More Lovely Floral & Calligraphy Essentials

So I took the clean & simple card I made yesterday when I shared the Blender Pen Ombre Technique with you... and carried on colouring some of the embossed areas with my Marker Pens... in Soft Sea Foam and Lemon Lime Twist... 

But then I realised that I had packed my Balmy Blue ready for Monthly Training... so Coastal Cabana and the Blender Pen came to the rescue... as the blending of the Soft Sea Foam & Balmy Blue does look more Coastal Cabana....

Very pretty...

And then the Calligraphy Essentials "thank you" greeting came out... and the same techniques were used on this card... though I will admit that the Coastal Cabana marker pen direct onto the large embossed flower didn't make me 100% happy... 

So I quickly coloured over the whole flower using my trusty AquaPainter & Coastal Cabana ink pad (which I have to point out is a returning all time favourite colour of 90%+ of my crafty ladies!!)... which was better... though I warn you that there is a Part 3 to this tale... some time over the weekend me thinks...

Note that the small flowers are Balmy Blue (with Lemon Lime Twist centres) on this card... 

So here you go... a light bright marker pen blended & embossed duo set of calligraphy cards!

Which one do you prefer?

Dragonfly Dreams - the Stained Glass one...

Following on from Sunday's post... another super CAS (clean & simple) little partial die cut card...

But this time I added colours using the Stained Glass Technique for the dragonfly wings...

Die cut a detailed cardstock and a solid Vellum dragonfly... scribble your marker pens on the vellum one as you desire...

 And then cover with the detailed one... 

Simple but stunning effect... especially when you hold up to a light source.... 

And the dragonfly is finished off with a stamped body part...

And here is a photo of the simple little dragonfly partial die cut duo....

Falling In Love & Dragonfly Dreams - The Blues one!

Quick share of today's card...

This is a card made "kind of" from scraps!!! - as the paper panel is the gutted centre from my Heart Wreath card shared here... (gutted at 1 1/4" from all sides fyi) ... and the greeting banner is the scrap from cutting out the two Very Vanilla panels used here... kind of neat!

Falling in Love papers meets Dragonfly Dreams stamps & dies and introducing the other BIG word in Happy Celebrations.... how much do I love this "celebrate" greeting!!

And I have to admit that these papers have really proven to be versatile... and are not just in the pinks!!

Oh and here is the inside... thought it worthy of decorating too...

Love the softer look of the just the dragonfly wings and body...

And a little tip... I have used clear embossing powder on the Very Vanilla cardstock so that the cream card colour can shine through... and the colouring is done using Pool Party and Mint Macaron markers over the embossed and die-cut dragonfly (ie Emboss Resist... remembering to wipe off the excess ink with tissue paper afterwards)

Baby Boy Card in Dapper Denim

 

Apologies for such a quick post today...but I went out to vote yesterday evening... and ended up at a neighbour's house with 30-40 others... completely and utterly unplanned... but a really lovely evening!! Thank goodness for living in a village....

But before I start...  I have a new feature coming tomorrow... one with lots of inspiration for you.... so don't forget to check back this time tomorrow!!!

So back to the new 2016-18 In Color Dapper Denim... showcasing first through 4th stamping without re-inking...great colour for this technique!

The great sailing boat image (and the round blobs) from the new and coming Swirly Bird stamp set (now can't wait for my co-ordinating dies to turn up!) Finished off with the Layered Letters alphabet for the greeting...

Spot the colouring in of the designer series paper - Soft Sky and Sahara Sand markers direct onto the paper... as being honest I was getting fed up of the old monochrome thing for my On Stage Display samples at this stage!! But this is something I will repeat... as little thing... big difference!!!! Makes that paper stack go so much further....

And a few random sequins.... yes I made a blodge!!! So it did have to be done....