I love colouring in images outlined in white though I really don't do it all that often. For this card I have stamped various flowers and leaves from the retiring In Full Bloom on vellum cardstock using Whisper White craft ink. Once the ink was dry I have turned the vellum over and coloured on the back with markers and blender pens. The sentiment is from the All-Year Cheer I, another set that is retiring. Colours used in this card are Cool Caribbean, Cameo Coral, Marigold Morning and Old Olive.
Showing posts with label In Full Bloom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In Full Bloom. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Thinking of Bloom
I love colouring in images outlined in white though I really don't do it all that often. For this card I have stamped various flowers and leaves from the retiring In Full Bloom on vellum cardstock using Whisper White craft ink. Once the ink was dry I have turned the vellum over and coloured on the back with markers and blender pens. The sentiment is from the All-Year Cheer I, another set that is retiring. Colours used in this card are Cool Caribbean, Cameo Coral, Marigold Morning and Old Olive.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Bloomin horde
The second challenge over at the Inklings cyber night was to create a card with something you horde. I decided to use a couple things I rare use, and one I'd never used before.
As much as I love shimmery, shiny things, I'd never used Dazzling Diamonds before. But that was pretty much the final step. I decided to use some Ribbon Originals I hadn't touched yet, so broke out the Sweet Shop and got my colours from there. I stamped the In Full Bloom flower head and stem twice in StazOn on water colour paper and coloured them using an aquapainter and watercolour crayons. I cut out one flower head and the leaf to pop up on dimensionals, but I am still getting ahead of myself... I sponged the chipboard with Regal Rose and Rose Red inks, then stamped 'happiness' (from the Warm Words set) over the top with StazOn. I stamped the Almost Amethyst and Certain Celery pieces with the linen background in VersaMark and mounted them on to Whisper White. In the corners of these I pierced some holes and then went over them with the black marker. I layered the flower on Apricot Appeal, then layered this on top, then tied the chipboard on. All this was then mounted on the cardfront. Then I dabbed my cut out flower and leaf with 2-way glue, sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds on top, then mounted them on the Rose Red card front.
As much as I love shimmery, shiny things, I'd never used Dazzling Diamonds before. But that was pretty much the final step. I decided to use some Ribbon Originals I hadn't touched yet, so broke out the Sweet Shop and got my colours from there. I stamped the In Full Bloom flower head and stem twice in StazOn on water colour paper and coloured them using an aquapainter and watercolour crayons. I cut out one flower head and the leaf to pop up on dimensionals, but I am still getting ahead of myself... I sponged the chipboard with Regal Rose and Rose Red inks, then stamped 'happiness' (from the Warm Words set) over the top with StazOn. I stamped the Almost Amethyst and Certain Celery pieces with the linen background in VersaMark and mounted them on to Whisper White. In the corners of these I pierced some holes and then went over them with the black marker. I layered the flower on Apricot Appeal, then layered this on top, then tied the chipboard on. All this was then mounted on the cardfront. Then I dabbed my cut out flower and leaf with 2-way glue, sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds on top, then mounted them on the Rose Red card front.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Bloom in Orchid Rose
I've been enjoying red and purple combinations for a while, not just in stamping (there were some recent Christmas decorations that I particuarly enjoyed) , so when looking to break in my "In Full Bloom" set, I was inspired by this card by Trudee Sauer.
I used Handsome Hunter for the base card, but I am not sure it was a good move. I think Trudee's use of black made the card very striking. Anyway, I stamped the "French Script" background on the Handsome Hunter cardstock with VersaMark and pierced the bottom corners using the template and tool from the Stampin' Up! Crafters Tool kit. I stamped the flower, stem and leaf using Basic Black (I think, oops. Card is no longer in my possession, and it seems I can't remember more than a week ago!) on Very Vanilla cardstock. These were coloured using the SU! watercolour crayons and a blender pen, including the yellow around them. I then sponged on Barely Banana ink to cover the rest fo the cardstock. The image was trimmed and layered on Rose Red and Orchid Opulence. I stamped a strip of Rose Red with one of the backgrounds from "Itty Bitty Backgrounds" using VersaMark, layered on Orchid Opulence, tied some black hemp twine around them then mounted onto the base card. The main image was mounted over the top using Dimensionals.
I used Handsome Hunter for the base card, but I am not sure it was a good move. I think Trudee's use of black made the card very striking. Anyway, I stamped the "French Script" background on the Handsome Hunter cardstock with VersaMark and pierced the bottom corners using the template and tool from the Stampin' Up! Crafters Tool kit. I stamped the flower, stem and leaf using Basic Black (I think, oops. Card is no longer in my possession, and it seems I can't remember more than a week ago!) on Very Vanilla cardstock. These were coloured using the SU! watercolour crayons and a blender pen, including the yellow around them. I then sponged on Barely Banana ink to cover the rest fo the cardstock. The image was trimmed and layered on Rose Red and Orchid Opulence. I stamped a strip of Rose Red with one of the backgrounds from "Itty Bitty Backgrounds" using VersaMark, layered on Orchid Opulence, tied some black hemp twine around them then mounted onto the base card. The main image was mounted over the top using Dimensionals.
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