Soft Spring ----Glass Beads on Art Piece

I wanted to apply a used dryer sheet on my art piece - but for once I had thrown them all out.  Isn't that usually the case!  Once you throw something that's been cluttering your space you find you need it.

So I looked around for a substitute, and notice a container of tiny, tiny sugar beads (0.6 to 0.8 mm). The sugar beads give the art piece a soft romantic look, or the look of a foggy spring morning (depending on the mood you're in)

Soft Spring is a double stamping photopolymer Hostess stamp set.  I opted not to use the double stamping option.  I like to colour, and Stampin' Blends were used here.

The images were stamped with Black Memento ink on a 2 7/8 by 5" piece of Whisper White card stock and coloured with Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends.  To high light the images, the Light Seaside Spray Stampin' Blend was used to colour around the images.

Using a piece of card board the size of a credit card, tombo glue was spread over the entire surface.  Sugar beads were then added and allowed to dry, after which a fixative was sprayed on.

After matting this art piece with Gorgeous Grape card stock it was added to a Highland Heather card base the front of which was embossed with the Parisian Embossing Folder. The sentiment, from "Peaceful Moments", stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink, was added vertical to the art piece using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Soft Spring, Peaceful Moments
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Seaside Spray), Gorgeous Grape
Accessories:  Parisian Embossing Folder, Sugar Beads (0.6 to 0.8 mm), dimensionals

Ladybug, Ladybug

It's minus 17 degrees Celsius and snowing, a perfect combination for craft time. I've really been enjoying the SAB offerings this year, and the accessory dies now being offered with some of my favourite stamp sets makes it that much easier to make those wow or simple cards.

Using the dies with the Little Ladybug stamp set, I made this card. Because of the darkness I couldn't quite get the lighting right, so the white card stock looks a little pink.

I just love these little Ladybugs so I got a bit carried away and stamped and coloured all 3 of them, then realized I didn't need three for my card.

The basic card is Real Red, layered with Whisper White.  The art piece is a strip of Whisper White embossed with the Parisian embossing folder and matted with Real Red card stock.  Adhered to both long sides are banners of Garden Green die cut with the Playful Pennants die.

One of the die cut Ladybugs is adhered to this art piece with dimensionals, the flowers in a cluster below with the tuft of grass at the bottom.  A bow made of the dotted organza ribbon is added just above the tuft of grass. The second ladybug is at the bottom of the card trying to reach the flowers.

So, what happened to the third ladybug?  It's on the inside of the card.

Little flowers and stem with leaves on them, and a patch of grass are extra dies that go with this stamp set.  Four flowers were die cut in Whisper White and sponged with So Saffron and Calypso Coral inks.  A basic black marker with the addition of a small black rhinestone added some markings and definition to the center of each flower. The stem and leaves as well as the tuft of grass were die cut in Garden green and sponged with the same ink colour before being adhered to the card front.

Supplies:
Stamp: Little Ladybug
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Real Red, Basic Black. Ivory) So Saffron, Calypso Coral, Garden green, Basic Black marker
Papers:  Real Red, Whisper White, Garden Green
Accessories:  Ladybug dies, Black Rhinestones, Playful Pennant dies, Parisian embossing folder, Dimensionals

Ladybug stamp floral Thank You - Tutorial

This thank you card was made using the  Little Ladybug stamp set, without the Ladybugs!  I used just the flowers which I coloured with Stampin Blends and die cut with the new Ladybug dies.

A Tutorial in PDF format can be downloaded using this link