Teah Woodward: Gallery Blooms Strawberry Slush

Gallery Blooms + The Right Words

Today's Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Insta Hop featured color is Strawberry Slush. I've never used this color before, and now that I have it is definitely a favorite! Strawberry Slush is one of the new 2025-2027 In Colors released by Stampin' Up! at the beginning of May.

Gallery Blooms + The Right Words

To elevate this card, I heat embossed all of the flowers. Then I used a blender pen with the ink pad to paint the color in the flowers. This is the second time in a couple of weeks that I have used this technique. In past years I was clumsy and roughed up my paper, so I thought I couldn't do it well. Evidently I just needed practice :) I am very happy with how these turned out! Enjoy the free tutorial I have added below! At the end of this post is a list of all the products I used.

Gallery Blooms + The Right Words

Cutting Instructions:

Card base- Basic White Thick: 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2". This is a top fold card.
Front matte layer - Strawberry Slush: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
Card front layer - Basic White: 3 3/4" x 5"
Flowers - Basic White: 5" x 7" (5 sets of flowers)
Sentiment label - Basic White: 1" x 3"
Inner matte layer - Strawberry Slush: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
Inner message liner - Basic White: 3 3/4" x 5"
Ribbon: 8"

Assembly Instructions:

Using bone folder, burnish score line well.
Emboss card front layer. Adhere to front matte layer. Adhere to front of card base.
Using Versamark ink, stamp 5 sets of flowers on Basic White card stock. Add Wow! Black embossing powder and set with heat tool.
Using Blender Pen, pick up Strawberry Slush ink from ink pad, and paint the color into each of the flower petals. If you haven't used the Blender Pen before, practice on a scrap of Basic White until you are satisfied with the results.
Using Blender Pen, pick up Granny Apple Green ink from ink pad and pain the color into each of the leaves.
Die cut out all 5 sets of leaves.
I chose to fussy cut the left side small set of leaves off of 4 of my flower sets. This was so that when I created the wreath, the overlap was more tidy looking. Save the cut off leaves.
Arrange and adhere the 4 flower sets to the card front, creating a wreath. Using mini glue dots, fit in the cut off leaves around the outer edges.
Using Versamark ink, stamp sentiment. Add Wow! Black embossing powder and set with heat tool. Die cut using large banner. Adhere to wreath.
Add bow using mini glue dot.
Scatter Strawberry Slush Flat Pearls to card front.
Using Tuxedo Black ink, stamp sentiment on inner message liner. Adhere liner to inner matte layer. Adhere to inner card base. Adhere 5 set of flower to upper right hand corner of message liner (be sure to stay below the fold line of the card base).

I hope you are inspired to try using a blender pen and maybe even recreate this card!

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Hugs,

Teah

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