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Bold Butterfly

Little Moments (Watercolor Wings)

written by Kylie

Hi, yesterday I shared some pretty colour combinations for use with the Watercolor Wings stamp set. Today I’m going to show you how some of these colour combinations look on a finished card plus I have a little tip for getting a little more out of your stamp set.

Here’s the card…

It is a very simple card as you can see. You could easily step it up to the next level by adding some texture to the white background (whether by using stamps, embossing folders or embossing paste) and by popping up some of the butterflies.

Did you notice that the pink butterfly was actually created from the big butterfly stamp? All I did to achieve this look was to stamp half of the butterfly and angle the antennae to give the appearance of a side view. The easiest way to apply ink to only half of the stamp is to place a post-it note over the part you don’t want ink on. Ink up the stamp. Remove the post-it note and stamp. Easy! Another way is to use a sponge dauber to add ink to the areas you want (this is also great for when you want to add multiple colours of inks to a stamp).

I had to finish off the card with a layer of Wink of Stella over the butterfly wings and some rhinestones to add a bit of bling! And with that the card was finished. I hope you’ll give it a try!

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Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes in different types (such as clear mount and wood mount) or as a bundle, I link to all.

December 18, 2017 0 comment

Watercolor Wings

The Little Moments (Watercolor Wings)

written by Kylie

Hi, I haven’t been able to put the Watercolor Wings stamp set down. I wanted to play around with different colour combinations, however, I ended up playing some more with the technique I shared a couple of days ago. This time, however, I decided to use a lighter background (Crumb Cake) to see how the colours might pop.

Whilst the technique is the same, and the card designs are very similar to those shared a couple of days ago the impact is quite different. I think you’ll love how bright and vibrant the cards are – perfect for the person who LOVES colour!

Here’s the card…

For the above card, I stamped the base stamp in white ink and used the same stamp to stamp the colour. Please note, you don’t have to be perfect with your stamping. I think the off-set look actually looks really good.

For the next card, I decided to use the second layering stamp to add the colour. Doesn’t it pop! You *could* add the third layering stamp from the stamp set but I thought it might look way too busy. Feel free to experiment.

Here’s the card…

Isn’t it amazing how switching up the base colour cardstock can create such a different look despite using all of the same stamps and inks? I LOVE it!

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes in different types (such as clear mount or wood mount) or as a bundle, I link to both.

December 2, 2017 0 comment

Watercolor Wings

A trio of cards using Watercolor Wings

written by Kylie

Hi, today I am sharing a trio of cards using the Watercolor Wings stamp set so it is quite a long post. I was playing with colour layering and before I knew it I had hit upon an idea and I love it. I know you are going to LOVE it too. I have taken a lot of photographs of the cards but unfortunately, I’ve just not been able to capture how pretty these cards are in real life nor do the photographs really capture the different colours I stamped with. I do, however, hope you can get the gist from the pictures below.

All three cards were created in much the same manner. I cut a panel of Basic Black cardstock. I grabbed my butterfly stamp and inked it up with the Whisper White ink and stamped it repeatedly over the background. I LOVED how it looked just like this so decided that would be the basis for my card. I finished stamping the body of the butterfly. I added Wink of Stella all over the butterfly wings and drew a little flight trail from the butterfly (and thank you to my friend, Bron, for this idea!). So soft and pretty.

To finish the card, I mounted the panel on some Whisper White cardstock and then attached it to a Basic Black card base. I die cut a label using a die from the new Petals & More Thinlits Die set – coming in the Occasions catalogue (December 1, 2017, for Demonstrators and January 3, 2018, for customers) and embossed the sentiment on it in Whisper White. I then used the Big Shot to die cut a sweet butterfly (from the Bold Butterflies Framelits die set) from vellum. I used the Fine-Tip glue pen to adhere just the body of the butterfly to the card and used some rhinestones to hide the glue – and add a little more bling.

Here’s the card…

It is so pretty and does have a bluish tinge. I was inspired to try and see what else I could do with this same basic concept.

For the next card, I repeated the stamping as above but this time I also added some dots to the background panel using another stamp from the Watercolor Wings set. I wanted a little more colour and this is the part which is SO hard to see in the photos below. Once the white stamped image had dried (you can heat set it to speed up the process), I took the second layer stamp and inked it up in a coloured ink and stamped over the top of the white. As you can see the effect is very subtle so you must use a very vivid colour of ink. I used Melon Mambo, Pacific Point and Bermuda Bay.

Here’s the card…

From there, I decided instead of using the second layer stamp I would repeat the base stamp. I used the same colour and because the stamp is solid you can see much more of the colour. Melon Mambo definitely shows up the most.

Here’s the card…

My main tips for this technique:
1. Make sure the white ink has dried before you add the next layer.
2. Use very strong, vivid colours for the second layer.
3. If you use, say Melon Mambo, on your stamp and then need to use the white ink again, make sure you clean the stamp thoroughly before applying the white ink as you might stain the ink pad to some degree.

So there you have it, three super pretty cards which are so fun to make. It would be wonderful to see what other designs could be created using other solid stamps. Hmmm…there’s an idea!

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes in different types (such as clear mount or wood mount) or as a bundle, I link to both.

November 30, 2017 0 comment