Friday, 5 July 2024

Thoughtful Expressions - Stampin'up

Hello

Hope your day is great.

Thoughtful Expressions stamps and dies from Stampin'up were used in the creation of these cards.


Stamped images have been coloured with watercolour pencils.
Background paper embossed with Stitched Greenery die.


Background papers from Inked Botanicals pack.


Basic Borders dies used for the background layers.

Ribbons, twine, gems and sequins added to all designs, and glitter glue, Wink of Stella pen and glossy accents applied for highlights.

Enjoy your day.

Till next time
be happy
BaRb




 

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Pretty Birds - Stampin'up

 Hello

Hope you are well.

Pretty Birds stamp and die sets from Stampin'up are the feature in these ideas


The cage and fittings were cut in grey pearl card and attached to acetate. The stamped bird was added then the piece mounted on to the base.
All papers and ribbon from my box of pieces.


Die cut circles and frame are negative pieces from previous projects.
Sentiment from Perennial Postage set. The frame around the sentiment is coated in Glossy Accents.


The die cut circle frame was attached to acetate, them mounted above the stamped sentiment.
The birds were then attached to the front.
Gems were added to all designs and Glossy Accents applied to the birds eyes and beaks.

Enjoy your day

Till next time
be happy
BaRb


Sunday, 9 June 2024

Stampscapes - Widlife - 01

 Hello

I have been playing again with Stampscapes stamps.

Images stamped with India Ink on to glossy card and coloured with Distress inks.

Deer
Birch Trees, sedge filler, leafless limbs, oak branch and oaks.


Heron in Water
Cloud in with sun, lakeside, isle medium, pickerel rush, waterlily, reeds, single pine.


Coyote.
Boulders with trees, pine, sedge filler, winter twigs, cloud strips, eagle soaring.

Have a great day.

Till next time
be happy
BaRb


Tuesday, 4 June 2024

Encircled in Nature 02 - Stampin'up

 Hello

Encircled in Nature stamp and die sets from Stampin'up have again been used in the creation of these card ideas. This time featuring the various dies to form wreaths.

The berry die was cut in two different card colours and placed together on the wreath base.

The leaf dies were cut in pairs of different colours and arranged in layers with the berry dies.

This is a smaller version of the above square design.
Ribbon bows, gems, and cork rounds were added, and Wink of Stella pen and Glossy Accents applied for highlights.

Have a great day.

Till next time
be happy
BaRb


Monday, 20 May 2024

Stippled Roses 02 - Stampin'up

 Hello

I hope you enjoyed the first set of Stippled Roses cards.

This is a second set using other pieces of the stamps, dies and papers from this set.


The background die on this card is from Encircled in Nature set.


For this card I fussy cut an image from the paper, coloured it with watercolour crayons, then mounted it over the corresponding image on the background  paper.

The curved die from Basic Borders die set was used to cut both card and paper for the background. The pieces were layered together offset, wrapped with ribbon, then mounted on to the card base. The curved edge was covered in die cut pieces from Stippled Roses die set.

Ribbons, brads, gems and trinkets were added and Wink of Stella pen and glitter glue applied.

Enjoy your day.

Till next time
be happy
BaRb



Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Stippled Roses 01 - Stampin'up

Hello

Stippled Roses stamps, dies and papers from Stampin'up were used to create these cards.


The dies used for the backing pieces are from Thoughtful Expressions set.


Images were coloured with watercolour crayons. The leaf images were cut into 2 sections.


On this card I cut the rose image apart and repositioned the pieces with a space to place the ribbon bow.

Ribbons, gems and trinkets were added to each card, and Wink of Stella pen and glitter glue applied for highlights.

Have a great day.

Till next time
be happy
BaRb


 

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Botanical Layers - Stampin'up

Hello

Botanical Layers is the stamp set used here.

Papers from my paper pieces box.


Images stamped in colour, then die cut with Perennial Postage dies.


A layer from the vellum pack was added here.


Background paper stamped with one of the images.
Focal image stamped then die cut with a Perennial Postage die.
Ribbons, gems and butterflies were added and Wink of Stella pen applied for sparkle.

Till next time
be happy
BaRb