Even more Get Well Wishes - the Pinks range...

I have to admit that I am thoroughly enjoying sharing my friends, teamies and customers creations with you all... and I hope that you are all enjoying the wider creative inspirations coming at you this week too... As they say "variety is the spice of life"... and isn't that great when the quality of the variety is SO good!!

And in the meantime... I am getting the chance to focus my few spare daily moments on a few new christmassy makes... without the stress of trying to satisfy everyone in classes...  and the time spent having to share them day by day on the bloggio... and so I will be back with some much "more chilled" christmas creations to share with you very soon...

So back to today's gorgeous Get Well cards... and yes... in no particular order... actually that is a lie as they are in the order I took the photos!!

The simply stunning Always & Forever card by the lovely Louise L... so so pretty!

The equally stunning and pretty Wishing You Well card by the lovely Karen Pearmain... doesn't this stamp set just say it all!! And I hadn't even realised!! Mmmmm Sold Karen! Thanks!

The gorgeous Colorful Seasons card by the lovely Sam Carlton...

The Tropical Escape card by the lovely Donna Golby... and yes I do think I have got this!! 

And last but not least... the beautiful Birthday Blooms card by the lovely Angela Malcolm

Again thank you ladies... and I also have to admit that I am thoroughly looking forward to seeing (most of) you lovely ladies at On Stage in Birmingham in less than a fortnight too!!! Not long to go....

Aqua Winking...and Birthday Blooms

Remember this card... well seeing as it was SO popular both here in the flesh and on Pinterest... I decided to re-make all the cards in the set for my class using the Aqua-painter and the Gold Wink of Stella....

And as I demonstrated the technique at class...a  new expression came to mind...  aqua-winking... lot easier to say than the following....

1. Scribble your Gold Wink of Stella on a clear block (or piece of plastic or ceramic plate or something smooth and slippy...)

2. Pick up your Gold from the block using your Aqua Painter and aqua-wink (watercolour) as required ... note just add a drop of water if you want the colour to be even more subtle!!

3. Go over with your Clear Wink of Stella if you want even more shine...

4. Use Staz On cleaner to clean your clear block when you have finished (as the gold stains!!)

Don't forget to paper tole the flowers too... makes a huge difference to these cards... though unfortunately somewhat too subtle to see on the photos!! So you will have to trust me...

SU! Supplies
Stamps - Birthday Blooms
Inks - Gold Wink of Stella, Always Artichoke, Mint Macaron, Pool Party, Archival/Staz On Black, Versamark & White embossing powder, Gold embossing powder
Tools - Aquapainters, Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Heat Gun
Papers - Birthday Blooms
Embellishments - Gold Bow Clips, Striped Mossy Meadow Cotton Ribbon
Card - Always Artichoke, Pool Party, Hello Honey, Shimmery White, Watercolor Paper, Thin Whisper White

Go here for the lowdown on which white card was used on which card... I am definitely still loving the Shimmery White card best for watercolouring and aqua-winking...

Blackberry Bliss Rose Wonder

 

This is a card that Patsy made!! Didn't she do well... I love this version... so had to share with you all ... though I don't think the photos actually do the card justice... the Blackberry Bliss is just "scrummy"

Patsy came to class and wanted to make a card for her husband for the following day... so here it is! We just switched the white rose on the original card for the somewhat darker and deeper Blackberry Bliss...and changed the wording to that in the Birthday Blooms stamp set...

Happy Birthday Brian...

And as a final note...don't forget that the 2014-16 In Colors will retire in a few weeks time... so don't forget to stock up on your ink refills this month if you have the pads... as well as any cardstock, papers and ribbons etc... 

Once the retiring list is published in May everything goes out of stock really fast (ink refills in minutes!)  Just sayin!.. And the Washi Tape is on Weekly Deals this week (so 25% off)

And here is a great summary sheet of the items in question produced by Lyssa Zwolanek .... thank you for this Lyssa...

Rose Red Birthday Blooms

Here is another card based upon our last Quarterly Training projects. This in turn was CASED from the Spring Summer catalogue...

The flower is coloured in using Blushing Bride with Rose Red highlights...gorgeous in the flesh!

I then finished off the colouring with my white Signo gel pen on those seed heads...

And  - as the pale gold sample shared yesterday - the finishing touch being the Paper Toled flower

Oh... plus an extra greeting punched out with the Washi Label punch.... 

And a story about this punch... I use it all the time as the size and shape is just right for so many projects... but I did not get it initially...no, not at all!! It was a big NO NO.... Not so now... Proving yet again that things are often worth a second look! Or even a third....

Gold Birthday Blooms.... and new Weekly Deals...

Whilst I was finishing off my cards from last Quarterly Training... I stamped a couple more...and had a bit of a play....

And this one I love.... though the photos really don't do it justice...

The flowers are coloured using the Gold Wink of Stella pen... I scribbled the gold Wink of Stella on a clear block and just added a bit of water to it ... and used the Aqua Painter to colour in my flowers... The seed heads were then coloured in using the Gold Wink of Stella pen direct.... It is very subtle ...but stunning! 

Especially when I winked over the top with my clear Wink of Stella pen! Subtle pale gold shine became VERY sparkly.... a complete WOW in the flesh!

And then I didn't stop there.... I paper-toled the flowers (again no craft knife being involved...)... so it has texture as well as shine... complete feel-ability on a card! Double WOW... 

Though you may have to try one of your own to see how good this combination is!!!

Oh and before I go.... check out this week's Weekly Deals.... some items on quite a few Wish List's on there....

Birthday Bouquet Notecards Set

A quartet for you today... a lovely little set of note cards using the Birthday Blooms stamp set and the Birthday Bouquet papers... All finished off in envelopes made using the Envelope Punch Board... and then packed in a Half Wide size stamp set case...

Lovely set for gifting...

This was the other project we made at Quarterly Training the other week... nice and simple but very very effective!

As usual I went a bit mad with the Winking! Not only are the cut out flowers from the papers all sparkly...but the stamped leaves on the Mint Macaron mat below... lovely little addition...really adds something special in the flesh...

And then I went too far... the flowers being Winked on the Blushing Bride mat... I personally think this is a bit too much!!

Don't miss the Weekly Deals this week... some great stamps and dies on there this week!!

Here is an earlier post with a Wondrous Wreath round up! Just in case you need reminding of this fabulous stamp set which I have used SO much over the past couple of years...

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Birthday Blooms Trio

Whilst I am on the subject of the last Quarterly Team Training...

Here are 3 of the cards Julie had put together for us to make...

A simple little trio to practice our water-colouring skills (or maybe not as in my case!)

Lots of use of our Aqua Panters... Plus a bit of Wink of Stella-ing of course! 

The first is a CASE from the Spring Summer catalogue. Watercoloured on Whisper White card... works well...

The second is watercoloured on White Shimmer card... works a treat for watercolouring... Though I have to laugh at my somewhat raggy Pool Party Glitter ribbon though... I think my sample has been somewhat man-handled!

And the third is watercoloured on Watercolor Paper designed for the job.... gorgeous! The flower is embossed using white embossing powder and then watercolourd in... 

As always we had a great full day at Quarterly Training... great makes... really useful business tips... fantastic swaps... lots of inspiring projects from many team members on display... lots of catching up...lovely food... all in all... a relaxing day amongst good friends! Old and new... 

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