Hello There,
The sun is shining today and put me in the mood to stamp and color some flowers. I pulled out the Beautiful Stampin’ Up! Stamp Pleasant Poppies (item #129499). I used the emboss resist technique on this project in order to put the light poppies in front of a darker background. I also left plenty of white showing in the flowers to give them that extra pop and to add a little more life to scene I added the bird from the Everything Eleanor set.
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Now on with today’s tutorial. . . . . . .
Project Supplies:
Stampin’ Up! Stamps: Pleasant Poppies (item#129499), Everything Eleanor (item#124164)
Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black, Baja Breeze and Summer Starfruit
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Summer Starfruit, Basic Black
Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Baja Breeze Seam Binding, White Gel Pen, So Saffron, More Mustard, Summer Starfruit and Basic Black markers, Ruler, Versamarker, Clear Embossing Powder and Heat Gun
Started with a 3″ x 5.5″ Whisper White card stock and stamped the poppies on it using Craft Basic Black ink.
Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Added So Saffron marker to the flowers and buds leaving plenty of white showing at the edges of the petals.
Added More Mustard marker at the base of the petals and then blended it in using a So Saffron marker.
Colored over the flowers and buds using a Versamarker and the heat embossed the images using clear embossing powder and heat gun. Now the flowers are protected and I can put my background ink in without it ruining the flowers.
Sponged Summer Starfruit on the card stock.
Sponge Old Olive ink on.
Sponged Always Artichoke ink at the bottom of the card stock.
Sponged Baja Breeze ink at the top of the card stock for the sky.
Added a Basic Black marker line across the top of the card stock using a Ruler.
Stamped the bird from the Everything Eleanor set omitting the birds legs. I omitted the birds legs by coloring the bird with Basic Black marker on the rubber and then stamping it.
Colored the stems in with Summer Starfruit.
Added just a few white gel pen dots to the stamens in the middle of the flowers.
Added a Whisper White 5″ x 6.5″ card base, Basic Black ” x 6.5″ panel, 4.75″ x .25″ Baja Breeze panel, 3.25″ x 5.75″ Basic Black panel, 4.75″ x 1″ strip of Summer Starfruit and Baja Breeze seam binding.
Here is the finished card.
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