Beautiful You & Med Moments

Today I have another card using the wonderful Beautiful You stamp. This time I mixed up it with the Mediterranean Moments stamp set - both available from the Stampin'Up! Occasions 2017 Catalogue.

 

The card front has been embossed using the Happy Hearts Embossing Folder. Both Beautiful You & Med Moments were stamped using Archival Black ink and then coloured using White Craft Ink and an Aqua Painter.

The hearts and love You Lots sentiments are from the lovenotes bundle as is the little arrows on the card front. 

 

I have used Sahara Sand, Black and Whisper White card stock.

 

Bokeh Effect

One of the sponging effects I adore for soft backgrounds is the Bokeh technique.

 

Aren't they just stunning! They are reasonably easy to make - just a little inky.  Just take some white card stock, sponge randomly in a few chosen colours, then using different sized circle stencils sponge in white. I didn't have a stencil so just cut a few different sized circles using Dies and Punches on Cardstock and used that as my stencil.

I used Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Marina Mist Inks and sponged randomly before applying White Craft Ink using the circle stencil. The Mediterranean Moments stamp was inked in Black Archival and coloured using the Water Colour Pencils. The Happy Birthday sentiment was heat embossed in white. Black Card Stock was used to matt before adhering to Pool Party card front.

 

When sponging I often use the same three colours - Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo. They blend well together and is a bright and impactful colour scheme.  The card below is an example of this colour combo.

 

Pineapples!! I love them! Raw and on Pizza!! When I lived in Queensland we drove a Motorhome from the Sunshine Coast upto Airlie Beach and saw many Pineapple Planations, Banana Fields and Sugar Cane Crops. The Pineapples were the sweetest, freshest and cheapest I have had the pleasure of experiencing. Whenever I see Pineapples it reminds me of this fun trip and the memories.

 

Using the same technique - laying colours down with sponges then applying circles in White Craft Ink, I then just placed it directly onto a black card front, heat embossed the sentiment in white and attached the die cut Tee using a dimensional. The Tee was made using the Custom Tee Bundle and the Pineapple from the Pop of Paradise stamp set. 

Hope my cards have inspired you to get into your crafty space and try the Bokeh effect on some of your card fronts. 

Happy Crafting xx

Mediterranean Moments & Beautiful You

Good Day Crafty Friends,

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE The Mediterranean Moments stamp set, it was inspired by a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Million Sales Achiever - Susan Nygaard. The stunning set consists of four rubber scenery stamps depicting beautiful street scenes and is available in the 2017 Occasions catalogue.

 

I couldn't wait to get this set and I wasn't disappointed! Plus the new Stampin' Up! Water Colour Pencils made it so easy to colour, I can see me needing a new pack soon as I can't stop using them. I masked the lady from the Beautiful You stamp set and then stamped over her with the largest stamp from Mediterranean Moments. 

 

Love the scooter parked out the front! 

 

The café scene is just adorable and not to mention makes a quick and easy card - die cut using circle framelits with a scalloped border die from the same set, a delicate white doily behind it, placed on a base of Sahara Sand cardstock put through the Big Shot with the Brick Wall TEIF.

The scooter stamp looks amazing stamped and coloured in white craft ink - my favie so far. Two strips of black card stock were glued to the Sahara Sand cardstock and then I ran it through the Big Shot using the amazing Hexagons Dynamic Embossing Folder. This card is in an envelope as we speak and hopefully about to hit my lovely friends letterbox sometime soon. She and her Hubby are going on a three month trip to Europe for her sisters wedding. I love being able to make cards that are relevant to the events in my life and show the person receiving the card that I was thinking of them when I made it.

Hope my cards inspire you to get into your craft space and create something you love for someone you love. 

Happy Crafting xx

Beautiful You

Welcome and Thank You for taking the time to visit my blog. Today, I would like to share two things, firstly my newly discovered love for water colouring with white craft ink, and second, the new Beautiful You Stamp Set - available in the Stampin' Up! 2017 Occasions Catalogue.

I adore the movement portrayed in this stamp, and I think she looks stunning coloured in white craft ink. I have also used the Sale-a-bration free stamp sets - Delicate Details for the lacy border details, stamped in white craft ink, and the sentiment is from the Avant Garden set, stamped in Archival Black.

I used Whisper White, Black and Sahara Sand cardstock and the Layering Squares Framelits. An aqua painter was used to apply the Craft Ink in layers. First layer will be patchy, so let it dry and then apply more. Continue this process until you achieve your desired depth.

Sticking with the same colour scheme - this card uses the Woodgrain Background Stamp and White Craft Ink onto Sahara Sand cardstock. The Flowers from Avant Garden were water coloured using White Craft and Pear Pizzaz inks using an aqua painter, and then fussy cut. Three circles were cut using the Layering Circle Framelits and the flowers adhered with a dimensional.

I loved the colours so much I had to make a set! The six cards above use the same cardstock, White Craft Ink, Black Archival Ink and:

Top two cards - Mediterranean Moments Stamp Set and sentiment from Blooms & Wishes Stamp Set and the new Hexagons TIEF - this embossing folder is truly amazing!

Middle two cards - Beautiful You, Delicate Details & Avant Garden Stamp Sets, Love Notes Framelits and Happy Heart TIEF

Bottom two cards - Woodgrain Background Stamp, Avant Garden Stamp Set, Sealed with Love Stamp Set and Sunshine Wishes Dies.

Happy Crafting x