Swirly Bird Stamp Set

One of the Demonstrators in my team very kindly lent me the Swirly Bird Stamp Set last week.
Thanks, April!
I had such fun playing with it that I know that I will have to order the bundle as there is so much that you can do with it.
First up is a kite card using the cloud,sentiment and flowers  stamps from the Sprinkles of Life set.

I made the waves in the second card using two stamps from the Swirly Birds set. I love the bright primary colours in this card.
The sort of card that you need to look at on a rainy day!

We made a square version of the boat card at my Catalogue Launch evening recently.
I made the scallop border on the right hand side by cutting the Real Red Card stock with the large Scalloped Square Framelit Die and then trimming it.

The bird card was cased from a card in the new Catalogue. The sentiment is from the new Thankful Thoughts Stamp Set.

I stamped the swirls for this card base in Versamark Ink before applying White Embossing Powder and setting it with a Heat tool.
This will be a background for a card. I then sponged it with Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo Inks.

Awesomely Artistic Wedding Card.

I made this card for a very special couple who got married today.
I used the flower stamp from the Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set, for the background, embossed in gold and coloured in with a Blender Pen and ink pads.
The wedding couple is a Lily of the Valley stamp which I coloured in with Promarkers.

Watercolour Wings

 Watercolour Wings is a Stamp Set that I was not going to buy until I started watching some of the Demonstrator videos on You Tube. Once I realised the tips and tricks to get the best stamping results I was smitten and ordered it.
I have also used the Awesomely Artistic Stamp set in the first card. The Gold Glitter was applied by putting a dab in a plastic dish, adding some water, picking it up with an Aquapainter and flicking it across the card. This technique was demonstrated by Brandi Barnard at the recent Stampin Up Convention in Utah.

I stamped and embossed the small Butterfly using Clear Embossing Powder. I then sponged Pool Party Ink over it to bring out the silhouette. The leaves are from the Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set.

I cased the next card from dostampingwithdawn. It opens out as a Tunnel Card and is very easy to make. I used the Hearts Embossing Folder from the Annual Catalogue and Lost Lagoon Ribbon which is on the Clearance Rack at the moment.

Here you can see the tunnel effect on the inside. I used Pool Party, Lost Lagoon and Bermuda Bay for the butterfly. I love the different colour combinations that you can do with this Stamp Set.

Awesomely Artistic Wedding and Anniversary Card.

I have been looking forward to using the Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set for a Wedding or Anniversary Card and recently I had a chance to do both.
For the Wedding Card I stamped and embossed the Flower Wreath from the set in silver.
The Stamp Set for the dress and the sentiment is the retired Love and Laughter.
I used our Silver Card Foil Sheet to back the stamped image and I punched the hearts out of Silver Glimmer Card Stock  with the  Itty Bitty Accents Punch.

I stamped and embossed the Wreath background in the second card in gold. I then coloured in the flowers and leaves with Cherry Cobbler and Always Arthichoke Ink using a Blender Pen.
I die cut the 40 out of Gold Glimmer Card Stock and coloured it in with a Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities Pen. The sentiment and background were cut out using the retired Labels Framelits.

More Awesomely Artistic

Having been inspired by various Blog and Pinterest posts I have now had fun creating my own cards using the Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set. I stamped in clear Versamark and then heat embossed with white embossing powder for the first card.I then sponged on Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macaron Ink before stamping the dots in Delightful Dijon. Dazzling Diamonds Glitter was added to the flowers and Dragon Fly. i coloured the flowers in with Calypso Coral Ink and a Blender Pen.The sentiment is from Butterfly Basics.

I made these cards this afternoon and coloured in the tiny flowers with ink pads and a Blender Pen.
The colours in the first one are Rich Razzleberry and Mint Macaron. The colours of the second are Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral and Mint Macaron.

The Base Card in this card is Sahara Sand. Other colours used were tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder and Mint Macaron.

Awesomely Artistic

Three Blog Posts in one day is a record for me but I am catching up for being away at Jury Service for the first two weeks of June.
This post is primarily for those thinking of coming to my Awesomely Artistic Card Class on Monday, June 29th at 9.30am - 12.00pm.
 The first card is a copy of the card which the Demonstrators made at the recent Regional Training Day in Telford. I decided to give it a miss this year as my youngest son's birthday was on the day after so we took the boys cycling in the Delamere Forest on the Saturday.
The colours used are Mint Macaron for the card base and Delightful Dijon for some of the stamping.
I like the piece of Burlap Ribbon to add a bit of texture.

I copied this idea from the internet HERE. One of my ladies ordered the Stamp Set last week (mine is on its way) and she came over and allowed me to have a go with it while she had a go with the Gift Bag Punch Board. I look forward to making some original samples for the Class as soon as my Stamp Set arrives this week.
The card base is one of the new In colours Tip Top Taupe. The other colours used were Blackberry Bliss and Blushing Bride.