Saying Goodbye to Happy Celebration

What horrible "fowl" weather we are experiencing here in Southern Ontario.  It rained all day yesterday, and this morning the rain started to freeze.  Then it snowed, then rain that froze on top of the snow.  It is expected to be worse tomorrow, and forecasters predict we won't see the sun until Thursday April 19 (5 days from now).

So, I've been busy cleaning drawers, and making more cards.  I much prefer the latter, but sometimes organization takes precedence.

I've been using Water Color Wings stamp set a lot this week, and this card is no exception.

To say farewell to the Happy Celebration stamp set I used 3 retiring colours (Dapper Denim, Peek-a-boo Peach, and Emerald Envy) as well as the Butterfly thinlets to create a bright watercolor  background for this card.  The die cut thinlets give the illusion of the Eclipse effect.

I used the Stamparatus (and hinge stamping) to stamp the background.  After inking the stamp it was spritzed with water before stamping it onto watercolor paper.

Once I stamped all the colours, the paper was spritzed again and then dried  with my heating tool.

Once dry I die cut 3 butterflies and set them aside while I assembled the rest of the card.

The base card of Emerald Envy was matted with Basic Black Card stock, and the die cut watercolor paper was adhered to that.

The die cut butterflies were reinserted into the die cut openings using small dimensionals on the body only.

Some rhinestones and the card was done.  I deliberately omitted the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Happy Celebration

Inks:  Dapper Denim, Peek-a-boo Peach, Emerald Envy

Papers:  Emerald Envy, Basic Black, Water color paper

Accessories:  Stamparatus, Water spritzer, Heat tool, Butterfly thinlets, small dimensionals, rhinestones.

I'm Thinking of You

There are a number of people in my life now who I am "thinking about".  I put together two of my favourite stamp sets, Beautiful You and Lovely as a Tree, using the masking technique, to make this "thinking of you" card. I also used a couple of other stamps to create the scene below.

The first think I did was make a mask for the image of the umbrella covered woman.  Once she was protected I stamped the trees and grass, and the sky- the trees are from "Lovely as a Tree", the grass from "Sheltering Tree", the sky from "Celebration" and the birds in the sky from "Wherever You Go"

The basic card is Rich Razzelberry, layered with Crushed Curry, so I selected these colours for the clothes.  The blue in the outfit is from the sky. Because the sentiment (Sheltering Tree) was too long for the Art Piece, I cut it into 3 parts, each part matted with the same colours are the card.

Three Itty Bitty flowers were punched with Crushed Curry card stock, colored in the center with a Rich Razzelberry marker and then added to each of the sentiment words.  A silver metallic circle was placed in each flower.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Beautiful You, Sheltering Tree, Wherever You Go, Happy Celebration
Inks: Black Memento, Watercolor Pencils, Rich Razzelberry marker, Basic Gray, Marina Mist, Old Olive
Papers:

• Rich Razzelberry 5 1/2 by 4 1/4" (card base)
• Crushed Curry 4 by 5 1/4" (mat for card base)
• Whisper White 3 3/4 by 5" (Art Piece
• Whisper White scraps (for sentiment)
• Rich Razzelberry scraps (mat for sentiment)
• Crushed Curry scraps (mat for sentiment and 3 flowers)

Accessories:

• Silver metallic circles (flower centers)
• Itty Bitty punch (for flowers)
• Post-it Note (to make mask)
• Glue dots

Colorful Dragon Fly - Fab Friday #106

The color challenge at Fab Friday #106 makes a card that is a perfect addition to my dragonfly class samples. This class is all day today.
Whenever I do a class I always have other card/3D items using a particular stamp set so the versatility of the stamp set can be demonstrated.

One of the background stamps from the "Happy Celebration" stamp set was used to stamp 3 of the colours:  Rich Razzelberry, Bermuda Bay and Peek-a-boo Peach. On top of this was stamped the "dot" stamp from "Dragonfly Dreams" in Rich Razzelberry.
On this I added a large die cut dragonfly which was stamped with Rich Razzelberry and Bermuda Bay.  Some clear Wink of Stella was brushed to the wings and body.
Pee- a-boo peach was used to stamp the sentiment.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Happy Celebration, Dragonfly Dreams
Inks: Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzlebarry, Peek-a-boo, Calypso coral
Papers:Whisper White, Calypso Coral
Accessories: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlets, Glue dots, Metal rimmed pearls, Clear Wink of Stella glitter brush

Bee Happy

The countdown is on for the new Occasions catalogue and the Stampin' Up sale of the year - Sale-a-bration.  Only 1 week to go.

Today I thought I would show you what can be done when you mix the "old" with the "new.  The card actually came about by accident. 
One of my clients asked me to show her how to work with the "Timeless Texture" stamp set as every time she used it the card front looked like a "black blob".
One thing about this stamp set - it doesn't matter where you stamp the images the outcome is usually gorgeous, but a word of caution - don't use really dark colours - and use two or three generation stamping if you do.

So, out came a piece of Whisper White cardstock, some Basic Gray ink, and the stamp set.  I sat down beside my client and went to work.  Numerous times I put the stamp in her hand and had her do the stamping.  The results were not perfect, but in the end it did not matter. She loved the end result, but after she left I felt the card needed something. Here is what the finished card looked like.

I needed a large sentiment, and found it in the new Occasions stamp set "Happy Celebrations" The word "Happy" was just what I needed.  It was stamped with Black Memento ink in the middle of the art piece.  Now the art piece looked pretty monochromatic- it needed a pop of colour.  The bee from "Dragonfly Dreams" was the answer.  So it was stamped with Black Memento just above the "y" and coloured with a Crushed Curry marker for the body, and Soft Sky for the wings.  The Crushed Curry marker was also used to colour in parts of the sentiment. Clear Wink of Stella glimmer was applied to the bee wings; Gold wink of Stella to the body and parts of the sentiment.

To finish the card, some 3/8" gold metallic ribbon (SAB) and bow were adhered to the card front just under the sentiment

This art piece was adhered to a Crushed Curry card front.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Timeless Texture, Dragonfly Dreams, Happy Celebration

Inks: Black Memento, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry marker, Soft Sky marker

Papers: Crushed Curry, Whisper White

Accessories: 3/8" gold metallic ribbon, Clear Wink of Stella glimmer brush, Gold wink of Stella glimmer brush