NC Demos June 2026 Blog Hop — Let’s Celebrate Summer!

Good evening and welcome to this month’s NC Demos Blog Hop!  We are SO glad you are here!  If you are just starting here be sure to hop all the way around as I know you will want to see what my friend, Toni Campana, has created this month.  She always has something fabulous to share!

I love that Summer is here and that this month’s theme is Let’s Celebrate Summer!

Our projects could be a anything! A card, scrapbook page, 3D item, home decor, etc…We just need to choose something that we love about Summer! It could be flowers, the beach, the mountains, the 4th of July, birds, butterflies, campin

g, relaxing by the pool, summer sports, etc… ANYTHING that makes you happy and that you look forward to every Summer!

I am a total Summer girl!  I love being outside, puttering in my yard, planting flowers and just enjoying a beverage on the deck or by the pool.  I even like cleaning the pool on Summer days!  While I do love lots of things about Summer I think the thing I like best is all the flowers and foliage in our yard.  I love the vibrant colors of things like my SunPatiens and the miniature pink rose bush Jay gave me for our anniversary as well as the sweet smell of the jasmine and gardenias.  So, I decided to share the cards I made for the bonus class for our June edition of the East meets West Creativity Kit.  All of the cards feature the Covered in Flowers Accents and the Brights Painted Patterns 12 x 12 DSP.  These cards are ALL so fun and easy.  Click here if you are interested in the kit that includes all the supplies, video and instructions for these bright and cheerful cards or the PDF so you can use these layouts to create your own cards!

So I learned a few things while working with these flower accents.  The first is that you if you want to keep the solid pieces intact and with the frames the first thing you need to do is flip them over to the backside and attach all the pieces together with Tear & Tape.  Do this carefully!

The second thing that I learned is that there are a variety of ways to color this fun flowers!  Each one will give you a different look and texture.  For example, I used Flirty Flamingo ink along with a brayer to color my flowers. This gave it a lot of texture while not totally covering the white flower.  I loved using the embellishments to add the centers.

I used Blending Brushes to color the final three cards which I think works well if you want to fully cover the flowers.  Just work slowly and carefully as the flowers are fragile.  A dauber would work as well.  It would just take a little more time to cover the flowers.

One other tip, was that I used Blends to color the centers on the flowers on the second and fourth c

ards.  Keep your Color Lifter handy in case you you need to blend the color.

One final tip for this project is to use a brayer to color the DSP like a did on the second card.  I love this look a

nd it was fun to create my own personal DSP.  Please note that this only works when using a bright or darker color of the DSP, like the Poppy Parade and then a coordinating ink like the Timid Tiger I used.  I tried going with the Daffodil Delight DSP and Poppy Parade ink and was disappointed in the results.  The dots basically were absorbed into the background and I had a blah looking piece of DSP.

Thank you SO much for letting me share what I love about Summer and these fun cards with you!  Please contact me if you have questions or would like to add any of the products I used to your stamping stash.  I would love to help you!

Well, I am off to enjoy some Summer sun before the rain starts again.  If you haven’t already done so be sure to hop on over to see what my friend, Frances Wagner has to share.  I know it will be inspiring as always!

Stay Safe & Crafty!

June Blog Hoppers
Tina Lesson
Toni Campana
Tracie Evans Langley – the Sassy Stamper
Frances Wagner
Kelly Taranto – The Late Night Stamper
Amanda Rhodes

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