Wednesday, July 31, 2024

STAMPIN' UP! POISED PEONY BIRTHDAY CARD IN BUBBLE BATH

 



For this week's Colour Creations blog hop, we are all creating with Bubble Bath, a beautiful pink with slight purplish tones, that belongs in Stampin' Up!'s Subtles colour family.

I am showcasing two new-to-me stamp sets:  Drizzling Droplets and Poised Peony.  The background panel of Bubble Bath card was stamped with Drizzling Droplets, in Bubble Bath ink.  I sponged the edges with Bubble Bath ink before matting it on a slightly larger piece of Basic Gray card.

Three of the decorative circles were cut using Spotlight on Nature Dies, and the sentiment was cropped with a stitched circle die from the Changing Leaves Dies set.




Using Basic Gray ink, I stamped the largest peony and leaves image on Basic White card.  I then stamped it again on Masking Paper, fussy cut the image, and stuck it over my stamped piece after removing the backing paper.  I chose the second-largest peony image from the stamp set, and stamped the flower and leaves directly over the top of the masked piece, positioning it lower right.  After stamping this smaller flower on Masking Paper, I cut it out and masked the flower just stamped.  This meant I had the larger and smaller flower masked.  Inked in Basic Gray ink, I stamped the smaller peony again to the upper right of the main flower, and a third one to the left.  Once the masking paper was removed, the flowers were all revealed, making it appear that the smaller ones are behind the central flower.

I coloured the peonies with Bubble Bath Stampin' Blends markers.  After blending the light and dark tones of the same colour, I added dots with the bullet tip of the Dark Bubble Bath Stampin' Blends marker.  The leaves were coloured with Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends, with dots added in Dark Granny Apple Green.

Some glimmer was added to the flowers, with Wink of Stella.  The Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls I've used were coloured with the Dark Bubble Bath Stampin' Blends marker.




On a piece of Basic Gray card, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink.  After sprinkling white embossing powder over the words, I melted the powder with my heat tool.  The sentiment was cropped with a Changing Leaves Die, and I sponged around the circle with white craft ink.

The bow was created with Silver 1/8" Trim, and attached with glue dots.



Using a smaller Spotlight on Nature Die, I cut a circle from a scrap of Bright & Beautiful DSP.  It's an ombre Bubble Bath piece (very subtle).  I stamped the small peony in Basic Gray ink, and coloured it as above, addding Wink of Stella when coloured.  The edges of the circle are sponged in Bubble Bath ink.





Next up on tonight's blog hop is Sharon Davern:



If the link doesn't work, or if you would like to see a list of all the participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our blog hops, every week.


Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Today is the last chance to earn Bonus Days coupons, by shopping for Stampin' Up! products.  For every $90 you spend on product, you will earn a $9 coupon to spend in August.









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Friday, July 26, 2024

STAMPIN' UP! CUTEST ONESIE BABY CARD #2 IN BOHO BLUE

 After creating a baby card for this week's Colour Creations blog hop, I was inspired to make another one with the extra onesies I'd stamped and die-cut.  Here's my second Cutest Onesie creation, in Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight and Basic White.

The Designer Series Paper border at the bottom of the card front was cut using a Bright Skies Die.  I haven't photographed this card well, but the art piece is popped up from the card base, using Stampin' Dimensionals.




On a thin strip of Boho Blue card, I white heat-embossed the sentiment.  I stamped some little hearts in Boho Blue ink, and added dots using a white paint marker (not Stampin' Up!).

The Misty Moonlight panel behind the onesies was embossed with the Dashing Designs 3D embossing folder.




Here's a closer look at one of the baby suits.  I stamped the onesies in Misty Moonlight ink, on Boho Blue Designer Series Paper from the 2023-2025 In Color 6"x6" DSP pack.  After adding the little stamped button detail, I covered the stamped buttons with Iridescent Pearls that I'd coloured using my Dark Boho Blue Stampin' Blends marker.  The tiny hangers were cut from Basic White card.  I adhered two hangers together, for each outfit, to give them a bit more stability for hanging over the Jute Trim.  The Boho Blue Jute Trim was secured behind the Misty Moonlight panel, and I added a knot either side of the card front.

I used Glue Dots to secure the hangers to the embossed card, and Liquid Glue to anchor the onesies.





The card base is Boho Blue, so I added a Basic White panel to the inside, to make it easier to write a message.  Another stamped and die-cut onesie decorates the inside.




Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.






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Heat Tool
[129056]
$56.00