You Inspire Me

I was so happy when Clearly Besotted stamps re-opened a few months ago…I love their stamps and I hadn’t tried any of their flower stamps yet…so I got this one with the poppies and a few sentiments..

I started with a top folding white card base and a white top layer as well…I then sponged in a few shades of green Distress Inks to cover this top layer…I have used forest moss,mowed lawn and twisted citron here…and before adhering this top layer to the card base,I embossed it using WRMK next level embossing folder…

On a separate piece of white cardstock – as wide as the card base – I stamped the poppy flowers image but that didn’t cover the width of the card so I masked the center image and stamped more flowers…

Now colouring these images was made slightly easy by the fact that one of the Derwent Inktense pencil shade is called Poppy Red…it is actually quite bright but I used just a bit of it to colour in the flowers and buds…

I carefully cut out the top part of this panel and adhered it to the card front using some craft foam in between…I stamped the sentiment label and adhered it as well..

To embellish my card I have used Nuvo drops as well as a gold string at the top…here is a close up shot of the poppies…

Thank you for visiting my blog today…Hope you will have a great day ahead….!!

Pri

Bright Flowers

When I started this card,I did not have a set idea or direction for it…so I was pleasantly surprised with the result…I wish this would happen more often…!! 🙂

I started with the flowers and leaves this time..I stamped them on watercolor cardstock using watermark ink and then heat embossed them using copper embossing powder…I kept the colouring in fairly simple and used Derwent Intense Pencils and a water brush to colour in…once dry,I cut them out and started to prepare the rest of the card…

I chose a textured blue cardstock for the card base and a white top layer…on  this top layer I used Altenew sketched lines stencil and lightly sponged in broken china Distress Oxide ink….I also splattered some black watercolour for effect.. and once dry,I adhered the top layer to the card base…

I then adhered the flowers and the leaves to the top layer,using foam squares to elevate just a couple of the flowers…I added a white Nuvo drop at the center of each of the flowers..

I stamped the sentiment using blue dye ink and layered it with a brown glitter cardstock before adding it to the card front…and to embellish my card I have used Orange Marmalade Nuvo Jewel Drops…

Thank you for visiting today…Have a lovely & blessed day ahead….Happy crafting…!!

Pri

Cute Buddies Birthday Card

So this year I have planned to work a bit more on my colouring in…I am trying to learn as much as I can from watching tutorial videos by various cardmakers and practicing what I learn…for years I tried using aqua brushes for colouring in images with watercolour pencils etc. but I just couldn’t get a hang of it…so I finally got myself a Dove blender pen just to see is that would make it a bit easy for me…and luckily…it did..!!

For today’s card I chose a plain white card base and stamped the little confetti stamps all over the front using various coloured dye inks….I then used the largest cross stitched rectangle die to emboss the edges of the card…

On a separate die cut panel,I stamped the little boy and girls and coloured them in using Derwent inktense pencils and my Dove blender pen…I then used Peerless watercolours to paint the background….once the panel was dry,I stamped the sentiment and adhered some craft foam behind it before adding it to the card base….

Thanks for visiting my blog today…Have a lovely & blessed day ahead….Happy crafting…!!

Pri

Flowers – Just For You

I am always amazed at all the unique results I get when I use distress inks with water….and my favourite technique is to use an embossing folder spritzed with water and used as a stamp on a panel sponged with distress inks…

For today’s card I chose a pink card base and a distress watercolor paper top layer…I stamped the flowers and stems using black ink and then masked them using Pebeo drawing gum and a thin paint brush…

Once the gum was dry,I sponged in some distress inks to cover the background…the shades I have used are – seedless preserves,wilted violet,blueprint sketch,picked raspberry and spun sugar..I have then spritzed an embossing folder with water and stamped on the top layer…

It took a while to dry and after that I removed the gum and coloured in the flowers using Intense pencils and a waterbrush…

I placed the stamped sentiment on the card and I have used Nuvo crsytal drops to embellish this card…

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look at my card…Have a blessed day today…!!

Pri

Two Watercoloured Flower Cards

The cards I’m sharing today are my first few attempts at trying out the no line colouring technique..I have been very curious about it and wanted to see if I could get a hang of it….I would not consider these as examples of this technique…coz I don’t think I got the right results….but I did like the results and made a good couple of cards from them…

My first card has a bright pink card base and a watercolour paper top layer…I used a light pink distress ink and stamped the flower images on the top layer…then using a pink and green watercolour pencil I traced all the stamped edges…I also lightly coloured the stamped images and used a water brush to colour in the stamps…

I stamped the large sentiment stamp using Versamark ink and heat embossed it using gold embossing powder and rounded two opposing corners of my card…I have embellished the card using tiny pink and green sequins…

Here is my second go at the same technique…the card base is lavender and the top layer has been cut to size using watercolor paper…

I have again used a very light distress ink to stamp the large roses and a couple of leaves….then using a water brush and Peerless watercolors,I coloured in the all the stamped images…

I stamped and cut out the sentiment and placed it on the card…and to embellish the card I used Nuvo crystal drops…

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look at my cards…Have a blessed day today…!!

Pri