Botanical Garden Hello

It's all about stamp and dies today. I tried a little embossing with the matching dies with a stamped die-cut sentiment.

Here's my card:

The products I used are Altenew's Botanical Garden Stamp set and its matching dies and the Sentiment from Halftone Circles & matching die.

I started by stamping the Botanical Garden images on a white cardstock cut slightly smaller than A2 size. Then I coloured the images with Copic Markers.  I placed the matching dies above the stamps and embossed without cutting the images on my Big Shot.  

Here are some close-up images so you can see the embossed edges.

I stamped the sentiment Hello from the Halftone Circles stamp set with red ink and die cut the word with the matching die and adhered it on the card.

Such a simple technique but it gives such wonderful dimension to the card.

Thank you for visiting me.

Happy stamping!

Unity Hop {8 Feb 2018}

Hello Unity Peeps!

Welcome to the February Unity Hop.

I can't wait to share with you all the wonderful releases this week plus the Monthly kits. Let's get into it.

Don't you just love this beautiful image! This stamp set really touches my heart. I wanted to make a card that could be framed by the recipient. 

Next is the February Uniquely Unity Kit.  I LOVE this gorgeous hot air balloon.

The Sentiment Kit for this month is just awesome. Such a cutie little lamb.  I thought it would be fun to focus the colouring on the bow and hearts so that they stand out.

Here is another sweet set, I love the sentiments in the kit.

This month's KOTM is pretty cool.  Lots of fun images and this is my favourite. The sentiment is attached with an action wobbler.

Below are 2 more cards using the stamps from the same KOTM.

So many awesome choices available, I know you are going to enjoy the hop and Happy Shopping!!

Here is the list of everyone hopping today...

Amanda

Angeline

Camille

Donna

Echo

Gaylynn

Heather

Joslyn

Karen

Kary

Kris

Lisa

Mandi

Maria

Noelle

Unity Stamp Company

We have TWO amazing Unity filled prize packages to giveaway. Please leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop for your chance to win.

Ink Blending Background

This week I just wanted to make a card with no colouring - lol! Some days I just have no desire to colour and so I pull out some dies and inks to create a simple card.

The Altenew products I used are Fantasy Floral 3D and Signature Word dies.

Although the focal point of the card are the die-cut flowers, the inking background looks amazing in real life.  I used Distress Oxide inks and blended them on white cardstock.  The inks I used are Fossilized Amber, Candied Apple and Broken China.  I started the ink blending by softly inking Candied Apple at the centre with an Ink Blending tool, next I added Fossilized Amber towards the top part of the cardstock and Broken China at the bottom section.  I added some Sparkle Shimmer Spritz and spritzed it from about 2 feet above the cardstock.  I couldn't capture all that shimmer in the photos.

I used a patterned cover die over the ink blended background which gave it some dimension and interest.

To dress up the card, I selected 3 colours for the floral die-cuts to match the ink blending background - orange, pink and teal. The Fantasy Floral die-cut has 3 layers for the flowers.  For the base I used the lightest shade, a medium shade for the centre and the darkest shade of cardstock for the top layer. If you don't have colour variations you could use ink blending on white cardstock to achieve the different colour intensity.  I also added different types of cardstock for some added texture.

To finish up the card, I adhered the die-cut Hello at the bottom right corner and some gemstones.

I hope you like the card.

Thank you for visiting me and have a great day!

Thanks

I absolutely love stencils and often use it to dress up the white backgrounds on my cards. 

Today I decided to use a simple stencil technique with sponge daubers and inks.

Here's my card:

The products I used are Altenew Dahlia Stencils A and B, Distress Oxide Inks (Worn Lipstick, Candied Apple, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint and Broken China) and Signature Words die set.

I placed Dahlia A stencil on a white cardstock and used a tape to secure it to the card.  Using Distress Oxide inks, I lightly sponged Worn Lipstick ink on the floral section, Twisted Citron on the leaves and Broken China as shown.  I love how smooth these inks go on the paper. Without taking off the Dahlia A stencil, I placed Dahlia B stencil above it and sponged the darker inks where the leaves and flowers are.  I used Peeled Paint on the leaves and Candied Apple on the flowers.  

I love how easy it is to achieve great results with the beautiful Altenew stencils.  On a light teal cardstock I die-cut the "Thanks" sentiment twice and adhered the layered sentiment on the card. I added some tiny pearls to finish up the card.

I am enjoying the Altenew Educator Certification.  It's a great way to use familiar techniques on cards and to play with all the Altenew products in my stash.

Have a great day!