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Stampin’Up! Retiring Flower Fancy Continued!

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Carol Payne

Happy Friday to you all! The watercoloring class this Saturday and next Monday is going to be so much fun! We will be learning 7 different ways to watercolor using the Watercolor Wonder Crayons! Once again, we will be using the retiring "Flower Fancy" and "Sincere Salutations" stamp sets!

For this first sample we will be coloring the crayon directly onto the stamp, then lightly spritzing it with water before stamping onto the cardstock:

©Stampin'Up!™1999-2012

The same technique was used on the inside, but I must have spritzed more heavily because the color was much more "watery" here! This phrase from "Full of Life" coordinates beautifully with the "Thanks so much" on the front!

©Stampin'Up!™1999-2012

These last two samples are stamped on Watercolor Paper, which gives them a completely different look than on Whisper White!

©Stampin'Up!™1999-2012

Lastly, this sample uses the "Salted Background" technique! Unfortunately, I was too impatient to allow the salt to dissolve completely as the piece air-dried, so I sped up the process with my heat tool and blew all the salt away!

©Stampin'Up!™1999-2012

That's all for today! I will be back tomorrow with another version of the "get well" mug!

Until then, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

Stampin’ Up! Retiring Flower Fancy!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Carol Payne

With my "7 Watercolor Wonders" Class coming up this Saturday and next Monday, thought I should show you some of the projects we will be making with the retiring "Flower Fancy" stamp set! I will show you two today and the remaining three tomorrow, so here goes!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012

This card is very subtly watercolored with a Blender Pen and Watercolor Wonder Crayons. All of the outline images are stamped with Jet Black StazON on the Whisper White so the lines won't smear when the moist blender pen touches them. Jet Black StazOn is fast becoming my go-to black for all my black ink stamping. It's crisp, clear, and VERY BLACK!

I also embossed the Regal Rose card base with the retiring "Finial Press" Textured Impressions Folder. If you don't have this one yet, at $7.95 you really shouldn't do without it!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012

This card also uses a Blender Pen with the Watercolor Crayons, but this time we will color directly along the edges of the image, then use the blender pen to "pull" the color from the colored edges to color the entire image. It does give the images more depth and variation of color, don't you think?

These cards also all use the retiring "Sincere Salutations", a stamp set I have lovingly used for several years and will be a little sorry to see leave the catalog!

There are a few spots still available for this class, so contact me ASAP if you want to attend!

Well, it's really late as I am posting this, so I'd better leave you now and hit the hay! Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

Stampin’ Up! Embossed Vellum with Retiring Flower Fancy!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Carol Payne

Happy Mother's Day! What a great day today is going to be! I can hardly wait to spend it with my family! Hope your day goes well and you get to spend it with loved ones!

My card for today is one I've wanted to do for quite awhile, but just never seemed to get around to it! This card uses the retiring "Finial Press" Textured Impressions Folder with the Big Shot and the lovely-but-retiring "Flower Fancy" stamp set, so I knew it was now or never!

The lower edge of the Vellum Cardstock Top Note has been run through the Big Shot with a strip of the Finial Press Textured Impressions Folder that I cut off in a strip so I could use it selectively like this:

Of course, this destroys the full effect of the folder, so I own TWO of this one! At $7.95, that's doable! Here's the inside:

Here's the list of retiring products on this card:

* Flower Fancy Stamp Set #111578 Wood-mount only $36.95

* Finial Press Textured Impressions Folder #115963 $7.95

* Happiest Birthday Wishes Hostess (Happy Birthday & it's your day!)

* Peach Parfait 8 1/2" x 11 Cardstock #119794 $6.95

The Vellum Paper that is retiring is now all sold out, but I used the Vellum Cardstock because of it is sturdier and can be held in place on the card front with just a few well-placed Stampin' Dimensionals:

Positioning the dimensionals in the upper left section of the vellum cardstock Top Note allows the white heat embossed and stamped flower to cover up the dimensionals!

In case you were wondering, the stamped banners inside and out are from the Petal Cone Die!

Well, it's off to spend the day with the fam! Hope your day "Stampingrox!" like mine will!