Mother's Day PPA289

The colour challenge at Pals Paper Arts inspired me to make a Mother's Day card. Although my dear Mother is no longer with us, this is exactly the card I'd have made for her. She loved her garden, particularly her roses, and spent many hours in it.
She WAS the best mother, certainly the best one for me!

I had been playing with the Rose Garden Thinlet Dies making mosaics of  three-colour flowers, so it was refreshing to use just Blushing Bride. For some additional depth I've inked some petals using a sponge dauber - I'm loving this effect and will do it more I'm sure. For the leaf, I allowed the pieces to fall out, I'll use them in another version.These framelits are such a lot of fun, you really can do so many things with just them alone. I bought the photopolymer stamps, Rose Wonder. and framelits as a bundle, because even as a demonstrator I get the 15% discount for bundles. The sentiments cover birthdays, weddings and bereavement. I grabbed this whimsical Mother's Day sentiment from A Nice Cuppa. Isn't this a great colour combination?

Cheers, Rachel

Flowers For A Friend

After the crazy Saturday I've just had when nothing went to plan, I really need a day of crafting! As well, I need to get a card in the mail this week for a team buddy, who I only see at Convention (and on Facebook).

The sketch at CASE This Sketch encouraged me to stretch my creativity. I had a lot of (messy) fun, trying to make my own mask for the three circles work out, with Strawberry Slush and Pear Pizzazz inking up Dictionary stamp, in a random fashion. It took a couple of tries, I had to alter my mask, and change from sponging the ink to actually pressing the ink pad onto the stamp, but its all fun and games.


Next I inked up Age Awareness, one of the new stamp sets in photopolymer. Let me tell you, that makes it so much easier to place words in a straight line, because it is clear, but they do stain more than red rubber. It seemed totally appropriate to acknowledge FB's role in my remembering the occasion.
The colours were suggested for the Pals Paper Arts  Color Challenge and you'll find loads of inspiration by the design team and in the gallery. The Momento black ink did look a little bold, which is why I decided to ink up the vase from Pictogram Punches with a black Stampin' Write Marker to balance the composition. Then with two flowers in Pictogram Punches and another in Something To Say, which all fit the Itty Bitty Accents punch, my job was easy. There are some Pear Pizzazz Candy Dots here and there, and a layer of Pear Pizzazz between the Very Vanilla and Strawberry Slush.
Doesn't it sound like ice cream flavours?

Now you don't usually get to see my cards finished off, but as this one will be in the mail very shortly, I have stamped the inside with another vase of flowers, and the same on the envelope.



Thanks for popping by
Rachel

Age Awareness Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.95

Pictogram Punches Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$37.95

Pictogram Punches Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$28.95

Something To Say Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$51.95

Something To Say Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.95

Dictionary Wood Stamp Set

$30.95

Dictionary Clear Stamp Set

$24.95

Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

$11.95

Card Stock A4 Strawberry Slush

$11.95

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$9.95

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

$29.95

Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes

$10.95

2013-2015 In Color Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack

$37.95

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$14.95

Subtles Candy Dots

$9.95

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Winning Watercolour!

It's always very exciting to get picked as a winner in a challenge, so today I'm doing a happy dance with a big smile on my face!!!!!!
This little water colour was picked as one of the three winners at Pals Paper Arts.

I really enjoyed making this card, and while the stamp set was out, I made a few more.

Is watercolouring a technique you'd like to try?






If so, email me and we can pencil a workshop in - maybe a Thursday, Friday or Saturday in the second half of July?

I'm in South Morang, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

Rachel

Thinking Of You - Wetlands PPA206

I have put some thought into these colours set by Pals Paper Arts this week for challenge #206. I'd jotted down some ideas, but my top choice was a water-colored panel, similar to framed art work I have seen in galleries at a favourite seaside town.

That meant whipping out last year's favourite stamp set, Wetlands, and embossing with black embossing powder. Don't those sea birds come up great each and every time? I had used a strip of Stampin' Up! Water-color paper, so after the embossing was done, I soaked the paper to make it very damp, front and back. This is so the paper doesn't warp, and should be done even with regular card. Then using the nominated colours, I used re-inkers to drop blobs of ink onto a plastic lid, and with an Aquapainter, I spread the ink onto the paper. I was thrilled that it turned out exactly as I'd imagined.


I had tried stamping more on the base card, but ended up choosing the simplest version, just a half of a grass stamp. Thinking Of You is a greeting that says just that, and more. It can be a Get Well, or Sympathy card also.

So this is quite a simple card, I'd love it if you let me know what you think.

I hope your week is a happy one,
let me know if you need a catalogue

Rachel