Stampin' with Flower Patch and Wherever You Go

Hi All

I am sharing with you today a couple of cards using the Flower Patch and Wherever You Go sets from Stampin' Up! 

From my last post, I was inspired by my sister's wedding bouquet and loved the effect so much I created some more using the Flower Fair dies.

I used the Layering Circles die to emboss the base card before stamping and decorating with the flowers. Sentiments used are from Wetlands and Thankful Thoughts.

I used daubers and cotton buds to colour the inside of the flowers then finishing off with the pearls and gold metallic thread.

I was very pleased with these cards and surprised how the vanilla base card made the flowers pop even more.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like the cards. Contact us if you have any questions regarding the products used which are available on our Online Store.

Jay

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CAS Colours & Sketches #185

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I am super excited to announce that I have been invited to be the Guest Designer for August at CAS Colours & Sketches. It is a weekly challenge blog which starts on Thursday and winners are announced on Monday. It's a great source for inspirations so check out the challenges and join in.

Here is my design for challenge #185

I used White Stampin' Powder to heat embossed a flower from the Falling Flowers set - having the raised outlines made watercolouring with the Aqua Painters and Stampin' Markers so much easier.

Once I was happy with the flower, I used copy paper to mask it and stamped Gorgeous Grunge twice in Dapper Denim. The flourish from Falling Flowers was achieved by using the marker to stamp and 2nd generation stamping techniques.

The flower and splatters were then coated with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter. The sentiment from Thankful Thoughts and was also heat embossed.

Check out the rest of the design team's cards and join in the fun at CC&S#185

Thank you for stopping by

Jay

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Stampin' with Awesomely Artistic

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Today I am sharing a tag on a card using the Awesomely Artistic stamp set. I have combined a couple of challenges for inspiration as we have so many crafty products that sometimes it can be too overwhelming so it's great to look at challenges to get started.

Firstly, I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches #177. I also looked at Global Design Project GDP#040 - Case The Designer, for the floral inspiration. The final element came from Can You Case It? CYCI#124, use watercolour and add a sentiment.

I liked how the 2016-2018 In Colours worked together with previous projects so I used them here again, applied with the Aqua Painters before adding the sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set.

Barry has recently been playing with texture paste and I used the scraps with the Pansy Punch. Some of the crackles came off the edges but I quite like the effect it has given the flower after colouring it with Emerald Envy.

Hope you like the card and thanks for stopping by. Check out the challenge blogs that I am entering this card to and join in the fun.

Jay

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