New Mini Catalog Product Blog Hop- August 2021

I am enjoying these blog hops; I learn so much from other demonstrators. I'm sure my Wish List will grow after seeing everyone's projects using new products from the fall 2021 mini catalog and Sale-a-bration! For both of my cards, I have highlighted the large single flower from the Harvest dies found in the mini catalog and the Textures & Frames stamp set a Sale-a-bration item. I have also used a card sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. It is the 500th sketch they have shared! You can see other cards made with this sketch here . My first card is a z-fold card created by scoring an 8-1/2" X 5-1/2" card base along the 8-1/2" side at 4-1/4" and 2-1/8". My decorative piece behind the cone flower die cut was created by stamping on a piece of water color paper with the Textures & Frames stamp set covering most of the paper. Then I spritzed this piece with water so that colors bled together. This is the piece before I spritzed it. I like to leav