Stencilled Rose with Concord & 9th

Hello! Today I’m back with another pretty Long Line Rose card from the Bundle at Concord & 9th and a slightly different application using the stencil, rather than watercolouring like the other day this week.  

For this design I stamped the image and then used the stencil for colouring, adding in a few details at the end with a coloured pencil.  I also stamped the background of the card with the stamps and then ink blended some more saturated colour.  Those repeated patterns always tie a card together so nicely.  

 

For some contrast, I embossed a Spellbinders frame with clear EP and framed up the flower.  It adds such nice shine.  The sentiment is a lovely encouragement!  

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Stencilled Rose with Concord & 9th

Plumberry Friend from Concord & 9th

 

Hello!  Today I’m happy to showcase a few fun things I picked up from Concord & 9th and the new colour release.  I’ve been playing with a few different colour combinations, and decided that this was one that was a bit unusual, but I really liked!  I started with the new Petal Print Stencil, and it’s beautiful unique style and a few new colours - Plumberry and Starfruit, along with Briar Rose, Grasshopper and Rainforest.  It packs a vibrant punch!  

Next, I used the Hugs & Friends Dies and those same colours of cardstock to make a bold sentiment.  I love the font on this one!  

I finished off by accenting the card with a few blossoms from the new Paper Posy Bundle, adding in flowers around the sentiment with enamel dots in the centers.  Curling up the centres of the flowers gives it a perfect 3D touch.  

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Plumberry Friend from Concord & 9th

Cross-Stitched Roses with The Greetery

 

Hi There!  Today I’m playing with some pretty products from The Greetery.  The stencil is called Rose Tapestry which I’ve ink-blended in coral and bright green shades.  Next I paired it with the Aida Cloth Texture Plate, it really gives you the sense of cross-stitch fabric.  

Funny enough, I didn’t feel like my Big Shot gave the paper enough texture, so I lined up the texture plate again, sure that I had it perfectly set, and it “hopped” the cutting a bit - but ironically I don’t mind it.  Somehow the tiny double dots are really sweet!  

For the sentiment and little embroidery hoop I used the Hoopla Mini Dies, the Hoopla Mini Inserts and Mum’s the Word stamps and dies.  With a little iridescent cording and enamel dots, it’s ready for a Birthday!

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Cross-Stitched Roses with The Greetery

Meadow Flowers with Crafty Meraki

 

Just a couple of weeks ago we were in Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island.  One of my favourite places to travel, especially in the Spring.  They are at least 6 weeks ahead of us in growing season, with their temperate climate.  It was gorgeous seeing all of the flowers blossoming!  Cherry trees, Magnolias, Daffodils, Tulips, Camellias....I could go on and on.  It put me in a very happy place!  Inspired by all of that beauty, today I’ve brought a very vibrant Spring palette with the new Meadow Muse Suite of products from  Crafty Meraki!  For this design I used the Press-Tacular Plates  the coordinating Layering Stencil set, and the coordinating die set.  

After I pressed the design into cardstock and stencilled, I die cut the image, I also pressed a few extra blossoms to be able to pop some up for dimension.  I added a bit of colour with my coloured pencils for definition, and then placed it on a clear cardstock base.  

The sentiment is from the Meadow Muse Stamp Set, and I accented with a few sprigs of die cut Olive Leaf Para-Dies.  

Appreciate you stopping by!  

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Meadow Flowers with Crafty Meraki

Meraki Harmony Hop with Crafty Meraki

 

Today I’m excited to hop along with the Crafty Meraki Design Team celebrating the recent Meraki Harmony Release on Instagram.  There are prizes and giveaways, so be sure to join us there!  For my card today, I created a sweet little design with the Feathered Friends Suite of products.  I’ve used the Crafty Meraki Feathered Friends Press-tacular Plate, the Feathered Friends Layering Stencil, and the coordinating die.   

To create the background texture of this richly coloured design, I used the Crafty Meraki Parisienne Slimline Para-Dies, and then layered the image overtop.  With all the jewel tone shades, it feels very tropical!  

The sentiment from the coordinating Feathered Friends Stamp Set is embossed, and I’ve added Jade Shadows Dew Drops for some sparkle.  

Be sure to pop on over to my Instagram page and this post to join in on the hop, and enter to win!  

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Meraki Harmony Hop with Crafty Meraki

Floral Cake with Honey Bee Stamps

 

Hi there!  I’m back for day 2 of Birthday Cards this week, with another beautiful cake, this time from Honey Bee Stamps.  Its called Wonderful Wishes, and I’ve used both the stencil for the set, as well as the coordinating Honey Cut dies.  I adore the concept of a completly floral cake!  

The stencil produces just beautiful results!  I’ve stenciled and die cut a few extra elements from the set to pop up, and I’ve spritzed it all with glitter spray, so it sparkles.  And isn’t the green glass cake stand pretty?  

To coordinate, I’ve also added an ink blended and embossed background (Spellbinders) with coordinating colours.  

The HUGS sentiment seemed perfect (from the set), and a few sparkly sequins add to the shine and shimmer.  

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Floral Cake with Honey Bee Stamps

Birthday Party and Cake with Power Poppy

 

Hello!  I have a few birthday designs to finish out this week, and today I’m starting with a sweet combo card using the prettiest cake on a stand from Power Poppy called Layer Cake Digital Stamp Set.  It’s perfectly decorated, and displayed!  Coloured up with Copics, in a sweet colour palette.  

Next, I paired the image with the confetti dies and stencil from The Greetery called Celebration Streamers Stamp and Stencil, and the Curly Q Streamers Die for the background Party on the paper.   

The sentiment is from the polymer version of this set, with a few enamel dots that coordinate with the candy on the cake.  

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Birthday Party and Cake with Power Poppy

Sweet Magnolia Hi with Pinkfresh Studios

With the cost of supplies going up, I’m making more of an effort to pull out items in my stash to create with.  This lovely magnolia design uses Pinkfresh Studios awesome stamp called Magnolia Pattern, and the coordinating stencils.  For this design, I used traditional pink magnolia colours.  I started by stamping the image in Angel Pink Memento Ink.  

I stencilled in the blossoms, and added a Copic coloured blue background.  I also adding an extra blossom, heat embossed in white ink.  I trimmed this one out, adding in a bit of definition to the stencilled colour with Copics.  

I also added in some texture to the background using Pinkfresh’s Dotted Chevron Coverplate Die.  

To showcase the focal flower, I added a framed element with Pinkfresh’s Rounded and Braided Rectantle Die, adding the flower popped up on foam squares, and then included a die cut sentiment (Concord & 9th), and two little white enamel hearts.  It’s such a pretty nod to Spring!  Thanks for joining me today!  

 

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Sweet Magnolia Hi with Pinkfresh Studios

Rosey Roses with Simon Says Stamp

 

Hi There!  A few weeks ago when I was watercolouring a Simon Says Stamp’s amazing Beautiful Flowers Set, I also embossed the loose roses from the set, and after painting them I set them aside for later.  They made for a really pretty arrangement for a second card.  

To play off the colours of the roses, I did some ink blending, and colour lifting with a stencil in the background.  It makes for great colour and texture.  To accent and add some sparkle, I used Crafty Meraki’s Olive Leaf Para-Die on gold glitter paper.  It’s perfect for extra foliage.  

The sentiment is from Concord & 9th’s die set, Short and Sweet Dies,  and I’ve added in some ‘berry’ enamel dots to accent.  

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Rosey Roses with Simon Says Stamp

Love and Hugs Watercoloured Roses from SSS

Hello!  The monthly challenge on Instagram for Simon Says Stamp is watercolouring, so I thought I’d pull out one of my Simon Says Stamps sets called Beautiful Flowers , because it really IS beautiful!  I embossed the image onto Arches watercolour paper, and pulled out some of my Daniel Smith Watercolour tubes to paint.  

It almost feels a bit like cheating when you watercolour over embossing.  The raised edges of the embossing hold your colours in each section so nicely.  This image has a lot of gold in it, so over all it was easy to paint. I used the coordinating dies for the set to die cut the image out. 

I also created a background using a Gothic stencil and embossing paste with ink splatters.  It gives it so much great texture.  

The sentiment is from the set, also embossed in gold, and a few mirrored sequins make it sparkly.  

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Love and Hugs Watercoloured Roses from SSS

Slimline Tulip Spray with Crafty Meraki

 

Hello!  Today is another fun Hop on Instagram for the newest Meraki Genesis Release at Crafty Meraki.  There are ways to win, so please join us on this post on IG starting HERE.  For the Hop I created this slimline beauty with sprays of tulips in sunny shades.  I have been having a lot of fun with the new Press Plates!  This one is called Love Like No Other, and I pressed it with green outline ink and used the coordinating Crafty Meraki Layering Stencil Set and coordinating Dies.  The stencils are really gorgeous as you can see, and the vibrant colours are so perfect for these blooms.  

I placed the tulips on an ink blended background with water splatters, and then added touches of sparkle with the Strip Suite - ZigZag Zoom Dies cut from sparkle paper,  as well as the sentiment foiled with Crafty Meraki’s Handmade Love Hot Foil Plate (an essential for great scripty phrases).   

Just a few copper coloured sequins add that last detail to tie it all together.  Thanks for joining me today!  

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Slimline Tulip Spray with Crafty Meraki

Love Letters with Honey Bee Stamps

 

I love looking at stamps and products in a new way!  When the postal strike was on in Canada, my Christmas order from Honey Bee Stamps was delayed well over a month, so the very lovely Floral Noel Honey Cuts and stencils didn’t arrive until Christmas was over.  That felt disappointing, so I wondered if there was something else I could spell with this pretty floral lettering.  And....creativity struck!  I could Valentine the set by adding in a “heart” for the V in LOVE.  Perfect!  

The letters are stencilled, ink blended and cut with the coordinating die set, along with the extra flower sprays.  I also ink blended a ombre argyle die background to look like lattice.  

With some pretty sequins and pearls its fancied up for Valentine’s Day, or a wedding perfectly!  

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Love Letters with Honey Bee Stamps

Meraki Genesis Release

 

Hello Friends!  Today is an exciting day for Crafty Meraki with a brand new release called Meraki Genesis live today! Today begins with a hop on Instagram, so be sure to come see my IG post on my feed HERE.  There are giveaways and inspiration galore!  

My first card for this release is inspired by my friend Clara’s crabapple tree.  Each Spring it would bloom with an abundance of bright pink blossoms.  It was truly an amazing sight.  So, for this card I used the brand new and gorgeous press plate called You Inspire Me Presstacular Plate.  This plate is gorgeous and gives you stunning fine lines impressed in your paper.  

Bringing the image to life, I used the coordinating stencil for all those gorgeous pinks and greens, and the coordinating dies to cut it out.  I placed the flower spray on a pink cardstock base with texture added from Crafty Meraki’s Mini Slimline Parisienne Para-Dies.  

I’ve embossed the sentiment from the coordinating You Inspire Me Stamp Set on vellum and simple enamel dots accent.  

Be sure to pop over to this card on my Instagram feed to comment and follow, and follow the hop....there are so many beautiful designs in store from the team.  

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Meraki Genesis Release

Peachy Poinsettias with Pinkfresh

 Hello!  Today I’m bringing you some fresh poinsettias from Pinkfresh Studios with a suite of products including the Poinsettia Frame stamp , coordinating stencils and dies.  They are the perfect framing element for the Christmas season.  Fair warning - I have a lot of poinsettias ahead this month from different companies to show you.  For some reason, I seem to have them on the brain.  They are the perfect quintisential Christmas flower.  

For this design, I stamped the image in a very light Toffee Crunch Memento Ink, then stenciled and ink blended the colours, finishing up the detailing in the flowers with coloured pencils, die cutting the fram out.  

As a perfect foil for the peach poinsettias, I layered the frame on a Seaglass card base with Pinkfresh’s Twist Pattern die, also using the negative image from the die as the place for the sentiment (a long ago stamp from Stampin’ Up!)

A little glitz and glam is added some iridescent holeless sequins, and another Christmas card is in the books!  Appreciate your visit!  

 

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Peachy Poinsettias with Pinkfresh

Autumn Mums with The Greetery

 

We’ve just come home from an evening walk that was glorious.  I love Autumn walks.  The leaves have just started to turn colour, the air is still warm but not humid, the sunsets are truly beautiful.  It’s lovely to move into Fall.  Today I have a cozy arrangement of Mums from The Greetery called Mum’s the Word. It is a fun combination of stamp and stencil, where you begin by stencilling in background colour and finish with stamping the details.  

I used a rich palette of deep rosey shades and deep greens, cutting the framed flowers out with the Coordinating Die. I also added in a few extra stencilled and stamped blooms to fill out the framing and give a greater sense of dimension.  

The sentiment is stacked up in a few layers, and I’ve added in a few enamel dots for a perfect Autumn Birthday card!  

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Autumn Mums with The Greetery

Summer Seaside Scene with Concord & 9th

 

For a last little nod to Summer this week I thought I’d pop in with one more scene which uses the Seaside Post Bundle from Concord & 9th.  Today I’ve used the stencil to create a Sunset view from the cliffs.  I ink blended with stencil for all the layers, and then added in some white gel pen and coloured pencil accents into the sea and sun rays. 

I added in some dies from the set to accent the sentiment (from the Parcel of Petals Stamp set), die cut the image with the large postage die in the set, and then stamped the background with postmarks in the stamp set.  I think this combination of Harbor Blue, Cranberry, Pebble and Cobblestone plus Creamsicle is a perfect Summer colour combo. 

This totally gives me the Northern California vibes!  Thanks for joining me!  

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Summer Seaside Scene with Concord & 9th