In Bloom Bundle/ UFO's

 Hi there Creators,

Today I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to clean up my desk, it's one of those jobs that you get started on then find things you haven't finished off.... 

So instead of cleaning I ended up finishing off a couple of things, hence the UFOs Unfinished Objects, as it turns out I end up using the In Bloom Bundle for both of them.

The first one was this card, which I'd previously stamped but hadn't got any further, so I added the ribbon and the gorgeous Artistry Blooms sequins and finished it off:

The other project is a 3D one, for which I had the "bones" made up, specifically the outside box bit, but I had plans for the inside which hadn't happened, so finally I chose the colours and what I was going to decorate it with, and here's the finished article......

I admit I did do the inside first, however you get to see the outside first lol, it's a bit purple as I was thinking about a couple of friends who love purple (plus I currently have almost a full pack of Gorgeous Grape and 1/2 a pack of Highland Heather cardstock)  I love the stitched look with these Pierced Blooms dies, so as I'd stamped the side panels I thought I'd add a white stitched look to them too, just using the White Stampin' Chalk Marker. 

The inside is the bit that Tom (hubby) and the kids all said "Cool" to 😀

I was so chuffed with the way it turned out!  I've used some of the small flower dies on the top, and another flower to create the green leaves under it. With some of the beautiful Pastel Pearls.

Got a couple more photos of it too: bit more of an outside of the box shot, to show the stamping in more detail:

And a quick shot showing how the lid fits on:

Well What to do you think?  Do you want to have a go? it's not actually as hard as it looks lol

I hope it inspires you to have a go at something different!

God Bless love Heather xox

Cheats Watercolour techniques

 Hi there Creators,

The other day I joined in a blog hop with others showing watercolour techniques  I was relieved to hear most of them saying watercolouring was a challenge for them too!  Anyway this morning I thought I'd take it to my Facebook live and give you a video for prosperity 😀

Here is the card I ended up making from the components I made in the video....  I've used In Bloom stamps, Pierced Blooms dies, they also happen to come as a bundle (yay for 10% off)  the bundle is called: In Bloom bundle, I've also used watercolour paper for the flowers and leaves, shimmery white card for the background

 And if you want to learn how to do it , check out my video here:

 

Let me know how you go with these 2 techniques.

I hope this inspires you to create!

God Bless love

Heather xox

Watercolour technique for a Watercolour challenged individual.

HI there Creators

Well this week I'm joining in the Watercolour Technique Blog run by Crafty Collaborations which is a collection of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the world😊 this one was truly a challenge as I'm not really that great at watercolour!

So I had an idea that I wanted to watercolour a few flowers from my new Pierced Blooms dies and make a kind of bouquet out of it, my initial attempts at properly watercolouring them failed dismally lol however after dropping one into the remains of colour that was on my silicone sheet I had an idea......

Here is the card I made, and I have some close ups and explanations to follow.

 

So my technique....  I used water color paper and cut out the die pieces, then painted each piece with water, inked up a blank stampin' block then dabbed the block onto the pieces till I liked the colour of them, with the flowers I repeated this method with a couple of colours.  I've used the Subtles colours.

I really love the way it gives that slightly splotchy look (plus it's so easy to accomplish)😉

For the label I've stamped first, with one of the saying from the matching In Bloom Stamp set then cut out with the dies, and just painted the edges with water, then dabbed the inky block onto the edges. Just so you know the dies and stamps do come as a bundle - In Bloom Bundle (yay for 10% off!!)   I really felt this ribbon the Pool Party Sheer ribbon matched the watercolouring on the card nicely.

Lastly I've added some of the oh so gorgeous Pastel Pearls, it was very hard only to add a couple hence every flower ended up with pearls lol.

Well that's it from me, I hope it inspires you to have a go at this way of watercolouring!

do check out what the others in this blog hop have created

God Bless love

Heather xox