Hello friends
I am back today with a bright, shimmery and Springy birthday card for a crafty friend of mine who celebrates her birthday today. I know, there have been a lot of birthdays this week…..
It’s been a while since my Twinkling H20’s made an appearance. For the last few months I have been meaning to get them out and give them some love, and also convince myself that I do not need to buy the Gansai Tambi Pearl watercolour set. And I am convinced. As lovely as I am sure the pearl paints are from Gansai, I have about 60 little shimmering pots of delicious colours to play with. So for now I am abstaining from another purchase of paints!
Enough of my ramblings, here is my card for today.
I decided to go for a citrus colour palette for the card – I so often use pink or purple and honestly, I fancied a change. And I thought the three colours below would be a beautiful combination for the card.
I started off by stamping and heat embossing the dahlia stamp randomly over some Bristol Smooth cardstock. I mixed a little of each colour onto an acrylic block and set about painting the flowers. No order at all to the painting, just used a mix of the three colours randomly over each bloom and I tried to balance them out. Two of the yellows are quite similar, particularly in the photos, they are a little more distinct in the flesh.
Once dry, I cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to a card base that had a mat of black paper. I simply stamped the greeting onto some more Bristol Paper so that it matched the panel and die cut the “you” three times from black cardstock. I used wet adhesive to glue the three layers together – I find it easier to use this so that I can move the pieces around a little to make sure they are flush.
I finished by adhering both parts of the sentiment to the panel. I hmm’d and ha’d about adding sequins and decided against it in the end. Still not sure if that is the right decision, but there is a lot of shimmer on the card and I wanted that to stand out.
It’s notoriously difficult to photograph shimmer, but I hope I have captured a little of how beautiful it is above.
Thank you, as always, for visiting. Please feel free to leave me a comment or ask any questions you may have, I am always happy to hear from you. I will be back soon with another project and in the meantime, I hope you all have a lovely week.
Supplies
Stamps: Krumspring Dahlia, Simon Says Stamp You Matter
Dies: Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles
Paint: Luminarte Twinkling H20’s – Lemongrass, Lemondrop, Kiwi
Cardstock: Strathmore Bristol Smooth, 300gsm White Cardstock, Black Cardstock
Other: Versamark Ink, Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Sizzix Big Shot, Double Sided Adhesive, Ranger Multi Medium Matte Adhesive
Izzy Scrap says
This is gorgeous Lisa ! I didn’t know these paints but with what I can see, they are absolutely wonderful ! They make such a shimmery result on your blooms ! I love the colour combo you chose, it is so fresh and joyful ! Your layout, as usual, is awesome ! Thanks so much for sharing and for inspiring !
Hugs x
Aileen says
Im glad to see you got the H2O’s out and played with them. I have to do that too. They are just as good as those twinkly paints everyones buying and that photo in the middle truly shows the beauty of the paints. Love how you have painted the flower with different colour mixes, stunning.
Ruth says
Oh yay! You got them out and had a good play and I can tell you now, they are LUSCIOUS! I have the Pearl Paints and have yet to use them, but there’s only 6 in the set and you have 10 times as many to have a play with and explore. You managed to choose a lovely trio and it does make a nice change from pink flowers. You also managed to capture the shimmer – really do see it nicely in one of your photos. A gorgeous layout and it works beautifully against that black card stock. You have been busy but you have turned out some lovely cards! xx