Big Beautiful Bows & Pinecones with Angelica

I have been having so much fun playing with the All That Glitters Collection, and wanted to share a clean and simple card I made using a few products from the collection. I really wanted to work with the BotaniCuts Pinecones Die, and decided on a 5×7 card so I had room to work around the large pinecone in the set.

I will admit, I had no idea on what I was going to do when I sat down and started die-cutting. I was immediately drawn to the pinecones when I first saw the collection, so I started there. I die-cut white card stock twice with the die, and inked the pieces using the following Distress Oxide inks: Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, and Ground Espresso. I knew the Big Branches: Pine Die would be a perfect match for the pinecones, so I die-cut a few branches also. I inked the branches with Crushed Olive and Rustic Wilderness. I splattered the pieces with white paint, then added Ranger Multi Medium Matte and Distress Rock Candy Clear Glitter for sparkle.

Now that the pieces were together, I needed to decide on what to do with them. My first thought was a slimline card. I made a few arrangements, and liked how they looked, but wasn’t fully committed. Then I remembered napkins I had seen on Pinterest a while back. They had a pretty watercolor look to them, and the branches and pinecones were in a floral arrangement, held together with a gold bow. So I decided to replicate the design, and made a red Big Beautiful Bow by die-cutting white card stock, and inking the pieces with Lumberjack Plaid and Candied Apple Distress Oxide inks. I made a simple arrangement on a 4.5×6.5 card panel, liked how it looked, and picked a sentiment from Four Squares Holiday tag stamp set to stamp under the arrangement. I glued the arrangement to the stamped panel, attached the bow with foam squares, backed the panel with black card stock, and attached it to the card base.

I am really glad I stuck with this project. There were a couple times that I didn’t see how I was going to make this work, yet looking at this card, it looks like I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Funny how that works out sometimes, right? That’s all that I have for today…. I hope I was able to share some crafty holiday inspiration with you today. Take care, friends!