Stampin' Pals: Garden Wishes

Wednesday, 25 August 2021

Colour Creations - Crumb Cake

Our feature colour this week is Crumb Cake, in the neutrals and a very useful shade. I'm sure there will be lots of inspiration shared on this blog hop, so make sure you spend the time checking them out. We are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart.

For quite some time I had been intending to try this technique where die cuts are adhered to a same-colour piece of card to make a textured background. Dandy Wishes dies have these spiky flower heads in three sizes, so that provides additional interest.

The light woodgrain paper from In Good Taste continues the neutral theme. This die from Scalloped Contours dies is one of my favourites because you can tuck things into the slits.

The sentiment from Biggest Wish was stamped in Bumblebee and Mossy Meadow, just a touch of colour on the card this week. The simple dandelion from Garden Wishes has been coloured with Stampin' Blends.

Next on the blog hop is the talented and sweet Tina in South Australia. I love her work so let's go check it out...

If the next button is not working or you'd like to see the entire list of participants, go to Catherine Proctor's blog

When your order reaches $90 you can pick a Level 1 freebie, and $180 earns you one Level 2 or two level 1.

Product List

Garden Wishes Cling Stamp Set

[154408]

$38.00

Dandy Wishes Dies

[154315]

$61.00

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[155052]

$30.00

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]

$61.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$44.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$17.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$6.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$14.00

Stampin' Seal Refill

[152814]

$9.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Stampin' Scrub

[126200]

$31.00

Stampin' Mist

[153648]

$19.25

Bone Folder

[102300]

$12.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]

$13.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$13.00

Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154890]

$15.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$15.50

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$15.25

Saturday, 27 March 2021

Garden Wishes - Masking and Blending

During my March classes, 'Wings & Things', the card below was one that I taught. It's a simple masking technique and a chance for customers to try the blending brushes to make a pretty card using Garden Wishes.

Fortunately my students do as I say and not as I do, because demonstrating in one class, I only put the one mask on the project and left the sides exposed so naturally, the blending went outside of the oval!

I was sure I could make something with this anyway, and filmed myself using a rectangle stitched shape to remove the inked smudges and create a smaller art piece, which enabled me to show off some pattern paper as well. Unfortunately, my phone or facebook isn't allowing me to post that video, so I did a Facebook Live earlier this week and made another card from the reject piece.

All that was left was a frame, with stray ink blended each side. Using ink left on the blending brushes, I've coloured the whole frame. I re-stamped the dandelion so it became a 'reverse spotlight' technique. The holes are from the Brilliant Wings Dies which go with Butterfly Brilliance, an early release for the Annual Catalogue. Unfortunately, the supplies of Butterfly Bijou DSP have run out now. One of the butterflies is from the paper, the other is cut with a die.

I'm having a crafting day with friends in the Adelaide Hills today, hope you get some crafting in this weekend too. I'm happy to give you a one on one lesson either in person, or Facetime. You can tap on any item below to see more or order in my online store.