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More Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I scratched the itch last week and so I just had to do some more watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty! Stamp sets like this with big and simple images are great for watercolouring. Especially if you’re just starting out! It’s always nice to have room to add a little more water to smooth out any extra bits of colour.

This time I’m using Misty Moonlight as my main colour. There is some Basic Beige in there too. Other than the sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set though, it’s kind of hard to see. So I stamped the sentiment and two of the taller foliage images on the Fluid 100 Watercolour paper in Basic Beige. Once the ink was dry I used the same technique as last time… I coloured with the Watercolour Pencils first and then used a little bit of water and a Water Painter to smooth it out. Sadly there isn’t a Misty Moonlight Watercolour Pencil. So I used Balmy Blue and then added a little bit of Night of Navy on top.

On top of that I added a strip of Misty Moonlight cardstock that I embossed with the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder. Then on top of that I added a piece of County Woods Designer Series Paper that I punched with the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch and popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And on top of that I added two Misty Moonlight butterflies using the Sketched Butterflies bundle.

I’m having so much fun with this, I think I’ll have to do even more watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty!

Check out last week’s card here!

tams# 89500

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Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty

Posted on July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’ve been feeling the itch to do some colouring lately! So I was excited when the idea for this card popped into my head. I’m using a combination of things to do some watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty.

It all started with the idea of using the Watercolour Pencils. So I used them to choose my cardstock. I’m using Garden Green for my card base. And another little strip of it that I embossed with the Cane Weave 3D embossing folder.

My card mat is just a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. I stamped some flowers from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set in Basic Beige ink. The leaves are from the Layering Leaves stamp set. Then I coloured the flowers with Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo. And the leaves with Granny Apple Green and Garden Green.

To soften and blend the colours I dipped the thinnest Water Painter in some water and brushed off the excess onto a piece of paper towel. Then I gently painted over the petals and leaves that I had coloured with the Watercolour Pencils.

I layered the embossed cardstock on top. Then I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies. I debated about adding a sentiment, but in the end I decided not to use one. I’m curious to hear if you would have added a sentiment. Here it is…

Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty was definitely a great combination! I’ll definitely need to do this again.

Want to learn a fun watercolouring technique? Check out this post where I did some no-line watercolouring.

tams# 89369

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#SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty

Posted on June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

This week I’m sharing some #SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty; one of the new stamp sets in the Annual Catalogue. I thought it’d be a great set for the theme of this month’s #SimpleStamping challenge from Stampin’ Up!… love or sympathy. Sadly I actually need a sympathy card so that’s the theme I picked. The other piece to this month’s challenge is that we can only use stamps, ink, paper and an embellishment. So a little something extra this time!

I quickly thought of using the 2023-2025 In Colour Opaque Sparkle dots for my embellishment. So that helped with my colour combination; Boho Blue and Wild Wheat. I’m using Wild Wheat for my card case and Boho Blue for my card mat. Then on my card mat I did some tone on tone stamping with one of the flowers from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set. I also stamped my sentiment with Boho Blue ink. It comes from the Something Fancy stamp set.

Next I made a smaller card front than usual and I framed it with some more Wild Wheat cardstock. This way you can see the Boho Blue flowers on the card mat. On the smaller card front I stamped some of the taller foliage using both Wild Wheat and Boho Blue ink. I popped this up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few Wild Wheat dots.

When you do #SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty, or other stamp sets with great images, your cards can turn out just as pretty as those with lots of layers and die cuts, etc.

Check out another simple card I made using the Flowers of Beauty stamp set here.

tams# 89106

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Simple Handmade Card

Posted on June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

Last weekend I had the chance to spend the day with my larger team and craft the day away! It’s been a while since I’ve seen everyone in person, so I was excited. I was also looking forward to having a full day of uninterrupted crafting! (part of me is hoping I can do a little something like this once our basement is finished). I finished off a few things that I’ve been wanting to get to for a bit and started on some new projects too. Including this simple handmade card using the 2024-2026 In Colours.

The card base is Shy Shamrock. And I have a strip of Shy Shamrock Designer Series Paper too. I framed that with a little bit of Basic Black cardstock to make the colours really pop. The flowers on top of the DSP are from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set. I stamped one in Pretty in Pink, one in Petunia Pop and the other in Peach Pie. You’ll want to stamp off on a scrap piece of paper first when you “fill in” the flowers. Then I stamped the sentiment in Shy Shamrock; he only In Colour I didn’t end up using was Summer Splash. This sentiment is from the Layering Leaves stamp set.

One of the other things I love about a day like this, is that I can borrow stamps, etc. from team members for a project. I don’t have Layering Leaves, but got to borrow it and now it’s on my wishlist.

I popped up the floral strip with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. And to finish it off I added a few of the large Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

As much as I love fancy fold cards, I do love a nice simple handmade card like this one!

Check out another card I made using ALL of the newest In Colours here. It’s a fun #SimpleStamping card.

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Country Woods

Posted on May 17, 2024May 17, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I love new catalogues! There’s always great new stuff in there. And I especially love to check out all the new patterned paper! One of my favourite packs of patterned paper in the new Annual catalogue is the Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack. It has some of my favourite colours in there. And I love all the rustic and wood panel designs.

I loved it so much that I used it to make the card to go with the catalouges for my customers… along with a few other goodies of course! This time I made 2 differen card designs. They’re somewhat similar and so you could kind of say it’s 2 cards with 1 design. And I used different colours and different designs from the DSP pack to change them up.

For the first design I used Misty Moonlight and Basic Beige for my colours. The piece of woodgrain DSP went on the left hand side of the card front. And on the right hand side I stamped a few flowers using the new Flower’s of Beauty stamp set and my two colours. The sentiment is from the returing Something Fancy stamp set and I die cut it using one of the coordinating dies. Then to finish it off I added a few Rhinestonce Basic Jewels.

With the second designe I used Petal Pink and Basic Beige. The piece of Petal Pink DSP went on the same side as the other card. But instead of the little sentiment, I stamped it on a larger piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and framed it with some Petal Pink cardstock. And I popped that up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I can’t wait to craft with the other designs in the Country Woods DSP pack!

Check out another card I made with the Flowers of Beauty stamp set here.

tams# 88372

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Perennial Lavender

Posted on May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

Spring is here and we’ve been working at putting some garden beds together. I love this time of year for all the colours and of course the warmer weather! And one thing I always make sure to plant in my garden is lavender. Maybe that’s why I love the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper so much.

For this card design I’m using some strips of a couple of different designs, with the centre strip being just a little bit bigger than the rest. I’m using Crumb Cake cardstock for my card base. Even though it’s not officially one of the colours in this patterned paper pack it comes pretty darn close!

Behind the strips of DSP I made a background using a small floral image from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set. I stamped off my Gorgeous Grape ink onto a piece of scrap paper first. And then I stamped around the edges. I also used Gorgeous Grape ink for the sentiment which comes from the Hooray for Surprises stamp set. Then I added a few small Crumb Cake flowers around the sentiment and die cut it with one of the Something Fancy dies.

To finish it off I popped it up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The Perennial Lavender DSP pack is so pretty! And even though this card doesn’t say “Happy Mother’s Day” it would definitely work.

Happy Mother’s Day everyone!

Check out another card I made for Mother’s Day here.

tams# 88253

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I Love Basic Beige!

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

The new Annual catalogue is here! Which means there are lots of new things to help inkspire our crafting. This includes some new colours. And I don’t just meant the 2024-202 In Colours. There’s a new basic colour; Basic Beige. At first when I saw it I wasn’t sure, but figured I’d give it a try. And I have to say I love Basic Beige!

I’m pairing Basic Beige with Petal Pink for this card that I made for my small team’s monthly creative challenge. There’s also a couple other new products in this card design. The patterned paper is from the new Country Wood Designer Series Paper Pack. I’m definitely going to have fun crafting with this pack of DSP! I used a couple of small strips of the DSP to frame the extra flap in the the centre. And then another larger strip on top of the flap.

On top of the flap I also added a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set. I stampin it in Basic Beige. And then I surrounded it with some flowers from the new Flowers of Beauty stamp set. This is a two-step stamp set. So I stamped the outline of the flowers first in Basic Beige. Then I “coloured” them in with Petal Pink ink. So pretty! The Basic Beige really shows off the detail in the outline, but is still fairly subtle. I framed this piece with some Petal Pink cardstock. And to finish it off I added a few Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels.