Pleasant Poppies in Watercolor

Yes, it's another card using a bit of water coloring.  I've enjoyed that lately and figured why not keep doing it if I enjoy it. :)  

I started by taping my watercolor paper down and got it a little bit wet.  I didn't want the colors to bleed too much when I stamped it.  It bled more than I thought it would though, so I let that layer dry and stamped over it again to define the flowers and stems a little more.  Since I don't actually use watercolor paints and only Stampin' Up! ink pads and reinkers I sometimes end up with strange colors if they bleed too much.  Then I just color it in again using an aqua painter and either a bit of reinker or some ink from the pad that's on the lid. 

I used a retired embossing folder with poppies on it for my card base, used Calypso Coral seam binding behind the picture, and layered my watercolor paper over Calypso Coral card stock.  I stamped Happy Birthday and put on Calypso Coral candy dots to finish the card off.

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Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Supplies used on this card:

retired poppy embossing folder, masking tape

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Pleasant Poppies

Today's card is for Try Stampin' on Tuesday's next sketch challenge, and the twist is a bit vintage.  Not sure I really did the vintage part, but I did manage to figure out something for the sketch.  I must say I've been using the Naturals White card stock a lot lately.  I actually hadn't bought it until just a couple of months ago, but I love it.  

A quick peek at the inside of the card too.  Don't forget to check out what the other designers made on Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE.

Stamp Sets:  Pleasant Poppies, Simply Sketched & On Your Birthday (retired)

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum & Naturals White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Perfect Plum

Ribbon:  5/8" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Blender Pen

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

Pool Party Poppies

Today's card is one I made up for a friend using this week's Paper Players' sketch challenge.  I think I went all out in blues this time, but I still like it. :)  I'm hoping she gets it in the mail before she sees it here or in any of my other galleries! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Pleasant Poppies, Dictionary

& Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Pool Party & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party & Coastal Cabana

Embossing Folder:  Fancy Fan

Punch:  Scallop Edge Border (retired)

Ribbon:  3/8" Seam Binding in Pool Party

Framelits:  Ovals Collection

Smooch Sprtiz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Aqua Pens & Sponges

Creative Crew - CCREW0913CF

My second project for the Creative Crew over at Splitcoast was a Catalog Focus: use any of the stampsets on pages 111-119 in the annual catalog.  Make a project in a new way to you by using a technique you've never tried or a special fold never used by you before. Continue to use at least two of the colors from the color focus, crushed curry, coastal cabana, smoky slate or whisper white.

I decided to use Coastal Cabana and Whisper white for my colors.  And believe it or not I had never used the bleaching technique.  So I pulled out a set and got busy, however I kind of made a mistake and didn't use a set from the listed pages. :( So this is the first card I came up with and I loved it.  I was so bummed that I had to make another card, but...

I loved the second one I came up with too and it was using one of the sets I was supposed to use! :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  My Friend & Pleasant Poppies

Card Stock:  Coastal Cabana & Whisper White

Ink: Versa Mark

Accessories: Stampin' Emboss Powder: White; Festive Papaer-piercing Pack; Punch: 1" Square; Framelits: Windows Collection; Ribbon: 5/8" Organza in Whisper Whte; Jewels: Basic Pearls; Bleach; Sponges

Techniques: Bleaching

Pleasant Poppies

Today I thought I'd post one of the cards we're making for this month's stamp a stack.  If you could see all of the cards, you'd notice four out of five are definitely telling you I'm ready for spring and summer. :)  I made a card similar to this one for my upline's open house and thought I'd copy that card for this class.  Guess I didn't get a picture of it though and of course I don't remember exactly what I did...figures! lol   

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Pleasant Poppies

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Tangerine Tango

Stampin' Write Markers: Tangerine Tango & Gumball Green

Embossing Folder:  Flower Garden

Framelits:  Ovals Collection 

Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White

Occasions Paper-piercing Pack

Pleasant Poppies

Happy New Year!  Wow, it's 2013 already!  Last year certainly seemed to fly by.  Guess time flies when you're having fun, right?  And I sure think making cards is fun...well, most of the time I do. :)  Today's card shows a few goodies from the Spring Catalog.  I've had them for about a week and had an idea going through my head, but I needed to do some real work before I could play. lol  I wanted to use the new embossing folder, framelits and ribbon.  Plus I haven't used my Pleasant Poppies set yet and thought this would be the perfect time to dig it out.  Definitely a spring card, but I needed a few flowers to come out for a while since it's the only place I'll see them for a few months.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Pleasant Poppies

Card Stock:  Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pink Pirouette

Stampin' Write Markers:  Pink Pirouette & Certainly Celery
Blender Pen

Embossing Folder:  Honeycomb

Framelits:  Ovals Collection

Ribbon:  1 1/4" Two Tone in Pink Pirouette/Rose Red 

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges