Lily Pad - Get Well

I remember visiting my daughter and going for a walk to a water park where the pond was full of beautiful water lilies, the colours of which I tried to emulate in today's card.

The Lily is white embossed on watercolor paper and then watercoloured using an aqua painter. The initial wash was done with Melon Mambo ink, followed by highlighting areas using a Blackberry Bliss Stampn' Blend.
The leaves and Lily pad were first coloured with Pear Pizzazz followed by a Granny Apple Green Stampin' blend.

All were die cut using the coordinating Lily dies and adhered to the front Whisper White card stock  piece lightly coloured with a Coastal Cabana water colour pencil.

The sentiment, from Timeless Tulips, is stamped in Blackberry Bliss and added below flower.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Lovely Lily, Timeless Tulip
Inks:  Versa Mark, Melon Mambo, Dark Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blend, Pear Pizzazz, Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend, Rich Razzelberry, Coastal Cabana water colour pencil.
Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Lily Impression DSP, watercolor paper
Accessories:  Lily dies, Aqua painter, White embossing powder

A Gorgeous Grape Tulip birthday card

I love Gorgeous Grape on a black background, and when you add gold foil the effect is "WOW".

Tonight I stamped 3 small tulips in Gorgeous grape ink with the stem and leaves in Mossy Meadow.  After fussy cutting  them all, I  set them aside to ponder the rest of the card.

While I was pondering, the door bell rang.  UPS time!!! Included in my order was the Honey Gold Specialty DSP, a free SAB item.

Here is my completed card.

The completed tulips were adhered to a piece of Basic Black card stock which was matted with Gold Foil left over from another project. A bee, fussy cut from the DSP was coloured with a blend and adhered to the middle tulip.  Two colours of the Noble Peacock rhinestones provided some bling to the art piece.

This art piece  was adhered to the Gold Honey DSP which was layered to the Thick Whisper White card stock base.  On either side of the DSP was a strip of black stripe DSP  the reverse side of the DSP layering the front.

The sentiment, stamped in Gorgeous Grape, was punched with the Classic Label punch, layered with Basic Black and Gold foil

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Timeless Tulip
Inks:  Gorgeous Grape, Mossy Meadow, Dark Mango Melody Stampin' Blend
Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Honey Gold DSP, Gold Foil, Basic Black
Accessories: 3/8" Tricolour purple ribbon, Noble Peacock rhinestones, Classic Label punch

Timeless Tulips - Fast forward to Spring

Spring is still quite a way away.  It's snowing outside and the temperature is anything but warm - but I'm thinking Spring.

These thoughts were helped along with the new stamp set from the Mini Catalogue which just went live - Timeless Tulips.

Tulips have always been harbingers of spring, peeking their heads out of the ground even before all of the snow has departed. So, let's fast forward Spring.....

These tulips were stamped with Grapefruit Grove and Calypso Coral marrying the two.  These are Stampin' Up's Distinctive stamps, so all that wonderful detail is there upon stamping- nothing else is needed, although I did add some Early Espresso with my Aqua painter to emphasize some features.

The leaves were stamped with Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow, again marrying the two colours.  Again, some stripes were added with Early Espresso ink.

Coordinating with this stamp set is the Tulip Builder punch, which was used to punch out the two larger flowers and the leaves. The smaller bloom and stems were fussy cut.

The card base is Soft Suede, a perfect colour to show off these wonderful soft colours.  On this is added a piece of Whisper White card stock  die cut with the Stitched Rectangle die. The center of this piece is die cut with a Stitched So Sweetly die that looks like a window.  This allows the dark colour of the base to peek through and provide a perfect foil for  the floral arrangement.  Before adding it to the card base, some texture was added using the Subtle Texture Embossing Folder.

After the flowers , stems and leaves were assembled they were arranged in a bouquet and tied together with some braided trim. Using dimensionals they were attached to the card front over the die cut window.

The sentiment "Happy Easter, Happy Spring.  Happy, Happy Everything", stamped with Soft Suede ink on Whisper White, was matted with Soft Suede and adhered below the leaves using dimensionals.

A few randomly placed Champagne rhinestones, as well as the application of Clear Wink of Stella  on the tulips, provided the finishing touches to the card.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Timeless Tulip
Ink:
Flower:  Grapefruit Grove and Calypso Coral with accents of Early Espresso
Stem and Leaves:  Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow with accents of Early Espresso
Sentiment:  Soft Suede
Papers:  Soft Suede, Whisper White
Accessories:  Subtle Texture Embossing Folder, Stitched So Sweetly die, Stitched Rectangle Die, Tulijp Builder Punch, 3/16 Braided Linen trim, Champagne Rhinestones, Clear Wink of Stella, Dimensionals