Pretty Pettals & Remarkable You Thank You

I guess I am getting tired of creating with colours for Christmas, so needing a Thank You card, I decided to go with neutrals, choosing Crumb Cake, Vanilla, & Basic Black using the "Pretty Petals"DSP Stack.

I did make a mistake in my calculations, however.  You can see that black matted polk-a-dot piece is too wide. I opted to use it anyway, offsetting it, and hoping it looks like I meant for it to be that way...lol.

Side view to see the layering...

The black sequins add a little something as well as a bit of sparkle when the light hits it right.

And, for the inside...

...I off stamped the Basic Black Archival Ink twice before stamping on the inside. Check out the supplies used below.

So there you have a simple Thank You card. Happy stamping!

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Remarkable You - Cala Lily

You've seen cards I've made in the past with this stamp set, and now I've created some new cards for an August class using the same set.

Today, I'll begin with the Calla Lily card.

Stamped in Slate Gray, lightly coloured with a Stampin' sponge, and the stamen coloured with a So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, I fussy cut the pieces out to pop up. A few layers on this card.

The Blushing Bride strips I curled with my bone folder and looped. Blushing Bride, Minta Macaron and Black are gorgeous together. Inside, I just stamped a little by off stamping/second stamping with Blushing Bride.

See below for what I used and be sure to stop by tomorrow for a peek at the next card for this class.

Happy Stamping!

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Remarkable You - Water Lily

The last flower from "Remarkable You" is a Water Lily. I kept this one pretty simple and combined Soft Sky with the new Mint Macaron.

• I masked around the area where I wanted to stamp the Lily with Pool Party using Post-it Notes.
• After stamping the flower I used the Project Life Journaling Pen and a ruler, I drew the lines of the box.
• I then masked the box and second stamped the leaves with Soft Sky.
• Removing the mask I then used my Soft Sky Stampin' Write marker to colour the flower.
• With my Hello honey Stampin' Write Marker I filled in the dots of the stamen and the Mint Macaron for the stem. 

 Here is a close up.

You can see that I took my dry brush and added a thin layer of Dazzling Details.

• Next I went to my paper trimmer and cut a 3/4" strip out leaving the framed Water Lily in tact.
• I then popped up the front over the folder embossed card front.
• I stamped my sentiment and again with a ruler and project Life Journaling pen drew a box around it and cut it out on my trimmer (messed up a bit on the right) and popped that up too
• Lastly I added the rhinestones.

And on the inside...

Well, that's it for this card. So I've created one card of each flower from this stamp set. I do have a few more ideas for these flowers. Do you want me to make some of them? Or should I move on to the next stamp set?

It's been fun working with "Remarkable You" and I know you too will find an endless amount of creative ideas to use with this stamp set with.

Below are the supplies used for this card.

Happy stamping!

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Remarkable You - Magnolia Blossoms

Yesterday I showed you card using the Calla Lilies of the "Remarkable You" stamp set. Today I using the Magnolia blossom from the set. I love Magnolia trees, and we have a lot of them here in Victoria, BC.

Wanting to try something a little different, I created a tri-fold card, and painted on Crumb Cake cardstock!

I masked and stamped, and then I white-washed all the leaves and blossoms. Letting it dry, I later used a combination of water colouring and dry brush strokes.

You can't tell in most of the photos that upon completion I used a dry brush to lightly spread a little Dazzling Details all over.

 When the card is open, it looks like...

This is what it looks like from the back,

Still trying to get the glitter to show, and the following closeup has a little that came out in the photo.

I promise you, a thin layer really is all over the front giving it a shimmery look.

Well, that's it for the Magnolia this time. There's one more flower in this set to use; the Water Lily. So look for that next.

As usual, the supplies used in the making of this card can be found below. Thank you for stopping by!

Happy stamping!

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Remarkable You - Calla Lilies

"Remarkable You" is a beautiful stamp set that has my mind full of ideas for it. The Water Lily, Magnolia, and Calla Lilies are are inspirational flowers to work with.

My first one I'm showing you today, is using the Calla Lilies, all pretty in pink, silver, velum and glimmer.

After silver embossing the Calla Lilies on velum I took a dry brush to add a little colour. For the stamen I used the Hello Honey Stampin' Write Marker. The sentiment banner is created using the Triple Banner Punch! A must have tool!

The extra Calla Lilies I had after cutting them all out, I attached on the inside with strategically paced glue dots.

A delicate card, wouldn't you say? With a different sentiment, this might make a beautiful Wedding card. I look forward to using this stamp again soon.

In the mean time, happy stamping!

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