No-Line Blended Bloom ~ CCMC396 & TSOT260

Hey everyone!  It's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge time again!  We've got an elegant color trio for you to try.  Cajun Craze, Hello Honey, and Basic Black.  This combo is the perfect time to use some of the subtle prints from Botanical Gardens DSP.  They play perfectly together!  

I also used the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday 260.

I love to try new techniques and for this challenge my starting off point was this no-line watercolored {Blended Bloom}.  No-line watercoloring is super simple.  All you do is stamp the image in a light color (I used Sahara Sand) and watercolor as usual.  The lines in the stamp seem to disappear into the watercolor ink.  I really love this look.  I used watercolor paper, my aqua painter pen, and the ink smooshed into the lid of my stamp pads.  I tried to use some black, Stampin' Up's black ink is archival, to it didn't work at all to watercolor with.  I ended up taking some ink off my black marker to color in the leaves, which are from {Birthday Blossoms}.  The sentiment is from that same set too. The leaves ended up coming out kind of gray, so I added a thin Smokey Slate border to the black and Hello Honey DSP.  

The center of the flower didn't come out exactly how I'd wanted it too, but for my first time trying this technique I didn't think it was too bad.  I'm definitely gonna try it again!  

After I was completely done with my flower, I cut it out, bent the edges up to give it some extra dimension and popped it up on dimensionals. 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Stacked Blended Bloom ~ CCMC356

Hello!  It's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!  This week we have a neat color combo.....

While I think purple is a perfectly wonderful color, I always seem to have trouble crafting with it.  It's just not the first color I usually reach for.  That's why these challenges are good for me....they force me to step out of my comfort zone.  

I stamped a couple {Blended Blooms} on Soft Sky card stock and cut them out....one full flower and then the more inner part of the other.  Then I stamped another Smokey Slate and cut out the center, then yet again I stamped another on Blackberry Bliss and punched out the very center.  I sprayed some Smooch Spritz onto a plastic lid, like a paint palette, and dipped my paint brush in it and painted some shimmer on the flower.  

Also showcased on this card is the new Neutrals paper stack.  I really love the new patterns there are this year....lots of fun ones, like this script.  

A little Smokey Slate ribbon and "enjoy" from the Treat Bag die set finish my card off.  

Be sure to pop by the other gals' blogs....there's tons of great inspiration!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Brown Blended Bloom ~ FMS178

Happy Monday everyone!  It's the beginning of a new week...whoohoo!  That's a positive way to look at things, right?!?

I'm stopping by with a quick post for Freshly Made Sketches 178.  The link closes shortly and I wanted to get my card in there!  I had this bloom already colored( that I was going to use on another project and it just didn't work out) and had the sequins laying around my desk, so just a few snips of paper here and there and voila, my card was done!  It literally took minutes.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Puffed Blended Bloom ~ FMS145

I made this card for Freshly Made Sketches 145.

Don't you just LOVE Pinterest???!!!  I sure do!  Especially when it makes it so easy to find and share cards and new (or new to me) stamping techniques.  This card uses a puffed up technique that doesn't really have a name, I guess.  I found this fun little tutorial by Deb Valder on YouTube via Pinterest.  You outline your image with a stylus and then glue a little bit of cotton ball to the back of the image.  When you glue your image to your card you get a raised or puffed up effect.  It's something new and neat to try!  

I tried to taking some photos to showcase the technique, but I think it's hard to see.

This one might be a little better.

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Blended Bloom

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Hello Honey, Bella Bloom & Fresh Prints DSP

Ink: Memento Black, Coastal Cabana & Daffodil Delight Blendabilites markers

Accessories: Sequin trim, Hello Honey and Coastal Cabana ribbon, Sweet Stitches Designer button, Bermuda Bay bakers twine, Windows framelits

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny