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Tropical Leaf Card

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Hello crafty friends!
Today I want to share with you my tropical leaf card with Altenew Hibiscus Garden 3D die set. I just used leaf dies in the set.

I die cut large leaves from watercolour paper first, then ink blended leaf die cuts with green & blue distress inks. I ink blended the leaf of top-left corner using Bundled Sage & Tea Dye distress inks. For large tropical leaves, I ink blended it with Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers and a bit of Pine Needles distress inks. As you know, distress ink reacts with water so, I lightly brushed over the ink with a water brush to lift some of the colour, giving the leaves a watercolour look. I mounted all leaves onto a white card base using foam tape, and then green ink splattered & opaque white ink splattered all over the leafy panel.

For the sentiment, I stamped the sentiment on a stitched circle panel using Walnut Stain distress ink, then heat embossed the edge of sentiment circle panel with gold. I also decorated around the leaves with PPP 4mm Clear Droplets.


Here in Sydney, Australia, we’re in the midst of autumn heading into winter, but since most countries are entering late spring and approaching summer, I made a card with a refreshing tropical vibe. :D

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Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Floral Thanks Cards

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Hello crafty friends!
Wow!! A wonderfully happy surprise gift arrived in my mailbox last weekend. It was a customised floral stamp set that Altenew sent to celebrate their 11th anniversary!

The moment I saw this special flower set (include my name!!), I sat down at my desk right away to make a card. :D


I stamped the pretty flower image onto the top-right & bottom-left corners of an A2 white paper panel using Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink first, then coloured the stamped images with Altenew Acrylic Markers. After colouring, I dry embossed the floral panel with Altenew Diamond Stars 3D embossing folder. For the sentiment, I die cut the “Thanks” from Matte Gold cardstock using Altenew Bold Thanks die set. I decorated the card with Altenew Crystal Clear Gem Sparkles.



Another floral card here, I used Altenew Climber Flowers die set as my main supply.

I die cut the pieces from watercolour paper first, ink blended all pieces, then assembled each flowers using fine tip glue pen.

I applied several distress inks for layered flowers as below:
Large flower: (from the top to base) Antique Linen, Tattered Rose and Aged Mahogany
Small flower: (from the top to base) Aged Mahogany, Seedless Preserves and Milled Lavender
Small leaves: blended with Bundled Sage and Evergreen Bough.

After waiting a moment for the ink to dry completely, I used a wet paintbrush to wash over each flower, softening the colours – I did a water wash over the piece with Seedless Preserves ink applied, then dabbed it with a paper towel to lighten the colour.

Exactly same as the small flower, I washed over the piece with Antique Linen ink applied, then dabbed it with a paper towel to lighten the colour as well. Just like real flowers look fresher when watered, these paper flowers also look more fresh when I lighten the colours with water, right?!!

I randomly adhered flowers and leaves onto an A2 cream paper panel using foam tape, then added Crystal Clear Gem Sparkles between the flowers and leaves.

Honestly, I’m in love with this floral card!! :D

Congratulations on your amazing 11-year journey, Altenew!

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Simple Flower Cards

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Hello crafty friends!
Today I will share with you a couple of simple floral cards with the MFT Stitched Flowers Die-Namics. I’m still obssessed with the MFT Stitched Flowers! ;)


For my first card, I made a card to celebrate a wedding. For the background panel, I die cut from thick white cardstock using an A2 sized Paper Rose Studio Pierced Rectangles Panel die first, then dry embossed the panel using Altenew Mod Squares 3D embossing folder. (By the way, Paper Rose Studio is a craft company based in Australia. As a fellow Australian, I feel so proud to know that such a wonderful craft company is from here. :D)

I die cut several shaped and sized stitched flowers, very thin stems and tiny leaves from assorted colour cardstock using MFT Stitched Flowers Die-Namics. I also cut Love Heart Hands from white cardstock, coloured the die cut with E00 Cotton Pearl & E11 Barely Beige Copic sketch markers. For the sentiment, I die cut from Matte Gold cardstock using MFT Twice Blessed Die-Namics.

I assembled stitched flowers and leaves to make bouquet using adhesives as you can see the picture, then decorated bouquet, wrist, and gold ‘blessed’ sentiment with Paper Rose Studio Clear Crystals because it’s a card to celebrate a beautiful bride, it’s perfectly fine to add as many sparkling crystals as we can! :D


For the second card, I made a watercolour stitched flower card. It is east to make! I die cut some stitched flowers from watercolour paper first, randomly adhered flowers onto an A2 sized white paper panel using foam tape, then lightly watercoloured all flowers. I coloured the centre of each flower with Scattered Straw & Wild Honey distress inks, petals with Pumice Stone distress ink. I added green leaves between the flowers as accents. :)


Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Peony Dream

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Hello crafty friends!
Today I want to share with you a couple of my floral cards with Altenew Peony Dream 3D die set. I have several Altenew layering flower die sets, and without a doubt, they are all truly amazing!

For the first card, I made a watercolour floral card with the Peony Dream die set. I die cut all pieces from watercolour paper first, assembled flowers & leaves using fine tip glue pen. Set aside the assembled flowers and leaves for a moment before watercolouring, I dry embossed a A2 paper panel using SSS Lumen embossing folder, then lightly ink blended it with Scattered Straw & Bundled Sage distress inks. I added same coloured ink splatters as well.

Watercolouring time!! Of course, I have other watercolour supplies, but when I make cards, I habitually use distress inks or reinkers. For this peonies, I used Tattered Rose, Barn Door, Vintage Photo and Scattered Straw for petals, Bundled Sage and Mowed Lawn for leaves. I didn’t forget to add clear droplets on the card – Pretty Pink Posh 4mm clear droplets are also an essential in my floral cards. When I place these clear droplets on the flowers, it feels as if the paper flowers might come to life like real ones. :D



Here is another floral card with Peony Dream die set.

I made five petals and four leaves using coloured cardstock. I die cut the pieces and assembled them using fine tip glue pen. And then, decorated all petals & leaves around the sentiment banner. I used Neenah Smooth Desert Storm cardstock as my card base.

“GOD understands our prayers even when we can’t put them into words.” – isn’t it beautiful? When my heart is so heavy that I can’t even say, this phrase is truly comforting.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Leafy Blessed Cards

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Long time no see, crafty friends!!
It’s been a whole year-I am finally back on the blog after such a long time! I had such a strong desire to connect with you all through cards every single day, but time just wouldn’t allow it. During this precious long Easter holiday, as I sat down to make cards again, I realised just how much joy cardmaking brings me. I’ve decided to reconnect with all of my crafty friends through cards once more. :D

Today, I will share with you three of my leafy “Blessed” cards. Can’t lie, I made them and I’m kinda obsessed! Haha!

The main supply for my today’s cards is the Altenew Floating Foliage 3D Embossing Folder – the leafy background is really gorgeous, even just this leafy pattern on the white cardstock is so pretty, don’t you think?!!

I ink blended with several green and yellow distress inks on the leafy background using ink blending tool and, to give it a watercolour look, I lightly touched the ink-blended pattern with a water brush. For the ink blended background panel, I used Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive, Bundled Sage, Antique Linen, Scattered Straw and Aged Mahogany Distress inks.

For the first card, I added white and vellum Leafy Wreath from Altenew and gold “Blessed” sentiment from MFT on the A2 sized leafy pattern card.

I decorated the wreath using clear crystals from Paper Rose Studio. I love this bling-bling, shiny wreath so much!

For my second card, I added beautiful butterflies and “Blessed” sentiment from MFT over the A2 sized leafy pattern card. For the “Blessed” sentiment, I die cut it from kraft cardstock and applied Vintage Photo distress ink.



For my last card today, I added white Leafy Garland from Altenew and gold “Blessed” sentiment from MFT on the A2 sized leafy pattern card.

I decorated the wreath using PPP 4mm clear droplets. I love how sparkly and shiny this wreath turned out! :)

From now on, I plan to share cards I make on my blog, then give away through Instagram (@rejoicingcrafts). I want to give back the joy and happiness I’ve received from my wonderful followers by sharing it through my handmade cards. I hope for your warm support and interest! :D

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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