Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - March 2016 - Blended Bloom

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Allison Okamitsu - we are thrilled that Allison said yes to playing along with us this month!

This month we are excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by Allison and we hope you find great inspiration from the projects.

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.

The card I cased

This is the card I eventually chose to CASE.  I found so much inspiration on Allison's blog that it was difficult for me to narrow it down!  I really liked the idea of using a vellum die cut sunburst to add an additional subtle layer of interest to a card.  In the case of my card, it also served to tone down the pattern on the DSP I used for my background.

I love the vellum sunburst

Click on the image of Allison's card to link to her blog.

I used the same concept with the vellum and similar layout to highlight a Blended Bloom that I had been watercolouring.

I stamped the banner from the Bloomin' Love set in Basic Black and added a Teeny Tiny Sentiment in Rose Red.

I trimmed the vellum sunburst to the same size as the DSP layer and adhered that to a Basic Black layer before adding it to the front of the Rose Red card.

I stamped the Blended Bloom onto Shimmery White cardstock with Rose Red ink.  My first step was to colour in the stamens with a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker, so that I didn't "lose" them!

The first layer of petals is complete

Working one petal at a time (making sure any adjacent petals were dry), I watercoloured the flower with Rose Red and Elegant Eggplant inks.  I used the purple to add the deep shadows.  For the highlights, I left the white of the cardstock showing.

I like to use ink from the refill bottles (I just squeeze a few drops into the lid of the relevant stamp pad) so that I can more easily control my ink/water mix - which affects the depth of colour I add.

I painted the centre of the flower with Gold Wink of Stella and added a few dabs to the stamens for highlights.


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

Thanks for taking part in 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.

'Til next time.
Stephanie


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Product List

Blended Bloom Wood-Mount Stamp Set

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Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper

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White Vellum A4 Card Stock

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Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

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Rose Red A4 Card Stock

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Rose Red Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

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Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

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Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

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Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Large Numbers Framelits Dies

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Bloomin' Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Many Marvelous Markers

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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A Grateful Bunch of What I Love

The Wink of Stella doesn't show up well in the photo but in reality it adds a very pretty element to the card

This bright and cheery card features the Grateful Bunch bundle and also one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets called What I Love.

The What I Love set is FREE until 31st March with any purchase of $90 and is a three part stamp. However, on this card I chose to only use one of the images (the other two add shading and depth).

I stamped the image three times onto a piece of vellum with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Then I added the greeting from Another Thank You in a similar way.

I put adhesive around the edges of the vellum and stuck it to the front of my Calypso Coral card.  Then I hid the adhesive (that shows through the vellum) with some Calypso Coral ribbon from my stash (now retired sadly).

I stamped the images from Grateful Bunch in Versamark on Calypso Coral cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I punched out the smaller flowers with the matching Blossom Bunch Punch and hand cut the larger flower.  I also white heat embossed a flower from the What I Love set and cut it out.

I assembled and adhered all the flowers to the front of the card and then added Gold Wink of Stella to the centre of one flower and Rhinestone Jewels to the others.  All the flowers received a coating of Clear Wink of Stella - even the vellum ones.

Thanks for visiting!

'Til next time
Stephanie

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