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

STAMPIN' UP! LAYERS OF BEAUTY BIRTHDAY CARD IN YELLOWS

Today is my last share, for now, of Layers of Beauty.  I have had fun creating with this bundle, but have only just scratched the surface - I look forward to making lots more cards with these beautiful, fun, products.

The card I'm sharing was actually my first one made, and my first time using masks.  I think it could be improved upon (I was a bit heavy-handed with the layers of colour on the roses), but it's a starting point!  I used only the masks and dies for the gorgeous floral piece, which gives quite a different look to when the outline is also stamped.

The background is a panel of Basic White card, that I coloured by lightly applying Daffodil Delight ink with a Blending Brush.  After embossing it with a Basics 3D embossing folder, I matted it onto a piece of Daffodil Delight card, and a Thick Basic White card base.

Using the masks on Basic White card, I applied Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry inks with Blending Brushes, to colour the flowers.  The leaves were coloured using Granny Apple Green and Old Olive inks.

After colouring and die-cutting the large floral piece, I ran it back through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, in the same Basics 3D embossing folder used for the background.

Some extra foliage was cut from Granny Apple Green card, and tucked behind the floral spray.

Smaller Basic White flowers were cut using Country Flowers Dies.  Glossy Dots were added to the three flower centres.

The sentiment is from the Country Birdhouse stamp set.  I stamped it in Versamark ink on a strip of Granny Apple Green card, and heat-embossed it in white.  My favourite little sentiment banner die from Happy Little Things was used to cut it out.

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

Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519] $99.75	Country Birdhouse Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163395] $35.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $20.25	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $20.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $15.75	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $15.75	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $15.75	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $15.75
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $37.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Happy Little Things Dies [163709] $21.00
Basics 3 D Embossing Folders [161598] $53.00	Country Flowers Dies [163410] $61.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Glossy Dots Assortment [158827] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50