STAMPIN' UP! SIMPLY ZINNIAS BIRTHDAY CARD IN PURPLES

I had a few leftover "bits" from making my card for this week's Colour Creations blog hop, so have put together another Simply Zinnias card.  I loved the card I made yesterday, but I think I love this one even more.

The background paper, and the circle on which I've embossed the sentiment, is from the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper pack.

For this card, I used the oblong frame die from the Lifetime of Love set, and Granny Apple Green card.

The sentiment, from Labeled With Love, was white heat-embossed onto a piece of Designer Series Paper, then die-cut using a Stylish Shapes Die.  The flowers were die-cut from Basic White and Highland Heather card, and Highland Heather ink applied with a Blending Brush.

I used a mix of Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape Fine Shimmer Gems on this card.

If you REALLY use your imagination, you might be able to believe that I painted the flower centres with Wink of Stella!  LOL.

Inside the card, I added a Basic White panel, simply decorated with a strip of the DSP I used for the sentiment circle.  

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.

Product List

Labeled With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163564] $37.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $20.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $20.25	Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010] $20.25
Perennial Lavender 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162593] $21.75	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $15.75	Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $37.00
Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Simply Zinnia Dies [163479] $58.00	Lifetime Of Love Dies [162583] $60.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $15.75	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25	Purple Fine Shimmer Gems [162611] $14.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $13.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50

STAMPIN' UP! LAYERS OF BEAUTY CARD IN CALYPSO CORAL

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop sees us showcasing Calypso Coral.  I've used this lovely colour combination, with the Layers of Beauty bundle:

I stamped the large floral spray in Versamark ink, on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.  After sprinkling white embossing powder over the image, I used my heat gun to melt the powder.  The white-embossed outline on watercolor paper was a bit hard for my old eyes to see well, to be able to colour, so I started off by adding a wash of Petal Pink ink all over, and around the edges of, the image.  To watercolour with my Stampin' Up! inks, I squeeze a couple of drops of reinker into a palette/dish, and use a Water Painter to dilute and paint with the ink.

Once the Petal Pink ink was dry, I was able to add the additional colours, one at a time.

Here's a closer look at the background, and the sentiment.  On a panel of Petal Pink card, I stamped Sketched Plaid in Petal Pink ink.  I sponged the edges of this piece with Petal Pink ink, and mounted it on a slightly larger piece of Basic White card.

Using a sweet little die from the Layers of Beauty Die set, I cut a Calypso Coral tag.  I like the font of the "thanks", created using a Labeled with Love stamp.  The stamp says "thanks friend", but I covered the "friend" part with washi tape before inking the stamp with Versamark.  I removed the washi tape mask, stamped on the Calypso Coral tag, and sprinkled white embossing powder over the word, then melted the powder with my heat tool.  A Flirty Flamingo Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dot was added to the tag.

The large scripty "friend" was die-cut using Friends For Life Dies.  I stuck Adhesive Sheet on a piece of Calypso Coral card before cutting the finer layer of the word.  This made it easy to stick the word onto a Basic White die-cut mat of the same word, after peeling off the backing paper.

Using reinkers and a Water Painter, I coloured the daisies in Flirty Flamingo ink, with Petal Pink for the centres.  The roses are Calypso Coral, and the leaves Old Olive.

The coloured focal piece was cut out using the co-ordinating die.

Inside the card, I added a Basic White panel.  I stamped Sketched Plaid in Petal Pink ink, on a smaller piece of Petal Pink card.  After sponging the edges with Petal Pink ink, I adhered it to the bottom of the Basic White piece.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Di Furniss:

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

Until the end of August, there's a sale on a number of Designer Series Papers from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.  Click on the graphic, to check them out in my online store.

Product List

Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519] $99.75	Sketched Plaid Cling Stamp Set [161424] $35.00	Labeled With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163564] $37.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $20.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $20.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $15.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $37.00
Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [122934] $9.75	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147169] $9.75	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [141402] $9.75	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [100531] $9.75
Water Painters [151298] $23.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Friends For Life Dies (English) [163364] $60.00	Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots [162758] $15.75	Sponge Daubers [133773] $13.25
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $20.25