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I have again been productive in my craft room this week & have two cards to share. On my first card I am featuring Altenew Build A Flower Gardenia stamps & dies set, Watercolour Stripes Stencil & Altenew Watercolour Pan Set.
I heat embossed my flowers and leaves onto Canson XL Watercolour paper with white embossing powder & then water coloured them using my Altenew watercolour paint pans which I am really enjoying using at the moment.
For my background I blended some Bundled Sage distress Ink over my Altenew Watercolour Stripes Stencil & also used some pretty Moda Scraps Let Your Soul Bloom paper & as you can see my card is very green today which I hadn't originally intended but it just happened!
The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps Sketched Flowers stamps set & I have stamped it using Simon Says Stamp Black pigment ink I did regret sewing my papers as I am still having problems with my thumb & tying the knots with cotton proved impossible!
As the flowers are so big and pretty I have simply added some Twine, Pearls, Simon's Flickering Butterflies & Simply White Crystal Drops.
Other supplies used -
Simon Says Stamp Woodgrain card stock, Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad, Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Tape, Tonic Guillotine, Acrylic Blocks, Tonic Scissors, Die Cutting machine, SSS Tacky Glue, & SSS Black pigment ink.
As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a $50 voucher for the fabulous
I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Crafty Creations - anything goes, Lemon Shortbread - anything goes, Creative Moments anything goes, The Crafty Addicts - anything goes, Crafting From The Heart - anything goes, Get Creative Challenges - anything goes.
My second card today has the flower on it that I originally intended for my card above but changed my mind about the colour of the flowers I wanted on the above card & it has been heat embossed & water coloured as before.
I have used the same stamps & dies from the Build A Flower Gardenia set to create a shaker card using Altenews Watercolour Stripes Cover Die and have added an assortment of different sets of sequins to my shaker.
I have die cut Simon Says Stamps large Devonshire & Paulina butterfly dies, the Paulina butterfly was die cut using Canson XL Watercolour paper & then given a wash of paint from my Watercolour Pan Set to match the flower. These butterflies have featured many times on my cards over the years & are still firm favourites of mine.
The sentiment is from Simon's Beautiful Flowers stamps set & has been heat embossed onto SSS Fog Gray card stock.
Another swooner post today, Mandy! (is that a word??) I ADORE your pretty green gardenias, such a delicate color! The purple card is lovely, too! Better go put this flower on my wishlist, it's a favorite of my Mom's......
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Mandy :-) both of them are absolutely stunning!!! I just love them both! so beautifully done!!
ReplyDeleteAs for tying knots, I always just used some tape on the back of the card to stick the ends down, easier than tying knots I think, have you tried that? XX
Hope you have a great week!
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Wonderful cards!
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