Blissful blossoms
Posted: January 18, 2019 Filed under: blissful blossoms, royal swirl | Tags: Penny Black creative dies, Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress inks 14 Comments
It is hard to believe I haven’t inked this pretty stamp before now. I made up for it by repeat stamping on a large panel to make into a set of cards. I put the 10″x 7″ hot pressed watercolour panel in my stamp positioning tool and ended up stamping PB ‘blissful blossoms’ four times.
Each time I stamped I followed the same order. First I inked the whole stamp in scattered straw distress ink and dabbed some wild honey and abandoned coral ink here and there on the flowers, spritzed it with water. After stamping I cleaned the stamp, then inked all the stems and leaves in peeled paint ink, spritzed and stamped again. I kept partially inking with markers, spritzing and stamping until the flowers were well coloured. Before moving the panel and stamp to do another print I blended over the stamping with a paint brush and water.
I repeated the process three more times to fill the panel. I was able to orient the stamp so the stems and flowers filled the space and looked like one big patterned panel.
Once the panel was done I had to decide how to divide it for different designs. I could have done four of the same card but no, I wanted to come up with a few options. I pulled out a pretty PB die, a PB sentiment set and some green cardstock to create a set of five cards.
The decorative die does not cut right across, it cuts out the scroll work but scores either side for folding. On several of the cards I cut on the score line for a border instead of a fold.
By double matting and popping up the panel even the last scrap became a card. All the sentiments are from the handy dandy ‘happy snippets’ set.
Supplies
Stamps: blissful blossoms, happy snippets (PB)
Dies: pop on a fold -royal swirl (PB)
Inks: scattered straw, dried marigold, abandoned coral, peeled paint, versamark, shady line versafine clair
Markers: peeled paint, dried marigold, abandoned coral, ground espresso
Cardstock: hot pressed watercolour, neenah cream, olive green
Also: Stamp positioner, white embossing powder, linen twine
Heather Telford 
Simply gorgeous cards! Thank you for the inspiration!
SO pretty – and a good use of all your original panel – you wouldn’t want to waste any of that beautiful stamping!! Makes me long for Spring – but with snow expected this weekend, your cards will have to do (though winter does have a beauty all its own).
Wow that is gorgeous, love all the different way you use that panel
What a clever and inspiring way to use this stamp. I appreciate the details you give us on the use of colors. Thank you!
You created a piece that looks like printed designer paper! It’s just lovely and I really like all the cards you created with it!
These are gorgeous!
Just beautiful, Is the flower stamp a new one from PB?
What a pretty collection of cards from one mother panel.The colours you have used are beautiful, and the clever use of the die is inspiring.Thank you Heather.
What a great idea to cover a large sheet of card with these pretty flowers Heather, and then use it to make five fabulous cards with the added flourishy die cut, and the lines of string on the first which works well too. The colours are so pretty too and love the contrast with the dark green card. x
Just lovely, Heather! I bet they are even prettier in person! Thanks for the explanation on that inking technique. ;))
Gorgeous cards, Heather. Maybe a class incorporating this technique?
WOWZERS Gorgeous stamping!
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Absolutely beautiful!!!