Boys Will Be Boys

Good morning all!

With my latest card I thought I could use my brick and men embellishments I mentioned in my earlier post to go on it, have not done so yet as I only just thought about it, but will do! Also this is the first card that I have made that is solely for kids, or for big kids :-)  I do not seem to have many stamps that are for children and am hoping Stampin' Up! will produce some more, there is a new catalogue coming out in June so cannot wait to see what is in it.

I was looking at Pinterest, again, and got some ideas regarding the use of opaque embossing powders on black card. I had never really thought you could get colours that are opaque as all of my embossing powders were translucent on coloured card and very pale. However, I saw this and thought I must go online and see, and there you have it brightly coloured powders in green, yellow, glow in the dark, blue, etc all in opaque colours I was in heaven! So I purchased a few and as you see above there is one of my creations, I have no doubt though you will see more from these embossing powders he he cannot wait and watch this space...

So all the stamps I used (Robot, Bricks and Sentiment) were all from the Boys Will Be Boys Wood Mount Stamp Set and can be purchased on the below link:

Boys Will Be Boys Wood Mount Stamp Set

Hello...

Hello everyone,

I have just been playing with the Sale-a-Bration stamps recently and decided to have a go with the 'Hello' stamp and watercolouring.

I stamped the 'Hello' free stamp with Versamark embossing ink onto watercolour card and heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder, then used the Aqua Painter and dipped them into the coloured ink pads and painted over the Hello. It's a nice quick way of getting a watercolour effect without all the hassle of paints, palettes, and water pots.

I then mounted it onto Sweet Lil Things Designer Paper and onto A6 cardstock.

The 'Hello' Wood-Mount Stamp Set is free during Sale-a-Bration when you spend over £45 online, and this offer is only available until 31st March 2016.

Birthday Blossoms stamp set

Good afternoon everyone,

I have had a chance to do some crafting over the weekend and have made the following card using the 'Birthday Blossoms' clear mount set.

I used Daffodil Delight card stock from the brights collection for the base of the card and then stamped the small flowers from the stamp set in the same colour as the base using Daffodil Delight ink. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and so is the large flower and leaves. This large flower was stamped using the Tangerine Tango ink pad and the leaves using the Bermuda Bay ink pad.

I love how all the products co ordinate with each other and I even used some candy dots from the brights collection in the top left corner which are in the colours of Tangerine Tango and Bermuda Bay.

All of the products that I used to make this card can be purchased through my website Sarah Lindsay's Online Stampin' Up Shop

Reminder of products used:

• Birthday Blossoms stamp set
• Daffodil Delight ink pad
• Bermuda Bay ink pad
• Daffodil Delight Card stock
• Candy dots - Brights
• Pansy Punch