Today I'm blog hopping with Kylie Bertucci's demonstrator group.
I wanted to get to more familiar with an upcoming suite of products called the Floral Romance Suite so I started off like I did yesterday by making a simple card. This is a quick technique I've done for at workshops:
- I chose to use Petal Pink ink for my card because I wanted to try out the delicately colored variegated ribbon. You just stamp the image towards the top of a card sized piece of cardstock leaving 1-2 inches blank at the bottom.
- Get a paintbrush or q-tip wet and run it 1/4 to 1/2" or so below your image to soften the fibers. Once it has had a few seconds to sink in, tear your cardstock along the wet line.
- Set aside for the edge to dry a bit.
- Stamp your greeting at the bottom of a card in the same color ink as your image.
- Sponge the torn edge with this same ink.
- If you like tie a ribbon around the torn edge layer just below your image. For this card I chose to line up the tie at the base of the bouquet.
- Adhere the torn layer so that the message shows at the bottom.
Then I saw a new color challenge over at Splitcoaststampers I decided to mix them all up together and this is what I got:
The colors in the challenge are Petal Pink, Mint Macaron and Highland Heather, plus neutrals. After experimenting with cardstock scraps I decided to use Sahara Sand and Whisper White as my neutrals. I thought it was kind of a challenging combination but was pretty happy with the way it turned out.
- I stamped the same bouquet in Sahara Sand and colored it with Mint Macaron, Petal Pink, and Highalnd Heather Blends. Then I cut it out with the coordinating framelits from the Wonderful Floral die set. These will be available in a bundle when the Occasions catalog goes live on January 3rd.
- I tried out the Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder by tapping the inside of the side labeled with Stampin' Up! with White craft ink and running it through the Big Shot with a piece of Sahara Sand cardstock. You could leave off the craft ink but I like how it makes the pattern pop and look a little aged at the same time.
- This piece was trimmed down to 3 1/8" x 5 1/2" and then I lined one edge with a strip of Petal Pink so that about 1/8" shows through. "Thinking of You" from the stamp set was stamped in Sahara Sand and again layered with a bit of Petal Pink cardstock.
- I popped the bouquet up with mini dimensionals and added a few Artisan pearls for good measure.
Here are the two cards together:
Now it is time to continue on the blog hop:
Whether you are new to papercrafting, someone who crafts with all kinds of products, a Stampin' Up! devotee, or fellow demonstrator, I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the online stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!
Chris
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