The Last Rose of Summer

Morning everyone, Maria here, it’s Friday so it’s my turn to blog. I’m having a rest from the new launch stamps to make a card inspired by my garden - in particular my Happy Anniversary rose bush which has had its final flourish this year.  This card is made using the Blossom and Grow stamp set from Colourific, and I wanted to give it the Autumn feel so I used Craft card and Distress Oxides to give it that muted look.

Here’s what you will need:
A4 sheet of Craft Card
A4 sheet Black Card
A4 sheet of yellow Card - the one I used is patterned and perfumed.
Versamark
Gold embossing powder
Distress Oxides - Candy Apple, Peeled Paint and Brushed Corduroy
Blossom and Grow stamp set from Colourific.
Glue and 3D foam pads.

Here’s how I made it:

1. Cut a piece of Craft Card 4.5 x 4.5” square, stamp and emboss two of the roses, crossing the stems by shaping the polymer.
2. Colour the petals using the Candied Apple and the leaves using Peeled Paint.
3. Using the small spiral stamp, randomly stamp in the brown corduroy randomly around the roses.
4. Distress the edges by blending the brushed corduroy.
5. Stamp the sentiment on a separate piece of craft card using the brushed corduroy and mount on a piece of the yellow card.  Adhere this to the card using a 3D foam pad.
6. Mount this topper onto a piece of black card leaving 0.5cm border and then onto the Yellow card, leaving a 1 cm border.  Attach this onto a 6x6” card base.

All finished, now back to the new stamp launch. Not long now 😁

Hibiscus Blossom and Grow Crate - A5 Hibiscus Clear Stamp Set

Good Morning Everyone

Alice here with my first Monday Morning Blog for August.  Where do the weeks all disappear to?  This week I had a little play with the A5 Hibiscus clear stamp set.  This is a lovely stamp to use, and I love all the little swirls and stamens that come with it.  I decided to make a Popup Box Crate with this set and here it is:-

You will find this and all of the stamps used on the Colourific Website here.

Materials Used

A5 Hibiscus Clear Stamp Set
A6 Leaves Clear Stamp Set
A6  Moderne Flowers Stamps Set
A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set
Pieces of scrap Acetate
White Card
Scraps of Patterned Paper
Some Die Cut Butterflies
Double Sided Red Tape
Glitter
Gems

• Stamped 4 of the large and 4 of the small Hibiscus Flowers in different coloured inks.  Also stamped various sizes of flowers from the Moderne Flowers onto scraps of patterned paper.  All flowers were fussy cut and attached to small strips of Acetate with double sided tape.
• Stamp out various sizes and shapes of the A6 Leaves using different coloured inks to shade the leaves.  These were fussy cut out.
• The flowers, and some of the leaves were attached to small strips of Acetate with the double sided tape.
• The box is made using:-
  8 - 6in x 1/2in strips (long sides)8 - 2in x  1/2in strips (short side)
  4 - 3.75 x 1in strips, scored at 1/2 in down long side (for corners)
  2 - 7in x 1/2 in strips, scored at 1/2in and 6.5 in (for inside slats)
  Box is assembled to look like a crate as in the picture.
• Add the flowers, leaves and butterflies whichever way you wish, making sure that when you fold the box flat it will still go in the envelope.
• Added some gems and glitter to the centre of the flowers to add some sparkle, then finished off with the Blossom and Grow sentiment.

See you all again next week.  Thank you for looking.

Foiled Blossom - A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set

Hi All

Alice here with yet another Monday Morning Blog Post.  I had fun doing this on Kraft Card with the A6 Blossom and Grow and the A6 Leaves from Colourific.  You will find all of their stamps on the Colourific Website here.

Materials Used:

A6 Blossom and Grow Stamps
A6 Leaves
6x6 Kraft Card
5.75 x 5.75 Glitter Card
5.5 x 5.5 Kraft Card
Off cuts of Kraft Card and Glitter Card for Banner
Scrap piece of Velum
Gold Embossing Powder
Wow Bonding Powder
Versa Mark Stamp Pad
Greeting
Gold Gems
Gold Brads

• I stamped the leaves onto the 5.5x5.5 square Kraft Card with Versa Mark Ink and embossed with Gold Embossing powder.  
• Blossom Flower was stamped onto Kraft Card and Embossed with Wow Bonding Powder and then fed through Foiling Machine.  
• Greeting was stamped onto velum and embossed with gold embossing powder.  The velum was torn to make it distressed. I made the banner with the scrap card and attached the velum sentiment with gold brads.
• I layered the card up and then fussy cut the Blossom Flower and attached with foam pads.

Thank you for looking, see you next time 

Take Care

Inked Blossom - A6 Blossom Stamp Set

Hi Everyone

Alice here.  Welcome to my blog post for today.  I have used the A5 Blossom and Grow Stamp set again.  You can find this and many more fabulous stamps on the Colourific Website here

Materials Used:

A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set
A6 Borders Stamps
6x6 Card Blank
5.75 x 5.76 Light Blue Card
5.5 x 5.5 Pink Card
5.25 x 5.25 White Card
Black Embossing Powder
Black Versa fine Ink Pad
Blue and Pink Watercolours

• Matted and layered Light Blue and Pink cards onto with card blank
• Lightly sprayed the White Mat with Water and added pink and blue water colours.  Sprayed again with water and let paint run over the card.  Left to dry naturally.
• Stamped the Blossom onto the card and added the little stamps and stems at the bottom, then embossed with Black Powder.  Then added pink watercolour to the blossom head.
• Added the Border stamp along the top and left hand side.
• Stamped Blossom and Grow greeting in the bottom left hand corner.
• Finished off with 3 gems.

Thank you for looking

Zentangled Blossom - A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set

Good Morning, 

Alice here with my DT Card for today.  The open spaces in this card immediately made me think about the art of Zentangle.  I used the following Stamp Sets to create it:-

A6 Blossom and Grow 
A6 Border and Stems 
A6 Leaves

You can find them all here along with many other fabulous and versatile stamp sets. 

To make this I used a 6x6 blank card along with a 5.75 x 5.75 Black Layering Mat and a 5.5 x 5.5. white layer.  I used a stencil and a light grey ink pad to create a soft back ground.  I then stamped the 3 lined border all the way round.  I stamped each flower and several sizes of the solid leaves with black ink and embossed all of them.  I fussy cut out the flowers and used a black fine liner to create the Zen tangle patterns.  I used sticky pads and placed the flower diagonally across the front of the card, then placed the leaves where I thought they looked best.  I attached a crystal gem to the centre of each bloom then finished the card off with a greeting from my stash.

I like the finished card and hope you do too.  Thank you for looking.

See you next time

Alice xx

Build a Wreath - A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set and A6 Leaves Clear Stamp Set

Hi everyone, Alice here,  A bit late in getting this on for today, but thought I would post it anyway.  I was having a little browse through some You Tube tutorials on inking techniques, when I stumbled across a fabulous tutorial.  No, it's not what you think, absolutely nothing to do with Inking techniques at all.

It was a tutorial on how to make a "Build a Wreath Template" for a stamping platform.  I studied the tutorial, but way too much measuring for me.  I went to the Scan n Cut and produced my own template using square shapes.  Probably not the best in the world, but it worked for me.

I knew instantly, that this would work well with the A6 Moderne Leaves from Coulourific which you can find here.  I also used some of the small flowers from the A6 Camper Van and A6 Blossom and Grown Sets.

Here are some of the samples I played around with, some are better than others, but I am just learning!!  I have made one into a card which you can see in one of my later blogs.

Blossom Flower with Seasons Text - A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set A6 Seasons Text Stamp Set

Good Morning

Alice here to show you my latest DT Sample.  This was made using the A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set and the A6 Seasons Text background stamp.  You can find these stamps and many more fabulous stamps by clicking here

Materials: A6 Seasons Text and A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Sets.  6x6 blank card, black card and white card, Butterfy Die, Embossing Powder and some Gems.

Stamped and embossed the Seasons Text background and matted it onto black card.  Stamped the Blossom Flower head, masked it off and added half the leaf stem.  Embossed this with black embossing powder and matted onto black card.  

Matted and layered the background paper onto black card, and attached to card blank.  Made a little border by stamping one of the smaller flowers onto white card, then matting it onto black card.

Attached the border to centre of the card and attached the background and blossom layers to the card.  To finish off I added a little die cut butterfly and some gems.

Thank you for looking,

See you all next week
Alice xx

Birthday Wishes - A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set and A6 Border and Stems Stamp Set

Hi Everyone

Alice here with my Monday morning blog.  I am having a great time playing with this set of "A6 Blossom and Grow" stamps from Colourific.  You can find them by clicking here

Materials:  c, Green Card, White Card, Backing Paper, Copic Markers, Silver Glitter Embossing Powder, Flower Embossing Folder and a Circle Die.

I used the Border stamp around the edge of the background paper and heat embossed with Silver Glitter powder, then layered a green square and the backing paper onto the blank card. I cut a smaller green square and layered it onto the backing paper with sticky pads.  

I cut a smaller white square and die cut a circle out of the middle, then embossed it with the embossing folder.  I used another piece of the background paper and stamped the Birthday Wishes onto it and embossed with Silver Glitter embossing powder. I centred the sentiment in the middle of the die cut circle and attached it to the card with sticky pads.

The flowers and stems were stamped and coloured with copic pens.  I glued the stems onto the card and raised the flower heads with sticky pads and attached.  I added a little bow to finish it off.

Bloom and Grow - A6 Blossom and Grow Stamp Set

Good Morning

Alice here, today I want to share a Card and Artist Trading Coin I made with the new A6 Blossom and Grow and A6 Seasons Text stamp sets.  The "Blossom and Grow"  is a lovely little set of stamps and is very versatile.  To find these stamps and many more on the Colourific Website click here

I had never heard of Artist Trading Coins until I saw my fellow DT members showing them.  This is a great idea for using up all the scraps.

For the card, I stamped the Seasons Text stamp onto pink card and embossed with Silver Glitter embossing powder.  I wrapped a ribbon round twice and tied it off.

I used some Inks to colour a piece of white card.  When this was completely dry, the flower was stamped to the side of the card and embossed with Silver Glitter embossing powder.  I used the more of the ink from my pallet to add deeper shades of pink on the flower and added fine splashes of pink ink onto the white space.

When it was completely dry, I attached the pink border and flower panel onto a piece of pink card then layered this onto a 6 x 6 card.  I added some pink gems to finish it off.

For the Artist Trading Coin, I cut out 2 x 2.5 inch layers of thick card and glued them together.  I had a piece of pink card that I tried to foil with the Seasons Text background.  It didn't foil properly, but I was able to cut a 2.5 inch circle from the best part and glue it onto the thicker circle and inked the edges.  I used a die to cut out a hessian piece and trimmed it down.  I stamped the "Blossom" flower onto white card and embossed with Silver Glitter embossing powder and used the remainder of my ink to colour it pink.  I finally stamped the stem with green ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I built up the coin using layers and raised the flower to give depth.  Finally I stamped out a sentiment from my stash and cut the words up and mounted them onto the coin.

Thank you for looking xx