo distress crayon to the edges of the background and blend with your finger. Add rubons or stamps, (I used butterflies from Tim Holtz remnant rubs). Add a metal embellishment, (I used an idea-ology mini plaque). Finally spritz with ground espresso distress marker with the marker spritzer.

Step 9: Mount the background onto paper, (I used paper from the Tim Holtz Dapper paper stash), which I mounted onto a sheet of the new denim from the Tim Holtz textile surfaces.

You could also add a sentiment to the card to suit a specific occasion.

I hope you enjoyed the step by step. Don' forget to take a look at the current "Make it a trio" challenge and have a great weekend.

Zoe

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Wildflowers by Tim Holtz 661190 (February Pre-Order)	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Mixed Media 3 by Tim Holtz 661186 (April Pre-Order)	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash, Dapper	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926 (February Pre-order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #2 TDBK47919 (February Pre-order)
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Textile Surfaces TH93294 (February Pre-Order)	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Elements	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Plaquettes TH93296 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Marker
Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Brush 1.25" TDAK50889 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker Spritzer	Ranger Inkssentials Mister Bottle