Last sunflower

Not the last sunflower ever, just the last for now, as I believe it will be Christmas cards, tags, etc from now until December! I have several events I need to be planning for so I hope to start designing soon. I made the sunflower tiles by punching them out, stamping the Versamark pad straight on the squares and then embossing in clear e.p. Next time I’ll try glassy glaze e.p. to see if that makes them even more like tiles.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serene Sunflowers, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Ruby Red, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Ruby Red, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Also: Olive organdy ribbon, Clear e.p.

Golden grasses

This is the last one to post from the party the other night. (I did demo one other but it is already posted here ) It will also be the last from Garden Silhouettes for a while, unless I work out how to use the set for Christmas cards!

Supplies:

Stamps: Garden Silhouettes
Inks: So Saffron, Garden Green,Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Garden Green, Mellow Moss, Naturals White, Metallic Gold
Also: Gold e.p., Moss Grosgrain ribbon

Gold Leaf

This was a card for the Splitcoast  featured Stamper challenge a few weeks ago.  It was inspired by Heather’s card here.  I embossed the gold leaf and then used a blender pen and the stamp pads to get the orange and rust colour.

Supplies:

Stamps:  With Gratitude
Inks: Summer Sun, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust
Also: Chocolate ribbon, Gold e.p.

September Stampers’ Club

Tonight at Stampers’ club we used the Sunflowers that I have been enjoying playing around with lately. I tried several techniques for creating a watercolour effect with the sunflowers. One was spraying the watercolour paper first and then stamping on it. Alternatively I stamped the sunflowers and then sprayed the paper afterwards. You can also ink the stamps and then spray them before stamping them. Unfortunately I can’t remember which technique I used here!? I think it was spray the paper first stamp after, but you may as well try each technique yourself. I added the dots to the paper with a Stampin’ marker.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serene Sunflowers, With Gratitude
Inks: Ruby Red, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke, Burgandy and Artichoke Stampin’ markers
Cardstock: Ruby Red, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke, Naturals White, Watercolour paper
Also: Antique Brass brads

For the other card I started with half an 8½x11 piece of vanilla cardstock and randomly stamped leaves all over it in Basic Black ink. Then I coloured with watercolour pencils in a range of colours which would match the earth elements cardstock. I added some leaves in earth elements inks, stamping several times before re-inking to get the variety of shades. At this point I showed my samples but encouraged everyone to cut whatever size and shape they wanted out of the leaf sheet and matte it to make their own card. I had twill tape on hand to add and the THANKS greeting. There was a little bit of complaining about having to design their own cards, but as usual they did a beautiful job.

Supplies:

Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, With Gratitude
Inks: Basic Black, Close to Cocoa, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Ruby Red, Summer Sun
Also: Twill Tape

Supplies:

Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, With Gratitude
Inks: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Also: Twill Tape

Sunflowers

This was another one from the party the other night. When I first saw this set in the catalogue a few years ago I was inspired by the samples they had stamped. To show off the set someone had created attractive lables for kitchen canisters. I ordered the set. I have never been really happy with my sunflower creations until last weekend when I spent some time playing with the set again.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serene Sunflowers
Inks: Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Summer Sun, Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke, Naturals white
Also: Burgandy ribbon

Falling leaves

The fall colours are starting to appear outside, so they are appearing here too. I have a stamping party for a good friend tonight and this one is the make and take. I will try and post the others soon also.

Supplies:

Stamps: With Gratitude, Fundumental Phrases
Inks: Always Artichoke, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Really Rust
Cardstock: True Thyme( I thought I picked up Artichoke but it was Thyme from last years In Colours by mistake), Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Really Rust
Also: Twill Tape, Hodgepodge Hardware

Watering the grass

Yet another green card using the Garden Silhouettes. First I embossed the grass with clear e.p. on watercolour paper and then stamped same stamp in several different colours . I sprayed it with a mist of water to blur the images and when that had dried stamped the same stamp a couple more times. A little sponging in green completed the soft effect .

Supplies:

Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Garden green, Wild Wasabi, Not quite Navy, Versamark
Cardstock: Garden green, Wild Wasabi, Not quite Navy, Watercolour paper, Whisper white, Vellum
Also: Clear e.p.

Green grasses

Can you tell I’m having fun with the Garden Silhouettes hostess set? The images are simple but very versatile.

Supplies:

Stamps: Canvas, Garden Silhouettes, Speckled Roller
Inks: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla, Soft Sky
Also: Twill tape

Queen Anne’s Lace

Queen Anne’s Lace is such a pretty plant and the stamp from Garden Silhouettes makes a very delicate image. I embossed the white images first and then sponged and stamped in the other colours. I also brushed the stamp pad across the base card to help create the illusion of wind blowing the plants.

Supplies:

Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: River Rock, Garden Green, Mellow Moss, Versamark
Cardstock: River Rock, Garden Green, Mellow Moss, Whisper White

Circles and stripes

I did not have a plan for this card when I started I just knew I wanted the dry embossed circles and some of the designer paper. I played around with it for a while before I settled on the stripes of patterns.

Supplies:
Stamps: Short and Sweet, All Through the Year
Inks: Tempting Turquoise
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Pretty in Pink, White, Petals & Paisley D.P.
Also: Seeing Spots Classy Brass Template, Pink Grosgrain Ribbon