Lillybet's Papers

Hello again for another colour challenge with Colour INKspiration. #72 I wasn't sure about these colours but I have to say they have been a wonderful combination to play with.. I started by watercolouring a whole sheet of the brilliant Fluid 100 watercolour paper with the 2 orange tones, and it dried substantially paler than when I first applied the ink.  So soft and pretty, with lots of variations across the sheet. I heat embossed a number of images to fill the sheet- white poppies, and gold pens. The metallic was inspired by all the shimmer in the sequins. Then I cut them all out a set to work decorating a stack of cards. For the Bermuda Bay background I simply used the printed DSP which is one of the free Sale A Bration items available with a $90 purchase. I love the texture and variation in these papers. I stamped over it using Pretty Peacock. Here's my leftover sheet- can you guess which flowers these are?  The sentiment is from Butterfly Gala, the pens an...

Well the Rocky River Festival - a fabulous 3 day event celebrating living on the Fitzroy River starts in 2 days and I am lucky enough to have a market stall again this year. So I've been busy creating some cute little sets of notecards in a paper wallet. These cards were inspired by a demonstration Sara Douglas did at Onstage in Auckland in April and I have been keen to try her idea. All you need is a pack of notecards and envelopes, the Follow Your Art Embellishment Kit, some simple sentiments and some Pacific Point, Calypso Coral and Pool Party ink. I also added some sequins, and a cool background stamp for a bit more texture. I mixed the colours of the 4 felt details on each card and I love the finished look. Product List Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [ 131527 ] $12.25 Follow Your Art Embellishment Kit [ 149491 ] $19.25 Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147098 ] $13.00 Calypso Coral Classic Stampin...