Merry Blooms Kit

Taylored Expressions is releasing a new kit for some fun Christmas in July crafting! The Merry Blooms kit is adorable and perfect for creating a lot of different types of cards… I may have gotten carried away. Take a peek at the kit below!

The first card I made was inspired by the colors of the envelopes in the kit to go a little outside my comfort zone.

I used Dijon, Mulled Wine and Sweet Basil (cardstock and ink) as my color palette. I used a lot of tone one stamping and blending to create the background. For the elements of the background that were stamped using the large background stamp, I used Versamark ink and heat embossed the stamped image in white. I created a frame using the Merry Blooms flower cutouts – layering Mulled Wine over Sweet Basil cutouts to look like leaves and flowers. I added a small frame cut from the Frame in Frame 2 Cutting Plate and added the die cut sentiment. This went together very quickly!

Merry Blooms Cardmaking Kit
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TE Premium Cardstock – Dijon
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TE Premium Ink – Dijon – Full Pad
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TE Premium Cardstock – Mulled Wine
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TE Premium Ink – Mulled Wine – Full Pad
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TE Premium Cardstock – Sweet Basil
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TE Premium Ink – Sweet Basil – Full Pad
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TE Premium Cardstock – Sugar Cube
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VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
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TE Fine Detail Embossing Powder – White
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Powder Tool
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Frame in Frame 2 Cutting Plate
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TE Foam Tape, 1/8″
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Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
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Nuvo Glitter Drops – White Blizzard
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My next card uses a bright fun color palete of Granny Smith and Cherry Pop. I stenciled Cherry Pop right on the Granny Smith cardstock – I had a bit of fear it would dull and turn brown but it actually covered really well! I used Granny Smith for the stamp portion of the background. I stamped the sentiments on Cherry Pop cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder. I die cut and layered with TE Stitched Oval Stackets and TE Petite Scallop Oval Stackets. I added a bit of embellishing with a twine bow and some gold Nuvo glitter dots.

Merry Blooms Cardmaking Kit
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Stitched Oval Stacklets
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Petite Scallop Oval Stacklets
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TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop
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TE Premium Ink – Cherry Pop – Full Pad
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TE Premium Cardstock – Granny Smith
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TE Premium Ink – Granny Smith – Full Pad
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TE Premium Cardstock – Sugar Cube
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TE Foam Tape, 1/8″
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Burlap Twine
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Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
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That’s it for me today! I will have more cards using this kit to share with you tomorrow!!