02.05.2015

Delightful Day – Clearly Besotted May Sneak Peeks!

Teaser Time

Helloooooo!  It’s an exciting day today because the 2nd always means one thing – the start of the new Clearly Besotted release sneak peeks!  This month we have some FANTASTIC new products and I can’t wait to share what I’ve been doing with them.  Stephanie has also teamed up with the fabulous Lucy Abrahms and together they have developed a new line of dies which are like nothing else I’ve seen around – can’t wait to show you them!  And in case you hadn’t noticed Stephanie has expanded her line of products at the shop with ALL KINDS of great goodies.  Make sure you check out all the new stuff she has available!

For today though I’ve been playing with a gorgeous new floral set called Delightful Day.  I created a panel using the solid stripe stamp from Basic Stripes and stamped it in Fog pigment ink.  I used the MISTI so was able to get a good solid image by overstamping several times to eliminate any uneven patches.  I stamped the jar and roses in Tuxedo black ink and coloured them with Copics.  After fussy cutting them out I popped them up on some foam adhesive and finished with some Doodlebug Sprinkles and a coat of Wink of Stella – which doesn’t really show in the photo 🙁

delightful day 1

For my second card I couldn’t help going for more stripes!  This time I went for a bold black striped background (so easy using the MISTI) and mounted my coloured roses onto a die cut circle cut from gold Bazzill cardstock.  A few little sequins (from a mix from Lucy’s Cards – also available from Clearly Besotted).  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and embossed it in gold to finish.

delightful day 2

 

Please make sure you pop along to the rest of the DT blogs for more amazing ideas and also from the fabulous Stephanie herself.  Prepare to guard your wallet – it’s definitely in danger this month 😉


03.03.2015

Clearly Besotted March release – On Your Day

Teaser Time

Hello – I’m back today with a sneak peek at a stunning new set coming from Clearly Besotted this month called On Your Day.  It is a gorgeous floral set with a great wreath building element to it – I just love it.  I kept my card quite simple  and stamped the stem and flowers using the MISTI so I was able to line them up perfectly and double stamp to get a nice, deep impression.

 

On Your Day

 

Thanks for stopping by – make sure to check out the rest of the designs the team has come up with today by visiting the Clearly Besotted blog and following the links from there xxx

05.02.2015

Sketched Blooms

Hello again.  I’m back today with one more card before the Clearly Besotted February 2015 release goes live tonight at 10pm BST.  Today I’m featuring the amazing Sketched Blooms stamp set and it is beautiful.  I fell in love with this set as soon as I saw it and knew it was screaming to be watercoloured.  This time I went with distress ink rather than water colour paints.  I used Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry (I think they’re probably my two most used distress colours), dabbed them onto a craft sheet and then spritzed the ink with water.  I stamped two large and one small flower in Versamark onto Tim Holtz water colour paper and then heat embossed them in white before die cutting them.  I then coloured the flowers in quite loosley to give a pretty, delicate tint.  I repeated this for the leaves using Peeled Paint distress ink.  For my card base I wanted to have more than just a plain base so to echo the softness of the flowers I cut a panel out of an A2 Neenah white card base and “joined” the front of the card back together with a panel of thick vellum.  By anchoring the flower cluster over the gap the card is given back it’s strength and so doesn’t collapse.

sketched blooms

 

I stamped the Hello sentiment also from the set (LOVE that font) in Fog pigment ink from Avery Elle (such a gorgeous shade of grey).  To finish the card I added a few splatters of Mister Huey Calico Shine and a few wee sequins (because … sequins).

Thanks for visiting – I really hope you’ve enjoyed this release and I can’t wait to see the cards around blogland once they start shipping.  Don’t forget to check out Steph and the rest of the design team for lots more inspiration.