Cherry Tree Fairy

I made this birthday card for one of my nieces.  It uses another of the images from the Fairy Celebration stamp set.

The card is made from an A5 piece of Peekaboo Peach cardstock, layered with Soft Suede cardstock and a variety of paper from the In-Colour DSP stack.  I used a lot of dimensionals!

The greeting is from the Build a Birthday stamp set and is stamped in Basic Black onto Flirty Flamingo cardstock.  I made the banner ends with the Triple Banner Punch.

In-colour Enamel Shapes add the final touch

I stamped the image in Basic Black onto Shimmery White Cardstock and watercoloured it using Peekaboo Peach, Flirty flamingo, Rose Red, blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, Delightful Dijon, Wild Wasabi and Garden Green inks.

It's a shame it doesn't show up in the photograph but there is a coat of Clear Wink of Stella on the wings so that they shimmer.

I used a lot of dimensionals!

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time!

Stephanie

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Fairy Celebration Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Build A Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set

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2015-2017 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack

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Banner Triple Punch

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Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

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Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock

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Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

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Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

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Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

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Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

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Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

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Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

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Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

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Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

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Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad

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Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

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2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes

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Botanical Blooms and banners

It's a Friday, so it must be time for the Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlights!  Do go over and have a look at all the entries - there are a lot talented Crazy Crafters so it's worth the look!  Just click on the image to the left to link to the highlights.

If you visit between 6.30pm on Friday 15 April and 6pm on Friday 21 April, you'll be able to vote for your favourite projects.

Botanical Builder thinlits create such a quick and easy wow factor!

Lack of time forced me to keep it simple this week but I'm quite pleased with the result.

I do love the Botanical Builder thinlits - they come to my rescue so much!  Perfect for creating a bit of a wow accent with no stamping involved!  I added a Rhinestone Jewel to the centre of one of the In-Colour Blossom Accents and then placed it into the centre of the large flower.

I used the Banner Triple Punch to trim the ends of the strips - such a quick and easy way to make banners with as many layers as you like!

The card is made with English Garden Designer Series Paper and the cardstock colours are: Soft Suede, Night of Navy and Crumb Cake.

Thanks for visiting - remember to look at the other projects in the highlight.

'Til next time
Stephanie

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Product List

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

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English Garden Designer Series Paper

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Banner Triple Punch

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2015-2017 In Color Blossom Accents

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Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

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Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

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Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

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Acrylic Block Stamping - Watercolour backgrounds

In my classes we'll be stamping a watercolour background with an acrylic block.  This is one of the samples I've made for that class.

We'll also be thinking about layering during these classes
Serene Silhouettes stamp set & Botanical Gardens DSP

One of the joys (and sometimes frustrations) of this technique is that it comes out different every time!  I find it useful to have handy a tissue (to mop up excess ink/water) and a paintbrush that I can use to "help" the ink behave well.  I also have a heat tool close by so that when I'm ready, I can quickly dry the piece and stop any further blending of the ink.

It's great fun to try different inks and "loading patterns" and see what happens.  To preserve the integrity of my ink pads, I prefer to add the ink from lightest to darkest.  If I'm using 3 (or more) colours, I use a tissue to wipe away ink from the area where I want to add the next ink.

It's also worth testing different cardstock/papers to see which gives you the effect you want.  I tried out watercolour paper, Whisper White cardstock and Shimmery White cardstock and found the Shimmery White was the one that I kept going back to this time.

It's hard to stop at just one with this technique!  Here are some variations I made:

Serene Silhouettes stamp set, Bohemian Designer Series Paper

Wetlands stamp set, Wildflower Fields DSP (A FREE Sale-A-Bration product)

Guy Greetings stamp set, Bohemian DSP

Guy Greetings stamp set, Perfectly Artistic DSP (Free Sale-A-Bration product - limited time only)

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'Til next time
Stephanie

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Birthday Blossoms #GDP008

Birthday Blossoms

This week I have entered into the Global Design Group Challenge -GDP008 which calls for us to CASE a beautiful card designed by Kylie Bertucci.

Click on the picture to see all the beautiful entries to this challenge or enter yourself

I also entered the card into the Just Keep On Creating link up for November - anything goes

Click on the image to see all the other entries or enter yourself

 This is the card that I have made using the Birthday Blossoms stamp set.  The colours are So Saffron and Chocolate Chip with Whisper White

Birthday Blossoms for my entry to GDP008

 I stamped the background layer with the small flowers using So Saffron ink, stamped off first.  The flowers are stamped with Chocolate Chip onto So Saffron and watercoloured a little with Chocolate Chip.  The large flowers are punched out with the matching Pansy Punch.  The circular label is stamped with Chocolate Chip and sponged with So Saffron and Chocolate Chip.

I enjoyed making it so much that I decided to make some similar ones!

Until next time.

Masculine version using Guy Greetings Stamp Set

This one is Basic Grey & Soft Sky

Elegant Eggplant and Pink Pirouette

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