I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (white, blue, yellow, green), Techniques (die cutting, dimensional flowers), Elements (background circular die cut, dimensional bouquet of flowers tied with blue gingham ribbon)
INCLUDE: white, blue, yellow, die cutting
MODIFY: stenciled background instead of die cut, flat (but popped up) single flower instead of bouquet,
EXCLUDE: green, ribbon
SPIN: square card, added jewels
The dramatic bouquet in the inspiration card is amazing! I love the pop of white and yellow against blue and I immediately thought of this daisy shaker die I have.
I used a circle mask and a stencil to create my blue background element, using two shades of blue to add subtle interest.
I backed my daisy die cut with a circle die cut, to keep all the petals in place (they would normally pop out if you're making a shaker with this die). I used another circle for the base of my flower centre and then one of the fancy flower centres that came with the daisy die set. I finished it with some white gems.
Here’s some tips for using multiple images and colours to make stamping with the tool faster!
1. put flower stamp on tool door, stamp, turn, stamp2. put flower center stamp on flower image, pick up with door3. ink both stamps with different colours, turn and do two images like this4. add leaf to first flower, pick up with door5. ink all stamps with different colours, turn and do 5 images like this6. remove flower stamp, do 2 turns with flower centre and leaf7. remove flower centre stamp, do 2 turns with leaf8. stamp sentiment9. finish card.
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (rainbow, white, pink, purple), Techniques (stamping), Elements (patterned paper, big floral, horizontal 'ribbon', rectangle sentiment with mats and brads, horizontal layout)
INCLUDE: pink, puple, yellow, white, big floral, horizontal ‘ribbon’
MODIFY: stenciled dotted background and stencilled flower, die cut sentiment
EXCLUDE: stamping, brads
SPIN: square card
Last weekend, I met Effie (owner of The Ton Stamps) in Virginia - so fun! I bought this pretty Calming Cosmos 1 layering stencil and played with it this week. I also pulled out an unused stencil from Simon Hurley to create my polka-dot background. I finished with a gold die cut sentiment.
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (coral, white, blue, olive), Techniques (die cutting, stamping, embossing), Elements (flowers, scalloped circle mat, lots of layers, embossed background, ribbon, stamped sentiment on rectangle strip
INCLUDE: flowers, coral, white, stamping, die cutting
MODIFY: masked flowers, freshened the blue and olive to aqua and lime, created 'texture' on my background by doubling up the flower mask with a stencil, flowers are white, colours in the background, sentiment is stamped on rectangle with negative frame
I reversed my inspiration by having white flowers on a coloured background. I reduced layers a lot by masking my flowers and then stenciling the 'texture' in my background. I simplified my sentiment by cutting a framed rectangle out of my panel, and then leaving the frame out when I popped everything up.
First, I've got 6 questions to ask ourselves when we're trying to optimize our crafty inventory levels. Whatever the 'perfect' level is for you - these questions can help!
Second, while I was chatting about all that, I made my own temporary layering stencils for simple shapes! I created a fun pattern with an Altenew tulip stamp. I stamped it again on 3 post it notes, and then used them to create temporary stencils for ink blending!
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (red, white, black), Techniques (stamping, die cutting), Elements (large circle element over the edge of the card, patterned paper argyle background, stamped sentiment strip)
INCLUDE: red, white, black, stamping, die cutting,
MODIFY: brought circle element onto the card, stamped tone on tone background, not patterned paper, sentiment placement changed, added some green and yellow
EXCLUDE: maze SPIN:
I chose this inspiration because it has one of my favourite elements - that maze hanging off the top - you can do that with my square cards, and they still still fit in an A2 envelope.
I stamped, customized and coloured my stamp, intending to have it hang over the top, but it just didn't feel right, especially with the same stamped pattern on the red background, so I let the card tell me how it wanted to be made! lol!
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (yellow, red/orange, green), Techniques (ink blending, colouring), Elements (tall flower with bees on blended background. stamped cut out sentiment)
INCLUDE: yellow, red, orange, green, tall flower,
MODIFY: stenciled instead of stamp, layout has blending on edges, sentiment stamped directly onto panel
EXCLUDE: bees
SPIN:
I don't want to get ahead of myself, spring is just arriving, and this inspiration (and my case) both have a distinctly fall feeling! lol! I used a stencil for my sunflower and then combined a leaf shape stencil with the flower stencil to create leaves that had a similar look. I kept my blending on the edges of the card to allow for more white space.
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (white, black, red, green), Techniques (die cutting, stamping) Elements (lattice die cut, 3D rose, stamped sentiment)
INCLUDE: white, black, die cutting, die cut background
MODIFY: pink instead of red, addded yellow, flat die cut flower instead of 3d, die cut sentiment
EXCLUDE: green,
This pretty inspiration card has a classic, elegant feeling that I changed to more 'cartoon' feeling. I used a coverplate die to create my background, and a matching flower to create the inlaid and outlined flower. I added a big center to the daisy, and topped it with crystal glaze and chunky glitter.
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (red, white, green, brown), Techniques (stamping, die cutting), Elements (3 red flowers with lighter layers behind. leaves with lighter layers, oval white on red sentiment strip with stamping and scallops, twine, die cut leaves)
INCLUDE: red, white, green, brown,
MODIFY: stencil shifting technique with lighter colours under darker colours for leaves and flowers, multiple flowers, die cut sentiment (but still white on red)
EXCLUDE: twine, die cut leaves
SPIN: gold splatter
I am on a mission to use all my new goodies in the 'unused' category in my Evernote inventory. So even though this stencil is probably meant for spring time, I used it with deep reds to make poppies.
The thing that really fascinated me about my inspiration this week was the idea of layering a lighter colour behind the deeper colour for the flowers and leaves. I think the stamp set used was meant for this, but I thought why can't I just shift my stencil a bit to let those lighter colours show through.
You know I make lots of cards every year, mostly to show you techniques or products. But sometimes, I need to make a very special card for a particular occasion - here's a beginning to end look at how I made this card for a bridal shower:
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (purple, green, white, yellow), Techniques (die cutting), Elements (single 'half'-flower with white outline, sentiment strip, varied background, white lacy mat on dark card base).
MODIFY: gel prints instead of patterned paper, poinsettia/Christmas instead of thank you theme, red instead of purple, full flower, stitching instead of lace on white mat, white circle mat instead of white outline on the flower, flower centred instead of to the right
I love that deep purple colour but it's time for me to start making some Christmas cards, so I changed up the occasion and used red instead of blackberry. I created my red and green 'paper' with a gel plate and some shimmery acrylic paints. I love how easy it is to create so much interest by using different shades of the 'solid' colour you want, and layering them up for depth.
My poinsettia didn't have an outline, so I added the effect with a white circle mat behind the flower
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (white, aqua, green), Techniques (die cutting, embossing), Elements (embossed background, aqua frame, layered oval sentiment, 3 ribbon flowers, ribbon with dots and a knot)
INCLUDE: white, aqua, green,
MODIFY: faux embossed background, die cut flowers, circle sentiment with no scalloped layer
EXCLUDE: ribbon, dots, aqua border
SPIN: faux embossing on focal layer and mat
This inspiration is so pretty and delicate - a little more pretty and delicate than my normal style, but I had fun using one die cut flower in 3 ways - as faux embossing on my double-layered backbround, as my focal flowers and then finally as leaves.
I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!
LIST: Colours (orange, yellow, red, teal, white, black), Techniques (stamping and watercolouring), Elements (poppies, snow, thank you stamped sentiment, teal/blue edge, watercolouring with a loose feel).
INCLUDE: orange, yellow, red, teal, white, poppies, teal blue edge
MODIFY: stenciling, spritzing technique instead of stamping and watercolouring, gold splatter instead of white, thinking of you sentiment higher on the card, trimmed panel down to leave white border
Micheline's work is absolutely stunning - she uses stamped outlines and watercolours to create little pieces of art that look hand-drawn and painted!
I had a crazy idea that I would stencil some poppies, blend a blue background and then spritz water over the whole thing to get it moving. AND IT WORKED! lol!
I used a Simon Says Stamp layering stencil set, and masked it off so that I only had two of the poppies showing. I blended yellow and red and brown ink onto the petals, and then two shades of green on the stems and leaves.
Then it was time to spritz it all with water to get that 'loose' look that Micheline had. And I'll be honest. I was scared! lol!
It started moving and then it kept moving and I grabbed my heat gun to dry it before it lost all the details. The colours did get a little paler with the water, but I think it's still really pretty.
Once it was dry, I splattered gold watercolour over top and then stamped my Catherine Pooler sentiment.
MODIFY: gold splatter instead of stars, 6 petal flowers instead of hexes, white die cut thanks
EXCLUDE: stripes, plaid, heart, banner
I love looking through the galleries of our SCS Scrapbookers - I'm always fascinated to see how different people preserve their memories and photos.
I created my magenta background by mixing together two Catherine Pooler inks, then used those two inks plus 4 others to create the flowers made with the offcuts from a Simon Says Stamp cover plate die.
There's a lot of intense colour here, so my brain was screaming for some white elements - I added a white Spellbinders sentiment and flower centres.
