Tuesday 15 August 2017

The Joy of Sets Design Challenge 4 (Letter B) - Birthday Blooms

Hello, this week our challenge is to use a stamp set with the letter B in the title. Once again I went for Birthday Blooms. The other week I mentioned I had several ideas for this stamp set? Well this is the 2nd design I came up with that day based on the same theme.

One of my favourite stamp set

I chose to make a card to fit a DL envelope so although A4 cardstock is just short of 30cm in length, I cut across at 20cm and scored at 10cm. The remaining piece, once trimmed at the side was perfect for my top layer. I do so hate waste. Between the base card and top layer, I added Blushing Bride so that it created a narrow border.


Once again I used the Scalloped Tag Topper punch to create a cute tag in both vellum and Whisper White cardstock. This is a really card to make, I think less is more in this case but it does require careful measurement as there is nowhere to hide mistakes. Each of the 3 flowers line up in a row so to ensure they were level I brought out my trusty stamping press. 



The flowers stamped on card were water coloured loosely, going over the lines of the image. For the flower on vellum I chose to use ink and blender pens to colour in from the back as it had been heat embossed.



Did you know that you can colour the White Perfect Accents using Promarkers? Although I don't have that many I managed to find a reasonably good match for Blushing Bride as you can see in the picture. These 3 Perfect Accents balanced out the sentiment, stamped directly in the top left corner. I also wrapped some silver Metallic Thread round my fingers in a figure of eight before adding behind the tag.






9 comments:

  1. I love this card Beverley - I often use just the smaller stamp from this set - nice to see it doesn't always get overlooked by the large rose - great colours -

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    1. Thanks Fiona, I adore this set. use it so often.

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  2. Very beautiful card Beverly! Love the soft colors and the layout is great! I will have to case this 🤗

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    1. Thanks Jen, I don't use DL size cards as much as I used to; must plan more cards in this size in the future.

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  3. Great card Beverley. I love using an overlooked stamp and making it the main focus.x

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    1. Thanks Sally, one of my favourite stamp sets. Don't think I'll ever let it go if it retires.

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  4. Very pretty card, Beverley. Love the subtle colours and the vellum tag focal point.

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  5. Beautiful card Beverly, I love the flower embossed on vellum

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