Sunflower

After buying this stamp months ago I am finally playing with it. Can I just say WOW? It took a few times playing around with coloring but it is really easy.

I used a Daffodil classic pad and covered the rubber of the entire flower. Then I took a So Saffron marker and made swipes over several of the petals (not coloring in, just long lines of color from the petal bottom to the petal top) . I did this again using a Daffodil marker. Next, I took a Pumpkin Pie marker and did it again but I did a lot less swiping with it. It is just for highlights.  For the center I colored in the outside center with a Soft Suede marker and the inside with a Chocolate Chip marker. I did a lot of huffing on the ink then stamped it on Whisper White. I pressed hard to get the color onto the paper.

 I cut the flower into four sections (2-1/2 x 2-1/2). Then I went around the edge of the stamped flower with a Bashful Blue marker (left) or a Baja Breeze marker (right). The words are stamped in Chocolate Chip. Bashful looks a bit more girly, but Baja made it look more masculine. You know how hard it is to design for men!

Of course I had to texture everything with my Big Shot. The sunflower is mounted on using dimensionals.

Stamps:

Sunflower  123606

On Your Birthday   111664

Ink:

Daffodil Delight Classic Pad   119667

Chocolate Chip Classic Pad   100908

Card Stock:

Whisper White   100730

Bashful Blue   105120

Baja Breeze   111352

Accessories:

Big Shot   113439

Dotted Embossing Folder   117335

Markers:

Daffodil Delight   119677

So Saffron   105114

Pumpkin Pie   105115

Soft Suede   120973

Chocolate Chip   100071

Bashful Blue   105111

Baja Breeze   120965

Stampin' Dimensionals   104430

SNAIL Adhesive   104332

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Happy stamping!

Chris

Fabulous Florets

I think this is my favorite set ever. I am so glad it is in the new catalog! This time I cut the paper at 61/2x9. I scored it at 3 and 6. To get the diagonal line I put the top right corner on the cutting line of my fiscars cutter. I put the opposite corner pointing at 41/4 then made the diagonal cut. I stamped the flower heads then the stems. Some stems are stamped off. I also stamped on the back because you can see the back when the card is folded. I colored the flowers with a dauber and real red ink. Then I used a dauber and calypso coral ink over the red. It gave it a really neat effect. I put crystal effects over the centers. The front could use a butterfly but after the butterfly class I am a little tired of cutting them. Maybe later, lol!



Sets: fabulous florets, on your birthday

Cardstock: confetti white, lucky limeade

Ink: black stazon, real red, calypso coral, lucky limeade

Accessories: dotted scallop ribbon border punch, scallop trim border punch, long open ended envelope