Hi and welcome to a post revisiting Uniko's Beautiful Blooms I stamps and matching dies set.
This maybe one of Bev's older designs but is new to me and it has proved very versatile since I got my hands on it!
I've tried to use the stamps and dies here in different ways using different mediums in the hope that it shows how versatile this set is.
My first card uses the smallest flower stamp which I stamped onto MM paper before heat embossing with white EP.
Once the heat embossing was complete, I watercoloured the background with some Prussian Blue w/c and filled in the spaces left by the embossed stamping of the flowers with a pink mixed from the purple and crimson in my paint set. The arc was cut away using an Avery Elle die just for a change and mounted onto an A6 note card. The sentiment from Wonderful Day was stamped with Altenew Starlight ink to match the background.
This second card uses stamping and watercolour to create a softer effect again using some fussy cut masks from Post Its.
The flowers were stamped with Altenew's Razzleberry ink with a little yellow from my Zig watercolour markers. I used water to pull the colour from the stamping over the white areas and blended the yellow with some water too before stamping. The sentiment from Spring Botanicals -Daffodil was stamped and heat embossed with gold EP. Finally I trimmed the stamped panel down, matted it with some gold paper and added to an A6 card on pads. This is a trick to divert the eye from the contrast between the MM paper and off white base card.
These next two cards should really have been just one but I didn't think it through enough before I started to stamp.
The first one is simple stamping and masking but the second is what the first should have been. I realised after stamping that I SHOULD have cut the out the arrangement with dies first then use the openings to place the stamps in the MISTI, SO much easier. Well it is until you realise that you've cut one of the flowers out upside down!!
For the second card, I die cut an arrangement using the small bloom and leaf, then using the top panel as a jig, I stamped the lower layer, masking where necessary. As I said above I accidentally die cut one of the blooms upside down but a judicially placed sentiment from Floral Vines sorted it out!
The die cut panel was then popped up over the stamped layer on pads. The first is simple masking and stamping, then a cut down panel and strip of old sparkly Co're dinations card from my stash that happened to match the flowers!
Why not check out what the rest of the team have been up to with these stamps and dies.
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All are so pretty with so many options to work with this stamp set, so versatile, love them all!
ReplyDeleteSuch different ideas for using this set. I think the first one is my fav but they are all fab.
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards - I'm loving seeing all the different ways this set can be used.
ReplyDeleteHelen x
Beautiful cards - my favourite is the second one as I love the vibrant colours.
ReplyDeleteKath x
Beautiful cards! I absolutely love the second card, and how you overlayed the die cut. I would never have thought the upside-down bloom was a mistake. With the way you placed the sentiment, it looks like it was planned. Such lovely colors and gorgeous embellishments. Thank you for sharing with The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards and I’m loving the effect on the flower on the first card. I’m going to try and recreate this as I love it! X
ReplyDeleteSuper inspiration with these stamps..loving the lilac ones with your clever masking. if you hadn't pointed out your upside down flower I doubt I would have noticed...beautiful! x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful assortment of cards with these pretty blooms! Love the designs and colors!
ReplyDeleteall cards look great and are so different. I love the second one with the bright colors.
ReplyDeleteDon't we all make "mistakes" and cover it with sentiments, embellishments and other stuff ;-)
Such pretty cards! I laughed at the upside down - been there. :) -- Thanks for joining in at JUGS
ReplyDeleteJulie... beautiful cards! All of them! Thanks so much for joining and sharing at Just Us Girls this week. So glad you like the new logo!
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely cards, Julie! Thank you so much for joining us this week over at The Paper Players!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful showcase Julie, so much inspiration from that lovely set xx
ReplyDeleteLovely cards Julie - the lilac ones are stunning!
ReplyDeleteWow, Jules, you really went to town with this lovely stamp set and produced a gorgeous set of cards. All are lovely but my fave is the first one - so creative and pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely Christmas card.
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Carol x
What a bunch of beauty here Jules. You have created such beauty with that stamp. Thanks for sharing with us at JUGS.
ReplyDeleteA little bit late to comment...., anyway just wanted to tell you that I love how you revisited this set. Love the clever idea of filled the white embossed bloom with paint on your first card. It makes such a beautiful contrast with the blue background. And thanks for the tip on your second card which also is a real beauty !
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