Mini Stampfest with Lynette

Lynette and I had a little time to stamp last Wednesday, August 29.
We each made two cards. We were inspired by a card I saw online-I think on Pinterest. It was created by Tami Hewlett and she has a blog, Swimming in Stamps but I cannot find the card any longer.

We used watercolor paper to stamp the flowers and leaves from a Stampin' Up! sell-a-bration set called What I Love. My friend Hetty gave that set to me way back in 2017! We used distress broken china ink for the outline flower and tumbled glass for the solid part. For the leaves we used Stampin' Up! wild wasabi ink.  After stamping we used a water brush to try and create some watercolor effects. We did not get as much movement of color as we hoped on this first attempt.

So we each made a second card, stamping more quickly and then using the water brush. Not sure

We used Versafine onyx black ink for the sentiments, fussy cutting the banner edges of the paper. We sponged the layer with broken china ink. 

Sentiment stamps: Stampin' Up!, Tim Holtz Bird Talk#2, Annette Allen Watkins

Sequins from Hero Arts attached with acrylic medium.

Thank you for visiting. May your week be filled with JOY-filled moments!

Floral Stampfest with Lynette

Lynette and I had a wonderful day stamping on Sunday. Our inspiration came from a card made by Gail Binette way back in 2002. It was fun to ink up old favorite stamp sets...Stampin' Up!'s  Hand Painted Petites and Marvelous Morning Glory. Both stamp sets are dated 1999!

Lynette was the designer for the day! She tested colors while I cut paper! She found that our old SU Bliss Blue inkpad worked well for both parts of the flower, stamping off once to get a lighter color for the first impression-that's the larger, more solid base flower. Then stamping the smaller part of the flower with full strength Bliss Blue on top.  Mellow moss worked well for the leaves and swirls and Old Olive for the sentiment. We sponged a white cord with Bliss Blue for the tie.

A variation of the above using a Spellbinders die for the white layer and  embossing folders Moroccan Screen-Cuttlebug for Lynette's and Textile-Cuttlebug for mine.

This card design was inspired by a card I received from a friend who told me she used Gina K's  Hearts & Flowers StampTV Kit. I really liked her card made with the Tropical Blooms stamp set. Lynette and I made our cards with Stampin' Up!'s Marvelous Morning Glory stamp set. We used a Spellbinders die for the white layer and a Sizzix embossing folder, Woodgrain on the Kraft paper layer. We stamped the Morning Glory flower with SU's pink pirouette for the larger base flower and Distress warm lipstick for the smaller flower stamp on top. Leaves and curlies stamped with SU's Pistachio Pudding. Sentiment is SU's Sincere Salutations in Versafine black onyx.

We used SU's Hand Painted Petites for this card. Lynette stamped her flowers in SU's  Pink Pirouette  and Distress Warm Lipstick. I thought I had used the same inks, but the color sure does not look the same. This is a mystery, because I have no idea what I used. Today I was testing colors and  found that it could be either SU's Peekaboo Peach or Distress Dried Marigold-both would be stamped off for the base flower and full strength for the smaller flower on top. Sentiments are SU's Sincere Salutations in Versafine Black Onyx.

We has so much fun with this style of card so we made these blue roses with SU's Bliss Blue.

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May the happy times bring you JOY that remains!