Colorful and Versatile Yana’s Daisies

Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here and I am so honored to share 3 cards with the gorgeous (referring to both Yana and the collection!) Yana’s Daisies Collection. Yana’s Daisies consists of two BetterPress LetterPress plates and their coordinating stencils, a set of dies that form 3 daisies, a set of sentiment BetterPress LetterPress plates and coordinating dies, and a unique embossing folder that is so cool. It’s a big collection with something for everyone.

Like most crafters, I like putting my own spin on products. Today, I went bold and bright and a little modern. But these products are versatile enough to fit whatever your style is —  elegant and sophisticated to casual and everything in between. You are the maker – you choose!

THE SHADOW

The Daisy Trio LetterPress Plate and Stencil is brilliant. The stencil forms a shadow around the daisies. The shadow creates the illusion that the daisies are die cut. Dimension with no foam tape and so easy!

• Inked the Daisy Trio LetterPress Plate with bright red ink.
• Ran the press plate through the BetterPress LetterPress with white cardstock. This leaves a red background and daisies outlined in red.
• Ink-blended the daisies using the coordinating stencils with shades of yellow, green, and orange inks.
• To create the shadow, ink blended in a shade darker than your chosen background. My background was bright red, and I used a darker red ink for the shadow.
• Splattered Pearl Silver ink from the Spellbinders Watercolor Mixing Set onto the panel and let dry.
• Trimmed the panel to 5 ¼” x 4”. Adhered with Bearly Arts Glue to a piece of Pop-Up Die Cutting Foam cut slightly smaller.
• Using the Glimmer Machine, hot foiled a sentiment from Crafty Hugs Sentiments with Poppy Colorwheel Cardstock and Opaque White Hot Foil.
• Die cut sentiment with coordinating die and adhered with foam tape.
• Adhered panel to a White A2 side-folded card.
• Adhered Opal Color Essential Gems.
• Did a little happy dance!

It’s bright and bold but these daisies are gorgeous in pale colors too.

TIP: I chose two shades of yellow ink for the daisies. Now that I look at the photos, I can see that the shades were too close in color. Try a little more contrast in ink colors so that some of the petals that should recede. Also, I inked up the full length of each petal because I wanted that look. You will get a more realistic look if you lift your brush before you get to the end of each petal.

THE FRAME

The Molded Frame 3D Embossing Folder is pure genius. I used it in a bold graphic way, but it can also be used as an elegant background supporting the beautiful daisies or other images. The possibilities are endless.

Note: All cardstock is ColorWheel Cardstock from Spellbinders.

• Trimmed Beeswax cardstock to 4” x 5 and ¼ ” and placed inside the Molded Frame 3D Embossing Folder, aligning with the design.
• Misted with water and ran through my Platinum 6 machine.
• Cut pieces of Tutu and Dalia cardstock and taped them together on the back with Best Ever Craft Tape. Did the same with Poppy and Cranberry.
• Placed a square die so that the Tutu and Dalia (and the Poppy and Cranberry), would form squares with a diagonal design as shown.
• Placed the squares randomly inside the Molded Frame 3D Embossing Folder, misted with water, and ran through my Platinum 6 machine. I wanted a geometric design pressed into each square. I don’t mind the random embossing but it you want your diagonal papers to line up with the lines on the embossing folder, then be more intentional!
• Adhered the squares with foam tape in the center rectangle formed by the Molded Frame 3D Embossing Folder.
• Adhered the Beeswax layer to an A2 white side-folded card.
• Selected a sentiment from the Ideal Moments Press Plate & Die Set and ran it through my BetterPress machine using white cardstock and red ink. Die cut with the coordinating die.
• Adhered the sentiment with slivers of foam tape.

COLOR BLOCKED DAISIES

Love a good colorblock – literally large blocks of uninterrupted color. The white tones down the pink and red, but not by much.

• Die cut Yana’s Daisies Etched Dies 2 times with white cardstock, once with Dalia cardstock, and once with Poppy cardstock.
• When you run the die through your Platinum 6, the die will cut individual petals and the centers of the flower as well as an outline that includes the leaves.
• Kept the first white layer together (didn’t pull out the daisy petals or lift off the border after it went through my Platinum 6) and used it as a base on which to build the colored daisies.
• Adhered Dalia petals and Poppy centers to each of the 3 daisies.
• Adhered two layers of the white border.
• Trimmed Dalia and Poppy cardstocks to form rectangles and adhered together on the back with Best Ever Craft Tape as shown.
• Made an A2 card with Poppy cardstock and adhered the Dalia/Poppy piece with Bearly Arts Glue.
• Die cut a sentiment from Fresh Picked Sentiments in white 3 times, adhered together and onto the card.
• Added a few Dimensional White Enamel Dots.
• My husband’s favorite of today’s cards!

My favorite is the card using the Molded Frame embossing folder, but they were all so much fun to make, and honestly, I love them all. I hope you enjoyed this post. Thanks for reading along and thanks to Spellbinders!

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other supplies

Concord & 9^th Poppy and Cranberry inks; blender brushes; paper trimmer; scissors