Showing posts with label Nuvo Drops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nuvo Drops. Show all posts

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Poppystamps and Pinkfresh Studio

I love to enter the monthly challenges at Poppystamps and Pinkfresh Studio.  I'll start with my entry for Poppystamps Flower Garden challenge.  I've been intrigued for a long time by the die cut tissue paper flowers posted on IG by Flora & Fauna.  I tried a long time ago & it was a failure.  Recently I got a stamp set from MFT & hadn't put away the beautiful pink tissue it came wrapped in.  That inspired me to try again & I'm so glad I did!  You do have to be very careful removing them from the cutting plate & handling them, but it's worth it.  
Most of the blooms are from Poppystamps Potpourri Flower set, plus the smallest die from Stitched Blooms Trio.  I just mixed the blooms & layered 3 for each one.  The centers have a pink Nuvo Drop.  I used very small green scraps for Poppystamps Orchard Leaves & a white scrap for Grosgrain Bow.  The kraft floral wrap was made by folding a Memory Box Grand Heart diecut.  
Letters from Memory Box Parker Lowercase Alphabet were die cut from a black scrap covered with packing tape.  The sweet Darice embossing folder from my friend, Lisa, made the perfect background.  I'm also entering Snippets Playground.  

Next is my entry for the Pinkfresh Studio May Rainbow Challenge.  I've had the Nested Diamond Pop Out Stamp a long time, but have used it very little.  Took several tries & rewatching videos to finally figure out how to use it with each section a different color.  Love being able to do that, so need to use it again before I forget what I did!  
Anyway, I've been wanting to use pastel rainbow colors & this was the perfect challenge for that.  I used Lawn Fawn Ballet Slippers & Peach Fuzz, PTI Lemon Tart & Vintage Jadeite, Hero Arts Soft Sky & Memento Lulu Lavender.  For some reason, I couldn't get good images white embossing PFS Small Butterflies on vellum.  Finally gave up & just stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne on white cardstock.  That worked & they actually look much better on the card than my first idea.  I colored the bodies with a light gray Copic, brushed the wings with a shimmer pen & colored the dots with a black glaze pen.  There's a short video showing the shimmer on my IG post.  They're attached just in the middle so the wings can be slightly raised.  Tiny clear gems are the only embellishment.  The black embossed sentiment is from PFS Perfect Sentiments & I found just the right shade of gray cardstock for the mat.    
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Ombre Bunny

I came across the negative die cut from an older Hero Arts bunny in the mess on my table.  Just the excuse I needed to take a break from organizing & make a card! 
Worked great as a stencil with Distress Inks spun sugar & victorian velvet.  The die cut rectangle was also a left over, so one less thing to store--yah!  I got a beautiful Easter set from The Craft's Meow when they were going out of business.  The sentiment words from that set were stamped in Delicata Silvery Shimmer using my Mini MISTI so I could stamp several times.  I tend to use metallic papers for Christmas, but they can be great for other occasions, too.  Love the silver metallic for this card front. Tiny pink splatters & white Nuvo drops finish off my card.  I'm entering AAA, HLS Anything Goes with Dies, SSS Monday & Die Cut Divas.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.
Edited to add: Also entering SSS National Craft Month.
I'm a Diecut Diva Too