Pretty Polly Handmade Card ideas

April 11, 2024

Happy Thursday!

I hope this post finds you well.. we have blue sky today which is so nice now that the storm has passed.. the last few days have been pretty yucky!

I have had so much fun with yesterday's and today's kits i love the bright colours.. they just make me smile and i hope they do that for you too

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I hope you like my little Easel Card.. i had so much fun with the shape and making the flowers up from the kit

The kit is the "Pretty Polly Pretty Papers kit" our latest release in the Bright Lights range

It is available as an convenient instant download so regardless of where you are in the world, you can download it and craft along with us.

You can find the kit on the website here: https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/T8gyw

There are 20 sheets in total - Here is a look at all of the sheets included in the kit

I have prepared a little flick-through video for you to have a look at the sheet - just press play in the centre of the image below

Here is my little card made for the launch

Supplies List

The cardblank i used to make the easel card is a 5"x5" pre-scored cardblank from Craft Uk - you can find these here on amazon: https://amzn.to/4cTKaAw

The sentiment, papers, the flower elements and some of the leaves and the topper are from the kit - https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/T8gyw

i printed these onto my favourite super smooth paper you can find it on amazon here - https://amzn.to/43Tg8Je

The glitter ribbon is from Hobbycraft

The glitter card is from Dollarama

The gorgeous die cut leaves are from Sizzix you can find them on amazon here - https://amzn.to/3TSLACS

I die cut these onto white card and used one of my mini ink pads to add so lime green colouring for a tropical vibe

The flowers and leaves were cut out using my favourite spring loaded snips which you can find here: https://amzn.to/4aS4JLR

Flower shaping tools - my ball tool - (mine is an old one so it is orange - the new ones are blue) https://amzn.to/43RmKYu

foam mat - mine is a4 the new ones are a5 - https://amzn.to/3JdOCwG

If it is in your budget.. you might want to have a look at this amazing Flower Making and Shaping tool set from Spellbinders (this is in my wish-list) - https://amzn.to/3vNlwRy

For the centres of the flowers i used stamens there is a lovely collection on amazon here: https://amzn.to/3JgFF5M it is super helpful having a set of yellow ones as they look so realistic in the flowers

The gems are from my embellishments stash

Glue choices - C C Tape pens for the mat and layers, my glue gun for the embellishments and foam pad tape for a little dimensional lift on the sentiment, you can find all of my adhesive favourites here in my "Glues and Adhesive" section - https://amzn.to/43StUMo

I hope you have liked this little card..

Here are some of our Laura's stunning cards made for the launch

This stunning background foliage die can be found here on amazon - https://amzn.to/4aRmXgy

Laura used the topper from the kit for this

I hope you have liked this little project, if you would like to join me on social media you can find all of my social media links, my facebook page, my facebook group, my website, download shop, youtube channel, Patreon and tiktok here: https://linktr.ee/opulencebydesign

Thank you for reading

Happy crafting as always xo