Flower Shop cards & Batik Flower paper printables

So I'm addicted to colouring these little Hometown buildings from Purple Onion Designs. The flower shop is my fave, because it's so easy to add dimension by stamping an cutting a second little awning (and popping it up on a bit of foam tape).  

Ever try paint over colouring? I added some white acrylic paint to the flower shop above (with a little paint brush over the black heat-embossed image) to tone down the bricks. Something methinks I shall try again sometime.

It was also fun to colour bricks in with little dabs of grey Copic markers:

I shaded the silver buildings with a bit of light grey Copic marker to tie them in.

Do you decorate the insides of your cards?

I never used to decorate inside, but then people would open them with an expectant look on their faces and you could see a little "oh it's empty, huh..." look in their eyes. I wanted to give them something that wasn't anticlimactic, so these flowershop cards have bright flowery paper inside. (It feels especially fun inside the black card since it's a surprising pop of unexpected lightness.)

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make these cards:

Step 1) Heat emboss 2 images of the flower shop using black Archival ink & clear embossing powder. Stamp 2 extra awnings & cut them out.  

Step 2) Colour the images. I used Copic markers for both (and added white paint to parts of the the white flower shop building).

Step 3) Cut some cards A2-size. One black & one speckled/Natural cardstock.

Step 4) Stamp & heat emboss other Purple Onion Design buildings on the card-fronts. White colorbox ink on the black card with clear embossing powder & silver pigment ink with silver e.p. on the speckled card.

Step 5) Colour these surrounding buildings with a little white pencil crayon for the black card & grey Copics for the white card.

Step 6) Add sidewalks & ribbon: Cut 2 strips of cardstock to make the side walks. (I used two shades of grey & added rough lines with white Prismacolour pencil. Add white & grey ribbon with bows. Adhere the strips to the cards.

Step 7) Adhere the Flower shops to the cards. Decorate the insides with paper & add the sentiment, heat embossed on grey paper to the inside of the cards.

The sentiment above "Have a Blooming good day!" is one
that comes with the rubber stamp set:

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The stamps used here are several from The Hometown Collection drawn by
Stepanie Ackerman for Purple Onion Designs

For the main image,

Flower Shop...

...and I also used the Bakery, Ice Cream Parlor, Post Office & Doctor's Office:

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free printable Batik flower paper

To save these files:
In Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
In Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"


Light Batik flower paper sized to line the
inside of an A2 card (5-1/2" x 4-1/4") PNG:

(or you can add it to your faves here on flickr)

Light Batik flower paper to fit an A2 envelope
(for lining it) PNG:


(or you can add it to your faves here on flickr)

There's a tutorial for lining
envelopes in a hurry here:

Light Batik Flower paper - standard size
8.5" x 11" 350dpi JPG:


(or you can add it to your faves here on flickr)


Light Batik Flower paper - 12.5" square 350dpi PNG:

(or you can add it to your faves here on flickr)


If you'd like the paper brighter,
here's a vivid 12.5" square version PNG:

(or you can add it to your faves here on flickr)

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Using overlays to make faux misted papers:

You might recognize this Batik flower pattern from the 100+ overlay post.

 

I coloured it in Photoshop using spray paint style brushes
(and overlapped the hues here & there) to get a misted look.

Want to try this effect yourself? Here's a
video tutorial for how to use overlays as mist masks
by Jessica Sprague:

Thanks for stopping in. Hope your day
is bright and beautiful!