It’s been a little while since I did some watercolouring which is one of my favourite techniques. This beautiful flower from the Happiness Abounds stamp set was just perfect for getting back into it.
I used the Colour Inkspiration CI136 challenge photo as inspiration with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #570.
I watercoloured the flowers in Blushing Bride and the leaves in a combination of the greens. This card is just so ‘me’ and I really enjoyed creating it. Watch the video tutorial to get all the tips I shared.
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Hope you are enjoying a relaxing weekend. Sometimes, it’s a bit of catching up on things isn’t it? Today, I’m sharing with you a card using the beautiful Touched My Heart stamp set.
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I’ve been creating a few cards with the Touched my Heart stamp set lately and love the beautiful flourish style, leaf images in it. Yesterday, I created a couple of cards using this stamp set in my Online Workshop. You can view the video in my Online Workshop and Events Group. I also have a special ordering special available until Tuesday 21st July so you don’t want to miss out on that!
I started of by creating the Colour Blocking technique on a piece of Shimmery White cardstock.
Colour Block Technique
Apply Crumb Cake ink pad directly to the bottom of Clear Block
Apply Cinnamon Cider ink pad directly to the centre of Clear Block (wipe off any that may have applied to the top)
Turn block so the top is now at the bottom. This will help you you to apply the Real Red on the top 1/3 of the Clear Block.
Keep the Clear Block flat on your desk or hold it flat. Then spritz with water using a spritzer.
Take Clear Block and apply directly to chosen cardstock.
I heat embossed the leaf in White Embossing Powder and then added some extra leaves in Cinnamon Cider. This is such a beautiful colour combination which has been inspired by the Colour Inkspiration Challenge CI81.
I was inspired by our CEO Sara Douglas who showed us some fun techniques with our Embossing Paste in her FB live last week. It’s been a while since I’ve had fun with Embossing Pastes so I thought I’d get into it.
Here I’ve added a drop of Real Red ink refill to the embossing paste and applied it through the mask to create a background.
Several ribbons combine to embellish this card. I separated the cheese cloth style ribbon from the Forever Greenery Trim to create the strands in my cluster of ribbon trim.
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Today is Best Friend’s Day and I created a card inspired by the colour combination at Colour Inkspiration Challenges for it. Gray Granite is such a lovely neutral shade and combined with Blushing Bride and Early Espresso it really is a beautiful combination.
I added a die cut layer from the Many Medallion dies in Gray Granite onto my Gray Granite card base.
Layering in the same colour adds depth to a project. Don’t you just love the detail in the die? You need to run the die a couple of times through your die cutting machine to make sure all the little bits come out of the cut out piece. Using the Die Brush Tip from the Take Your Pick Tool makes life so much easier.
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Easter is next week and for my first time playing along with the Colour Inkspiration challenge I wanted to make an Easter card. Our colour palette this week is Night of Navy, Whisper White, Basic Gray and Mango Melody which is inspired by the photo below.
I’ve used the Welcome Easter stamp set and combined it with the flower and leaves from the To a Wild Rose bundle. This is the first time I’m using both these stamp sets.
I created the background panel by stamping the second flower image from the To a Wild Rose stamp set right around the border. This is a really fun way to use your stamps and create interesting backgrounds.
For the label I used a mask and Pigment Sprinkles. While holding the mask in place, I used an Aqua Painter to spread water around the open areas of the mask. Then I sprinkled the Mango Melody Pigment Sprinkles, helping it along with the Aqua Painter. I dabbed the excess off with a tissues (because I was impatient!). If you have time, leave it to dry by itself. A second label was die cut from Basic Gray cardstock and cut in half to layer behind the Pigment Sprinkle label.
I tied in the background stamping by adding a separate die cut flower as the focal point, along with a fussy cut bunny with her cute flower in her ear.
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Measurements:
Basic Gray – 21cm x 14.8cm (folded in half), 9.5cm x 7.5cm (label)
Whisper White – 14.2cm x 9.9cm, 7cm x 7cm (flower), 18cm x 6.5cm (leaves), scrap (bunny)
Night of Navy – 11.5cm x 8cm (rectangle 11cm x 7.5cm)
Shimmery White – 9.5cm x 7.5cm
Basic Black – scrap (sentiment)
Country Club DSP – 10.5cm x 7cm (rectangle 10cm x 6.5cm)
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