Blooming with Gratitude Cards Two Ways featuring the August 2026 Card Kit
Hi friends! Heather Hoffman here once again with another post showing a card design done two ways! I love adding a little twist to make two similar cards that are slightly different. You can either switch up the colors, the design, the theme, or in this case, the technique! I’m using some of the August 2026 Kit: Made to Flourish components, as well as a couple of the available add-ons for my cards today!
This month’s card kit is blooming with floral goodness! I wanted to create a background with all the lovely floral clusters in the Made to Flourish set in the kit, and couldn’t decide how I wanted to do it. So I picked two techniques – one of them using the die set that is (amazingly!) also included in the kit!
For the first card, I arranged all 5 floral clusters on one panel of watercolor paper, and stamped each one with a different color of inks in a fun rainbow of Pucker, Zest, Fairway, Cadette, and Amethyst. I then misted the image with some water, letting the colors bleed out onto the cardstock a bit. Once that dried, I stamped them over the top with black ink. This gave a soft watercolor background, with a crisp stamped image over the top that I love!
For the second card, I stamped each image in the same colors of ink on white cardstock, then die cut with the coordinating dies. On my white cardbase, I very softly blended a bit of the corresponding inks under where I planned to place each floral cluster, then popped them up with foam adhesive over the top for a tone on tone effect.
For both cards, I die cut one of the new Hand-Tied Frames die from Starlight cardstock to create a window, then cut it again from black cardstock, and Honey Gold cardstock to nest inside. I popped those up on foam adhesive to frame up my floral cards. Sentiments are from another add on – Darling Script Greetings dies, using the same color to coordinate with the frames on each care for the shadow layers. I also added a tiny secondary sentiment from the Made to Flourish set and cut out with the fun detailed die. Finished off with a few Dazzling Clear gems for a touch of sparkle to finish these off!
What technique do you like best? Watercolor with crisp black details? Or soft tone on tone with die cut dimension?
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One Card Kit, TWO Stunning Background Techniques by Laura Bassen
Hi friend! Happy Tuesday! We’re delighted to welcome back special guest Laura Bassen with this FUN duo of cards featuring components of our August 2026 Card Kit, Made to Flourish! Be sure to watch the video for all the details, and enjoy!
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