Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Meryl’s blog – Mez’s Craft Room then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.
Today I would like to share with you some artwork which features September Stamp of the Month Paper Garden available exclusively throughout September for $33 or for just $10 when you spend $75.
This stamp set is so beautiful and as soon as I received it I was playing with it. I have used different techniques to show you how versatile this stamp set is.
First up is some cards:
I have used a centre step fold for this card and used sponge daubers to ink up the stamp to get the water coloured effect. I have used Sweet Leaf, Pear, Canary and Pixie inks and I am very happy how this turned out. These colours worked perfectly with the green spotted paper from the Brushed paper range and Canary cardstock. I kept it simple with a Topiary chevron ribbon bow and a simple Thank you from the Just to Say stamp set from the Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge set.
The same colour combination but with different papers and some embosssing using the Damask embossing folder.
This card has been sponged using the Texture tools on the while supplies last list. I have used Sweet Leaf and Canary inks with a touch of Flaxen ink. I love the effect of this and I then stamped the netting using a second generation inking with Slate ink and then using Cocoa ink I stamped the flower image for a silhouette effect.
I thought I would try something completely different and do a clean and simple card with this card. I have used Slate and Black inks for the stamping. The jury is still out on this and I would be interested in what you think of it. The sentiment is from the Happy to Be Friends stamp set.
For this card I have embossed the image on Black cardstock using versamark ink and then embossed with White embossing powder. I then coloured the image using my ShinHan Touch Twin markers. I have a list of the markers I used below. I have done the same for the Thank You sentiment. Because this is so vibrant I was able to use Canary and Thistle cardstock for the cardstock and scalloped trim.
Finally I was really inspired by the beautiful layout in the new Seasonals Expressions book and here is my version using a special photo that was taken too many years ago to count.
I have used the pattern for this layout from the Make it From Your Heart Volume Volume 1 – age 40 pattern 18. I have used the same sponge daubing technique for the background flowers and then cut the flowers and leaves out using the Artiste cartridge and stamped them with the Thistle and Canary inks. The leaves have been stamped using the Rock and Roll technique with Pear and Topiary inks. The smaller flowers have been stamped using the Rock and Roll technique with Thistle and Canary inks to add a little interest to the flowers. The bling gold gems and the little flowers and butterflies from the Junebug puffies just add the final touch.
The title has been cut from the Artbooking cartridge using one of the new colours Eggplant and Slate cardstock for a shadow effect. This goes well with the Thistle coloured Paper Fundamentals paper. the flourish under the flower is from the Artbooking cartridge too.
Here is a close up of the flowers.
Paper Garden is only available until 30 September from your CTMH consultant here. I’d love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, Lauren’s Blog, CTMH Craftings.
Materials used:
Cardstock – White Daisy, Pear, Black, Thistle, Canary, Eggplant, Slate
Paper – Brushed, Whimsy Paper Fundamentals
Ink – Pear, Thistle, Canary, Sweet leaf, Pixie, Slate, Flaxen, Cocoa, Black, Slate, Versamark
Stamps – Paper Garden, Just to Say…, Happy to Be Friends
Have a good week and Happy Crafting
Patricia
Love your work. Thank you so much.
Thank you Meryl
Great set of cards and the layout is gorgeous…you are really “showing off” the endless possibilities with this stamp set.
Thank you Marguerite for the lovely comment.
That yellow and green yellow combination is stunning! I am always a sucker for center step cards!
Evelyn
Thank you Evelyn. I like doing different cards too and this fitted perfectly with what I wanted to do.
Wow so much to look at! I love the one you have coloured with the markers.
Thank you Leah 🙂
Lovely work, thank you
Thank you Jacquie 🙂
Gorgeous as always Patricia. My favourite is the simple black and white.
Thank you Shaunna :). I really wasn’t sure about that one.
What a talented lady you are. You never disappoint with your ideas.
Thank you Louise. 🙂
Awesome cards as always!
Thank you Jenny
Love the water colour effect cards, actually I really like all of your projects.
Thank you Doris.
Wow so many wonderful creations. So hard to pick a favourite & I like each one for so many different reasons. Love how you have shown how versatile this stamp set is in creating so many different looks. Your customers are very lucky to have you for so many wonderful ideas.
Thank you Maz.
I love visiting your blog every month Patricia and seeing all your beautiful creations. All made with so much talent and love TFS
You have shared so many beautiful new ideas that my eyes didn’t know where to look first Patricia. Thank you for always sharing your creativity so generously with us. 🙂
Thank you Denise. I really loved this stamp set and couldn’t wait to play with it.
i always start blog hops from your e-mail. it is such a great beginning!!! love your projects and thank you for giving all of the detail on techniques you used and colors and supplies. i appreciate it.
Thank you and my pleasure Lee.
Such great artwork and you really know your stuff Patricia. I just love it! 😀 ♥
Thank you Sonel – lovely to hear from you and I hope you are keeping well. 🙂
You’re very welcome Patricia and no complaints, thanks for asking. Just busy transferring some of my older posts to my new blog. It’s worse than moving house. 😆
Beautiful work Patricia. Always love your designs
Thank you Tanya
Beautiful!
Thank you