Star of Light on Textured Watercolour Paper

This card is another product of failure (the same failure that I mentioned last Friday!).  There was a light coating of Melon Mambo and Pacific Point ink on my Marbled background stamp so I spritzed it with water and pressed it down onto a piece of watercolour paper.

I was quite disappointed with the result - there was a very light print at one end from the Melon Mambo ink but half of the piece looked unaltered.

A simple Christmas card produced from a failed watercolour background!

Nevertheless, once the piece was dry, I sponged with Pacific Point ink and thought it would be a suitable background for a Christmas star.  So I cut some Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper with a die from the Starlight Thinlits and adhered it to the front.  I stamped a greeting from the matching Star of Light stamp set and cut it out with one of the Lots of Labels framelits.  I then trimmed it down and added some silver stars from the Metallic Enamel Shapes.  I added a Glitter Shape to the centre of the star.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest: Susan Wong

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Susan Wong and her work

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Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Susan Wong from Auckland, New Zealand - we are thrilled to have Susan join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her . 
 

Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop.

Although I'm not a scrapbooker, I have chosen one of Susan's gorgeous memory keeping projects to CASE .... but I've made it into a 5.5" square card.

A great layout can be put to any purpose and using pieces of printed paper makes for a very quick and easy card!

To a base card of Whisper White Thick cardstock, I've added a variety of offcuts from the Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper and the Fresh Florals paper stack.

The rectangular focal is a piece that was already sitting on my desk - I made it to use some excess Embossing Paste that I had coloured with Tranquil Tide ink for this card.

The large flower is made from Peekaboo Peach and Calypso Coral cardstock.  The three smaller flowers are made using this method but with Calypso Coral ink.

Embossing paste provides such great depth and textural contrast

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments. 

Thanks for following our blog hop. Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out of seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration they contain.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List

Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Bundle

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Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper

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Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack

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Embossing Paste

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Metal Rimmed Pearls

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Flirty Flowers on Glossy Watercolour

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights.  Click here to see all the great entries and vote for your favourites.

I managed to tear myself away from the Embossing Paste long enough to  play with some ink and glossy paper again.  There was some Pacific Point and Melon Mambo ink on my craft mat after a (failed) attempt at a technique that's new to me.  So, I spritzed the craft mat with water and grabbed some pieces of Glossy Paper to smoosh in the puddles.  Waste not, want not!  I'm still thinking about what to do with my failure (other than introducing it to the bin!)

A black silhouette is very effective against a watercolour background

This was the smallest piece and when it was dry I stamped the image with Basic Black ink.

I stamped the greeting with Pacific Point ink onto Whisper White cardstock and cut it out with one of the Stitched Shapes dies, layering it onto a scalloped circle of Pacific Point that was cut with one of the Layering Circles. 

Lastly, I added a bow and tails of Fresh Fig Sheer Ribbon.

Thank you for your visit.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Flirty Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Hello Friend Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Pacific Point A4 Card Stock

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Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[126951]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon

[144174]

Cardfront Builder with Embossing Paste

Continuing my quest to attack everything that doesn't breath with Embossing Paste!  I started out by making stencils with the dies in the Cardfront Builder set (which matches the Carols of Christmas stamp set - available as a bundle to save 10%).  These products will be available from 1st August as an early release from the Holiday Catalogue (due later this year).

My first Christmas card for the year!  It features stencils I made with the Cardfront Builder dies
and Embossing paste

I then placed the moon and stars stencil onto a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock and used a small amount of Embossing Paste straight from the pot.

When that embossing was dry, I positioned the two tree stencils and used Embossing Paste that I had coloured with a drop of Tranquil Tide ink.  Once that layer was dry, I went back to using the paste direct from the pot to add snow to the trees and foreground.  While it was still wet, I sprinkled it with some Dazzling Diamonds which sparkles nicely - although I didn't manage to capture it with my photography.

I have mislaid my stamp set (!!!) so I cut out the deer and watercoloured her.  I stamped the greeting with Tranquil Tide ink and then added a layer of Wink of Stella to the word "sparkle", although it doesn't show in my photographs.

The trees have quite a bit of depth to them!

Thank you for your visit.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Embossing Paste

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Window Sheets

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Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

[144085]

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[144091]

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

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Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

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Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

[133751]

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[126978]

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

Mediterranean Pattern Party

One of our good friends, my husband's golf buddy, is having a birthday this week and is also preparing for a major European holiday.  So I decided to include a Mediterranean element in his birthday card!

Mediterranean themed masculine birthday card

I added a drop of Smoky Slate ink to some embossing paste and made the background with some Basic Gray cardstock and one of the Pattern Party masks.

The image from Mediterranean Moments was stamped with Basic Black ink and watercoloured before I cut it out with one of the Stitched Shapes framelits and layered it onto Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla panels.

The greeting is from Butterfly Basics .  The foliage was left over from another card and found its home here!  I stamped the image from Oh So Eclectic in Basic Gray ink onto Smoky Slate cardstock and cut them out with the matching die in the Eclectic Layers Thinlits (buy as a bundle to save 10%).

I made a mask with window sheet and die from Eclectic Layers to use on
the flower with Embossing Paste coloured with Smoky Slate ink

The flower in the corner inside the card was also left over from another card!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Mediterranean Moments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Bundle

[145356]

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

[141706]

Embossing Paste

[141979]

Pattern Party Decorative Masks

[144103]

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[126983]

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[144086]

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[126953]

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[131179]

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

[141398]

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[126978]

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[126966]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]