Flower Shop Masked Watercolour Technique with One Big Meaning Thank Handmade Thank You Card Using Stampin' Up! Products UK

  

Today's card is a great way to start with Masking & Watercolour Techniques, on this Flower Shop Thank You Card.

There is no need to buy watercolour paper, but if you have it, then use it.

In my o photo above, I have used a piece of Whisper White Cardstock, and works well, so long as you don't get the cardstock really well.

You will need  an Archival ink pad or a Stazon Ink Pad, as this prevents the inks leaching out when you begin watercolouring, Plus an aquapainter Brush

For the watercolouring, I I used Archival Gray, to give an almost invisible outline to the flowers.

I used ink pads from the Regals Colour Collection, to keep the project co-ordinated.

Masking is a way of rubber stamping,  that doesn't have any overlapping of the images. You start from the foreground and work backward masking off each flower in turn, before stamping the next image.

To make a mask is super simple.

Take a Post It Note, and stamp your image onto the note, ensuring some of the stamped image is over the area of sticky (i.e. you stamp on the front of the note); then use paper snips to cut around the image so you are left with an outline of the glower, and a small strip if sticky on the back.

To build the card, stamp your first flower & once dry, cover the flower with the mask. Stamp your next flower, remove the mask, and repeat with each flower until you have the effect you want, leaving space for the sentiment

To watercolour, select your ink pads, and if you are using Stampin Up Classic Ink Pads, all you do is squidge the ink pad firmly to transfer ink from the pad to the 'well'. Then you pop a single drop of water into the well by gently squeezing the aquapainter, from there you can start painting.

If the aquapainter gets too wet, dry it on a piece of kitchen towel.

I used dilute Crushed Curry Ink to add highlights around some of the flowers, and on a scrap of white cardstock, and painted as above, this was then punched out using the Pansy Punch, and added to the card front using Stampin Dimensionals.

Allow the cardstock to dry thoroughly before stamping your sentiment and mounting onto your card base. 

Finish with a flourish of Rhinestones

Below the photo, you will find the cardstock dimensions and a list (with product codes)  of all the products used today, along with a link to my online store

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• CARDBASE - Always Artichoke measuring 30 x 10.5 cms; score long side at 14.9 cms; fold & Burnish
• FRONT PANEL - Whisper White measuring 14.4 x 10.1 cms
• INSIDE PANEL - Whisper White measuring 14.4 x 10.1 cms
• Scrap of Whisper White Cardstock to stamp & Punch the additional flower 

PRODUCTS USED TODAY

STAMP SETS
Flower Shop - 130942
One Big Meaning - 139420
INK PADS
Archival Basic Black - 140931
Archival Basic Gray - 140932
Crushed Curry - 131173
Elegant Eggplant - 126969
Island Indigo -126986
Rose Red - 126954
Perfect Plumb - 126963
CARDSTOCK
Always Artichoke - 108610
Whisper White  - 106549
ACCESSORIES
Basic Rhinestones - 119246
PUNCH
Pansy - 130968
ADHESIVES
Stampin Dimensionals - 104430
Multipurpose liquid glue - 110755
TOOLS
Stampin Trimmer - 129722
Bone Folder - 102300
Paper Snips - 103579
Acrylic Block C - 118486
Acrylic Block H - 118490
Aqua Painter - 103954

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Watercolour Wash Vintage Styled Card using In This World Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! UK

  

Now, if you have been following my blog over the past 5 years, you will know that I am a Vintage Girl at heart! I have to fight my natural inclination to make everything vintage styled. So I have learnt, that people like to see all kinds of cards & 3D projects.

But for today, I am feeding my love of the vintage Style he he

The In This World Stamp Set is how I have achieved this.

This is one of the New Stamp Sets to the Stampin' Up! Catalogue

So if you have fallen in love at first sight of this stamp set, like me, you will have to have it.

That is easy to to, just click the link below this photo, and you will be transported to my on-line Demonstrator Store, where you can purchase this little lovely ...

Stampin' Up! also brought out a new vintage lace, so of course I just HAD to have that too!

The card Base was made using Watermelon Wonder Cardstock,.

The main panel is Watercolour Paper which I created a 3 colour watercolour wash background. This was stamped one dry, and an extra Butterfly was stamped and Fussy Cut out., some coils of Gold thread added and mounted onto the card front with Stampin Dimensionals to Pop it up.

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STAMP SET

IN THIS WORLD

CARDSTOCK

WATERMELON WONDER

WATERCOLOUR PAPER

INK PADS

ARCHIVAL BLACK

MINT MACARON

WATERMELON WONDER

TIP TOP TAUPE

ACCESSORIES

VERY VANILLA LACE TRIM

GOLD THREAD

TOOLS

STAMPIN TRIMMER

AQUAPAINTER

PAPER SNIPS

BONE FOLDER

ADHESIVES

TOMBOW MULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

STAMPIN DIMENSIONALS

Tutorial

1. Trim a piece of Watermelon Wonder Cardstock to 30 x 10.5 cms; score at 14.9 cms; fold & Burnish
2. Trim a piece of Watercolour Paper to 14.4 x 10.1 cms; apply some drops of water onto the paper and spread over the surface of the cardstock, without going right to the edge
3. Transfer some ink from the ink pads to the "well" by squishing the ink pad ... do this for the Mint Macaron; Watermelon Wonder& Tip Top Taupe ink pads
4. Starting at the top of the panel, apply Mint Macaron ink by picking up ink from the WELL and adding it to the dampened watercolour paper; repeat with the Watermelon Wonder Ink Pad, and finally, the Tip Top Taupe Ink Pad. Allow the panel to dry completely
5. Using Archival Black Ink Pad, stamp the left hand side of the panel with the long stamp, and then stamp the butterfly stamp 3 times, changing the angle you stamp at each time., Then stamp the sentiment of choice from the stamp set
6. stamp a further butterfly onto a scrap of Watercolour Paper using Archival Black Ink Pad & fussy cut out using Paper Snips
7. Coil some sloops of Gold Thread around two fingers; apply Stampin Dimensionals to the back of the Butterfly and partially attach the thread to one of the Dimensionals, & add to the card front
8. Wrap around some Very Vanilla Lace Trim and tie a small bow
9. Mat onto the Card base using Tombow Liquid Glue (you need this as the watercolour paper warps a little).

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Birthday Blooms Double Diamond Fancy Fold Card Using Stampin' Up! Products

Today I am sharing with you the basic tutorial on how to create one of these Double Diamond Cards

The other Day, I shared with you the Fairy Celebration New Home Card I made for my Daughter & Son in Law, as they were moving into their first home. 

It was a step up from today's card, as I added two square panels, that I stamped & painted with the fairies.

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Some of you have said you found the instructions in that typed tutorial, a little difficult to follow from step 5, and could I do a video., So here is is

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Today's Card uses the Birthday Blooms Stamp Set with Archival Black/Memento Black Ink Pad, onto Watermelon Cardstock. I tried to get a better shot of the 3D element of this card, that stamds on 3 points.It is much easier to make than is seems. If you made those peekabo games as a child where you had numbers on the flaps, and underneath was a dare; then you will be able to make these fun fold cards.

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STAMP SET

BIRTHDAY BLOOMS

CARDSTOCK

WATERMELON WONDER

WHISPER WHITE

INK PAD

ARCHIVAL BLACK OR

MEMENTO BLACK

ACCESSORIES

METALIC ENAMEL SHAPES

TOOLS

STAMPIN TRIMMER

PAPER PIERCING TOOL

PAPER SNIPS

ADHESIVE

TOMBOW MULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

Watch the Video Below

Tutorial

1. Trim a piece of Watermelon Wonder Cardstock to 20 x 20 cms (8" x 8")
2. Randomly Stamp the Cardstock using Archival (or memnto) Black Ink Pad & the large Birthday Blooms Stamp
3. Score at 10 cms (4"); Rotate by 45 degrees & Repeat
4. Rotate the cardstock so it is on the diagonal, and line up with the guide on the stampin trimmer, and score; rotate by 45 degrees and repeat.
5. Cut away the bottom right Cm (4") square & Burnish all score lines
6. Fold in the four corners, and fold again into the centre to close the card (this leaves you with 3 points the card stamps on
7. Place a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to the inside of the card using Tombow & stamp on the diagonal the Birthday Greeting.
8. Add a few Metallic Enamel Shapes

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A Subtle Layering Love Meets Playful Pallet using Stampin' Up! Products

Welcome back to a Stormy Saturday! At least, that is the weather her in Essex, UK ha ha

Today I have a super quick card for you in two colourway variations

The Background Collage Stamp Set is called PLAYFUL BACKGROUNDS

The sentiments come from either the BUILD A BIRTHDAY stamp set or the YOU'VE GOT THIS Stamp Set. 

The First Card has been made using the Subtles Collection Ink Pads

And the Pink Colourway is using  the 2016-2018 In Colour Collection. 

The lush Melon Mambo Stitched ribbon, has now retired, but there are other colours in this ribbon that can be substituted. The other card is using Elegant Eggplant Solid Bakers Twine, and I LOVE it!

I hope you will too?

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STAMP SETS

PLAYFUL BACKGROUNDS

YOU'VE GOT THIS

BUILD A BIRTHDAY

INK PADS

SUBTLES COLLECTION

2016 - 2018 IN cOLOUR cOLLECTION

ARCHIVAL BLACK

CARDSTOCK

BLUSHING BRIDE

WISTERIEA WONDER

WHISPER WHITE

ACCESSORIES

STITCHED SATIN RIBBON

WLWGANT EGGPLANT SOLID BAKERS TWINE

TOOLS

STAMPIN TRIMMER

ACRYLIC BLOCK BUNDLE

BONE FOLDER

PAPER SNIPS

ADHESIVES

TOMBOW MULTI-PURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

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Tutorial

1. CARD BASE - Trim a piece of A4 Wisteria Wonder or Blushing Bride Cardstock to 30 x 10.5cms; score at 14.9 cms; fold & burnish
2. trim a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to 14 x 10.1 cms
3. Randomly Stamp the 4 stamps from Playful Backgrounds in the Colourway of your choice (4 different colours)
4. Using Archival Black ink pad, stamp the sentiment of choice from one of the stamp sets listed
5. Wrap around a piece of Stitched Satin Ribbon, or Solid Bakers Twine to co-ordinate with your card.
6. Mount onto your Card Base using Tombow

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A Moroccan Heartfelt Sympathy Card using Stampin' Up! Products UK

Well, yesterday was a sad day. We had to say goodbye to a good friend.

She was my mentor, when learning about Rabbit Coat Colour Genetics, and without her, I wouldn't have the wide range of colours available in rabbits. She was a stoic lady who I admired greatly.

But each evening, I look up into our beautiful night sky, and remember all those I have lost and miss.

Anne will take her place up there, as well as in my heart, until we meet again.

The sentiment from the Heartfelt Sympathy Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! says it all

STAMP SETS

HEARTFELT SYMPATHY

ARTISTICALLY ASIAN

CARDSTOCK

THICKER WHISPER WHITE

WHISPER WHITE

TIP TOP TAUPE

INK PADS

ARCHIVAL BASIC BLACK

MINT MACARON

DESIGNER SERIES PAPER

MOROCCAN

FRAMELITS DIES

LAYERING SQUARES

ACCESSORIES

MINT MACARON SHEET LINEN RIBBON

SUBTLES ENAMEL SHAPES

TOOLS

STAMPIN TRIMMER

PAPER SNIPS

BIG SHOT

MAGNETIC PLATFORM

ADHESIVES

TOMBOW MULTI-PURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

STAMPIN DIMENSIONALS

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Tutorial

1. A6 CARD BASE - Trim a piece of Thicker Whisper White Cardstock to 30 x 10.5 cms; score at 14.9 cms; fold & burnish
2. Trim a piece of regular Whisper White Cardstock to 14.4 x 10.1 cms
3. Using Mint Macaron  Classic Ink Pad, randomly stamp the Whisper White Cardstock using the Bamboo leaf stamp, with First & Second Generation Stamping Technique
4. Stamp the sentiment of your choice from the Heartfelt Sympathy stamp set in the top left of the panel, using Archival Black Ink Pad. 
5. Trim a piece of Moroccan Designer Series Paper to 12 x 9.7 cms; using paper snips, cut a wide banner at the bottom, and adhere to the card front.; wrap around a piece of the Mint Macaron sheer linen ribbon, and tie a bow to one side
6. Die Cut a square of Whisper White Cardstock using the Layering Squares Framelits Dies, and stamp once with the Bamboo Stamp in Mint Macaron Ink; Die cut the corresponding Scallop Square using Tip Top Taupe Cardstock, Mat the die cut square, onto the scallop square using Stampin Dimensionals & mount onto the card front
7. Finish by adding some Enamel Shapes to the die cut square,

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