Fine Art Floral - Happy Birthday wishes

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I have the utmost pleasure in participating in the Stamping INKspiration blog hop. The theme this month is Something New. As January kicks off 2021 it's a great place to start something new - a new regime, a resolution or indeed a new Stampin' Up! Catalogue!

I have to admit that I have been slightly overwhelmed by my new stash of products from the January to June Mini Catalogue - lots of beautiful stamps and papers and a flurry of ideas whizzing through my head (not to mention all the lovely samples that can be seen if you dip into Pinterest!). But, where to start?

I have several people to send birthday greetings to in January, so my aim was to make cards for them. Starting at the beginning is a very good place to start and as the Fine Art Floral Suite features on the front of the new Mini catalogue, that's where I began. Simply putting ink to paper with some Simple Stamping was enough to start my creative juices flowing. Fast forward several hours of indulgent crafty time, and I have a pile of pretty cards ready to post.

Here are two of the cards I came up with. They are the same - just one is lighter than the other.

The Merry Merlot card base is over stamped with Merry Merlot flowers - tone on tone stamping makes such an easy, effective background. I learnt how to make the textured layer from Sara Douglass during the Demonstrator OnStage At Home event - it's easy, fun and each one is different! You need an embossing folder (I used the Painted Texture 3d embossing folder), watercolour paper, two ink pads and water. Apply the ink directly to the embossing folder (the side with the Stampin' Up! logo on it) from the ink pad. I covered the whole side with the lighter colour (in this case Flirty Flamingo) and then added some darker splashes of colour as highlights (Merry Merlot). Before running the paper through the die cutting machine, spritz the ink on the folder and the watercolour paper with water. The watercolour paper soaks up the water and ink revealing a fabulous background, without too much clearing up to do, which is always good!

The flowers are created with the two-step stamps - the first, more solid image, was stamped off first to create a lighter shade and then the detail was added with full strength ink before being die cut and raised up on dimensionals above the leaves.

The thin band of gold patterned acetate is topped with rouched ribbon (I pulled a couple of the threads from the edge to gather it up) and adhered with Tear & Tape. To complete the look I've used a gold foil layer, gold heat embossed the sentiment,  added a trio of metallic pearls and a splatter or two from my Wink of Stella Pen.

Thank you for stopping by today - I hope you have enjoyed my Something New creation. Please be sure to hop around to see all the amazing Something New projects. I am know you don't want to miss any creative inspiration...

 

 

JANUARY 2021

 

Angie McKenzie  ●  Jo Blackman  ●  Jan Musselman 

Tricia Butts  ●  Shel Anderson  ●  Libby Fens 

Gez Carpenter  ●  Sue Allen  ●  Karen Henderson

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Mo Rootes

Linda Moore  ●  Annette Ball  ●  Jill Chapman

Ann Krucek  ●  Susan Webster  ●  JoAnn Pollock

Narelle Fasulo  ●  Terry Hamilton  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Susan Simpson  ●  Danielle Kassing  ●  Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Cheryll Miller  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith

Teri West  ● Chris Smith  ●  Melissa Gifford

Vicki Milyard  ●  Anne Marie Hile  ●  Aurélie Fabre 

Mikaela Titheridge  ●  Alejandra Gomez 

If you want to purchase the items used for these cards, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the hostess code J39MYFK4 to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

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All Star Tutorial Bundle Blog Hop - Fine Art Floral Suite

Hello and welcome to our All Star Tutorial Bundle Design Team blog hop for January 2021. This month we are using the Fine Art Floral Suite. The tutorials are produced by twelve demonstrators from around the world and are exclusive to those that have earnt or purchased them. They come complete with photos and video directions. The supply list includes measurements in both metric and imperial.

Here is a sneak peek of the Fine Art Floral bundle of tutorials.

And a closer look at my own project included this month.

For the blog hop each of us in the team shares a different project to the one included in the tutorial bundle ensuring that you have plenty of inspiration for using the Fine Art Floral Suite. I have used Flirty Flamingo and Merry Merlot for these cards which is the same colourway that I used for my tutorial project.

The background for my card is created on watercolour paper using a fun technique that creates a different pattern each time. Ink is applied directly to the embossing folder and both the paper and the inky folder are spritzed with water before whizzing it through the Cut & Emboss machine. The watercolour paper soaks up the majority of the ink and water, so it's not too messy. Allow the paper to dry thoroughly.

The next step is really fun - applying the gilding. Using a sponge dauber I applied Versamark ink over some of the ridges and then sprinkled it with Heat & Stick powder. Once heated using a Heat Tool the powder becomes shiny and sticky. The gilded leaf sticks easily, but needs to be burnished to remove the excess - I rubbed a soft brush over the surface to do this. I think I was quite generous with the Versamark resulting in a background with a great shiny lustre.

The stamps are photopolymer and two step to give depth to the flowers. I stamped a set each in Flirty Flamingo and Merry Merlot and then using my snips I carefully trimmed the flowers away from the leaves. Each flower head was added to a Mossy Meadow spray. Extra detail was added with a darker ink or gilding.

Each card was finished by adding some of the Golden Garden acetate and a sentiment on a die banner. I hope you have a go at these techniques - I really had fun with them!

This is the start of another six months of tutorials and the opportunity to subscribe to all six of those tutorial bundles. The following suites will be featured in the coming months:

January 2021 - Fine Art Floral Suite

February 2021 - Love You Always Suite

March 2021 - Hydrangea Hill Suite

April 2021 - Flowering Cactus Product Medley

May 2021 - Ice Cream Corner Suite

June 2021 - Sand & Sea Suite

To enjoy these tutorials you have several options

• Subscription - The total cost of the subscription for 72 exclusive video tutorials is £57.50. This is equivalent to paying £11.50 for five months and earning the sixth month for free. You can choose to make a single payment of £57.50 or subscribe to make 5 monthly payments of £11.50
• Shop with me - if you order from my online store you will receive that month's bundle for free
  
• Purchase - Buy the bundle for £11.50
• Join my Team - team members will receive the tutorials for free

Now, this is a blog hop so I'm sure you would like to see the inspiration from the rest of the team. Click on the names on the list below to hop around and see all the other amazing projects. Enjoy!

If you want to purchase the items used for these cards, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the hostess code J39MYFK4 to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

Click on the images below to purchase them in my online shop: