mmm...Stampin' Time

Time for another blog hop project. This week the Freshly Brewed Project theme is water.sea.

I chose two stand alone stamp sets for this project – this week is all about featuring stamp sets that do not have any coordinating products – they stand alone.

For this theme I chose the Oceanfront Stamp Set. For the sentiment, I went with the In the Moment Stamp Set.

It is a very simple card with the colours doing all the work – Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Soft Succulent.

I love using photopolymer stamps because it is so easy to position the images.

After I stamped the scene, I adhered this panel to a Bermuda Bay cardbase.

The sentiment I chose was only partially inked because I only wanted the word ‘relax’. After I trimmed the sentiment down, I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back to pop it up.

IThen I stamped some sea grass on the card insert and envelope.

I added some Pebbles Enamel Shapes to the card.

Make sure that you hop over to see what the other members of the Freshly Brewed Project Crew have created.

Tomorrow is 3D Thursday. So join me then to see what I have made.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Oceanfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [157862] $39.00	In The Moment Cling Stamp Set (English) [157987] $42.00	Pebbles Enamel Shapes [158141] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $13.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

The stand alone stamp set (one without any coordinating dies or punch) I have chosen to use for this project is the Kite Delight Stamp Set.

The theme for this weeks #GDP336 is CASE THE DESIGNER. This week’s designer is Angela Meiritz-Reid.

To CASE a project I can take what I like from a design and make it my own. It could be the stamp set – the colors, the layout, the theme, the images – whatever I like that has inspired me to make a card of my own.

I decided to keep the layout and a limited range of colours.

I have gone with a white on white cardbase with one layer being embossed with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.

Instead of leaves, I stamped cloud and a kite tail images in Memento Tuxedo Black and a partial sun in Daffodil Delight.

The kite was stamped and the flowers were then coloured using the Poppy Parade Stamin’ Write Marker™. The bows of the kite tail were also coloured.

After fussy cutting the kite, I looped some of the Poppy Parade and Basic White twine from the Fan Baker’s Twine pack. The kite was popped using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The birthday sentiment was stamped using Versamark and was heat embossed using white embossing powder from the Basics Stampin’ Emboss Powders.

I stamped a cloud inside the card and on the envelope.

After I took this photo, I realised that I didn’t put the Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels – oops.

So, project 1 is finished for today. Another one will is scheduled for later today. It’s for the Freshly Brewed Project Blog Hop.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Kite Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set [157748] $32.00	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] $15.75	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels [146924] $12.25	Fan Bakers Twine [158143] $13.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $52.50
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

The title says it all!

Today, I have another colouring technique to share with you. Take a pack of Soft Pastels Assortment, a palette knife tool from the Take Your Pick Tool and a Water Painter and you can do this to!

For this project I used the Every Chapter Stamp Set. I stamped this, using my Stamparatus, to stamp the image strongly using StazOn Jet Black ink. This ensured that I was able to stamp a clear and well inked image. I stamped the image on a piece of Shimmery White cardstock because I would be water colouring the image.

For this water coloured card I used the Soft Pastels Assortment. The pastel colours I used were scraped using the palette blade from the Take Your Pick Tool. The colours were scrpaed onto the largest acrylic block. Then I used the thinnest Water Painter to blend water into the craypn scrapings. Then I used this to water colour areas of the stamped image.

After stamping the image, I coloured each of the areas. I scraped many of the Soft Pastels Assortment chalks, one at a time, onto the largest acrylic block (F). Using the smallest Water Painter to convert the pastel shavings to a water colouring medium.

This colouring changed the opacity of the stamped image. After the water colouring dried, I returned the stamped and coloured card piece to the Stamparatus and restamped the image over the coloured image.

After the image was stamped and coloured, I used my Paper Snips to fussy cut it.

I wrapped a length of Granny Apple Green coloured Whispered White Crinkled White Binding Ribbon around a Basic White panel that was embossed using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. These layers were then attached to the Granny Apple Green card base.

I added Stamin’ Dimensionals to the back of the book stack.

I added Matte Black Dots to the card front and Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the glasses frame.

The card insert and envelope were stamped with the teacup and glasses top ‘half’ of the stamp set.

It has been a long time since I first used the Soft Pastels Assortment. I love it when I ‘rediscover’ amazing products. The pastels are totally amazing for water colouring.

I look forward to sharing some other projects and techniques.

Tomorrow is Wonderful Wednesday – the day I share my blog hop and challenge projects.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Every Chapter Cling Stamp Set [158017] $32.00	Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder [156505] $17.50	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Soft Pastels Assortment [154585] $15.75
Water Painters [151298] $21.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00