This lovely set was recently on offer from Stampin Up as it retires. At £40 off the price it was a real bargain! I really like the stamp set and I have been playing at colouring in some of the black and white DSP which I haven't done before - they will probably show themselves on my blog in a while.
In the meantime I wanted to have a little play with the stamps and some embossing paste. I used some Powder Pink ink to add a hint of a colour to the embossing paste and used an SU stencil for the bricks. I then took the flower stamp from the set and stamped one in Early Espresso and two in Basic Gray and coloured them in with Poweder Pink ink and an aqua painter with a slightly darker hint of colour in the middle.
I sponged the edges of the card in Early Espresso and mounted it on to a piece of Grey card stock. I added some retired satin ribbon and some pearls. The flowers were added with dimensionals and a simple sentiment added in Early Espresso.
I'm adding this into the following challenges:
Global Design Project - #gdp243 - Floral
Stamping Sensations - Flowers
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Favourite Technique - I love embossing paste - a bit late to the party but now I've found it - wow!
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Our challenge this week at Stampin Up Only is birthdays. It's my birthday at the beginning of May and I was really hoping that the lock down in the UK would be lifted by then so I could see the family, especially my little grand daughter - but sadly it looks like it will just be hubby and I. I hope you are all coping and staying safe where ever you are - thank goodness for crafting I say!
I think I'm still in embossing mode from last week as I grabbed the SU Embossing paste and the pretty medallion mask. I haven't used this yet so it needed a pasting!
I don't have a great many colours of re-inkers and a lot I have are for retired SU coloured inks I have had for many years. I grabbed these three - Rose Red, Island Indigo, Elegant Eggplant just using a tiny amount of ink for each. As the paste is so decorative and shiny I decided it just needed a simple greeting so I used a retired framelit and added Happy Birthday from That's the Tag in white embossing powder.
Our sketch challenge for you this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments is so pretty. I hope you have fun using it as inspiration.
I started off with an SU mask and used it as a stencil for the background on the cardstock and with the embossing paste on the panel card. I kept the paste as the white for a nice contrast. I love that this paste has a shimmer to it. The stamp set is from Kaisercraft and is called Native Breeze. I don't know what sort of flower this is - I'm guessing its indigenous to Australia? I'm not even sure if this is the colour the flower goes but I fancied using it as a red flower. I used the Tri Blends from Spectrum Noir to colour the flowers and leaves and then fussy cut them out and added them with dimensionals. The sentiment is from the same set and is so relevant right now with the world on lock down. I added some rhinestone gems to finish off the card.
Over at my Facebook Group The Joy of Sets we have a RAK group - Random Act of Kindness and we send cards out to each other all over the world. This is a little bit on hold at the moment as some of the ladies don't have Post Offices open - but luckily ours still is and I have stamps so this card was sent out to one of my ladies this week. I hope she likes it.
I hope you are all staying safe and well during these difficult times - crafting really does help doesn't it! Thank you for continuing to find the time to join in with challenges - the Design Teams really appreciate it.
Our challenge over at Stampin Up Only this week is embossing, whether it's dry, heat or paste. I've recently embraced the paste embossing and purchased some SU embossing paste and some of their masks.
I used the clouds one for my background together with a touch of Soft Sky ink with the paste. I then sponged over it with some Soft Sky ink. I used Waterfront stamp set using Basic Grey and black for my mountains and Mellow Moss and Tranquil Tide for the trees and the grass. I thought the sentiment was very apt for the times we are in - we hear so many acts of kindness people are doing and they far outweigh the bad things we hear. We really should focus on the positive.
I layered the card onto some black and then on to Soft Sky. A few retired black faceted gems finish off the card. I love the sparkle that you get from the paste. If you haven't tried using it yet I would encourage you to - it's great once you get going.
I find I am always late to the party! That goes for trends in crafting too - so here I am playing with Embossing paste for the first time. And dare I say I love it! I fancied using it on scrapbook pages but my first attempt was for a card.
Over on my Facebook Page I have a challenge running just to keep us all busy whilst a lot of us are at home because of the dreaded virus. It was a case of one of the cards out of the current catalogue, page 90. It also fits in with the challenge over at Global Design Project #gdp232.
I used some of the embossing paste and added a touch of Soft Sky re-inker to get a gorgeous blue colour. I love how it shimmers! I added this to a piece of Soft Sky using one of the masks. I was surprised how quickly it dried! I also had a new set The Gang's All Meer and wanted to use the little guy. I stamped him and then cut him out and layered him up! The leaves and flowers were from my stash. The sentiment stamped in Early Espresso is from Kaisercraft Curiosity stamps and the background paper is also one of theirs.
I'm going to be playing with the paste a lot more I can tell.
I'm also adding this into the following challenges:
As You See It Challenge - my favourite type of card is a RAK which I send out on my Facebook Group The Joy of Sets - we have a RAK group and send each other cards all over the world
Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes
