Hi Friends!
Spring as finally arrived so it seems appropriate for florals, butterflies and watercolor (after all, April showers bring May flowers, right?) :-)
Lately, I have been showcasing one of my favorite retiring Stampin' Up! sets, Choose Happiness. I love the flowers, delicate stem of leaves as well as the sentiments and bird in this stamp set and think that they pair perfectly with Papillon Potpourri.
So sad to see the Choose Happiness set retire- it will be one that definitely stays in my collection :-)
I decided to use the gorgeous PPA297 Color Challenge at Pals Paper Arts along
with the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #64 “CAS Spring” Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers’CAS371 “April Showers”.
Again, if you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge
sites, I highly encourage you to do so- tremendous artwork from the Design
Teams as well as the galleries!!
"CAS" is short for Clean and Simple and it means different things to different artists. To me, this card is CAS since it does not have many layers, uses basic techniques and is fairly simple to make :-)
To create
this card:
De-static
a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, ink ands stamp the flower image three times and the butterfly twice using Versamark™ Ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder and heat set
with the Heat Tool.
Once the
embossing powder has cooled, color the images with an AquaPainter™ and Stampin’
Classic Ink followed by the corresponding Stampin’ Write Marker (for additional
shadows) – Daffodil Delight for the butterflies and Wisteria Wonder for the
flowers.
Use the
Elegant Butterfly Punch to punch out the butterflies and fussy cut the flowers-
set the images aside.
The
Smakin’ Acetate technique was used for the background: Cut open a clear
envelope along one side and the top (so that it opens like a book), pat the Pool
Party Classic Ink pad onto one side of the envelope, spritz the ink with water,
close the envelope and smoosh the ink around a bit with the acetate, open the
envelope, insert a piece of Whisper White cardstock into the ink and lift the
paper. Re-insert the paper back into the
ink until you have the desired effect (*** TIP *** - clean off the envelope and save for a
future use :-)).
Trim the
background panel, decide where you would like the flowers to be, de-static the
entire panel with the Embossing Buddy®, ink and stamp the branch image three times onto
the panel (near where the flowers will be located) using Versamark™ Ink, apply
Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.
Repeat
the above steps to heat emboss the verse from Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture
Collection 9.
Once the
embossing powder has cooled, color the leaves first with the Wisteria Wonder
Stampin’ Write marker, spritz with water, lightly dry with the Heat Tool and
then color with the Pool Party Stampin’ Write Marker.
Add a bit
of distressing with the Timeless Textures Splatter stamp using Wisteria Wonder
Classic Ink, mount the panel onto a piece of Pool Party cardstock, trim and adhere onto
the Wisteria Wonder card base.
Add
the flowers and butterflies to the card front (I like to use my Hot Glue Gun for this step) and add the Pearls to the
butterfly centers to finish off the card.
Stamp
Sets: Choose Happiness, Papillon
Potpourri, Timeless Textures (all Stampin’ Up!), Scripture Collection 9 (Our
Daily Bread Designs)
Ink: Versamark™, Pool Party,
Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder; Stampin’ Write Markers- Pool Party, Daffodil
Delight, Wisteria Wonder
Accessories: Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder, Heat
Tool, Elegant Butterfly Punch, AquaPainter™, Clear Envelope, Water Spritzer
Bottle
Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and visit- hugs
to all of you and I hope you have a fabulous week, my friends!
