August Card Class Bay Window Cards using Charming Floral and painting with Wink of Stella

I am so late sharing these projects as we have been super busy unpacking and setting up at home now that the renovations are finally finished. It feels so nice to be in - and to have my new craft room set up. I feel so very lucky.

We created 2 Bay Window cards during this class. You can find the easiest measurements and some other samples on this post from July 26

There were 3 different paper and colour combinations but the measurements and technique was the same for all of them.

To create the focal point we stamped and diecut the flowers from Charming Day. I press the inkpad onto a clear block to create a patch of coloured ink, then I pick up this colour with a small paintbrush and then colour the images being sure to leave some white space beside each of the lines to create depth. For a special sparkly effect I painted them using a Wink of Stella as the paint brush. (It doesn't show up very well in the photo but it is lovely). Once you have finished painting with each colour, you simply wipe the Wink of Stella on some scrap paper until it runs clear again, then move onto the next colour. Super simple, and very effective.

We used 3 different DSP background papers 

1. Perennial Lavender. Colouring was with Gorgeous Grape and Lost Lagoon. I stamped the images in Gorgeous Grape also.

I like to paint the puter edges of each petal dark ( start here) and as the colour paints on the brush strokes become lighter. You can keep adding as much colour as you need until you are happy with the effect.

The inside had minimal sponging and some simple stamping for texture. Pretty Peacock and Silver foil made the "stopper" to hold the card open so it stands up.

2. Lovely Garden DSP coordinated with Secret Sky and Two Tone Misty Moonlight cardstock, and also Fresh Freesia for accents.

3. Celebratory Sips DSP coordinated with Mossy Meadow Two Tone cardstock and Berry Burst for the flowers - such a strong pink!!

The sentiments came from Mixed Labels which is a terrific all purpose set. Sadly, this is on the Last Chance list which is a good bargain but I'll be sorry to see this set go. Make sure you add it to your collection before it's gone.

The Bay Window cards are so easy and effective I hope you have a go at this design.

I will post the other cards from this class shortly which use the fabulous Sunflower Embossing Folder

I hope you have a creative week and remember, 

"don't just post online,

 post something pretty!"

cheers, Liz