Soft & Serene Dandelion - Hero Arts
Posted by Michelle Short on December 12, 2018

Soft & Serene Dandelion

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share using the new Dandelion & Leaves Fancy Die which was released as an add-on for the December 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit. This is such a pretty die and I think it can be used for lots of different occasions. Today I went with a birthday card.

Soft & Serene Dandelion by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I started off by creating my background. I wanted to keep it very soft and serene so I first added a layer of clean water to the watercolour paper and then added drops of liquid watercolors. I used Purple, Deep Ocean and Teal. I diluted the colours quite a bit and let them blend into each other. I then spritzed on some White Iridescent Shimmer Spray for a little sparkle. I set the piece aside to dry while I worked on the other elements.

Soft & Serene Dandelion by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I took the dandelion Fancy Die and cut this twice from white cardstock. I layered them together to create a more dimensional piece. I stamped the sentiment from the Birthday Messages set onto white cardstock with Intense Black Ink. I cut the sentiments in to thin strips. To assemble the card, I took a piece of Decorative Woodgrain Cardstock and added this to the front of an A2 white card base. I then cut the background piece down using a Rounded Rectangle Infinity Die.

Soft & Serene Dandelion by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I adhered the background piece flat to the card base with tape runner and then added the dandelion on top with liquid glue. I added the sentiment strips with foam tape and then added a few Moonshine Confetti from the December kit to finish.

I think this design would work well for a thinking of you card as well. Thank you for stopping by today. Happy stamping!

5 comments

Love the simple beauty of this card, Michelle. The splash of color is just the right touch. tfs

Helen,

Gorgeous Michelle, thank you for sharing.

Henriétte,

What a beautiful card! I tutor prisoners at 2 local prisons and they will LOVE making this card. The clean lines and simplicity of it makes it very appealing. Thank you!

JESSIE SCHERF,

Such a soft and beautiful card!! So CAS!

Karthikha Uday,

Lovely CAS design indeed!

Cindy C.,

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