Succulent Birthday Card by Guest Designer Brennan Keane

Today have another special guest post from Brennan Keane! Brennan has been created a few cards features for us this spring and today we are sharing a new card using our Succulent Garden Stamp Set! Keep reading on to view his lovely project today!

Hi everyone!
My name is Brennan and I am a 15 year old card maker. This is my third guest design for Newton’s Nook Designs and I’m so excited that I was asked back! For this card, I’ll be using the Succulent Garden Stamp Set and coordinating die set.

First, I stamped out five succulents and ran them through my big shot with their dies. Once they were cut out, I colored them in with some Copic markers. I used RV34 and RV17 for the center succulent, V15 and V12 for the two purple succulents, and lastly, BG13 and BG23 for the two teal succulents. After all of the coloring was done, I took a 4x4 inch card front and blended a light teal ink onto it. Once that had dried, I took a much darker teal ink and blended it through my new favorite stencil, Trailing Leaves!

Then I cut a circle out of the center of my panel. I don’t normally do this, but I decided to add some height for interest! I glued the succulents to the card front and popped that up on another 4x4 panel. I then stamped the “Hope your birthday doesn’t succ!” sentiment, from the same Succulent Garden Stamp Set, onto my card! I added a black border to the card front, and then glued that all to a card base to finish off the card.

I hope that you all enjoyed this card! It was super fun to make and a little different for me because it *technically* didn’t include any flowers! Also, a special thank you to Jennifer and Samantha for reaching out to see if I wanted to do another guest design (of course the answer was yes!). 

Have a nice rest of your day everyone and happy crafting! 

- Brennan 

(find me on instagram at bdk_creations)