ONE ITEM, MULTIPLE LOOKS! SERIES {#6} Featuring Flower Stamp

 Welcome to my new series One Item, Multiple Looks!  

 I'm really excited to inspire myself and others to

* explore and stretch the supplies we own 

* let go of anything we don't love

* choose wisely when repurchasing 

*  explore the endless techniques and styles available to us

I will be posting one new grouping featuring a different specific crafty item each week for at least the month of January or so.  To access all posts in this series just click on the topic One Item Multiple Looks! in the sidebar Index of Posts...  Hope you enjoy!

This week's item is a gorgeous flower stamp by Stampinback:

Blue on Kraft Card

SUPPLIES

STAMPS   flowers - Stampinback, words - Hero Arts Prayers Stamp & Cut  #DC183

INKS   Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark 

DIE   word - Hero Arts Prayers Stamp & Cut  #DC183  

EMBELLISHMENTS   random white enamel dots

OTHER   colored pencils, white gel pen, white detail embossing powder

CARDSTOCK   dark gray, kraft and white 

Let's get started!

STEPS 

1.  Cut cardstock panels to fit a standard white card in layers as shown. Set aside.

2.  Stamp flower in black Memento ink on kraft panel.  Stamp again on masking paper and fussy cut.

3.   Apply mask to stamped flower and overstamp side flowers. Remover mask.

4.  Use colored pencils to fill in flowers. Highlight with white gel pen.

5.  Use stamp positioner to stamp black outline again over main flower in Versafine ink.

6.  Run word die through cutting machine two times on white scrap cardstock. Use glue to adhere letters into a stack.

7.  Stamp words on gray cardstock with Versamark ink and heat emboss with white detail powder.  Trim into rectangles.

8.  Time to assemble!  Layer panels as shown. Adhere word die cut stack and word strips.

9.  Time to embellish!  Add enamel dots to panel.

Playing along with the following Challenges:

The House That Stamps Built Anything Goes #J2721 (ends 2/2)

Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes (ends 2/1)

Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes (ends 2/2)

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2104 (ends 1/31)

Allsorts #608 Beautiful Blooms (ends 1/29)

Try It on Tuesday Winter Blues (ends 2/1)

Yellow Hope Card

SUPPLIES

STAMPS  flower - Stampinback, greeting words - Hero Arts Prayers Stamp & Cut  #DC183, background words (on butterfly) - Stampin' Up! French Script

INKS  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, assorted Distress

MARKERS  Copic

DIE   Hope - Tonic Studios Will's Hand, butterfly - random

EMBOSSING FOLDER  Stampin' Up! 

OTHER   white embossing powder, glitter gel pen

CARDSTOCK  dark brown, mustard and white 

Let's get started!

STEPS 

1.  Cut cardstock panels to fit a standard white card in layers as shown. Set aside.

2.  Run white panel through embossing machine with flower folder.

3.  Stamp flower in Versamark ink and heat emboss with white detail embossing powder.

4.  Blend yellow and orange inks into flower as shown.  Highlight with markers and sparkle gel pen.  Fussy cut flower. 

5.  Stamp French Script in brown ink on white cardstock scrap. Run through die cut machine.

6.  Run hope through die cut machine with white and mustard scraps as shown.

7.  Stamp greeting with Versamark ink on brown cardstock scrap and heat emboss with white detail embossing powder.

8.  Time to assemble!  Adhere panels to standard white card base as shown.  Apply flower to bottom right corner. Mount butterfly by putting tape or glue only on the body.  Bend wings upward when dry.  Layer Hope die cuts and adhere as shown with word strip.

Playing along with the following Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Anything (ends 2/2) Goes

Lemon Shortbread #138 Anything Goes (ends 2/7)

A Place to Start #1 Anything Goes (ends 2/6)

Path of Positivity #87 (ends 1/31)

Three Room Studio #20 Use Embossing Powder (ends 1/29)

Taylor Made Cards 4 U #1 Friendship (ends 2/1)

Red Poppies Card

SUPPLIES

STAMPS  flowers - Stampinback, background words - Stampin' Up! French Script

INKS   Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Vintage Photo

DIE  Tonic Studios #1884e Will's Hand

OTHER   Nuvo Crystal Drops in Simply White, watercolors - Prima Art Philosophy Confections The Classics, white acrylic paint

PAPERS  vellum

CARDSTOCK  white, dark brown and antique cream

 

Let's get started!

STEPS 

1.  Cut cardstock panels to fit a standard white card in layers as shown. Set aside.

2.  Stamp flower head in black ink on lower portion of cream panel, and on masking paper.

3.  Apply mask to large flower head and overstamp tall flower stems. Stamp side flower stem on masking paper also.

4.  Leave mask on large flower, and apply mask to side flower as well.  Overstamp script in brown ink.

5.  Use watercolor and a small amount of water to color in flowers and stems.

6.  Splash white acrylic paint over panel.

7.  Run word through die cut machine with white and brown cardstocks. Glue layers together.

8.  Time to assemble!  Wrap image panel with vellum and adhere on the back side.  Adhere image panel to standard white card front.  Glue die cut word stack onto vellum.

9.  Time to embellish!  Apply crystal white drops to vellum.

Playing along with the following Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes (ends 2/2)

Get Creative #97 Anything Goes (ends 1/31)

White Love Card

SUPPLIES

STAMPS  flower - Stampinback

INKS   Versamark, Distress Dye

DIECUT  leaves - Sizzix Sizzlets #656064, label - Stampin' Up! Bigz Top Note #113463, word - Tonic Studios #1891e Will's Hand

EMBOSSING FOLDER   Stampin' Up! by Sizzix  

OTHER   Nuvo Crystal Drops in Simply White, Stickles Glitter Glue in Frosted Lace, white detail embossing powder

CARDSTOCK  white

Let's get started!

STEPS 

1.  Cut cardstock panel to fit a standard white card in layers as shown. 

2.  Run white panel through embossing machine for base layer background.

3.  Run white cardstock scraps through die cut machine once for label and leaves, and two times for the word.

4.  Glue words together. Apply glitter glue to word stack.

5.  Stamp flower head in Versamark and heat emboss with white detail powder.

6.  Blend ink onto flower. Fussy cut.

7.  Apply glitter glue to center of flower, and white chrystal drops to the stamens.

8.  Time to assemble! Adhere panels as shown.  Trim some leaves as desired and adhere them underneath the flower.  Glue die stack down as shown.

Playing along with the following Challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty #488 Anything Goes (ends 2/2)

Crafty Creations #417 Anything Goes (ends 1/31)

Global Design Project #276 Case the Designer (ends 1/31)

Thank you so much for visiting!  I hope you enjoyed, Nancy J

1 Stamp, 2 Looks * Blossom

I needed two birthday cards for two different color-personalities which led me to use such different palettes on these cards. 

CARD ONE SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  flower and sentiment - Stampin' Up! sets 'Bring on the Cake', 'Fifth Avenue Floral' (not sure how old the set is but it has been retired for years)

INKS: Versamark, Stampin' Up!

WATERCOLORS: Grumbacher

OTHER: white detail embossing powder, paper flowers, half pearls, LuminArte metallic paint, colored pencil

CARD ONE TECHNIQUE

1.  Stamp flower on watercolor paper with Versamark ink.  Emboss with detail embossing powder.

2.  Wet paper and using a paintbrush, float watercolor (2 shades) out from flower as shown.  3.  Paint in flower.  Let dry.

4.  Add colored pencil low-lights . 

5.  Add shimmery highlights at petal edges.

6.  Mask flower and splatter dark brown watercolor over background.

7.  Stamp sentiment in corresponding ink.

8.  Trim some flowers into leaves and apply them to panel with flowers.  

9.  Apply half-pearls.

CARD TWO SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  flower - Stampin' Up! 'Fifth Avenue Floral', sentiment - The Angel Company (TAC)

INKS: Versamark, Stampin' Up!

WATERCOLORS: Prima

STENCIL: Printworks

OTHER: white detail embossing powder, paper flowers, half pearls, flat-back sparkle bubbles, white gel pen, Wink of Stella pen

CARD TWO TECHNIQUE

1.  Stamp flower on watercolor paper with Versamark ink.  Emboss with detail embossing powder.

2.  Wet paper and using a paintbrush, float watercolor out from flower as shown.  

3.  Paint in flower.  Let dry.

4.   Add shimmery highlights to petal with Wink of Stella pen.

6.  Mask flower and stencil dots over background.

7.  Use white gel pen on to add mini dots to stenciled dots.

8.  Stamp sentiment in corresponding ink.  Trim and mount to colored cs panel.

9.  Adhere sentiment to image panel as shown

10. Apply flat-back sparkle bubbles.

Playing along with:

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - February

Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes

Retro Rubber Challenge #129 Anything Goes

Lavinia World Challenges #21

Thanks for stopping by!

May you be blessed today, and may you be a blessing...

Nancy

Seashore

Hope you're having a great day!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps - Stampin' Up! SEASIDE shells, O'scrap! words

Stencil - Altenew FLOWING DROPS

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Watercolors - Grumbacher Transparent

Other - flower petal rounding tool, paintbrushes, scrap netting fabric, foam mounting tape

Cardstock - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb

TECHNIQUE:  

1.  Temporarily adhere stencil to white cardstock

2.  Use wet paintbrush to apply blue and tan watercolors on top of stencil. 

(TIP * Paint partial areas, letting paint settle in before coming back with another color)

3.  Remove stencil and allow panel to dry completely.

4.  Lay stencil back in place and use a fine point black marker to trace around all stencil edges.

5.  Stamp shell images on white cs using black ink.  

6.  Use a damp brush to add coloring to shells.  Allow to dry.

7.  Fussy cut shells, and lay them facedown on foam mat.  Use a petal rounder to round shells 

(TIP * Start at the center with small circles and widen circles as you work your way out to edges, using even pressure.  I find heavy cardstock is best.)

8.  On white cs stamp words in black ink.

9.  Adhere netting scrap to panel (TIP * I find Gina K. Connect glue to give me the best results I've had yet gluing something awkward like this).

10.  Adhere word panel over netting, and attach shells using foam mounting tape.

Playing along with:

The Artistic Stamper February Challenge Words

Love to Craft Challenge #43 Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge #34 Anything Goes + Stenciling

Lavinia World Challenges #20

Creative Inspirations February Challenge - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters Challenge #25

Crafty Creations Challenges #406 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

May you be blessed today, and may you be a blessing...

Nancy

Thank You Cards

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb

Stamps - Stampin' Up! PUN FUN & I {HEART} HEARTS

Markers - Copic, fine point black marker

Inks - Stampin' Up! various reds & pinks, Memento Tuxedo Black

Other - Gelly Roll white gel pen

TECHNIQUE:

1. Stamp image and sentiment in black ink on cardfront and color in with markers, highlighted by white gel pen.

2.  Use a blank slick surface to stamp image on again and then transfer to white cs scrap. Trim and color same as front image, filling in any fainter lines with black pen, and adhere to inside of card, covering up marker bleed from front image.

3. Stamp a row of hearts in various ink colors on scrap white cs, making sure edges touch. Fussy cut, keeping hearts all attached.Score at connection points and mount only back of each end heart to inside of card as shown. (Tip: Before cutting hearts out, score and fold accordian-style to make sure you will have the backs showing on top and bottom of stack where you will need to affix to the card base - you may need to add another heart. You can then tape/glue each end heart on the reverse and lay the stack on the inside of the card, fold the cover closed and they should line up nicely.)

Playing along with the LESS IS MORE Challenge #412, Less / Tiny and Few

This next card was a thank you for a beautiful table runner given to us at Christmas-time, made from coffee bean sacks.  As I was going to send the thank you out after the holiday season, I wanted to retain the same feeling, but without the dark greens and reds.  It's hard to see in the photo without expanding, but the stamped band on the card had light red and light green sponged onto the stamp image.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps - Stampin' Up! BEAUTIFUL BATIK, sentiment from See-D's AGING GRACEFULLY

Inks - Stampin' Up, brown is a Distress Oxide

Other - watercolors, Gelly Roll white gel pen, medical gauze, tissue paper

Paper - watercolor, Neenah white

TECHNIQUE:

1. Spread watercolor wash over watercolor paper. While still wet, lay gauze over it and allow to dry.  Remove gauze and tear edges. Mount to cardfront.

2. Ink border stamp by dabbing wadded up tissue paper on inkpads and then onto rubber.  (Tip: Use different scrap of tissue for each color, and try to work in random areas with just one color applied although some overlap is okay. Guard against muddying the colors as some inks are juicier than others.)

3. Stamp sentiment in brown over border and trim to size. Adhere to cardfront.

4. Using brown ink, stamp images on watercolored paper. Add white gel pen to images and some dots around them.

Thanks for stopping by!  

May you be blessed today, and may you be a blessing... 

Nancy