Mix & Match Tulip Card

For the card I’m sharing today, I used some of my favorite companies for a mix-and-match project that, I think, came together seamlessly. The star of the show is a tulip from Spellbinders’ February 2024 Large Die of the Month Club. I used Distress Inks to color the tulip die cuts and for more of that fancy-schmancy ink smooshing on the background panel. Using brown ink and just a touch of blue gave the panel an aged, patinated look, which paired beautifully with the seriously gorgeous Vintage Flora Background Stamp from Honey Bee Stamps. I then die cut the panel using the Postage Stamp Edge Frame from Simon Says Stamp and added a sentiment from Hero Arts before securing the panel to a piece of woodgrain cardstock.
All the steps and supplies for this card are listed below. Thanks for stopping by!

STEPS

1.) Create the background panel.
▪️ Die cut a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock using the largest Postage Stamp Edge Frame die and mask the edges with low tack tape.
▪️ Using Walnut Stain, Gathered Twigs and Speckled Egg Distress Inks, smoosh the ink pads onto a glass work surface and spritz lightly with water. Use a paint brush to swirl the ink around a bit.
▪️ Smoosh different areas of the cardstock panel into the inky puddles, just a few times before heat setting with a heat gun. Repeat the process, allowing some areas to remain white, until the panel reaches desired results.
▪️ Using the Vintage Flora Background Stamp, stamp the panel with Pumice Stone Distress Ink.
▪️ Remove the low tack tape and use a blending brush to lightly apply Antique Linen Distress Ink to the edges in a few places to give the paper for an aged look.
2.) Create the other card elements.
▪️ Die cut all the pieces from white cardstock and use Distress Inks and blending brushes to color them. Assemble the tulip and small flowers and secure with liquid adhesive.
▪️ Stamp the sentiment in black ink on white cardstock and die cut using the coordinating die. Add a little Antique Linen Distress Ink with a blending brush and a very light hand. Die cut a blank sentiment and stack the two together, securing them with liquid adhesive.
3.) Finish the card.
▪️ Use foam squares to attach the tulip to the background panel. Use liquid adhesive to attach the stem, leaves, small flowers, and the sentiment.
▪️ Trim a piece of woodgrain cardstock to 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 and add Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to the edges with a blending brush, darkening the woodgrain. Use liquid adhesive to attach the background panel to the woodgrain cardstock.
▪️ Attach everything to an A2 side-fold card base and add embellishments.