WPlus9 | Petunia Builder Hello I'm Proud To Call You My Friend card. Color layering petunia card by Yana Smakula

WPlus9 | March 2017 Release Card Ideas

Hello there and happy Sunday! I wanted to pop in and let you know that Wplus9 March release is now live. It is a small yet beautiful one focusing on flowers. If you follow WPlus9 blog you might have already seen sneak peeks and projects created by Dawn and other designers, if not – I highly encourage you to check it out, plus they have great giveaways, you don’t want to miss them!

I fell in love with this release the minute I got my stamps and I wanted to spread the word as much as I could and to also show you all the gorgeous products and some card ideas.

VIDEO

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BIG DEAL STAMP SET AND BIG TOP BACKGROUND STAMP

One of my favorite sets from this release is Big Deal set designed for fun birthday cards. I made a silly Birthday featuring a Hippo wearing a party hat, he is also holding an ice cream and he is saying “It’s your birthday and you’re kind of a big deal”. I  used a wobbler element to attach him onto the card so he wobbles for a fun and unexpected result.

WPlus9 | Big Deal Hippo Wobbler Birthday Card by Yana Smakula

WPlus9 | Big Deal Hippo Wobbler Birthday Card by Yana Smakula WPlus9 | Big Deal Hippo Wobbler Birthday Card by Yana Smakula

To create a background for this card I used a Big Top Background stamp – I need to mention the cards I stamped this onto are both 4 Bar size, not A2. I did have to trim both slightly as the stamp is a bit too small, it wasn’t designed to be used as a background for 4 Bar size card, but it’s almost perfect in size for it.

It’s a half stamp and you stamp it once – stamp the top part of your background, then reposition and stamp it again to create the bottom part. I like to use it with my stamp positioner as it’s a solid stamp and I like to stamp it a few times for best results.

PETUNIA BUILDER STAMP SET

You can also use this stamp for other types of cards, not just silly cards. Here I used it to create a background for a floral card – I stamped this using a very light gray ink.

WPlus9 | Petunia Builder Hello I'm Proud To Call You My Friend card. Color layering petunia card by Yana Smakula

WPlus9 | Petunia Builder Hello I'm Proud To Call You My Friend card. Color layering petunia card by Yana Smakula WPlus9 | Petunia Builder Hello I'm Proud To Call You My Friend card. Color layering petunia card by Yana Smakula

Another stamp set I have featured here is Petunia Builder. It’s a gorgeous color layering petunia stamp set and if you are not into coloring but do enjoy having beautiful flowers on your projects – this set is perfect for this. Flowers and leaves are rather easy to align and there are coordinating dies available if you want to cut your flowers out.

I used the following ink colors to stamp these: Shell Pink, Little Piggy, Sweet Gelato, Last Leaf, Appletini. I also used Autumn Splendor enamel dots.

The sentiment used on this card comes from a different stamp set, Kind Soul. Gorgeous 6″ border outline floral stamp that features petunias and anemones. Because it’s such a large stamp it can be used as a horizontal or vertical border on portrait and landscape cards or only a portion of it can be used. Here I stamped just a portion, heat embossed in gold embossing powder and quickly watercolored using Daniel Smith watercolors. I look forward to coloring this using my Copic markers and Prismacolors.

WPlus9 | Kind Soul Petunias and Anemones Watercolor card by Yana Smakula

WPlus9 | Kind Soul Petunias and Anemones Watercolor card by Yana Smakula

MODERN PETUNIAS

And finally the last stamp from March release is Modern Petunias – features same petunia images you can find in the Kind Soul set but they are broken down into individual pieces so that you can create your own clusters. I want to see if I can combine these with some of WPlus9 older floral sets.

WPlus9 | Modern Petunias Card by Yana Smakula

(I am sharing only a preview of this card as I’ll have it up on WPlus9 blog in a few days)

The reason I am so excited about this release so much is because I love petunias and back when my husband and I lived in Ukraine (we recently moved to Phoenix) we would always have a pot or two with gorgeous petunias on our balcony and they would bloom all Summer long and even a bit during Fall. So these are sentimental for me in a way.

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

WPlus9 Big Deal Stamp Set
WPlus9 Big Deal Stamp Set
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SSS | WP9
WPlus9 Big Deal Die Set
WPlus9 Big Deal Die Set
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SSS | WP9
Wplus9 Big Deal Clear Stamp and Die Combo
Wplus9 Big Deal Clear Stamp and Die Combo
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SSS
WPlus9 Big Top Background Stamp Set
WPlus9 Big Top Background Stamp Set
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SSS | WP9
WPlus9 Kind Soul Stamp Set
WPlus9 Kind Soul Stamp Set
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SSS | WP9
WPlus9 Kind Soul Die Set
WPlus9 Kind Soul Die Set
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SSS | WP9
Wplus9 Kind Soul Clear Stamp and Die Combo
Wplus9 Kind Soul Clear Stamp and Die Combo
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SSS
WPlus9 Modern Petunias Stamp Set
WPlus9 Modern Petunias Stamp Set
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SSS | WP9
WPlus9 Modern Petunias Die Set
WPlus9 Modern Petunias Die Set
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SSS | WP9
Wplus9 Modern Petunias Clear Stamp and Die Combo
Wplus9 Modern Petunias Clear Stamp and Die Combo
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SSS
WPlus9 Petunia Builder Stamp Set
WPlus9 Petunia Builder Stamp Set
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SSS | WP9
WPlus9 Petunia Builder Die Set
WPlus9 Petunia Builder Die Set
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SSS | WP9
Wplus9 Petunia Builder Clear Stamp and Die Combo
Wplus9 Petunia Builder Clear Stamp and Die Combo
Shop at:
SSS

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16 Comments

    1. Beautiful cards Yana! Is it too hot and dry ion Phoenix for petunias?

      1. honestly – I don’t know. I see places like Lowes selling them and I am always tempted to buy. But I would imagine I’d have to water them 3 times a day for them to survive, especially during summer.

    1. Your use of bright colors is such an inspiration to me! Just like real flowers are alive with color! And then you use pastel colors very effective too! Nice job, Yana!

    1. Such delightful cards, Yana! I especially love the layers on your petunia builder card. Exciting new products!

    1. your cards are so soft & pretty I love the big top stamp but wish someone would make a die like that

    1. I love your work! the way you coloring the flowers is amazing!

    1. Yama, your cards are always wonderful and I love that you make a variety of them. I use your cards as a guide for some of my own. Thank you

    1. This hippo cracks me up! In a hat with an ice cream!!! What a cutie! Fun sentiment too.

      The flower cards are just stunning! This release is like devoted to them. Great to see different looks of those.

      And the background – wow!
      TFS!

    1. Great cards–I especially like the floral ones. The new stamps/dies are so lovely. Thanks for sharing them.

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