TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY - #TSOT432

Here's our sketch this week from TSOT with the optional theme of pattern mixing.  I decided to go a bit outside the box and make my own patterns with some stencils.  I used Blackberry Bliss for my colours and used two stencils from The Crafters Workshop for the baking papers.  I also added some DSP from SU and embossed my card stock with the dots embossing folder from SU.  The little word Bliss (which goes with the colours lol) is from a retired SU Set Bliss.  I then used the Floral Essences set to colour in the flower and inked it up with an aqua brush in Blackberry Bliss.  The leaves were stamped in Always Artichoke.  A touch of bling in the middle of the flower gives the card a bit of sparkle.

                 

HAPPILY EVER AFTER

The challenge over at Global Design Project this week is Happily Ever After - a nice change from Autumn and Christmas!




This is my first attempt at one of these cards where you layer the letters.  I chose to use the Floral Essences Stamp Set from Stampin Up as I love that sentiment which is just perfect for a wedding.  I used Blackberry Bliss to stamp off and then stamp my flowers masking them off each time.  I added some Rich Razzleberry to the centre.  I stamped the flowers again separately and then cut the word out of the stamped flowers and then matched them over their corresponding flowers.  

 

FLORAL ESSENCE

It's a wet and windy day here in the UK and the summer seems long gone - although I do have some roses outside my window hanging on to show me their continued splendour.

My card today is for the Global Design Project #GDP210


I've used the very lovely Floral Essence Stamp Set and Perennial Essence DSP. My favourite SU papers for a very long time and I'm making sure I'm using them and not keeping them in their cover!  I actually used the pink side of the paper to stamp the images of the flowers and the leaves on - to keep that pink background going.  All the flowers and leaves were fussy cut out.  I used Old Olive ink for the leaves - and Blackberry Bliss and and Berry Burst for the flowers with a touch of More Mustard for the inside.  I then gave them a wash of Tri Spectrum Noir sparkle blender pen - curled their petals and popped some of them up on dimensionals.  The sentiment was cut out with the label banner framelit.

         

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS IC#322

Such a gorgeous colour palette for our colour challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments  this week. I hope you have fun playing with it as much as we did.

I chose to go with Stampin Up's Floral Essence and matching DSP Perennial Essence - Monet is one of my favourite artists and this paper just screams his water lilies.  And I really love the colour palette.  

I used a piece of the DSP as the background against a Blackberry Bliss card stock.  The flower was first embossed with Copper Embossing Powder and watercoloured in with Blackberry Bliss ink with a touch of Daffodil Delight for the centre.  I then cut it out.  The Happy Birthday sentiment was gifted to me in a Stuffed Envelope swap we recently held on my Facebook Group The Joy of Sets.  The ribbon is old SU and the sequins were also gifted.


 

SUNNY DAYS

I'm joining in with the Global Design Project - it's been a while since I joined in with one of their challenges 



I've used two Stampin Up sets for my card - one current and one retired.

I love that sun stamp from Kinda Eclectic.  It is so useful for lots of cards.  I've used Daffodil Delight to stamp it here and the leaves were stamped in Pear Pizazz.  I used the flowers from the current Floral Essences - they were actually inked back to front - one was Powder Pink and Daffodil Delight and the other was the other way round.  One is popped up on dimensionals and a touch of glitter rhinestone for the middle.  The butterfly is from butterfly thinlets and has been cut out of the matching DSP Perennial Essence.  The sentiment is inked in Pear Pizazz and I've used the matching card stock.

SOME CHALLENGES

I've been having a play with some new products this week - new to me - not necessarily new products on the scene!

I run a Facebook Crafting Group called The Joy of Sets - and last Saturday a few of the ladies came over to my house for a Crafternoon Tea.  They came from various parts of the UK to Hampshire and one lady even stayed over night.  We had great fun and it was lovely that we got on as well in person as we do over the internet.  You never really know do you?  One of the ladies had an upline who was leaving SU and was giving away some stamp sets.  I received an old one called Petal Parade. It seems as thought this wasn't very popular in it's day because there is not a lot of inspiration out there.

I chose to use it for the challenge over at Less Is More - though now I've done it I think there is More rather than Less!    I loved the colour choice they had given us though and somehow I thought it lent itself to this stamp set.





I actually made this card last week and nearly forgot to post it for the challenge! I used all Stampin Up Colours for my card.

My second card uses some new leaf dies and stamps I've just got from Clearly Besotted - the leaf stamps are so lovely and are all two step stamping.  I used some Tim Holtz distress inks for the leaves.  The swirl is from the Swirly Bird thinlet and the flower is from Floral Essences, stamped in Blackberry Bliss and fussy cut out.  I added some dots from Timeless Textures and the dotted lines across are from Watercolor Wings.  A few sequins finish off the card.  The sentiment is from the Clearly Besotted set - it's called Fall Flowers.  I'm adding this card into the Fab Friday challenge #169 as I used their sketch 

I'm also adding this into a new challenge I've found called Crafting Happiness - their brief this week is Flowers



 

STAMPIN UP ONLY CHALLENGE #SUOC229 - SUMMER

A great challenge over at Stampin Up Only this week - Summer is definitely here with most of us in my part of the world.

I've teamed up Floral Essences and the gorgeous Pressed Petals DSP. I used an old ink from SU called Rose Red for my flowers and Daffodil Delight for the inside.  All the flowers were fussy cut - not my favourite past-time but there are no matching framelits for these flowers or the leaves.  I think there is a punch that goes with it though but I'm not sure I'd get enough use out of the punch to warrant the cost.  I also cut out the leaves inking them in Wild Wasabi and I used Wild Wasabit as the base.  I added a few pearls and some in the middle of the flowers.

 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS #HSS320

It's time for a sketch challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week. 



I've used one of the flowers from the Floral Essences stamp set this week - inked up in Powder Pink and Blackberry Bliss.  I added some of the new DSP from SU called Pressed Petals - I really like this paper and think it goes so well this this stamp set.  I stamped it onto a stitched framelit and added a larger one out of the matching DSP.  The tag was made with a non SU tag punch and I added a strip of the DSP to the bottom.  There is a brad in the top of the tag and some twine.    The sentiment is from Jar of Love.

 

LATTICE FOLD CARD - FLORAL ESSENCES

I've had another play with this technique I've just found but this time I've paired it with the new Floral Essences and matching DSP from Stampin Up.

I used Perfect Plum for my base and cut out the lattice fold.  I added a piece of the DSP Perennial Essence and used the same paper to cut out the words from the retired Amazing You thinlets.  I added a piece of pink behind the cut out too to form a shadow.  I stamped the flower in Blackberry Bliss and used an aqua painter to colour it in in the same colour.  The leaves were cut out from teh same paper.  The little diamantes are from my stach.  I added some Spectrum Noir shimmer to the wording.  

I'm adding this into Inkspirational challenge this week which is asking for Folds.

I'm also joining in with the Snippets Challenge #357 this week - I sure used some snips making that Lattice lol! 


 

TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY - #TSOT418

A lovely sketch at Try Stampin on Tuesday #TSOT418 for you to have a go at this week.

 

I've used SU Floral Essences with a slightly different colour way for the flowers of blue's and browns - I love this combination and think it's worked quite well with the flowers.  I used Early Espresso and Soft Sky and used a blender pen for the blue and the Early Espresso pencil for the brown.  The smaller flowers were inked in the same colours with the opposite colour added to their middles, but these are now covered by some pearls.

I used two Designer Series Paper - a retired one of Tranquil Textures for the brown and a strip of the Soft Sky from Bundle of Love.  What gorgeous thick paper that is.  I added some crumb cake ribbon across the top.  The sentiment was inked in Versamark and Soft Sky and then clear embossed.  A Wink of Stella and a little button on the first flower finishes off the card.

SUOC228 - FAVOURITE NEW PRODUCTS

Our Challenge over at SUOC228 this week is Favourite New Products from the new Stampin Up Catalogue.  I am not a demo so I don't get as many new goodies as those that are but I have fallen in love with the Floral Essence set of stamps and the gorgeous Designer Series Paper.  Monet is one of my favourite artists and this paper just screams his water lilies to me - I think it's good enough to just put in a frame on its own.

I used some of it as a background for my card.  I stamped the flowers in Blackberry Bliss, Basic Gray and also used a very old SU ink pad called Spectrum Stampin Pad which has five inks in one that you can push together to get an inked combination.  This was such a clever product I'm surprised SU don't bring it back!  I cut out all the flowers - I'm not very good at fussy cutting but these were really simple to cut - I used an old banner framelit for the sentiment and added some sparkle with Spectrum Noir sparkle pen. 

I'm looking forward to seeing what all your favourite new products are - do pop along to the rest of the Design Team and have a look at their inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by - I love to read your comments.

Don't forget if you love SU both current and retired I run a Facebook Group called The Joy of Sets where we have lots going on including RAK's, swaps, challenges.  

 

FLORAL ESSENCES

My card today has been inspired by two sketches  Global Design Project #GDP198 and #TGIFC220 sketch challenge

I've used the Floral Essence Stamp set by SU together with the matching DSP which is called Perennial Essence.  I stamped the flowers directly onto the DSP.  I stamped off the larger flower first with Blackberry Bliss then stamped the smaller one in Blackberry Bliss on top.  The flowers were inked with Tranquil Tide and coloured in with Tri Blend Spectrum Noir pen in Dull Green blend.  The sentiment was cut out with a stitched framelit and added to the reverse side of the paper.  I added a few sequins and some twine just to finish off the card.




 

FLORAL ESSENCES

I've been having a play with the Floral Essence stamp set and am really loving it.  I decided to pair it with some of the new Pressed Petals DSP rather than the Perennial Essence paper.

I started by stamping the flowers on some Very Vanilla using an old SU ink Rose Red.  I'm not sure if the smaller flowers are supposed to be two stamping but that's what I did with them - stamping the larger one in Powder Pink and the smaller one inside in Rose Red.  A touch of Daffodil Delight was used for the centres and I added an old Dazzling Glitter dot in yellow for the centre of the main flower.  

I layered up the DSP and used a framelit from Colourful Seasons to add the detail at the bottom.  The leaves were embossed onto Wild Wasabi with white embossing powder.  All the leaves and flowers have to be fussy cut as there aren't any framelits with this set.  I added a touch of Old Olive twine at the top.  I embossed the beautiful sentiment also in white powder and layered it all onto Wild Wasabi card stock.


I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Global Design Project - #gdp196 - Case the Designer

Inkspirational Challenge - #190 - 3 or 5 of something

Inspired By - Strawberries - I've used similar colours

Time Out Challenge 139 - Quote 

Watercooler Challenge - Feminine Anything Goes



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