For this card, I stamped the large swirl from the Finishing Touches stamp set twice in Guava ink.
TIP: It is a good idea to buy pens in colours that match your ink pads. Then if you miss stamping a bit of the image, you can fill it in with the co-ordinating coloured pen. Create and Play Club sells some lovely blending markers (pages 24 and 25 of the catalogue), which I need to start collecting. As I don't have any of them yet, I used a gold pen to fill in a small gap and also to highlight parts of the image.
I wanted to colour various parts of the main flower image (from the Sparkling Spring Collection stamp set), which would have been easy to do had I owned some of the above-mentioned pens. (Colour various parts of the stamp with different coloured pens, "huff" on the stamp to moisten the ink, then stamp on card.) I decided to experiment with colouring various parts of the stamp with sponge daubers dabbed into Banana, Guava and Artichoke ink pads. (Use a separate dauber for each coloured ink and wipe off the the dauber after dabbing onto the ink pad and image to avoid transferring the colours onto the ink pads and muddying them).
I felt that there wasn't enough pink in the image, so I inked a dauber in Guava, wiped the excess onto
scrap paper, then lightly sponged over parts of the flowers. (It's a bit hard to see on the photo). I then layered the image onto a piece of pink card and sanded the edges. Gold photo corners (which I received in my Basic Tool Kit) were placed on each corner and the centres of the flowers were highlighted with crystal gemstones and Crystalina glitter glue.
I would love to be able to afford to own all the specialty ribbons now, but like most of us, I'm on a budget and have to start out with a few varieties and gradually add to them. The white crocheted lace is very versatile as it can be coloured with sponge daubers and ink pads. I coloured one side of a piece of white crocheted lace using the Banana ink pad and the other with the Guava ink pad. It was then tied around the card.
Finally, the main image was adhered to the card and For You (from the Sparkling Spring Collection stamp set) was stamped in Guava ink in the bottom corner.
(The card was photographed a bit lop-sided, sorry!)
This card and the previous one were made with white card and the Super Assortments So Mod paper pack. This time I stamped the image 3 times: once each in Guava, Artichoke and Grape ink. I then cut out the Guava flowers and the Grape butterflies and mounted them onto the artichoke image. (I've just realised that one of the flowers is still green - whoops! :) )
The reason that I cut around one side of the flowers is because I'd smudged ink on the white card! I'm a messy stamper :) I highlighted the bobbles on the pink ribbon with Guava ink (hard to see in the photo) and adhered it to the front of the white card on one side and under the card on the other side.
A flower border from the Borders Collection stamp set was stamped in Guava onto a strip of pale pink card, layered onto a strip of darker pink card and then attached to the white piece, covering one end of the Pom Pom ribbon. This whole piece was then layered onto pale pink and then dark pink card. I stamped the top and bottom of a purple card with a small image from the Sparkling Spring Collection stamp and then attached the main piece to the front of the card.
The Frame (from All Occasions Phrases Collection stamp set) and For You (from the Sparkling Spring Collection set were stamped in Guava. The frame was cut out, sponged with Grape ink and attached to the card.
Most times I can't resist adding Crystalina glitter glue to my cards and this was used on the flower centres.
A lot of the items I used were from the Basic Tool kit (photo corners, adhesives, gold pen, sanding block) and the Introductory Stamping kit (ink pads, sponge daubers and 2 of the stamp sets) but these items are also available separately. Other items used were:
Stamp sets - $22.00 each - CO723124 Finishing Touches Collection
CO723122 All Occasions Phrases Collection
CDGXCF88 12" x 12" Smooth Snowcap cardstock ($7.50 for 10 sheets)
CDASM Super Assortments So Mod cardstock ($67 for 80 sheets)
Specialty ribbon - $5.00 each: ACR58244 Blush Pom Pom (3 yds)
ACR58208 White Crocheted Lace (2 yds)
CO721996 Crystal Gemstones - $2.25
CO721971 Crystalina Glitter Glue - $4.00
Hopefully I'll get the chance to make some more cards tomorrow :)
Happy creating,
Helen.
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