Addicted to Stamping

Butterfly Beauty

I'm in love with Stampin' Up's Butterfly Beauty Thinlets. I don't usually care for the fussy dies but I've seen so many pretty cards using these butterflies I couldn't resist.  The top layer is Basic Black card stock and the second layer is Lovely Lipstick Foil. I traced the outline of the die on the card base with a pencil and used Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens to add some colour behind the butterflies.

To make the border I scribbled a line with the Melon Mambo Watercolor Pencil and blended the colour to the outside with a Blender Pen. I added some black dots with a Black Stampin' Write Marker. I couldn't decide on a sentiment so I'll add one later.  Can't wait to play with these framelits a little more.

 

Beautiful Day

This Beautiful Day stamp set is one of my favorites for colouring. I'm so glad it made it into the new catalogue. I used a combination of Watercolor Pencils and Stampin' Write Markers and then blended the colours with a blender pen. This was one of my swap cards from the last OnStage event.  Rather than cutting out the butterfly and popping it up to get a 3D effect I outlined it with a grey watercolor pencil and used the blender pen to soften the lines.

Although this would be a time consuming card to make for a class, it's perfect for those times when you're pretending to watch car/motorcycle/garage shows with your husband.

Garden Trellis Watercolour

Funny how you can't throw out one little thing so it grows into a big thing. I needed the negative cut out of the branch for another card but couldn't bring myself to throw out a perfectly good die cut so I made a white frame and added the branch over a piece of watercolour paper.

I sponged some Pacific Point, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight ink onto the watercolour paper then spritzed it with water to mix the colours. Once it was dry I embossed it with the Garden Trellis embossing folder. I did it because the paper was warped and hoped embossing would flatten it out but I'm going to pretend I planned it all along.

Daisy Delight

I didn't realize I didn't have any sympathy stamp sets until I need one (good excuse to buy more stamps, right?). The elegant font used for the sympathy stamp in Teeny Tiny Wishes went well with the Delightful Daisy Suite. Since the sentiment is so small I used the bow from the Bow Builder Punch to make it stand out a little more.

 

Another Year

I'm going to miss the Balloon Adventures stamp set from the Occasions catalogue. It includes a couple of large sentiment stamps which I've used often. I thought I'd squeeze out a few more cards before it retires. 

The boots are from Country Livin' and I used Timeless Textures around the outside edge. The classic labels are attached to the front of the card with dimensionals and the ends were wrapped around the back of the card.

Might As Well Dance

This card is a combo of some stamp sets that were carried over into the new catalogue. The boots are from the Country Livin' stamp set and the sentiment and back ground stamp are from the Beautiful You stamp set.

Supplies used: Pink Pirouette, Basic Black and Smokey Slate Ink, Melon Mambo Marker, Rhinestones. The black card stock was an embossed piece I found in my scrap bin. I think I originally used the retired Chevron Folder to emboss it.

On Stage was Awesome!!!!

Stampin' Up events are always so much fun and this one was no exception. The upcoming catalogue is a pretty good one. Lots of products that I really really want and can't wait to try. This Little Piggy stamp set was one of the sets we were given at OnStage. Of course the now retired SAB ribbon was perfect for it but there's a white ribbon trimmed in silver in the new catty that will work well too.

I used the watercolor pencils and an aqua painter to colour the image. The die cut flower and leaves are from the Swirly Scribbles dies and I added some clear Wink of Stella to give it some glitter.

Mediterranean Moments

I haven't played with my watercolour pencils in a while. They work well with the Mediterranean Moments stamp set. For some of the areas that I wanted a little brighter I coloured on the watercolor paper after it was wet.

Hey Chick

I'm missing these chicks already. Wouldn't it be great if this SAB set made it into the next catty. I stamped the bottom of the Cajun Craze mat with one of the stamps from Timeless Textures and used a couple of strips of washi tape.

Country Livin'

The Love Sparkles stamp set reminds me of barbed wire fencing so I thought it would go well with the cowboy boots from the Country Livin' stamp set.