Hello there - I'm back from a very busy - hectic - few months as our eldest son got married, we have both entered retirement, and we have commenced major renovations at home requiring a full pack up and shift!! Whew. All great but all exhausting, so it has been something of a treat to be able to spend some time this weekend crafting! ( Also it's raining so much over Qld that I can legitimately stay inside - YAY ).
My craft room is largely disassembled, but I've snuck in and found a few things to play with, including a NEW stampset which I found in the online exclusives.
165548 TEXTURED NOTES CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH) $41.00
For my first play I experimented with using each image with a single colour and stamping in rows or blocks to add the texture in focus. I fussy cut the large leaf image, and then needed a little more detail to fill in the composition. I used another product which hasn't seen much action yet - the Linked Together Dies for the trellis , leaves and flowers.
Botanical Textures comes as part of a bundle with a selection of dies - all rectangles with different textured edges - some neutral toned Patterned 12 x 12 Paper, some ribbon, neutral coloured bling and a corrugated Embossing Folder.
At this point I only purchased the stampset and I love it.
It is perfect for doing collage stamping. You can't really go wrong with collage.
It's an easy way to add interest to the inside of the card and the envelope.
The Poppy Parade card base is quite vibrant, so I thought I'd have a play creating something more Clean and Simple. This one you can class as Quick and Easy.
I was equally happy with how this turned out - which one do you like the best?
The little tag is from one of the Ephemera packs and was just the right size for the sentiment. It is nice to create with just Stamps, Ink and Paper. The text is Mossy Meadow, The leaves and sentiment are Garden Green, then I clean the stamp with the blending brush and just add a bit of colour to the tag. Daffodil for the cane basket, Azure for the straight woven section and Poppy Parade for the butterfly.
and of course for the inside a little pop of colour.
You can order the stampset and see the other products, or just stock up on your essentials in my online store.
Visit the
Facebook page "Colour INkspiration Challenges" to see all the fabulous samples by the rest of the design team and have a play with these colours and share your sample with us - we love to see what you can come up with. You can use all the mentioned colours - or ones close to them, as well as black, white, neutrals and metallics.
I hope you have a creative week and remember,
"don't just post online,
post something pretty!"
cheers, Liz
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