Beautiful You - Scene Card

I made the scene into a card too! The cardbase is made from Dapper Denim.  A strip of paper from Moroccan Designer Series Paper was adhered down the left side and three candy dots were placed at the bottom right. It looked a little plain so I added some Dapper Denim rouched ribbon tied with a linen thread bow.

Beautiful You - Framing the Watercolour Scene

 The scene from yesterday's blog needed to be framed.  I had made a few. So I researched and made a shadow box for one and then had a go at making a recessed window card for the second (scene a variation of the first scene).  Both were not difficult, but  I think I will leave explanation on how to make them for a class.

I covered the shadow box frame with paper from the Moroccan Designer Series Paper and Emerald Envy rouched ribbon bow.  The recessed window card also used Dapper Denim cardstock.  The flowers were cut using the Botanical Builder Framelitss from scrap cardstock

Beautiful You - Watercolour Scene

I loved this girl - she has so much energy! It reminded me of my girls dancing, jumping waves and even doing the odd somersault at the beach on our camping holidays.
To put this scene together I used three different stamp sets. The images were stamped with the  Basic Grey Archival Stampin' Pad on Shimmery White cardstock.  After inking up the images stamp  off for a lighter outline.Then I traced over the images with my new Watercolour pencils (love using them) and finished off with a blender pen.

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The following stamps sets were used to stamp  the above scene - the seagulls and grass from the Wetlands stamp set and the clouds from Ski is the Limit stamp set.  But you could team her with the High Tide stamp set new in the Occassions catalogue.  Imagine the scenes that you can make to stamp or colour!

Beautiful You - Happy Birthday Gorgeous Girl 2

This time I stamped this gorgeous girl in Mint Macaron.
Kept it simple. Added the ribbon to give a stylish finish.

Beautiful You - Happy Birthday Gorgeous Girl 1.

No colouring in this gorgeous lady. I thought she looked stylish on her own. I stamped her image with Lost Lagoon on Whisper White and double mounted it using Pink Pirouette and Lost Lagoon cardstock.  Arranged it over a strip of DSP with a band of Lost Lagoon ribbon and bow before adhering it to a Pink Pirouette card base.

Beautiful You Stamp Set

This is my favourite stamp set from the new Ocassions Catalogue. Love the message this stamp set conveys - life may not be the party we hoped for but while we are here we may as well dance!.












The images can be used as a silhouette or be filled by stamping or colouring with Watercolour pencils or inks.

Inside the Lines Speciality Paper - A Note of Thanks Orchid Card

The orchids and dragonfly were coloured using Stampin' Up! Watercolour Pencils which had been blended with a SU Blender Pen.  I applied some clear Wink of Stella to the dragonfly's wings and gloss and strength to the body by applying some glue from the Fine Tip Glue Pen.
The card base used Thick Whisper White cardstock.  I used SU Dimensionals to adhere the orchids and positioned  the orchids by having them peeking out  from inside the circle cut from Pool Party  cardstock. It too was adhered to the cardbase with SU Dimensionals. 'A Note of Thanks' from the Thoughful Thanks stamp set was stamped before assembling the card.  The dragonfly and some Rhinestone Basic Jewels finished off the card.