Hi everyone! I am SOOOO excited to share today's project with you! I've had it made for a long while, and am ready to show you! My card for today was made for The Greetery Blog, and of course I'm sharing it here too. I hope you are having a great week so far. I'm counting down the days until Autumn now that the 4th of July is over! I've been doing a lot of stitching lately and hope to share some cross stitch projects soon too!
I hope to inspire you with today's card! The goal is to encourage you to see your stamps and dies in a new way!! It's fun to mix and match different products and create a new idea! I used tons of my favorite Greetery Dies and I watercolored with Distress Inks, which is one of my go-to techniques. I created a little terrarium, filled with beautiful ferns and toadstools…and a little snail too. (I guess I am still in a garden frame of mind after the latest Greetery Urban Jungle release!) Ha! This card was inside my brain for a while, and it came out exactly as I wanted. That doesn't happen all the time – but don't you love it when it does?!
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I'm featuring the Large Ferns Die set from the new release, along with the Toadstool Garden Dies, the Spring Curio Dies and a few more too. My finished card is an A2 card base that I covered with woodgrain paper. I layered watercolor paper and text print patterned paper with a bit of twine, then I created my terrarium/cloche scene on top!
To start out this card, I die cut all the pieces (terrarium, ferns, toadstools, snail, background postage frame, and sentiment tag) from watercolor paper. Using watercolor paper, or plain paper, for your dies gives you complete freedom to color!
The terrarium top was made using one of the larger A2 Arches Dies. For the bottom base, I die cut just the lower portion of the Jumbo Jar Die out of woodgrain paper and it fit just right! The sentiment tag was made using the Market Basket Dies and the stamped word "nature" is from the Curio Labels Stamp Set. I really love to encourage you to use your stamps and dies in different and new ways! There are no rules in crafting!
Here's a close up photo of the dies and ink blending. One tip to make the coloring look 'more watercolory' is to let one layer of color dry completely, then go back and add another layer of color – either the same color or a darker color!! Keep playing until you get the look that you like!
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After everything was die cut, I mixed the elements around to see how I wanted them arranged. Once I had my layout settled, I colored all the pieces with Distress ink cubes and small water brushes. I like to watercolor with my Mini Distress Inks because there are so many colors to choose from and they blend nicely. I simply smoosh some ink onto my glass mat or a stamping block, and then pick up the color with my water brushes. This is such an easy and fun technique. I let everything dry and then splashed on some white paint splatters!
I thought some text/patterned paper would add a nice little vintage touch!
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To color the top portion of the terrarium I used blender brushes and Distress Inks to blend blue on the top (sky) and brown on the bottom (dirt)…. I attached all my elements using either glue or foam squares. Lastly I added a few clear drop embellishments. It reminds me of a little fairy garden and it makes me happy!
That's it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XOXO
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6 responses to “The Greetery – Mushroom Terrarium Garden Card!”
When I saw this card on your Instagram I thought it was just so beautiful. You captured NATURE! So well done Wanda! I
cannot tell you how excited I am to hear some cross stitch project of yours is coming soon to your blog! I can hardly wait to see it!
Wanda, This is a great card!
Oh! What a wonderful card! Your coloring, especially of the toadstools, is just right! You always do such great work. Thanks for the inspiration! I think I’ll be ‘crafty’ today!
Wanda, your card is SO CREATIVE in how you used your dies, & pulling from older sets too! I don’t know HOW you do it, pulling out ALL of your dies EVERY TIME you craft! A SUPER JOB, DEAR FRIEND!!! BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!! 😉<3
Wanda, this is a beautiful card, and I can see it used for many occasions, even Christmas. I love your coloring and thank you for the ‘watercolor’ tips and tricks. I too think the wood grain and the text paper added a great interest to this card. I’m trying to use the things I already have more along with some new. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
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