Painted poppies SN tutorial 10th July

Hi everybody, for my tutorial today I thought I would show you how I used my new stamp set from Altenew called Painted Poppies.

At first I was a bit scared as I wasn't really sure how these worked, however after a bit of googling this is what I came up with.

For this card I have used Spectrum Aqua pens - Jasmine, Fawn, Lime, Peach, Begonia, Blossom.

First of all I cut a piece of watercolour card, I then coloured in the poppy background with Jasmine...yes I coloured straight onto the stamp, stamped my image on the card. I stamped the poppy twice as I wanted to have a couple of poppies intertwined with each other on my card.

Next I scribbled some of the Jasmine onto acetate and lifted the colour directly onto a brush and just added some extra shading.

Next I coloured the centre part of the poppy with Fawn and stamped onto both poppies.

With a versamark pad I then stamped up the poppy outline and then embossed with gold embossing powder.

Next I coloured the leafy stamp and stamped it where I thought would be best for that leaf to sit.

I then inked up the the leaf outline and embossed with gold embossing powder.

I thought my poppies looked a bit bare so I added another poppy stem and embossed this and then using the colours on my card and some extra colours, I scribbled all the colours onto acetate, spritzed them and then using a paintbrush to make them really wet I lifted the colour and made little splashes all over the card....still leaving it quite delicate.

I then trimmed the image to size and here's my final card, I added some little pearls and gems and some twine. 

Pop over to the Spectrum Noir blog for more tutorials from the team.

Fi

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July Challenge - Spectrum Noir

Hi everyone.

Today sees the start of a new challenge over on the Spectrum Noir Facebook Page, this months challenge is "summer"...

You can also pop over to the Spectrum Noir blog to find out loads of tips and techniques on using all your Spectrum Noir products.

For my card I have used James from Lili of the Valley.  I coloured him up with Spectrum Noir pens, the papers are also from Lili of the Valley, I die cut a sun to make it look more summery.

Hope you likey!

Spectrum Noir pens used:
pens used:
IB1, BT1, BT4, BT5, OR1, CR8, CR10, CG1, CG2, DG2, TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4

Fi

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Painted Poppies

Howdy folks, it's me, Fi with my card today!

I couldn't wait to get started using these fabby stamps from Altenew, they are just beautiful...I am still practising but I really do like them and you don't have to be precise with your colouring...you can give it the arty look!

The stamp is from Altenew called Painted Poppies and is available from the Handmade Bliss store here.

I stamped the image onto watercolour card using Distress Inks, I also added some water to a brush to move the ink around a bit.  I dried it off using a heat gun and then I stamped and embossed the poppy outline with gold. The sentiment is also included in this set.

You can check out my blog for more details on how I made my card.

Remember our challenge, you gotta be in it to win it.

Fi

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July Challenge - Handmade Bliss

Good morning everybody...well it is nice and sunny here today for a change!

Today is the first day of the new challenge over at Handmade Bliss.

#this month we have a wee sketch for you...really clean and simple.

There's a £15 voucher up for grabs for one lucky winner to spend at the Handmade Bliss store.

For my card I have used Stamping Bella Uptown Girl Brittany...isn't she super skinny and super fab!  I coloured her with Spectrum Noir pens, layered her onto a kraft circle.  Oh yes I added some doodled lines and a piece of hessian.

Fi

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Something different...

Howdy folks, it's me, Fi with my card today!

Now when Joanne sent me this little stamp set to use I have to say I was a bit scared as it was completely out of my comfort zone however I have been around with it and actually it is a beautiful set.

The stamp is from Mama Elephant called Filigree and she is available from the Handmade Bliss store along with other great Mama Elephant sets.

I stamped the image onto watercolour card with archival ink and then built up each of the scalloped rows.  I then used different colours of Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers and blended them together.  I added a white a gel pen...not sure about that part!

You can check out my blog for more details on how I made my card.

Remember our challenge, there's still one day left to enter.  Our new challenge will be posted on 1st July and we would love you all to take part.

Spectrum Noir Aqua pens used:
Kingfisher, Aquamarine, Sea Green, Meadow, Magenta, Scarlet, Marigold, Amber, Orange

Fi

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You make me happy...

Today I am sharing my tutorial for Spectrum Noir.  I bought this stamp a few weeks ago and thought it would be perfect to emboss and then watercolour, blending and shading those lovely bight colours.  The stamp is called "You Make Me Happy" from Woodware.

For this technique I scribbled the color onto acetate and then spritz with water so that it didn't get too wet and then I lifted the color with a paintbrush .

First of all I stamped my image with a Versamark pad onto Watercolour card from Crafters Companion and then sprinkled with white detail embossing powder.

Next heat set the image, you can just about see my embossed image below.

Next I started colouring small sections of the image with Lime and Moss Green Spectrum Aqua Markers, let the sections dry before moving to an adjacent section, this way the colours won't bleed however the embossing does help with holding the colour in the right place.

Just keep adding some more colour, I have added in Aquamarine.

Next I have added some Amber.

You can now start to add more depth the the colour you have ready used, this adds different shades.  I have now added in Crimson and Marigold and went over the areas that I have already coloured.

Keep building up the layers, you can see they are becoming brighter, I have now added Scarlet, Sunflower and Orange.

The image below is my final piece except for the white spacing in between the 3 panels, I added some Marine and then went over all areas again just to make it more vibrant.

Next I used Jasmine, to fill in the white space...I really wanted the image to pop so I don't want any white left.

Again I have made the Jasmine a bit darker.

Once the image has been fully coloured then cut to size and layer onto black cardstock...now you can see the image does really pop!

And here's my final card, I layered the panel onto and embossed card, added a black ribbon fastened with a button to finish.

Pop over to the Spectrum Noir blog to check it out and other fab projects.

Hope you likey!

Spectrum Aqua Markers used:

Jasmine, Moss Green, Lime, Marigold, Sunflower, Marine, Aquamarine, Crimson, Scarlet, Orange, Amber

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - oh so pretty

Fi

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