September Stampers’ Club
Posted: September 25, 2007 Filed under: Serene Sunflowers, With Gratitude Leave a comment
Tonight at Stampers’ club we used the Sunflowers that I have been enjoying playing around with lately. I tried several techniques for creating a watercolour effect with the sunflowers. One was spraying the watercolour paper first and then stamping on it. Alternatively I stamped the sunflowers and then sprayed the paper afterwards. You can also ink the stamps and then spray them before stamping them. Unfortunately I can’t remember which technique I used here!? I think it was spray the paper first stamp after, but you may as well try each technique yourself. I added the dots to the paper with a Stampin’ marker.
Supplies:
Stamps: Serene Sunflowers, With Gratitude
Inks: Ruby Red, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke, Burgandy and Artichoke Stampin’ markers
Cardstock: Ruby Red, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke, Naturals White, Watercolour paper
Also: Antique Brass brads
For the other card I started with half an 8½x11 piece of vanilla cardstock and randomly stamped leaves all over it in Basic Black ink. Then I coloured with watercolour pencils in a range of colours which would match the earth elements cardstock. I added some leaves in earth elements inks, stamping several times before re-inking to get the variety of shades. At this point I showed my samples but encouraged everyone to cut whatever size and shape they wanted out of the leaf sheet and matte it to make their own card. I had twill tape on hand to add and the THANKS greeting. There was a little bit of complaining about having to design their own cards, but as usual they did a beautiful job.
Supplies:
Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, With Gratitude
Inks: Basic Black, Close to Cocoa, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Ruby Red, Summer Sun
Also: Twill Tape
Supplies:
Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, With Gratitude
Inks: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Also: Twill Tape
Sunflowers
Posted: September 22, 2007 Filed under: Serene Sunflowers 1 Comment
This was another one from the party the other night. When I first saw this set in the catalogue a few years ago I was inspired by the samples they had stamped. To show off the set someone had created attractive lables for kitchen canisters. I ordered the set. I have never been really happy with my sunflower creations until last weekend when I spent some time playing with the set again.
Supplies:
Stamps: Serene Sunflowers
Inks: Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Summer Sun, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke, Naturals white
Also: Burgandy ribbon
Falling leaves
Posted: September 18, 2007 Filed under: With Gratitude Leave a comment
The fall colours are starting to appear outside, so they are appearing here too. I have a stamping party for a good friend tonight and this one is the make and take. I will try and post the others soon also.
Supplies:
Stamps: With Gratitude, Fundumental Phrases
Inks: Always Artichoke, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Really Rust
Cardstock: True Thyme( I thought I picked up Artichoke but it was Thyme from last years In Colours by mistake), Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Really Rust
Also: Twill Tape, Hodgepodge Hardware
Watering the grass
Posted: September 15, 2007 Filed under: Garden silhouettes 1 Comment
Yet another green card using the Garden Silhouettes. First I embossed the grass with clear e.p. on watercolour paper and then stamped same stamp in several different colours . I sprayed it with a mist of water to blur the images and when that had dried stamped the same stamp a couple more times. A little sponging in green completed the soft effect .
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Garden green, Wild Wasabi, Not quite Navy, Versamark
Cardstock: Garden green, Wild Wasabi, Not quite Navy, Watercolour paper, Whisper white, Vellum
Also: Clear e.p.
Green grasses
Posted: September 10, 2007 Filed under: Garden silhouettes Leave a comment
Can you tell I’m having fun with the Garden Silhouettes hostess set? The images are simple but very versatile.
Supplies:
Stamps: Canvas, Garden Silhouettes, Speckled Roller
Inks: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla, Soft Sky
Also: Twill tape
Queen Anne’s Lace
Posted: September 9, 2007 Filed under: Garden silhouettes 2 Comments
Queen Anne’s Lace is such a pretty plant and the stamp from Garden Silhouettes makes a very delicate image. I embossed the white images first and then sponged and stamped in the other colours. I also brushed the stamp pad across the base card to help create the illusion of wind blowing the plants.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: River Rock, Garden Green, Mellow Moss, Versamark
Cardstock: River Rock, Garden Green, Mellow Moss, Whisper White
Circles and stripes
Posted: September 8, 2007 Filed under: All Through the Year Leave a comment
I did not have a plan for this card when I started I just knew I wanted the dry embossed circles and some of the designer paper. I played around with it for a while before I settled on the stripes of patterns.
Supplies:
Stamps: Short and Sweet, All Through the Year
Inks: Tempting Turquoise
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Pretty in Pink, White, Petals & Paisley D.P.
Also: Seeing Spots Classy Brass Template, Pink Grosgrain Ribbon
Butterfly Breeze
Posted: September 3, 2007 Filed under: Garden Whimsy Leave a comment
Here is another 3D butterfly card. This time there is a card stock layer then a cardstock and a vellum butterfly stuck on top with sticky strip. I’m not that keen on this colour scheme but I might modify it and make the card again.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy, Whimsy wheel
Inks: River Rock, Real Red
Cardstock: River Rock, Real Red, Vanilla, Soft Sky, Vellum
Also: Red gingham ribbon, red brads
Pink and whimsical
Posted: August 27, 2007 Filed under: Garden Whimsy 2 Comments
The polka dot paper from Petals & Paisley paper makes the perfect background for a sweet “girl” card. Both the wings of the butterfly and the beetle are stamped on vellum and then attached with sticky strip to give the 3D effect.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy
Inks: Old Olive, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate, Whisper white, Pretty in Pink, Petals & Paisley designer paper
Also: Vellum, Pink gingham ribbon
Celery quilt
Posted: August 23, 2007 Filed under: Garden silhouettes, Polka dots & Paisley 2 Comments
I made this card using the Certainly Celery pack from the new single colour sets of Designer paper from Stampin’ Up. The frustrating thing about this paper is that in most cards you can’t see the two beautiful sides. This quilt inspired design is my answer to that problem. I cut one square into strips and then proceeded to glue them down but of course it was near impossible to get them perfectly square so I squared them off like a quilter would after they were glued.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Polka dots And Paisley
Inks: Certainly Celery, Versamark
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Whisper white, Celery Designer paper
Also: Celery grosgrain ribbon, White e.p.
