Thinking Of You Floral Card

I've not made a card in this style for a long time.  I totally enjoyed all the processes.

I already had an idea of what I would do and the colours that I would use, so I started with a piece of patterned paper for the base.

I then die cut a banner using Stampin' Up "Banners Framelit" and then put it through the Big Shot in a Sizzix embossing folder with a trellis design.  I then stuck it to the patterned paper.

I then used Stamper's Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" to stamp the flowers.  I coloured them with Promarkers and then cut them out.

I then die cut some scrolls and foliage and assembled all the pieces onto the banner.  Finally, I stamped the sentiment (using a free stamp from a magazine).

Stamper's Anonymous Mini Bouquet and Oxide Ink Card

I have continued with playing with the Oxide inks and spritzing the stamped image, creating this card using Stamper's Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" stamp set, Tim Holtz Oxide Inks and a Papertrey Ink sentiment from their "Signature Greetings" stamp set.

High Tide Tag

I was up early today and had the urge to play with ink and paper. 

I started with a background of distress inks.  I then added the sentiment (Stampin' Up "High Tide" stamp set). Using a Tim Holtz, Stampers Anonymous set I added the black dotty section to the top right of the tag.Next I rescued a section of a Memorybox honeycombe die cut from my off-cuts box, positioning to the top left and bottom right.

Using the Tim Holtz, Stampers Anonymous, "Mini Bouquet - CMS269", I stamped the flower heads onto white cardstock.  Using Promarkers in six different shades, I coloured the flowers in (Pear Green, Buttercup, Gold, Dusky Pink, Cinnamon, Cocoa). I then hand cut round the flower and adhered them onto the tag.  Some flat others elevated with foam pads.

Finally to lift some of the solid areas of the distressed background I used a Signo white pen to add dots to replicate a splatter effect.

Ruby Lips Tag (using Stampers Anonymous Mini Bouquet)

I feel like I got all the toys out of the box to create this tag.

It started with a Panpastel background.  For the flowers I used Stampers Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" stamp.  The honeycomb outline is also a Stampers Anonymous stamp from a different set.  I don't recall who made the face stamp, it's a red rubber one I've had for years!.  The text stamp is a verse by Oak House Studio.  The flower petals and lips were coloured using a Promarker.  The edges of the tag were inked in black to give a more grunge look.

Week 21 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2017

Week 21 of the 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge and the prompt is "Anything Goes".

I fancied playing with my Stampers Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" stamps.  So I stamped onto plain card and coloured with my watercolour pencils, cutting around the images. I rummaged through my allsorts box and found some foliage die cuts which I could use.

Using a tag with a prepared Panpastel background, I then arranged the components, glueing down and using foam pads for dimension.  I then added some self adhesive gems to add scrolls.

In hindsight, I think I should have used five rather than six flowers so that it looks less cluttered, but everything is adhered now, so it will stay as it is.

Stampers Anonymous Mini Bouquet Wild Roses Tag

Undecided what to make, I started off stamping some flowers from the Stampers Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" stamp set.  Colouring them in with my water colour pencils in pale shades of pink.  I'm not sure what flowers they are supposed to be, but to me they look like wild roses, so that's what I'm going to call the tag for this purpose. I then cut the images out by hand.

I picked a selection of dies, I think they are mainly by Creative Expressions and cut the foliage and scrolls.

I played around with positioning finally deciding what I liked and stuck them to the pale pink with tiny white dotty background of the tag.  

Three Flower Tag (Stampers Anonymous Mini Bouquet)

This tag was a struggle.  Just as I was nearing completion of it, some ink bled which resulted in me cutting the offending area off and wondering what to do next as I'd already invested too much time on it.

Anyway, fresh eyes on it this morning meant that I was able to finish it.  Not quite what I had originally intended but ok-ish!

The original area is the two flower heads and the script background (the script is a stamp from Oak House Studio).  The flower is from the Stampers Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" set. which I coloured using watercolour pencils.

I prepared a Panpastel background in shades of purple, mauve & black then ran it through the Big Shot in a dotty embossing folder.  I then stuck the original section to the top.  This left and empty area on the bottom right hand side of the tag, so I stamped another flower, coloured it in and cut around it sticking it to the tag to fill the empty area.

So this is proof that not all items created run smoothly.

Week 13 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2017

The prompt for Week 13 is "Favourite Colours".

Thinking about this, I have realised I have many favourite colour combinations, but nature reminded me of one particular favourite - shades of sunset, which I have attempted to replicate with this tag.

I used three shades of Panpastels, blended across the surface of the tag to create the background.  I then used various foliage stamps from Stamper Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" stamp set to provide a silhouette feel.