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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Birthday Blooms Watercolour Vs Blender Pen Techniques Handmade Card Using Stampin' Up! Products UK

I hope you are all having a lovely Sunday, and perhaps having a little time to spend crafting too?

Today I have two, almost identical Cards, using two different Watercolour Techniques.

The card on the left uses an Aquapainter & The Card on the right is coloured using a Blender Pen

Leave me a comment on which technique you prefer & Why?

Lets see how many comments we can get to get a good idea of what people prefer.

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PRODUCTS USED TODAY

STAMP SET

Birthday Blooms -  140658

INK PADS

Flirty f Flamingo - 141397

Blushing Bride - 131172

Mint Macaron - 138326

Archival Black - 140931

CARDSTOCK

Watercolour Paper - 122959

Mint Macaron - 138344

Whisper White - 106549

ACCESSORIES

Delicate White Doilies - 141701

DESIGNER SERIES PAPER

Blooms & Bliss - 141654

FRAMELITS DIES

Layering Circles - 141705

ADHESIVES

Multipurpose Liquid Glue - 110755

Stampin Dimensionals - 104430

TOOLS

Big Shot Die Cutting Machine - 14.26.

Acrylic Blocks - 118491

Magnetic Platform - 103658

Stampin Trimmer - 129722

Aqua painters - 103954

Paper Snips - 103579

Bone Folder - 102300

Stampin Spritzer - 126185

Dimensions of Cardstock

CARD BASE - 30 x 10.5 cms; score @ 14.9; fold & Burnish

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Build A Masculine Birthday with Country Living & Masked Watercolour Technique with Stampin' Up! Products

Well I have just got back from walking the dogs over the park with my husband. An outing we regularly make at weekends that I look forward to.

Now that I am home I can get share with you today's card, inspired by the park where we walk the dogs.

This particular card is for my son's 32nd Birthday next week.

It combines three of my favourite Paper Craft Techniques

EMBOSS RESIST

WATERCOLOUR

& MASKING

Below, you will find not just today's tutorial, but also the accompanying YouTube video

I have also included a list of all the products used today & the link for my online store where you can view or purchase your Craft Supplies

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TODAY'S PRODUCTS

STAMP SETS

BUILD A BIRTHDAY

COUNTRY LIVIN

LOVELY AS A TREE

INK PADS

VERSAMARK

SOFT SUEDE

CHOC CHIP

EARLY ESPRESSO

CUCUMBER CRUSH

EMERALD ENVY

CARDSTOCK

SOFT SKY

WHISPER WHITE

EMBOSSING POWDER

CLEAR

ACCESORIES

SOLID BAKERS TWINE

TOOLS

HEAT TOOL

EMBOSSING BUDDY

AQUAPAINTER

STAMPIN TRIMMER

ACRYLIC BLOCK BUNDLE

PAPER SNIPS

BONE FOLDER

STAMPIN WRITE MARKERS

EARLY ESPRESSO

BASIC GREY

BASIC BLACK

ADHESIVES

TOMBOW MULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

MINI GLUE DOTS

Watch the Video Below

Tutorial

1. CARD BASE - Trim a piece of Soft Sky Cardstock to 30 x cms 10.5 cms; score long side @14.9 cms; fold & burnish
2. Trim a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to 14 x 10.1 cms
3. Make a Mask of the Truck, by stamping the truck image onto a large Pot it Note, ensuring part of the image is stamped over where the sticky strip is. Cut out the image, place to one side.
4. Wipe the surface of the whisper White panel with the Embossing Buddy, to remove static from the card
5. clean the truck stamp and stamp the truck onto the Whisper White Panel toward the lower segment of the Whisper White panel using VERSAMARK ink; dust with clear embossing powder; remove the excess powder. & heat set
6. Be sure you do not get the cardstock too wet.
7. Using the Aquapainter, pick up ink from the well of the Soft suede ink pad, and add the paint to the truck Allow to dry
8. Next, add highlights and definition to the image, using the Chocolate Chip Ink Pad, picking up ink with the aquapainter as before. Allow to dry
9. Using the Cucumber Crush Ink Pad, add detail to the grass area beneath the truck using the aquapainter; then go over the top of this with Emerald Envy to add definition 
10. add a drop of water into the well of the Emerald Envy Ink Pad, and give a watercolour wash to the foreground, background and windows. Allow to dry completely
11. Place the Mask over the image of the Truck,; using the Early Espresso Ink Pad, Stamp your sentiment & then Stamp the Lovely As A Tree Image twice, one being slightly higher than the other to add depth
12. Remove the mask; Mat the panel onto the Card Base using Tombow; & finish with a bow of Solid Bakers Twine (i.e. single colour).

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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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Fairy Celebration Watercolour Double Diamond Fold Card Stampin' Up! UK

Today, I wanted to share with you, this card that I made for my Daughter & her Partner, as they are moving into their first home together today!

My daughter loves anything crafty, vintage and handmade, so I wanted the card to be something a little bit different. 

I chose the Fairy Celebration Stamp Set

Because Toadstools and Fairies  represent Home to me

So I hope that they enjoy this Double Diamond Fold Card

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PRODUCTS USED

STAMP SET

FAIRY CELEBRATION

CARDSTOCK

THICKER WHISPER WHITE

SHIMMERY WHITE

MINT MACRON

INK PADS

DAFFODIL DELIGHT

OLD OLIVE

REAL RED

BERMUDA BAY

BLUSHING BRIDE

SWEET SUGARPLUMB

SOFT SUEDE

BASIC BLACK

ACCESSORIES

SUBTLES ENAMEL SHAPES

TOOLS

STAMPIN TRIMMER

SCORING TOOL

METRIC SCORING BOARD (OPTIONAL)

DIAGONAL SCORING PLATE (OPTIONAL)

BONEFOLDER

AQUAPAINTER

PAPER SNIPS

ADHESIVES

TOMBOW MULTI-PURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

Tutorial

1. Trim a piece of Thicker Whisper White Cardstock to 20 x 20 cms (8" x 8")
2. Score the cardstock at 10 cms; rotate by 45 degrees  and repeat (4", rotate by 45 degrees and repeat)
3. Score on the diagonal, rotate by 45 degrees and repeat
4. Using Paper Snips, cut away the bottom right 10 x 10 cms square (4" x 4")
5. Fold and burnish all score lines. To fold up the box, you will need to create mountain & Valley folds.
6. Trim a TWO pieces of Shimmery White Cardstock to 9.2 x 9.2 cms, and stamp the art pieces of your choice onto these (including the sentiment) using Archival Basic Black Ink Pad.
7. Colour in the art pieces using ink lifted from the 'well' of the ink pads (squish the ink pads together to transfer ink from the pad to the well). Do not apply excessive amounts of water or the cardstock with wrinkle.
8. Mat your art pieces onto Mint Macaron Cardstock measuring 9.6 x 9.6 cms
9. Stamp the reverse side of the cardstock with the small fairy, & the fairy & the Fairy dust Stamp using Archival Black Ink

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