Emboss resist beautiful day rainbow background card

This time I have done a simple idea for a card, and something you can use any floral outline stamp for.  I had seen a lot of really lovely floral background stamps, but didn't have any, I have patterns, stripes and flourish ones but no florals.  So I got thinking, why can't I use one of my outline flower stamps to give the same effect.  So I thought I would have a go, and used the Altenew Beautiful day stamp set.

 

It worked out well, I stamped the outline stamp all over a piece of Strathmore bristol card with versamark ink and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I made sure the flowers 'jigsawed' together and went in a variety of directions and also make sure I stamped some off the page.  

I then used some distress inks to water colour over the background to make the embossing stand out.  I did one card with blocks of the colours, and the second one I did each flower a different colour.

Next I made a couple of banners with the sentiment, mounted the trimmed down background onto a card base, and then put a few 'enamel dots' with Nuvo crystal drops in the gloss white and that was the card finished.  Easy!

Here is a video of making the cards

The supplies I used for this card was:

Altenew beautiful day stamp

Altenew birthday greetings stamp

Strathmore bristol smooth water color card

two card bases 5 X 7 inches

Versamark clear ink

Ranger white embossing powder

Heat tool

embossing buddy

Acrylic block

Distress inks in squeezed lemonade, salty ocean, picked raspberry, carved pumpkin, twisted citron, and wilted violet.

Ranger non stick mat

versafine onyx black ink

Ranger clear embossing powder

Scraps of pink and white card

Scotch foam tape

double sided tape

Nuvo crystal drops Gloss white

I hope this inspires you to have a look at your floral stamps and have a go at making a background with them.  

Pastel Pearlescent water colour on Black card

This card is quite an easy card, I bought an inexpensive palette of watercolour  paints that are pearlescent/metallic to look at, from the craft section of a department store here.I thought I would give them a go to see how they performed, and thought they would look best on black card.  

So I made a card base and front panel in black card.  

On the front panel I stamped the Wplus9 A kind soul stamp in the top right hand corner and the bottom left hand corner.  I also stamped the sentiment while I was doing embossing

The paints were just like any other water colour palette, these were quite creamy, and covered the black card quite well. Some of the paler colours only looked silvery and didn't show their colour very well, but they probably would on white.  I did notice that the paint did cover over some of the embossed lines, where I thought it would have resisted, so I had to go back at the end and draw over some with a white gel pen to brighten them back up.  But overall I was quite pleased for something that only cost me $4.  

I cut the panel down by a 1/4 inch and mounted it onto black craft foam and then onto my card base and that was the card done.  Nothing fancy at all, but quite effective on the black.  

Here is a video on making the card

The materials I used were:

5 x 7 inch card base and panel

Wplus9 A kind soul stamp

Simon Says Stamp thoughtful messages stamp

Misti

Versamark Ink

Ranger white embossing powder

EK success embossing powder tool

Embossing buddy

Heat tool

Artwise pearlescent Water colour palette

Size 2 & 4 paint brushes

Black craft foam

Double sided adhesive sheets (Jac paper)

Scissors

Freehand Floral Spray card

 I decided to do another card using the Wplus9 Freehand floral stamps, they are so forgiving for layered stamps, and so pretty.

I made my own stamped background using a flourish background stamp, which was stamped in versamark with clear embossing powder, so it has a tone on tone look

Next I stamped a number of yellow and blue roses, and then two different leaves out of the stamp set, using Altenew crisp ink cube sets.

The white panel for the front of the card, I cut a curved edge on the bottom right, which is where I will arrange the flowers once fussy cut out. 

Once the card was put together and the flowers where glued down or on two different foam tape squares, so they were different levels. I finished the card with a few sparkling clear sequins in two sizes. 

Here is a video on how I made the card

The materials I used are

Blue card base 5 x 7 inches

White linen card panel 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches

Impression Obsession background stamp - Flourishes

Wplus Freehand Floral stamp

Simon Says Stamp thoughtful messages

Altenew crisp inks

Buttercream, mango smoothie, warm sunshine, frayed leaf, forest glades, arctic, Caribbean sky & Persian blue

Versafine Onyx black ink

Ranger clear embossing powder

Heat tool

Misti

Acrylic blocks

circle die (Spellbinders)

Cutter Bee scissors

Craft foam

double sided tape

Foam squares

Scotch foam tape
Quilled precision applicator bottle
Cosmic shimmer dries clear glue

Pretty pink posh clear sparkling sequins 4mm & 6mm



Wplus9 A kind soul floating panel card

I have got my inspiration for my card today from this picture I found on Pinterest, which has been made by a lady called Lin and was on a blog called heartshugsandflowers.blogspot.com.  I am using the idea of cutting along the edge of a stamped panel and then mounting it onto a card base.  I believe in giving credit where credit is due, this is her design and I didn't copy it completely but I can't say it was my idea.

My card I am using the Wplus9 A kind Soul stamp and have stamped it once down the side of a card panel, then masked it, and stamped it over the top of the previously stamped image, so that where the mask was, it looks like it is behind it, and therefore looks like a continuous stamp.  

I have stamped the stamp onto Strathmore Bristol smooth watercolour paper, and then watercoloured it with Distress inks, using the wet on wet technique.

Once I had finished the watercolouring, I have fussy cut out the right hand edge right to the embossed black line and mounted it onto a lilac card base in which I had stamped the birthda wishes from the Altenew stamp birthday greetings.  

Finally some pretty pink posh sparkling sequins, some wink of stella on the flower centres and that is the card complete.  

Here is a video showing how I made the card

The supplies I have used for this card are:

Wplus9 A kind soul stamp

Versafine onyx black ink

Ranger clear embossing powder

Heat tool

Strathmore Bristol smooth paper

No 4 paint brush

Distress inks in Wilted violet, mowed lawn, picked raspberry black soot & seedless preserves

Altenew birthday greetings sentiment stamp

Pretty pink posh sparkling clear sequins in 4mm & 6mm

Quilled precision fine tip bottle

Cosmic shimmer dries clear glue

Scotch foam tape

Cutter Bee Scissors

Tweezers

lilac card base 5 x 7 inches

I hope this card has inspired you to maybe use stamps you might have differently and do a panel card like this one.  I have to say, the photos don't do it justice, it is a lot more colourful in real life, it looks a little wishy washy in the photos. 

Wplus9 Modern peonies card

This card is using another of Wplus9's lovely stamps, this time the Modern peonies stamp set.  I have to admit, I was a bit daunted when it arrived in the mail, there were a lot of petals on the main image for the size of the stamp.  Gosh was I going to be able to manage the painting of it, as I had planned to do some no line water colouring?

Well I determinately stamped it with spun sugar and the leaves with shabby shutters distress inks, and made a start! 

I was doing a fairly easy style of water colouring, by doing a wash of the spun sugar first, making sure I left some white space around the petals where there was no fold over of the petal, so that it would keep each petal separate, otherwise it would look like a big blob!  I nearly gave up at this point, as I didn't think it was looking very good at all!

But I persevered and started my second layer, which was with abandoned coral, I went over the areas on each petal where it would be in shadow from a petal on top of it, and worked my way over the whole flower, and in the end I thought it looked OK.

To use them on a card, I used a memory box stencil and stencilled the bottom of a card panel with nuvo glimmer paste, and once dry, I mounted it onto a card base.

I made a background using a smooching ink technique with squeezed lemonade and spun sugar distress inks to make a top panel with a stitched scalloped edge to it. 

The sentiment is from the Wplus9 A kind soul stamp set. 

The flowers were mounted with a combination of mounting foam and glue.

I am not sure if It looks alright with the smooshed ink background, or if I should have kept it simple and just used white card? 

Here is a video showing how I made it.

The materials I used are:

Card base and two panels

Wplus9 modern peonies stamp

Wplus9 A kind soul stamp

Memory box .... stencil

Distress inks in Spun sugar, abandoned coral, squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, fossilised amber, shabby shutters, mowed lawn and bundled sage.

Versafine onyx black ink

acrylic blocks

No 4 paint brush

paper towels & water

foam tape

double sided tape 

quilled precision tip bottle

Cosmic shimmer dries clear glue

Nuvo glimmer paste - moonstone

palette knife

board and painters tape

Tim holtz non-stick mat

 spray bottle with water

pretty pink posh clear droplets 4mm & 6mm

jewel picker

I hope this card gave you some inspiration. 

Wplus9 A kind soul copic coloured birthday wishing card

This Wplus9 stamp is such a gorgeous stamp and is looking like it will be very versatile.  I always like that when I buy a stamp.  I always look to see if there are going to be multiple ways and mediums to use a stamp. 

This one I decided to keep it simple and use it to do a border top and bottom and then colour it in with copics, and that would be pretty much it.  

I am fairly new at using copics, I enjoy colouring, but I am by no means an expert.  

I have used pretty much the only 4 colours of pink I have, three blues and three greens.  Then just a couple of browns and greys.  

The sentiment is the Wishing and sending stamp set by simon says stamp.  I love the brush lettering of the wishing.  I think I will be using this stamp set a lot.  

Here is a video of making this card.

The materials I have used for doing this card are:

Wplus9 A kind soul stamp

Simon says stamp wishing and sending stamp

A card panel that measure 4 1/2 inches x 7 inches

Card base 5 x 7 inches

Versafine onyx black ink

Ranger clear embossing powder

Misti

My sweet petunia's acetate clear grid

Momento tuxedo black ink

Copics Pink: RV10, RV21, RV13 & RV04

Greens: YG00, YG03 & YG17

Blues: B32, B24 & B18

Browns: E37 & E59

Greys: C1 & C3

Gold glitter tape

I hope this card has inspired you to make a card 

Floral wreath card with Wplus9 freehand florals

For some time now, I have been wanting to have a go at creating a wreath with flower stamps, and thought I would have a go with the Wplus9 freehand floral stamp set I have just purchased. One of my longest followers of my blog Carol, suggested this stamp quite some time ago, and I have had it at the back of my mind to get it some time, and finally decided to add it to a purchase I was doing.  I am not sorry, it is a lovely stamp and very forgiving with the positioning of the layers.  

I ended up making two colour versions.

I cut a circle in masking paper and stuck it onto a card panel, and then stamped the large and next rose in a rough triangle, masking them if necessary, and then did another triangle with the leaves, then used the sprig and lilac stamps as fillers for between the other stamps, and finished it off with stamping some of the tiny roses in blue on the sprig.  Then I peeled off the central mask and that left the wreath shape.

The sentiment I cut three of the 'wishing' die out and glued them together, then stamped a complimentary stamp under it for each card.  

I embellished the blue version with some sparkling clear sequins.

I embellished the pink version with some nuvo crystal drops in the Carnation pink gloss.  Each one was mounted onto the appropriate coloured card base.  

Here is a video of me making the pink version.

The supplies I used for these cards was
Wplus9 Freehand Floral stamp

Altenew Crisp mini ink cubes.
Frosty pink, cotton candy & coral berry

Frayed leaf & forest glades

Buttercream, warm sunshine and paper bag

Soft lilac and lavender fields

Arctic, Caribbean sky & Persian blue

Cottage cutz circle die

Inkadinkadoo stamping masking paper

2 card panels cut down to 12.5cm square

Two card bases 14cm square

Scrap card in both colours

Versafine onyx black ink

Ranger clear embossing powder

Heat tool

Misti

EK success tweezers

Simon Says Stamp Wishing die

Simon says stamp sending and wishing stamp

Nuvo crystal drops Carnation pink gloss

Pretty pink posh clear sparkling sequins in 4mm & 6mm

I hope this inspires you to have a look at what flower stamps you have and if you can do something similar with what you have. You certainly don't need this stamp specifically to do this layout.