Showcasing Two Different Techniques

A quick post to share two very different cards with you today.

The first card uses a watercolor effect to create the background.  

To create the background used a watercolor technique I have grown to enjoy.  I dabbed ink from Island Indigo, Fresh Fig and Night of Navy ink pads onto a large plastic ziploc bag and spritzed it with water to let the colors blend and float.  Then I dabbed whisper white cardstock onto the wet ink to create the background effect.  I heated the cardstock after 1 application to dry the ink and water.  Then I added more ink to the cardstock in the same way to add more color and fill in the background until I was happy with the effect.  

Once the background dried I added some die-cut and punched circles and the greetings.  The greetings are Sale-a-bration items offered by Stampin' Up! from now until March 31st 2018.  I received these items free, the Amazing You clear-mount stamp set and the Celebrate You Thinlits dies, when I purchased $150 in Stampin' Up! product (total).  Such great fonts in these items.  I already created a few different items with the thinlit dies.

The second card is ALL die-cuts, no stamping at all!  

I used the Painted with Love Designer Series Paper (Stampin' Up! 2018 Occasions Catalog) and the Sweet and Sassy Framelit Dies (Stampin' Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalog) to create the hearts.  The greetings are from the Celebrate You Thinlit dies (2018 Sale-a-bration item) as well as the Lovely Words Thinlit Dies (Stampin' Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalog).  I added a little gold mini sequin-trim ribbon behind the smaller heart and that was it.  The mat is Powder Pink cardstock embossed with the Polka Dot Basics Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (Stampin' Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalog).  Cardstock colors in this card are Powder Pink and Rich Razzleberry.

Thank you for visiting and hope you enjoy your day!

Petal Palette Cards

A quick post to show you some cards I made using the new Petal Pallette Clear Mount Bundle from the Stampin' Up! 2018 Occasions catalog.  

I really love this bundle, one of my favorites from Stampin' Up! this year.  I made two different cards, similar layout using different techniques.

For the first card I stamped the images using Memento and colored in the flowers and leaves using the Stampin' Up! Blendabilities.  I love the effect and that there are no lines when you color.  
I stamped the bird with Fresh Fig ink onto Sweet Sugarplum cardstock and then diecut it using the matching thinlits.  I added some Wink of Stella sparkle to the to give it a little flare.  

For the second card, I diecut the leave image into cardstock and used it as a template for adding the Shimmery White embossing paste to create a sparkly background.  Then I stamped the flowers and leaves and bird using Memento ink and colored the leaves and flowers with the Blendabilities.  I added the Wink of Stella to the bird and decided to keep it monochromatic to let the flowers stand out.  The greeting is my favorite part!  It comes from the Happiest of Days stamp set from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog.  I love the mix of fonts in this greeting.  I added a little Silver Baker's Twine behind the flowers and adhered to the card base with dimensionals.

Hope you enjoyed the cards and got a little inspiration from them.  

All the best to you!