Splish, splash! Splish, splash! Anything water-related is the theme for this month! I’m not one to buy many water related stamp sets but Angie had posted some cards using the new A Little Smile card kit and it reminded me I had that stamp set. I was also inspired by a card made by Fiona Bradley that featured the Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper, it made me think of how sand and sea could be created.
For the sand I used the Early Espresso watercolor pencil and drew in some heavy lines, then I did the same with the Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana watercolor pencils for the water. Then I pulled out the flat water painter and spread the ink around.
The splotches in the are from a stamp in the Color & Contour stamp set. I used Crumb Cake ink, stamped on a scrap piece of paper and then stamped on my “sand”.
I used my Stamparatus to stamp the star fish and sentiment multiple times with Early espresso ink so I would get a nice dark image. I then stamped again using Versamark and clear embossing powder to give it some shine.
I would have taken pictures along the way but I wasn’t sure it would turn out.
I’m playing along with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge today. This may look like a simple card, but my craft area is a mess with everything I pulled out to make it. The sentiment is from Beauty of Friendship, the flowers are from Color & Contour, and then three die sets to finish it off. The label edges are inked with Highland Heather and I even stamped on the inside.
I wanted to use my new Prismacolors that husband got me for our anniversary so I tried to find the closest matches I could to the paper.
Supplies: Stamp Sets – Beauty of Friendship, Color & Contour Die Cutting & Embossing – Brilliant Winds dies, Hippo & Friends dies, Scalloped Contours dies Ink – Basic Gray stamp pad, Highland Heather stamp pad Paper – Basic White cardstock, Basic White Thick cardstock, Highland Heather cardstock, Mint Macaron cardstock, Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper Accents & Embellishments – Pastel Pearls Coloring Tools – Prismacolors colored pencils Canary Yellow (PC916), Jade Green (PC1021), & Lilac (PC956); sponge daubers Tools – Paper Trimmer, Simply Scored, Stamparatus, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Adhesive – Stampin’ SEAL, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals , liquid glue
This month’s theme is flowers. I’m using the new Color & Contour stamp set with the coordinating Scalloped Contours dies. I die cut the background using the largest scalloped die and then embossed it with the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder (one of my favorites).
I really like how the flower is a two layer stamp with the flower portion not exactly matching to give it a watercolor look. This also helps me in not trying to match it up exactly because I would try. For a little dimension, I die cut a few flowers and stacked them.
I made this card for a new catalog swap using the Color & Contour bundle. I was once again having a creative block so I CASE’d a card I made a few years ago using a sketch PP390 from the Paper Players Sketch Challenge. I even stamped the inside.
I stamped the flower lines using Blackberry Bliss and the shading with Rich Razzleberry. After cutting them out, I curled them up using my bone folder.
What sold me on this bundle was not just the amazing images in the stamp set but the fun rectangle die cuts.
Supplies: Stamp Sets – Color & Contour Die Cutting & Embossing – Scalloped Contours dies, Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder Ink – Blackberry Bliss stamp pad, Evening Evergreen stamp pad, Rich Razzleberry stamp pad Paper – Blackberry Bliss cardstock, Evening Evergreen cardstock, Very Vanilla Thick cardstock Tools – Paper Trimmer, Simply Scored, Stamparatus, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, bone folder Adhesive – Stampin’ SEAL, liquid glue
J. Pollock Designs 