Humming Along Watercolour on Mango Melody

It's been a while since I did any watercolouring so I sat down for a quiet morning in my craft room.

Humming Along hibiscus flower watercoloured on Mango Melody cardstock

The base card is Basic Gray and the layers are Granny Apple Green and Mango Melody

The flower was stamped with Petal Pink onto the Mango piece and then watercoloured with Mango Melody, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Lemon Lime Twist with a few Whisper White highlights at the end.

I also added a little shading to the die cut leaves with Lemon Lime Twist ink.

The greeting is white heat embossed and cut with one of the Stitched Rectangle dies.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All supplies available for purchase in my online store

Humming Along Cling Stamp Set

$34.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

$61.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$58.00

Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies

$59.00

Gray Granite 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Textured Weave Ribbon

$13.00

Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack

$0.00

Versamark Pad

$15.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Heat Tool

$50.00

Delightfully Detailed Butterfly Gala Trio

Three quick and easy cards with butterflies and Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut paper!

Three quick and easy cards featuring the Butterfly Gala Bundle and Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut paper

The first one has a base of Night of Navy and a layer of Soft Sea Foam underneath the Delightfully Detailed paper.  I stamped the butterfly image onto Window Sheet with Stazon ink, and coloured the other side of the butterfly with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers before punching out with the coordinating punch in the bundle (save 10% by buying the stamp set and punch as a bundle).

Finishing touches are the Basic Adhesive Backed Sequins and Faceted Dots.

Stamp with Stazon ink onto Window Sheet for a transparent butterfly

The next card has a Mint Macaron base with a layer of Petal Pink under the Delightfully Detailed paper.  I stamped and coloured the butterfly as above but this time I also punched the butterfly shape from a piece of vellum and placed it under the coloured butterfly. 

For a bit of bling, I used Glitter Enamel Dots and Faceted Dots.

I love this soft colour combination: Mint Macaron and Petal Pink

The last card is slightly different.  To the Thick Whisper White base card, I added layers of Lemon Lime Twist and Gorgeous Grape.

I then used Pool Party and Highland Heather inks to sponge a piece of Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper (FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a produce purchase of $90), and place a piece of Delightfully Detailed paper on top.

I then used the Butterfly Duet Punch from the bundle to punch out a variety of butterflies from other pieces of the Botanical Butterfly paper - I love how Stampin' Up! products coordinate so well!

A piece of designer series paper altered by sponging with ink

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Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All supplies used are available for purchase in my online store

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle

$61.00

Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper

$24.25

Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper

$0.00

Window Sheets

$8.75

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

$15.75

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

$59.00

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Shaded Spruce Light Stampin' Blends

$7.75

Lovely Lipstick Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

First Frost in Blueberry Bushel

In September, the Ink It! Stamp It! International Design Team will have as our theme, projects inspired by home decor (thank you, Carolina Evans for setting such a great topic!).  I'm so excited that I just can't wait that long!

This card was inspired by a picture from a store catalogue that didn't quite fit into my post box.

This card was inspired by a department store catalogue.  First Frost with Blueberry Bushel ink

I started out with a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock and roughly brayered it with some Blueberry Bushel ink.  Usually I end up with streaky brayering accidentally but this time it was what I wanted - very liberating!

I then lightly spritzed with water and then immediately with a mix of Blueberry Bushel ink and water.

Once the piece had dried, I stamped a variety of the First Frost images with Blueberry Bushel ink - some of them a couple of times without reinking to obtain lighter images. I did a little bit of masking on the roses so that they overlapped and had stems.

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the greeting with Blueberry Bushel ink so that I could increase the intensity of the colour.

Then I simply layered the piece onto Balmy Blue cardstock before adhering to the Blueberry Bushel base card and added a few Basic Adhesive Backed Sequins.

This was my inspiration piece - putting those store catalogues to good use!

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All supplies available for purchase in my online store

First Frost Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50

Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

$12.25

Stampin' Spritzer

$5.00

Butterfly Gala on Floral Frame

The beautiful opalenscence of the paper and the iridescence of the Grapefruit Grove Foil sadly
don't show up in my photo

For this card I gold heat embossed the butterflies onto Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet and coloured them in places with a Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blend alcohol marker before punching them out with the coordinating punch.  I gave the large butterfly some antenna with a bit of black thread and all the wings are popped up on Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.

The butterflies are sitting on Mint Macaron cut with one of the Stitched Shapes square dies; Tranquil Tide cut with one of the Floral Frames framelits (followed up with the use of the embossing mat) and a Stitched Shapes circle cut from Petal Pink.

The greeting is stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink onto the Petal Pink cardstock and layered with Mint Macaron cardstock - both layers cut with dies from the Frosted Bouquet framelits.

The beautiful iridescent foil (Grapefruit Grove and Lovely Lipstick in the pack) is FREE with a purchase of $90 during Sale-A-Bration which ends on 31 March.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All supplies available for purchase in my online store

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle

$61.00

Foliage Frame Framelits Dies

$47.00

Frosted Bouquet Framelits Dies

$57.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$50.00

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

$47.00

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Petal Pink A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

$0.00

Versamark Pad

$15.75

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

$6.00