Aqua Painter

With Deepest Sympathy

May 7, 2020 · 2 Comments

Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge!

Here is our newest weekly challenge –

Sadly, I needed a sympathy card.

I want to be very subtle in what I created with these colors. I chose to use the Peaceful Poppies Elements, ink pads, and Aqua Painters –

To color the flowers, I loaded up ink in the lid of the ink pad by smooshing it. A little more difficult with these new pads. I opened it and touched a wet Aqua Painter in the ink and colored the flowers and leaves.

Let them dry. Then, I placed them on a vellum swirly circle from the Painted Labels Dies.

I added that to the card and stamped the sentiment from the Peaceful Moments below it.

Pretty quick design and not over done. Sympathy cards need to be just that.

Check out the Design Team creations on our Create with Connie and Mary blog.

Create a card using our challenge and you can post it on our Facebook page.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Peaceful Moments
Dies / Embossing – Painted Labels Dies
Card Stock – Whisper White, Vellum Card Stock
Ink – Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Terracotta Tile, Smoky Slate
Other – Poppy Moments Elements, Aqua Painter, Baker’s Twine

You

January 11, 2018 · 2 Comments

Yes. You.

I designed a card for You and Create with Connie and Mary and our newest Thursday challenge –

Of course, a wonderful layout!

And, another card using the butterfly from the Beautiful Day stamp set!

Isn’t this just lovely???

If you’ve been following my recent posts, you’ll know I’ve created two other cards using these colors! One is here and the other is here.

On my card for today, I embossed the butterfly using (retired) black embossing powder and colored the butterfly in a cool way.

Stampin’ Up pads are unique in that if you squish them while closed, ink will be left on the top of the case. By taking an Aqua Painter and dipping it in the ink, you’ll pick it up and you can color with it! I colored the butterfly in the same colors I had used previously, Tempting Turquoise, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst & Fresh Fig.

It created a similar, stunning look – but with a watercolor effect. I layered that beauty on the free Sale-a-Bration Tutti-Frutti Card & Envelopes. I also added an embossed layer too. The YOU thinlits are also Sale-a-Bration item too! So much good stuff this year!!

Ok. Check out the other Design Team cards at Create with Connie and Mary. I’m sure we will inspire you! Then you can link up your card on our Facebook page.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Beautiful Day
Framelits – Celebrate You
Card Stock – Whisper White, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise
Ink – Versamark, Tempting Turquoise, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Fresh Fig
Other – Tutti-Frutti Card & Envelopes, Petal Pair EF, Aqua Painter

Happy Stampin’

Libby

Big Blue Butterfly

March 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Have you seen a butterfly this big? I mean a stamp of course!

I’m just beside myself right now. I got to go stamp at my up line’s stamp camp last night! Yay! I rarely have the opportunity to just go – stamp. It was so enjoyable. I didn’t have to prep a thing, nor clean it up either!

Ok, so you stopped by to see today’s creation. It’s a card made with an embossed Swallowtail. Afterwards, it was colored using a marker and the Aqua Painter. Very stunning. Very easy.

I was afraid of the size of this stamp. It’s ginormous! It takes up the whole largest clear block we carry. I was really skeptical about the stamping quality. But mine, and others turned out great! That’s even after inking it up and dropping it on my card stock without really placing it where I wanted it. Lol! It happens. That thing is heavy too!

In a nutshell, don’t be afraid of this big Swallowtail stamp – it’s very cool. (Guess I need to get this one too….)

So anyway. After an enjoyable night of stamping, I came home to my stamp camp mess I need to address. Oh, fun!

Happy Stampin’
Libby