Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from
RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com, and I have a few projects to share with you today that feature products from the gorgeous new
Country Road Collection by Annie Williams.
Rustic Greeting Card
For my first project, I created an A2-sized card featuring items from the
Rustic Garden,
Garden Builder, and
Seasonal Décor Etched Die Sets. For both my large wagon wheel and barrel, I die-cut my lighter pieces from some
Portobello Cardstock and lightly blended them with Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso Distress Inks to add some shading. I then cut the darker pieces from a piece of
Timber Cardstock and adhered them all together.
I die-cut the rest of my images from other pieces of colored card stock and added some highlights with a white gel pen. For my background, I trimmed a piece of
Pink Sand Cardstock to 4.25” x 11” and scored it at 5.5” along the long side to form a vertical, top-folding A2 card base. I then layered this piece with a 4” x 5.25” piece of
Snowdrift Cardstock as well as one more ink-blended layer that measured 3.75” x 5”. For my background sky, I used a blend of Saltwater Taffy and Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Inks.
Floral Garden Wheelbarrow Card
For my second card, I created a simple floral garden wagon card featuring both the
Country Wheelbarrow and
Garden Builder Etched Die Sets. My card is a standard horizontal A2-sized card measuring at 5.5” wide x 4.25” tall. For my base, I used a piece of
Raindrop Cardstock. I layered it with a 5.25” x 4” piece of
Snowdrift Cardstock that I had lightly blended with some Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Inks. I used some diluted Copic Opaque White Paint to add some white ink spatters and a blue Copic Marker to add some dotted texture.
I stamped my sentiment from the
Welcome Sign & Sentiments Clear Stamp & Die Set prior to adding my images. I die-cut some foliage and flowers from a variety of colored card stock pieces and added them to both the inside and outside of my wheelbarrow.
For my wheelbarrow, I once again used some
Portobello and
Timber Cardstock pieces that I had lightly ink blended (using the same inks as the card above) in order to add some depth and shading.
3D Garden Box Card
For my last project, I created a 3D garden box card featuring the
Rustic Garden and
Garden Builder Etched Die Sets as well as the
Welcome Sign & Sentiments Clear Stamp & Die Set. I first created my box base by trimming two pieces of white card stock to 6.75” long x 1” tall. I then scored them along the long side at both ½” and 2 ½”. I folded each strip along the score lines and used the ½” tabs to adhere the pieces together to form a box base. Next, I added a 4 ¼” wide x 4 ½” tall piece of
Raindrop Cardstock to the back of my card and layered it with a 4” x 4 ¼” piece of Smooth White Cardstock as well as a 3 ¾” x 4” piece of white card stock that I had blended with both Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Inks (similar to the background of my card above.)
To create the inner shelves of my card, I trimmed 4 pieces of white card stock to 5” wide x ¾” tall and scored each of them at 3/8” from each end to form tabs to glue to the insides of my box card. Next, I added a fence to the sides and front of my card that I had cut from white card stock using the garden fence dies from the
Rustic Garden Etched Dies Set.
I then added my décor and garden elements that I had die cut from colored cardstock. I absolutely love the sign and how versatile it is! The
Welcome Sign & Sentiments Clear Stamp & Die Set comes with so many different options that make it able to be used for a variety of occasions all year round.
Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by! I hope you enjoyed my cards today! If you liked these cards and want some more inspiration, feel free to check out my
INSTAGRAM page.
Rachel
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Other Supplies
Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink, Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide Ink, Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink, Ground Espresso Distress Ink, Gathered Twigs Distress Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
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