Throwback Thursday - Art Gallery

Today's card is one similar to one from last year. We had a die that cut out 3 rectangles and I wanted to do something similar. Using the Hippo and Friends dies again, I took 3 different sizes and cut out the frames. Then with the Art Gallery stamps, I stamped the cluster of flowers a few times in Daffodil Delight and a stronger colour in the Mango Melody. Then obviously the green for the stems in Granny Apple Green ink. 

 

I used the coordination dies calledFloral Gallery to die cut the flower clusters out then took a little off each one until the bottom one. 

I embossed the Granny Apple Green mat using the Brick and Mortar embossing folder to add some more interest.


The last set of flowers and a message or two complete the inside.

Watercolour Wednesday - Art Gallery

Hello again, I know I keep going on about the weather here but it is so up and down eveery day but today was an up day. The sun was shining and it was lovely and warm...until the thunderstorm! Thankfully, only a short hail storm. After that it's been lovely just crafting. Once again I am using the Art Gallery stamp set from Stampin' Up! and today's card I had some really good fun! Using a piece of water colour paper, I stamped the main flower in Versamark ink, then poured white embossing powder before heat setting it. Then I went mad with the colours and my waterbrush! I started with the soft shade of lilac using Fresh Freesia ink pad. I soaked the paper and generously brushed across the lilac. I didn't let it stay for long as I soaked it up using kitchen roll throughout. Then the lovely soft green of Soft Succulent ink. I only used a little of this keeping most of the green close to the edges of the flowers. Then finally, the gorgeous pink of Polished Pink ink pad. I started with a large brush and spread the colour across then added more detail within the flowers using a fine brush. I constantly dried the colour up as I went as I didn't want it to be too strong. 

 

 I wanted the paper to stand out so I matted it onto a piece of the Evening Evergreen card. The green is a really gorgeous dark alpine green and I think I succeeded in making it pop and stand out.

A strip of the gorgeous In Colour Ribbon in the Polished Pink and a bow, I think highlight the colours on the card.

A simple message for the front and inside completes this one.  What's the chance of my enjoying the rest of the sunny day? NIL! The tree surgeons turned up to attend to the trees in the meadow at the back of our garden. Fascinating watching them though!

Technique Tuesday - Art Gallery

Hello on this cold and very wet Tuesday. Well it is here. We are in England after all! Today's card is not exactly a technique but using the Stampin' Up! Art Gallery stamp set and a few dies, I have put together this card. A standard C6 card base is one that is a piece of card which has been folded in the centre but occasionally I do something different. Like lots of folds, a fold in the opposite direction and more panels etc. etc. I have been making cards today, for make and takes for our catalogue launch this weekend. While I was making one of them I came up with another idea. In addition to the stamp set, I have also used the Bricks and Mortar embossing folder, Hippo and Friends dies and the NEW amazing set called Beautiful Trees dies.  

 

The card base is of course Basic White and the 2 colours I have used are 2 of the NEW In Colours. They are called Soft Succulent (green) and Pale Papaya ( yellow). I think they go so well together too.

 

The additional stamp set that I used is another NEW product called Light-hearted Lines. The Happy Birthday words are on a stamp that says 'To a person who's still got it ...But might not remember where they put it Happy Birthday'. It's a brilliant set and one that I will be using a lot in the coming months. I love humorous phrases and messages.  Hence the inside message... 'Don't grow up it's a trap' That just suits my sense of humour.

Make It Monday - Art Gallery

Hello and welcome back. After another week looking after my grandson Theo, I am very glad to say that his dad is off this week and I don't have to look after him! I love him to bits and he certainly has had me on my toes for all of last week. He is mischievious, funny, into everything and loves all of my Stampin' Up! products. If I'm making something, he has to be part of it too! So today's card is what we call a #simplestamping one. I am using the gorgeous stamp set called Art Gallery this week and although it wasn't one that jumped out at me initially, I really do love the versatility of the set now. 

This card is for the novice or beginner crafter to show that they can make beautiful cards very simply using just a stamp set, an ink pad and some paper or just card stock in this case.

I used the beautiful pink in the Fresh Freesia Ink pad. This is one of the 5 new In Colours that Stampin' Up! have just introduced to the world. If you keep a look out this week, I will attempt to show you the other 4 Ink colours.

A simple decoration on the inside and a message to complete it. 

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