After a full month of wall to wall sunshine, we finally had a rainy day in Southwest Florida. Far from being unhappy about it, I took advantage of the lull in outdoor activities to play with my new goodies from the Occasions Catalog!
My first choice was the gorgeous new stamp set titled "Beautiful You". I absolutely love this set. It comes with a wonderful variety of sentiments and the images are so easy to work with, even for beginning stampers!
This card is one we will be making in my next class. The image is stamped on a piece of 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" Whisper White cardstock using Stampin' Up Archival Black ink. The coloring is done with Flirty Flamingo & Peekaboo Peach Stampin' Write markers. The umbrella uses the paper piecing technique - stamp the image on Flirty Flamingo In-Color Designer Series Paper, trim and adhere to the image using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Mat the card front on a 5-1/2" x 3-3/4" piece of Basic Black cardstock. Cut a 5-1/2" x 1" piece of Smoky Slate DSP; adhere to the folded edge of a Smoky Slate card base (8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"). Line up the matted image with the opposite edge of the card base and adhere.
My second variation of this card was CASE'd from Dena Rekow - love her style! This one uses another one of my favorite new products, Watercolor Pencils. The image is stamped using Archival Black ink on Shimmery White, an excellent cardstock for watercolor techniques. The umbrella is colored with Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, and Pumpkin Pie.
To achieve the soft, shaded look, lay just a little color along the edge of each section and use your Aqua Painter to spread the color.
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Stay tuned later this week for some more ideas using Beautiful You!
Happy Stamping,
Pat
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