Gingham Gala - Soft Sea Foam Trio

Hello Hello Crafty Friends

How was your weekend? Mine was filled with crafty fun and amazing friends. I have been holding a set of workshops with 23 of my fellow demonstrators, where we have been creating a Techniques Binder with 60 techniques and samples.

I love gathering with my crafty friends - its the highlight of my month and totally worth the long commute times. I look forward to every month and will be sad when February's class is done as this is the last of six workshops.

I shared the splattered technique used in one of today's cards with the ladies at the workshop and they loved it.

My set of cards today were inspired by the three coloured Blends you see at the bottom of the photo - Highland Heather, Smoky Slate and Soft Sea Foam and the little trick I shared with my fellow Stampin' sisters at the workshop - adding flicks of colour with markers.

The first card was inspired by Stampin' Up! Artisan Susan Wong. I just adore Susan's style and find it so hard to get that kind of card to work well for me. The card front has been completely screwed up with the edges torn and corners rolled and turned - I love how Susan rolls the edges for something different, I think it gives the cards a feeling of "loved" and cherished.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Smoky Slate, Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White & Black Card Stock, Botanical Butterfly DSP, Tea Together Stamp Set. 

The next card has been silver heat embossed with the smaller of the two Butterfly images from the Butterfly Gala directly onto the dotty DSP. The black floral frame panel behind the striped DSP has been created with the Lovely Flowers Edgelit Dies. A few Soft Sea Foam die cut leaves have been added under the panel and the sentiment. To finish the card I added a punched Butterfly that was lightly coloured with Soft Sea Foam Blends.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Silver Emboss Powder, Lovely Flowers Edgelit Dies,  Botanical Butterfly DSP, Black, Soft Sea Foam, Smoky Slate, Whisper White Card Stock, 

The final card was inspired by an elaborate scrapbook layout I spotted on Pinterest. I just love the splatters which is odd as I am normally attracted to clean and simple cards with loads of white space and structural lines.

You possibly cant see it, but under all those splatters is the starting point of this cards creation - the Air Mail Background stamp.

Supplies: Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, Airmail Stamp Set, Botanical Butterfly DSP, Tea Together Stamp Set, Smoky Slate, Whisper White & Soft Sea Foam Card Stock, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends, Black Stampin' Write Marker, Foam Strips.

The splatters are achieved using a Black Stampin' Write Marker, taking the brush end and flicking it against the Marker lid.  The butterfly images from the Botanical Butterfly DSP,  have been fussy cut, lightly coloured using Highland Heather Stampin' Blends both dark and light. The stamped flowers are from the Tea Together stamp set. Each flower has a raised fussy cut inner that has been raised on the bottom with Foam Strips.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time, stay crafty and stay awesome