Watercolour Wednesday Warm Welcome

 For today's inspiration I have taken a bold step outside my box. I have created a watercolour background. Nothing new there I hear you say but it is different! Not a messy background in sight! This time I used a brush and ink and created a scene.  I made the scene as a backdrop for the Warm Welcome stamps and dies.

The background was made using quite a dry brush onto thick basic white cardstock.  I used a variety of blues and purples with a splash of orange. 

 I used a basic grey ink for stamping and cardstock mats. I love the sentiment of this card . 

The background was larger than I needed for the front. I used one of  the off cuts to decorate the inside of the card.

All in all this card is definitely outside my box but I like it! What about you? What do you think? Comment to let me know 😊

Tips tricks and techniques Tuesday Warm Welcome

 Yesterday I shared projects using the uber cute Warm Welcome stamp set that were crisp and clean. Today's inspiration has a very different look and feel to it. 

I have kept the colour palette monochromatic with a kraft colour called crumb cake and white.  I like the simplicity of monochromatic colour schemes. And this one is a favourite of mine.

My top tip for working with a very limited colour palette is to add texture.  For this card I used the heart die from the dies that are a part of  Warm welcome bundle . 

I die cut them from the same cardstock as the cardstock I used for the card base and coloured mat . I then adhered them randomly over part of the coloured mat.

I then heat embossed the sentiment on to cardstock and the cute row of shoes onto vellum in white.

The white speckles you can see are made using white reinker mixed with a drop of water. Then take a water painter dip it in the liquid and tap the brush to splatter the ink over the project.

Now like any crafter worth their salt I couldn't waste the spare die cut hearts! I used them to decorate the inside of my card.

I am very happy with how this card came together.  I think is a great colour palette for a non gender specific new baby card. What do you think ?

Make it simple Monday Warm Welcome

 Happy Monday 🙂 I hope you had a good weekend. I spent mine prepping for one of our regular monthly classes that takes place on Thursday.  It certainly kept me busy thats for sure!! So when I released that it was my turn to post this week I was mighty glad that Monday's are #makeitsimplemonday!!! I have chosen to showcase a stamp set that arrived at my house on Friday, it was the top of a pile waiting to be put away 😉. Called Warm welcome its a fun set filled with lots of elements to create lots of projects. 

#simplestamping cards are usually single layer cards. And today's inspiration are just that. Single layer and using just stamps and ink on them.

I have actually made 2 cards both using the same inks and ideas but in different orientation. 

 

The colours I've used are orchid oasis a bluey,  a bright blue called tahitian tide and the bold green is called parakeet party. 

Sorry about the quality of the photo of the landscape card. I'm not sure what went wrong but I'm going to have to try harder!!

Anyway I love that these cards were super quick to make , are cheaper to post, are bright and cheerful and fun. 

Fun Fold Friday - Dainty Delight

 Hello, today being my last day this week, I have made a folded card that I recently made for a class. Using the Dainty Delight stamp set and the Dainty Flowers DSP I matched the card of Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry. The main card is in Rich Razzleberry card, 14.85cm high by 15cm wide and scored at 10.5cm. The smaller card in Blushing Bride is 18.6cm wide by 10.5cm high. 

I cut a piece of Basic white card 20cm wide by 14.4cm high and scored it at 10cm. This I adhered to the back of the card base only. I then cut 2 more pieces of basic white card 10cm by 9cm wide. I embossed these with the Fern Embossing Folder and adhered them to the inside of the small card.

I cut a piece of DSP for the front of the small card 10cm high by 9cm wide and adhered it to the front of the card. I then cut a further piece for the front of the base card 4.6cm wide by 14.4cm high. This was adhered to the narrow panel on the base card. I then added the small cards centrally over the DSP panel on the base card. I used the Handmade Tag punch for the main sentiment on the front of the card and stamped several flowers and other sentiments throughout the inside of the card too. 

A little colouring and the card was completed.

Thank you for stopping by this week. Cary will return on Monday to share some of her creations. 

Until I return, please take care, stay safe and

KEEP ON CRAFTING. 

lots of love,  Gill
 

This or That Thursday - Dainty Delight

 Hello. I started with a simple card today that can be easily copied and reproduced. Using the Dainty Delight stamp set, I stamped the largest image and coloured it in using my Stampin' Blends, alchocol Marker pens. I picked a piece of the Silver foiled papers and embossed it using the Twigs and Sprigs gorgeous embossing folder. The detail is stunning! I adhered that to a piece of the Granny Apple Green mat and then to a White Card base. The stamped image was then cut down and adhered to another piece of the green and mounted onto the card using Dimensionals, 3D foam shapes. A simple message and the 2 mats on the inisde and this one was finished. 

As it's this and that Thursday today, I made a similar one this time using the Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper (DSP) for the background. The papers are stunning and I couldn't decide which to use. So I made 2 more! Made in the same way but without foil this time. 

Please can you let me know which of the 3 cards you prefer?

  

Card 1

  

      Card 2    

 

                                                                               Card 3

Watercolour Wednesday - Dainty Delight

 Hello. Today's card using the Dainty Delight stamp set, I used the large image stamp and stamped it with Memento Ink pad. Now I know you aren't supposed to use a water based ink when watercolouring but today I did! The reason being is that I wanted to used the water colour pencils but not the water!

I coloured the flowers and background in using the pencils and then chopped the image into 8. I added the small pieces onto a piece of one of the DSP papers called Dainty Flowers which are Free during Saleabration. For every £45 spent, you get to choose a free item from the special brochure. 

I LOVE the stamps and the papers together and apart. Really beautiful! Once they were all chopped up, I added them all to another white mat then onto the Starry Sky card base. I did keep the mat narrow on purpose so cut off the excess card to the right hand side. I didn't use the water brushes as I said but did rub my fingers across the mats to smooth the colours over gently. 

Technique Tuesday - Dainty Delight

 Hello and thank you for stopping by. I have changed tack on what I was using for this week as I had forgotten that Cary used the Beautifully Happy stamp set a few weeks ago. I really paid attention didn't I Anyway I am now for the rest of this week, going to use the gorgeous Dainty Delight stamp set.

 Today's card is lovely and bright then cut into 4 pieces. I stamped several of the flowers from the stamp set using Versamark and added them to a white mat. I used White embossing powder and heat set them before I started to blend several different colours across the sheet. I cut it into 2 strips then each one into 2 more pieces. That was it. From there I added the pieces to another mat in a different order to before and then adhered them onto a Granny Apple Green card base.