Hello, friends!! I’m sharing a card featuring the Bold Background: Chinoiserie Die Set from the latest Honey Bee Stamps Cottage Countryside Release!! I decided to create a soft, almost romantic feel with a bit of grungy distressing!! A little bit of a different look for me but I had so much fun adding texture and layers to the background!!

I began by die-cutting the Bold Background: Chinoiserie Dies from cream cardstock. I added color and shading to the die-cuts with Copic markers using the following colors – flowers: E11, E21, E30, YR000, E43, E42, E41 & E40 (I did a bit of glazing to get the exact shade I wanted); branches: E47, E44, E43 & E42; leaves: G46, YG63, G24 & YG61. All the die-cuts were adhered together using Bee Creative Glue.

For the background, I blended Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky & Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide Inks onto an A2 panel of cream cardstock using blending brushes, blending from light in the center to darker around the outside. I stamped the Vintage Flora Cling Background Stamp onto the panel with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink, then blended the same ink around the perimeter of the panel. I decided I wanted more texture, so I embossed it with the Burlap 3D Embossing Folder and that gave me the effect I was looking for. The Chinoiserie die-cut was adhered to the background panel with Bee Creative Glue.

The beautiful sentiment is from the So Special Stamp Set. It was stamped onto cream cardstock with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink and cut out with the Coordinating Die. I also die-cut three more layers from cream cardstock and blended Vintage Photo Distress Ink onto one of them. The cream layers were adhered behind the stamped one and the brown layer was adhered slightly offset. I wrapped cream seam binding around the panel and tied it into a bow. The sentiment was then adhered with Bee Creative Glue. Pearls from the Warm Pearls Pearl Sticker Pack finish off the card.

I absolutely LOVE how this turned out!! I think this will be my mom’s Mother’s Day card!!

That does it for me today!! Thanks so much for spending a bit of time with me!! I’ll see you soon!