Watercolor Poppies

I used the SweetStamps Poppy Garden image on this card and I tried out a new product named Color Burst and had a great time coloring the poppies and creating the background.  Color Burst is a powder in a small bottle and when it hits the water it will burst into color so if you aren't a pro at watercolor this product make it look like you're pro. See a video here.

The image is heat embossed with detail black powder, this does help stop the flow of water from the background onto the blossoms and I didn't wet the blossoms until after the background was created.  Rather than blow the powder onto the paper I placed it in a paint pallet and picked it up with a wet brush to avoid getting the powder on the flower petals.   A tiny bit of powder goes a long way!

The yellow panel was sponging with the ATC  Mini Art Stencil - Stained Glass by moving it around the panel as I sponged with Ranger Distress Ink - Mustard Seed.

The small butterflies are from Globecraft and Piccolo and they are heat embossed with the Micro White powder then attached to the card with Aleene's tacky glue.
 
Image: SweetStamps - Poppy Garden

Ink: VersaMark for heat embossing the poppies, Ranger Distress Ink - Mustard Seed

Paper: unknown blue, Die Cuts with a View - yellow textured, Canson watercolor paper

Tools:   ATC  Mini Art Stencil - Stained Glass, sponge, Perfect Paper Crafting - Perfect Layers, Perfect Cutting Mat, Xacto craft knife

Accessories: Eye Outlet and Brads - enamel dots, Embossing Powder - Detail Black, Enamel Embossing powder fluid, Micro White enamel

 

Poppy Garden Clear Stamp Set Butterfly Flurry Flourishes Distress Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED ATC Mini Art Stencil STAINED GLASS Perfect Layers Deluxe 3 Tool Set Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive Black EP

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Friends

Happy Tuesday Sweeties!

I'm here sharing a fun, super simple card with one 

teeny pearl to go along with the Pearls challenge this week.

I hope that you get a giggle out of this card and that you 

will join us this week for challenge #218 Pearls

There is a Spring Cleaning sale happening now as well.

Spring Cleaning Sale 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Bra Words Clear Stamp Set	Stitched Rectrangle Layers Dies	Snow Pearls	Copic Sketch Markers	Wink of Stella Brush Marker
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Challenge #218 - Pearls

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!
Happy Monday!!

We are discontinuing some of our cling stamps, to make room for NEW designs later this year!!  You can find all the images in the CLEARANCE section here!!


Time for another weekly challenge!
Our theme is....

Pearls

Guest Designer.... 

Tammy

Love the colors used!  So pretty!!

DT Sweeties projects...

Kendra Sand

Monica Edwards

We'd love to see your beautiful creations, so come play along! {Cards, ATCs, scrapbook pages, mixed media, altered art, etc.} You could win a $10 shopping spree for goodies at SweetStamps.com's online store by playing along in our challenge! 

Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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***Check back throughout the week for more inspiration from our DT Sweeties!!***

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

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The Basics

Hello!  It is Lisa here and TGIF, am I right?!  Today I am taking us all back to the basics of cardmaking.  Now when I say basics I wants to remind you that the basics are beautiful not boring.  Sometimes I get so wrapped up in trying new techniques and adding so many embellishments that I lose site of why I really love cardmaking... for the stamping.  So I have created this little beauty with nothing but some good ol stamps, ink, markers and foam adhesive...

Supplies Used:

Poppy Garden Clear Stamp Set	Simple Greetings Clear Stamp Set	Copic Sketch Markers	Wink of Stella Brush Marker
Tuxedo Black Memento Marker	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Well I hope I have inspired you to take it back to the basics, and link something up with our newest challenge: Pink.. you'll also be in the running for a gc to the Sweet Shop so you can pick up some of these goodies for yourself!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Pink and Pastel Birthday

I love the Spring colors and I think they coordinate perfectly with the SweetStamps challenge this week- Pink.

 I initially was going to sponge on the color, but just applied it Direct to Paper using the Ink Spots. I used the Tulip Stencil over the top of the colors using In the Pink Ink. I added splatters of black and touches of a border stamp from the You Brighten My Day set. I used the stem of the flower in the same set for my flower stams, and added Kiwi Green leaves using another stamp from the same set.  Next, using a Prismacolor pencil, I added dots  and dashes in white. I used the Wink of Stella Green for the Piccolo Flourishes, and was inspired by a card by Donna K using her Piccolo's 'naked' or 'au natural', so I just added a touch of shimmer in the centers using the Stardust pen. The dragonfly Piccolo was embossed using the Brownstone in the center and Mossy Glen on the wings.

Products I used from the SweetStamps Store:

Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive	Fuschia Fizz Ink Spot	In The Pink Ink Spot	Amaryllis Shades� Dye Ink	Dandelion Shades Dye Ink	Kiwi Ink Spot	Montego Bay Ink Spot	Art Stencil TULIP LATTICE 6x6
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	You Brighten My Day Clear Stamp Set	Simple Greetings Clear Stamp Set	Dragonflies Accents	Floral Whimsy Accents A106	Stacey's Stacking Flowers	Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive	Enamel EP MOSSY GLEN
Enamel EP BROWNSTONE	Gelly Roll Stardust Glitter Pen CLEAR	Wink of Stella Brush Marker

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I hope you like my Pink and Pastel card, and really hope to see you joining in the challenge this week!  Our winners are chosen by Random.org- and if you use a Sweet Stamps image, your entry will count x's 2!

Sweet Stamps has a Pintrest board HERE

Sweet Stamps has a Facebook group HERE

Shelly

Triple Tulips

Today's card features the Triple Tulips image, one of my favorite SweetStamps images and it's so quick and easy to color.  I used Copis for coloring.

Image: SweetStamps -  Triple Tulips

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Copics - Y19,18,17,15,13, G29,28,24,21,20

Paper: Beckett Expressions for image, Die Cuts with a View - yellows

Accessories: Eyelets Outlets and Brads - pearls, Paper Glaze for pearl adhesive, Copic fine tip marker for black on birds, Diamond Stickles for berries

Tools: Spellbinder - scallop frame, foliage, Memory Box - birds  

Triple Tulips Copic Sketch Markers Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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