La-La Lotus



I was so excited to discover this lotus flower die.  It reminds me of a water lily.  When I was little I had a packet of water lily seeds.  I'm not sure they ever germinated but I remember being fascinated by the large seeds that could be planted in water.  I think the flowers could be turned into different types depending on how they are colored.  Next time maybe I'll pair them with mermaid stamps.   It may be difficult to see but the leaves really do shimmer.  The green scallop was a last minute addition but I think it was needed for visual balance.  Thanks for looking!

Supplies

La-la Land Lotus

Spellbinders labels 

Spellbinders Classic Ovals

Tattered Angels glimmer mist - water lily

Yellow stickles, foam tape layers.  

Challenges Entered

Open-minded Crafting Fun use green

Inky Chicks monochromatic

Melonheadz friends bright colors

The Pink Elephant Challenge

IO Flowering Tree

I love Impression Obsession dies - especially those Spiral Flowers! I also find myself using the leafy branch die on everything lately. 

First, I cut the tree and colored it with my Copic markers.  I then cut leaves from the leafy branch die, colored them with Copics and glued them onto the tree.  I cut more branches in blue and weaved them into the grass. I liked the added pop of color of the blue leaves behind the orange roses. The peachy-orange roses and yellow flowers were created using the Spiral Flowers die and were colored with distress ink.

For the yellow flowers I only used half of the tiny rolled daisy die. After the yellow distress ink dried, I cut the daisy die cut in half before rolling it. I used both halves of the die cut. It thinned the flowers out a little and made them a little smaller.  The flowers are small but I was afraid of overpowering the tree.  It may be difficult to see but I used flower soft in small spots on the branches to emulate buds.

Materials Used

Impression Obsession Leafy Branch 

Impression Obsession Grass

Impression Obsession Bare Tree

Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers

Spellbinders Labels 8

Spellbinders Labels

Distress Ink, Copic Markers, Square Brads

Challenges Entered

Impression Obsession Challenge

Sister Act Card Challenge # 47

Crafting from the Heart Challenge

Magnolia Princess

I made this for my daughter's friend.  My 6 year old is still very much in the princess stage.  :)  I'm not sure it shows in the photograph but the large rose shimmers.  I sprayed shimmer spritz in frost on the assembled rose and the centers of the small rolled roses have stickles.  There is glitter on Tilda's crown and she has a pearl necklace made from perfect pearls.

Supplies

Magnolia Tilda in Cotton Dress

Spellbinders Radient Rectangles

Spellbinders Rose Creations

MFT Flourish

MFT Mini Doily Circles

Memory Box Whimsy Circle

Memory Box Alexa Border

Memory Box Lunette Butterfly

Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers

Copics, Distress Ink, Liquid Pearls, Glitter, Shimmer Spritz, Stickles

Challenges Entered

 Stamp & Create Magnolia Birthday
Stamping Sensations Pretty in Pink
Addicted to Stamps Lace & Pearls
Paper Pretties
Art by Miran
Sister Act #47
Crafting from the Heart Anything Goes
Inky Chicks Monochromatic
V's Sweet Ideas
Just Keep on Creating

Teal Flowers

I has this flower stamp created from an image I drew.  I thought it would be fun to have some of my doodle's made into stamps.  It took me a long time to find a place that would make stamps (especially just one or two), but I found out that Impress Rubber Stamps does.  I sent some images I'd drawn and they came back mounted on wood blocks with my designs pasted to the top.  They are not red rubber, but the photopolomer is very crisp and I get great impressions every time.  I need to take these stamps out more.

I colored the flowers with Copics and I used stickles to add some glitter to the flower centers and the layers are popped up with foam tape.  Thanks for looking!

Challenge Entered

Inky Chicks monochromatic

Spring Bunnies

Die cutting really is my favorite technique!  I used the  Impression Obsession Rabbit Set Die and the Impression Obsession Twig Wreath Die Set to create the central images.  I colored the bunnies with Copics and then covered them with flocking. After coloring the wreath with distress ink, I cut it apart (since as I was playing with it I thought it worked better as a nest).  The other dies used for the curved mat are from Spellbinders.  The scalloped circles are also spellbinders dies.  I created the pennant using a scalloped punch.  The yellow ribbon is from Michaels.  I added distress ink using my Judkins color dusters on the white circle behind the bunnies.  Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Impression Obsession Rabbit Set DIE168-C

Impression Obsession Twig Wreath Set DIE023-X

Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics B

Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles

Spellbinders Lacey Circles

Judikins Color Dusters, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Flock, Yellow Ribbon

Challenges Entered

Impression Obsession Challenge - Technique

Stamp & Create Challenge - Spring

Hatteras Lighthouse

The technique I used was watercoloring using distress inks.  I stamped the lighthouse image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock.  Then I colored the image with copic markers before layering different colors of distress inks on the background.  I then spritzed the image with water so the colors blended together.  I added more distress ink on top over the sun so it would be more vibrant. 

After the distress ink dried I glued it to a white mat that I had cut a semi-circle out of using a spellbinders die.  I glued the white and water-colored layers together and cut them using a spellbinders curved matting die. 

The scallop was created using a Spellbinders Picot Circles die.  I cut out the center out of the picot circle with another Spellbinders circle die so just the picot edge remained.  I then glued this delicate edge around the image on top of the white cardstock layer.  I finished the card by layering the main image on top of pink and grey mats also cut also from the Spellbinders Curved Matting set and then used a Stampin' Up corner rounder punch on two of the card edges. 

Supplies

Impression Obsession "Hatteras with Boat" stamp (F1175)

Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics B die

Spellbinders Picot Circles die

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Distress Ink

Challenges Entered

Impression Obsession Challenge - Technique 

Stamping Sensations - Pretty in Pink

IO Lacy Layers

Hello friends!  The technique I used on the card is die cutting.  Three of the layers are die cut.  I used Impression Obsession's Leafy Branch and Spiral Flowers dies.

For the yellow flower I cut five of the tiny rolled daisies from the spiral flowers die.  They were colored with distress ink in squeezed lemonade. I let them dry before rolling them with a quilling tool.  I attached the daisies to the card using clear Zots. They were mounted close together to resemble one large flower.   

This is not a color combination I usually choose but I liked the crispness of the blue and yellow against the white.  Hope you like it and thanks for looking!

Supplies

Impression Obsession Leafy Branch die

Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers die

Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics B

Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles

Distress ink (squeezed lemonade)

Yellow Ribbon (from Michaels)

Quilling Tool

Adhesive Zots

Challenge Entered:
Impression Obsession Challenge - technique.