Flowerbug's Inkspot

All That You Are with Blends & Card Stock saving Tip!

This beautiful floral image in the 'All That you Are' stamp set is sure fun to color!  

My colors are kind of unusual in my opinion but I think they work.  Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and Flirty Flamingo with just a bit of Daffodil Delight.

I stamped the main image in Black Memento ink and colored it in with our Blends markers.  Remember that our Blends are alcohol based so you need to use water based ink as your base.  

I wanted the main flower to be two toned.  My inspiration came from my mother's favorite rose; it was the Peace rose and it was yellow and pink. I started with the Calypso Coral marker at the bottom of each petal.  Then I blended with the Daffodil Delight and filled it in.  You don't have to use the same light and dark Blends markers; you can mix our colors easily! 

Notice I also heat embossed this pretty greeting with White embossing powder.  Each of these pieces are die-cut with our new Rectangle Stitched Framelits on page 28 of the Occasions catalog.  I love to use my card stock layers when I can; here's what I did!

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Hey Love; super easy, cute fun fold card!

I received this Hey Love card in a swap earlier this month.  I loved it so much we made it at a workshop last week.  Unfortunately I lost the name of the stamper who created it.  

I love quite a few things about this card:

• The perfect way it shows off this fun How Sweet it Is designer paper.
• the clean and simple layout and how it makes the gorilla from Hey Love the star of the card
• I get to color with my Blends markers! 
• It's an easy fun fold! 

Here's another one I made with a birthday version: (the inside is shown above)

Same layout as above in a birthday version. 

Measurements:

• Gorgeous Grape 5 1/2" X 4 1/4"
• Whisper White 7" X 5 1/4", scored at 4"
• How Sweet it Is designer paper 1 1/4" X 5 1/4"
• White stitched shapes circle 2 3/8"
• Scalloped circles 2 1/2" 

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See 3 versions of the same card with Blended Seasons & video

Sometimes the clean & simple look is best.  I created three versions of the same card with the most versatile stamp set and framelits bundle we've had in awhile. I'm so sad it's only available in August! 

 

 

It's easy to create seasonal cards with this stamp set.  There are flowers, leaves and holly images.  Then look at the many different greetings I had to choose from.  And there's more yet! 

One of my favorite things in this bundle are the stitched framelits.  We've NEVER had anything that has stitching on the inside and the outside of our dies before!!  I had to showcase it so I created a stitched frame to highlight the greeting by using the middle and smallest framelits. 

 

The pretty stamped and colored images add that pop of color on this mostly white card.  My colors are Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana and Lovely Lipstick here.  I used Blends on the Christmas card and our new Watercolor Pencils on the second card.  By the way did you know the Watercolor Pencils, assortment 2, is only available in August also?  Get them while you can!  

 

 

 

I hope you can watch my video to catch the coloring tips on using our Watercolor Pencils with a blender pen.   

Remember that you can get a 15 cards tutorial FREE when you purchase this bundle from me in August. Don't miss this opportunity to get this incredible bundle. 

 

 The tutorial includes:

• photos of each card
• measurements
• step by step directions
• a supplies list for each project. 

 

Don't forget about my August special! 

Purchase $50 from me using the hostess code, AT923JJ3 and you'll receive

an ink pad of your choice with your thank you card! 

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Remember that August is Bonus Days month - get a $5 coupon

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July Specials plus all of the Blends are available now!

The Blends are all available now!  They were previously unavailable due to a delay in shipping.  But they have them all in stock now!

There are 11 new combo pairs of Blends in the annual catalog!  I'm so excited to get mine!

Click here to see them in my store!  

July specials:

 

Designer paper sale - Buy 3 get one free!

Join Stampin' Up! and get a whole 10 pack of ink pads - FREE!

All online orders over $40 get free pre-cut cards from me!

 

 

Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Paper with two techniques & how to video

This specialty designer paper is just plain amazing!  The background is so smooth and perfect for many techniques.  On this card I colored it in two different ways.  One with ink and the other with direct to paper method.  

 

I chose to use Calypso Coral and Old Olive with a splash of Black.  The dotted paper has the direct to paper technique on it.  I pressed my Pear Pizzazz ink pad directly onto the paper and smoothed it out with a tissue.  

The floral paper has been colored with the Blends markers. I only used the light Calypso and the light Olive markers.  To get the two-toned look I colored over a few of the petals a second time.  Sooo easy and beautiful too!  Watch  my video to learn a few tricks to make this pretty card.  

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These pretty cards are made with the Floral Statements stamp set, Bubbles & Fizz designer paper, Celebrate You Thinlits, good old Lovely as a Tree and Waterfront stamp sets. 

This class is on Thursday, March 22nd.  The class is free with an order over $30 or choose to pay the $15 class fee.  RSVP by March 19th.  

If you choose to order the pre-cut kit to go here are the details:

• RSVP (or order) by March 19th. 
• Everything you see is included including die-cuts, ribbons and pre-cut and textured pieces.
• I'll email you the step by step directions with photos and measurements. 
• I am unable to send stamped images.  So you would use stamps you own to finish the cards. 
• It's free with a $35 minimum order using this hostess code: QCA7TW3B. Or choose to pay $25 below, which including shipping.  

 

See the supplies I used below.

New Blossoming Basket Bundle

The Blossoming Basket Bundle is one of the new choices during the last month of our Sale-a-Bration promotion.  

You can earn it free with any $100 order.  Yes; you'll get both the Blossoming Basket stamp set and the new Basket Weave Dynamic embossing folder.  It comes in clear or wood mount. 

Here's a card I made with it. 

The colors here are Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and White.  I stamped the basket image in Versamark and heat embossed it with White embossing powder.  Then I colored the basket and flowers with our regular Stampin' Write markers.  I was going to use our Blends but they actually color over the heat embossed image.  And I wanted the embossed lines to show so after I colored I was able to wipe away the excess ink with a tissue revealing the embossing. 

Can you see the basket embossing on the lower half of the card?  That's the new Dynamic folder!  It's perfect for many types of cards. 

The pretty tag is from the Petals & More thinlits.  The scallop edges are done with the Decorative Ribbon Border punch.  And that burlap ribbon is our 5/8" Burlap ribbon but I trimmed both outer edges of the ribbon so it would be frayed a bit.  The 1/8" Bermuda Bay ribbon is also a free choice during Sale-a-Bration; it's free with a $50 order and includes two other ribbons too!  See that here. 

You can see the items I used on this card below.