Mediterranean Moments Birthday

Another stamp from Mediterranean Moments with water-colour pencils. I have found with this stamp set pick out the key image and colour that. My business partner is a great fan of "Less is More". She would advocate leaving all of the rest white whereas I always add a little more colour to bits but never colour the whole thing.

This one is very 'in your face' colour wise. The base card is Bermuda Bay to match the scooter and real red to match the door and window shutters. To me it screams mediterranean, what do you think?

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Mediterranean Moments  143191

Water colour pencils        141709

A quick post today, stitched framelits again, watercolour pencils again but the stamp set is 'Mediterranean Moments'. 

Doesn't this look like somewhere you would stop for glass of something cool and refreshing.

Beautiful You returns!

Another one from my holidays. This one really shows you how bright, how you can get a good depth of colour, then fade it out. The sentiments in the set are also rather lovely. Bit of repetitive stamping here. Finished with a little daubing! 

The pencils really do give you a water coloured look. Plus sometimes when you stamp the image in momento you can get a controlled smudgy look.

Watercolour Pencils

I wasn't sure about this stamp set when it was first in the catalogue but it comes into its own with the pencils. I made one in blue which I sent to a friend before I managed to photo it. It was stunning.

I have used the 'Melon Mambo' pencil for the petals and the range of colour you can get from one crayon is brilliant. Tomorrow I will show you how I started with the pencils before I even started to colour a stamped image. It will give you an idea of how to get started. 

Did you know  there were certain colours you could mix, sometimes the order that you lay down the pencil makes a difference too.

The paper layer, lantern die cut, fancy corners and ribbon are all retired or no SU products.  I just wanted a pretty card.

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Stamps:-

Birthday Blooms    140658

Other:-

Watercolour pencils, 141709

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Stitched Framelits again

Here are a couple of cards, again featuring the stitched framlits and the watercolour pencils this time using the 'Beautiful You' stamp set

Whilst away on holiday at the beginning of the year I took a variety of paper/card pieces that I stamped with staz-on and momento to see how they would react with the watercolour pencils. Some absorbed a lot of water, some not so much. Getting a very bright pencil colour when painted also varied card to card.

I love both of these cards. I don't think I need to say anything else. They speak for themselves.

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Stamps:-

Beautiful you           143637

Other:-

Stitched Framelits   145372

Watercolour Pencils 141709

Ink/Card/Paper:-

Floral Boutique       141663

Pearls                      119247

Please use this hostess code when you order online. There will be a small gift from me in March as a thank you.

Swaps

I can't believe its been more than a week since training. I still haven't shown you the beautiful swaps I received other than the ice cream one.
There was one swap using the same stamp set as I had used, the super hero set, and also a sample from the spring/summer catalogue.

The first stamp set in the Sale a bration catalogue is floral and I have lots of those......... but I hadn't thought of turning the flower over and using it as a palm tree. This one was made by Amanda at the Craft Spa, she is an awesome demonstrator and blogger. Check out her blog here Her sample also shows off the new stitched framelit dies. They layer up so beautifully.

 

Another stamp I have got but it hasn't seen daylight yet is this lovely little van, I have a few ideas for using this, watch this space.

My very good friend knew I had a thing for bumble bees and made me this, the hexagon embossed background is a new folder, its one of those really deeply embossed patterns like the cable knit from the seasonal catalogue. She has die cut the hexagons using the dies from yesterdays set then added the die cut bees from the dragonfly set which is still also on my shelf but I have great plans for that as well. I need more days in the week.

Finally a little romantic one. The balloon is a new die and stamp set bundle, the little foxes are from the annual catalogue stamp and punch set which I have featured before, making it into a valentine card is ingenious.

Such a great variety to choose from, something for everyone. If you would like a catalogue get in touch. Happy crafting

Training makes 2

The second suite leans towards cards for men, the colours are grey, black and delightful dijon which I love. It is actually a feature wall in my living room....  muddy yellow as my other half calls it!

So, it has hammers, nails, a saw, a spanner and other tools. To create these I have stamped on smokey slate and crumb cake, die cut them both then cut some bits away to give different coloured handles.

This is the same style of pop up slider card as we did with the ice cream.

The little stamps of nuts and bolts, screws and nails are great. The sentiment is a good one too.

Love both of the designer papers used here too.

The second card is much simpler, however it features washi tape. Do you have a great stack of this stuff, do you ever use it? Bet I know your answers to that.

In this case I think the highlights of matching colour running across the middle are really effective. This uses another of the papers as a background.

The whits circle has been cut with the new stitched framelits.

The third card again is simple, the background is stamped with the hardwood which still makes a regular appearance. The washi tape again highlights the colours. and the stitched framelits hold the tools.

Thats the second suite. I am very tempted by this lot. Perhaps I will get another packet of the designer paper which I love.

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The stamps and the dies bundle giving you a 10% discount Nailed it bundle

Stamp set only Nailed it

Dies only          Build it

And remember the hostess code at the top of the page. Small gifts will be posted mid February for all January orders as a thank you from me.

Watercolour pencils, Mediterranean moments

Its our customer appreciation event tomorrow, I am so looking forward to meeting up with those customers I haven't seen for a while and those that I see on a regular basis. Thats one of the great things about Stampin'Up. We have 3 make and takes, CAKE, and some other bits and pieces going on.
Love the pencils, I have done lots of card fronts but not made them up yet and I have used a whole range of papers to use them on. On February 11th we are holding a workshop to really look at techniques using these pencils. There is such a range of stamp sets in the catalogue now to use the pencils with its quite hard to choose which to use.

Mediterranean Moments is a set of four stamps but it is one of those sets with no sentiments, I often avoid these for a customer based class as if all your customers are new to stamping its rare you would do a card without a sentiment. However its a great set for water colouring with the pencils.

Not my usual colour combo but the picture lent itself to them, love the new paper doilies, cream on one side white on the other.

Now isn't that a handsome cat............

What do you think? If you are local to Halifax (UK) pop in and have go 11.00 - 3.00 tomorrow
Unit G3 HX2 6EQ opposite the cafe.
Want to order online don't forget to use the hostess code at the top of the page, here is a list of what I have used you can click on the items and you will go straight through to my online shop.

Stamp set Mediterranean Moments
Watercolour pencils
New lace doilies