SBD ECHINACEA SLIM CARD

Hello everyone it’s Ali and I’m back to share another floral card from sunshine & Bee Designs’ latest wild flower release. Today I’ll be using the beautiful echinacea flowers. 

TUTORIAL: 

I begin by creating an ink blended background with some Oxide inks in Fossilised Amber, Antique Linen and crushed olive. Then cutting the panel down to 3 x 7 1/2. 

I then die cut some random rectangle windows and inked up my sizzix 3D texture ‘Lumber’ embossing folder with my Harmony quick ink in Pumice and embossed another 3 x 7 1/2 panel out of sparrow grey card stock to create a white wash wood panel. Using the same pumice ink I did some shading around the windows and outer edges of the slim panel. I also shaded another 3 x 8 slim panel for matting. 

I coloured the echinaceas using my spectrum noir tri-blend markers (coral blend, pale pink, dull green, golden brown & earth brown) then drew in the details using my coloured fine point pens. Once all the colouring is done, I then fussy cut the flowers as close to the lines as I can. 

For the final touches after adhering the echinaceas in position with some foam tape and matted the panel and adhered to a slim card base. I then heat embossed the sentiment in black on to some heat resistant acetate and added some embellishes. 

And there you have it! My inspiration for this card card came from seeing a herb box made from wood scraps and somehow got an idea to recreate the image with wild flowers overtaking the herb box. If you would like to recreate this design you can obtain this echinacea stamp set through Kickstarter from sunshine and bee, some products used to make this card are available from The little paper tree. Also check out their new range of wild flower stamps that’s also available through Kickstarter and as always I appreciate your visit today. 

x Ali x 

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_{Disclaimer: This card were created as part of my DT work and the stamp set featured are sponsored by Sunshine & Bee Designs. Products used to produce this card will be linked and highlighted (if available).}