Cheers and 5 pints... for Male Happy Birthday

May your Beer be plentiful!

Simple DL card (approx 4 1/8" x 8 1/8" for my US readers!) with a few Mixed Drinks pint pots aka tankards stamped in Delightful Dijon & the Gold Wink of Stella (now out of stock & retired) coloured over the top.

Froth & Glass areas all nice and shiny care of Clear Wink of Stella...

Overstamped with Layered Letter alphabet (also retired and out of stock!)

And yes all glasses hand cut and 3D'd for that extra pop...

Wish I hadn't coughed when I set the A down though!!!! 

Cheers To You! Mixed Drinks Part 2

May your wine be plentiful!

Simple DL card (approx 4 1/8" x 8 1/8" for my US readers!) with a few Cherry Cobbler & Gold Wink of Stella (now out of stock & retired) stamped and filled Mixed Drinks wine glasses to cheer you up! 

Glasses all nice and shiny care of Clear Wink of Stella...

To YOU! wording care of Labeler Alphabet

And yes all glasses hand cut and 3D'd for a pop... Though all the glasses appearing "behind" could have been stamped direct... I just find it easier when faced with a blank card to move my pre-cut 3D images around to work out where I need to stick them!! And I do so like fussy cutting in an evening... 

Need I say more... Cheers!

Watercolor Pencils #6 - No Line Watercoloring

Another project made featuring the Watercolor Pencils... using Big on Birthdays.

Using the No Line Watercoloring (or No Line Stamping) technique ie stamping the line image ( and greeting in this case) using a light coloured ink (Sahara Sand) and then colouring in the leaves with the Old Olive pencil and the flowers with the Rich Razzleberry pencil. 

Blender pen used to activate the Old Olive on the leaves and Clear Wink of Stella used to activate the Rich Razzleberry on the flowers

Stamped panel finished off with Gold Wink of Stella splatters (most people flick the reservoir with their finger  - but that doesn't work for me for some reason - so I give the reservoir a tap with a pen instead! Works every time...)

Set on a Rich Razzleberry A6 card base and dressed up with Falling In Love papers & Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon . 

Christmas Magic Bells

Brighter use of the gorgeous Christmas Greetings frame this time...

Coupled with a trio of Pretty Pines die cut pine boughs and shiny golden Christmas Magic bells care of my Wink of Stella

Sorry for quick post but a bit of a family emergency requiring medical attention... what a year it has been for those! 

Helping Me Grow Notecards

Love these... so simple... so quick and so effective... so I had to share... But hold on... I didn't actually make the first one pictured....

This was the gorgeous thank you card from Kelly in the Stampin' Up! UK office... that I picked up at registration at On Stage Telford... and then rushed immediately over to Kelly to say thank you! Now admittedly Kelly didn't make this herself either!!!

Which reminds me of the days I first started cardmaking... I used to find that many friends and relatives rang me up to thank me for their hand made christmas card... used to tickle me pink... got to love this creative world and the special feelings it gives to us and the recipients of our makes... Sorry I digress....

But I did make the second one... and so did my ladies at classes last month... can you spot the difference!! The Washi Label punch used on the first had retired and all stocks had gone!

So I used the Decorative Label punch instead... we stamped on a narrow strip of Sahara Sand card... and then punched using the central part of the punch... works a treat and will be used again this way... As they say ... from adversity... comes a great idea!!

And then I had a play with a Crumb Cake note card... embossing the flowers in white this time - and Aqua-Winking with my Gold Wink of Stella again

 

Though (oops) I have only just spotted that I grabbed the washi punch for this one.... Silly me... And BTW... the 1/2 " Circle Punch punches that notch on the left hand side... 

And finally an admittance... this is not what I was planning on posting today... I had rushed around with new stash... made a few lovely projects... took the photos... was eager to share... and then yes... you guessed it... technology decided to do its own thing... and I can't access the photos on my PC for now.... hey ho!! Manana...

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...

The Extra Large Gold Rose Wonder Card...

Now this is one of the simplest of my Rose Wonder cards... but I think it packs the biggest punch... it is stunning in its simplicity... think this one might just be my favourite!!

Again an Extra Large Square Card...

The 2 gold foil rose are cut out of the gold foil mat... so no waste... 

And the label is finished off with a brush of gold Wink of Stella around the edge...

Funny how much foil I have been using recently...

SU! Products Used

Card - Thick Whisper White, Gold Foil

Ink - Archival Black

Other - Gold Wink of Stella pen

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....