Beautiful Friendship Cards

I have two cards to share today using the Beautiful Friendship Stamp Set. I was inspired to make these cards from the Annual Catalogue.  I did alter them as I can never, even if I try,  make it exactly as shown. Too much time is spent figuring out what to do.  I mainly attracted to the colour combination of each card. 





The first combines Night of Navy and Pool Party with a splash of Whisper White and Pear Pizzazz. The second card used Petal Pink, Calypso Coral with Whisper White and Pear Pizzazz. 
 

New Wonders Birthday Card

Absolutely adore this stamp set.  I coloured it in with my blends. No fancy colouring needed, the highlights are done with the stamping.  I stamped the image out twice and  fussy cut out one, of the fairy and paper omitting the leaves and attached it back over the image for dimension. The background dsp is from the Bird Balad dsp pack. The Petal Pink Striped Organdy ribbon on the card is also a favourite of mine.  The large 'Happy Birthday' came from the Perennial Birthday stamp set and was silver embossed.

I did make  this card for a young relative and was so pleased with it, that I didn't hide it inside the envelope. She loved it too!

Free As A Bird - All Occasion Card

Here's another group of birds coloured using blends. I really like the main combination of  Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Petal Pink and Shimmery White. I used a stripe of the dsp from the suite and made a border using the Decorative Ribbon Border punch in Shimmery White. If I was to make this card again, I think I would make the dsp strip narrower, so that it was more noticeable behind the  Stitched Nested Shape. Of course, the Petal Pink Organdy Bow finished the card beautifully. No need for a sentiment.

Good Morning Magnolia - watercoloured with inks

Here's two magnolia's that I water coloured with inks.  The ink colour combination is the same, except I was very light handed with the Melon Mambo ink on the right.The leaves used Granny Apple Green.
First I stamped Versa Mark onto water colour paper. I used my Stamparatus to do this, so that I could stamp the image multiple times to make sure the ink got in all the crevices of the paper. I then sprinkled on silver and heat embossed it.
The inks were applied with an Aqua Painter and left to dry. I fussy cut each out without a white border. Very easy to do with the embossed edge.

Hope you like how I finished each card!

Free As A Bird Bundle and Suite

Today I have two cards to share from Stampin' Up! When I first got this bundle I found these designs by Stampin' Up! and couldn't wait to make it!  Sometimes it great to delve in and let some else do the creative work. Its probably the right opportunity to remind us that the new annual catalogue is filled with lots of inspiration and a great go to when that creativity is not bubbling up on the surface.

Free As A Bird - Two For One Card

Well when I get my dsp I do cut it up into smaller workable pieces.  So from my 12x12" paper, I cut it into half (6x12") and then into thirds, ending up with 6 smaller pieces measuring 6x4". Before cutting check the pattern/design on both sides for optimal use.
So that is what I did with my Bird Ballad Designer Paper, I found two  papers that went well together. Cut 1 3/4"strip from both and matched them back together with an insert of the Scalloped Lace Trim. Now I have a 'two for one' card.
I coloured the group of birds from the stamp set using colours from the paper with my Blends. If you are unsure what colours are in the paper, turn to the dsp section in the catalogue and all colours used in the papers are listed for you.

Two Cards - No Line Water Colouring with Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set

I stamped off the large magnolia flower with Sienna Sand ink onto Shimmery White cardstock.  This makes for a lighter image that gets lost when colouring.  I did this twice so I would have two flowers to colour with my water colour pencils. Then I would sure to be happy with at least one to turn into a card.  As it turned out I was pleased with both and made two cards.

I used Rich Razzleberry and White pencils to colour the petals, Crushed Curry and Early Espresso for the centres of both flowers.  I did change up the colour combination on the leaves.  The top card used Granny Apple Green with Garden Green and the bottom card used Old Olive with Garden Green.

This gorgeous set does come with matching dies but I cut mine out as I did not want the white space around the edges. This was easy to do, as I don't mind fussy cutting. 

Changing the colour of the leaves then lead to two different cards when finished.  The top card using my favourite new In-Colour, Purple Posy while the bottom cards uses Sienna Sand card bases with co-ordinating dsp layers. I thought a little lace wouldn't go astray with both cards.  I added a 'thanks' from the Well Written die set for the bottom card but left the top card sentiment free, as I can add one later when the need arises.  I think it could make a birthday, thank-you, sympathy or even a wedding card.  It's good to have a versatile card on hand to use when needed.