Fall Flowers and Gratitude Card for Erin Lee Creative

Hello friends. I've been making lots of gratitude cards in the last month or so and I have another one for you today. This card features 3 different dies from Erin Lee Creative. She is so innovative with her products and I absolutely love her designs, particularly her handwriting fonts. I also purchased the  Jumbo Wildflower die not long ago and, after seeing a neighbor's gorgeous Black-Eyed Susan's in her yard, decided to jazz up some wildflower die cuts. I'm all about Fall cardmaking right now so my color scheme will also follow suit.

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I started by ink blending my blooms with Ranger Distress Ink in Fossilized Amber. For my leaves I used Ranger/Wendy Vecchi MakeArt Ink in Fern Green. Unfortunately, Ranger discontinued that line of Wendy Vecchi ink not long ago.

For the centers of my flowers I used my Scrapbookcom Pops of Color in Chocolate Kiss. I filled in a circle of this brown liquid embellishment which leaves a glossy finish. I used a sharp tool to pull out tiny lines all around the center, while the liquid was still wet. You can also use a toothpick.

I let this dry naturally on my craft mat but you can also use a craft heat tool. 

Next, I die cut my Rattan Arch 2 Die from Erin Lee Creative on white cardstock with my Platinum 6.  Also, I use the Spellbinders Tool N One to quickly and easily get all those die cut bits out. I backed the lower section of my panel die with green patterned paper and trimmed a piece that would go in the center of my arch.

My backdrop consists of a trimmed piece of coordinating dark orange paper from the same paper pad and was adhered to my white card.

I placed some of my flowers behind the top section of my rattan die cut and also around my arch. I decided to cut up some of my flowers and placed them wherever I wanted. Some are adhered directly to my arch and some are popped up on adhesive foam. I did pop my arch up on adhesive foam as well.

Lastly, I die cut the word "Thank You" from one of the dies in the ELC Thank You Hero Die set.

Please note, the stitched oval die cut under my sentiment is from a die that I've had in my stash for years and honestly, I don't even remember the brand. 

**Here's a bonus tip for you - To easily make a really nice dimensional and layered die cut word stand out, you really need at least 3-4 die cuts glued together. I find the easiest way is to trim two sections of cardstock (I used black) fold each one in half and apply some adhesive to the inside of one of the halves. Press down and adhere. Lay your die on top and run through your die cut machine. 

Now you have two die cuts already adhered. Repeat the process for another die cut. Glue both die cuts together. It's so much easier to glue 2 die cuts consisting of 4 layers, than to glue 4 individual layers. You're welcome!

Thanks so much for popping in today. I love my wildflowers turned Black-Eyed Susan's! Happy Fall cardmaking ya'll and if you'd like to purchase any of the products or just want to browse, click any of my affiliate product links below.  

Terri

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