Passionate About Petals

It's officially May which means it's time to say goodbye to all the retiring stamp sets. In total, I'm losing 18 stamp sets from my collection (although a few of those will be kept because I love them so much). Many of these stamp sets are still available, but they are no longer guaranteed. If you want any of the sets features, buy now before they are gone!

The Petal Passion DSP is perfect for adding color. I took the time one day to completely color in the entire 12x12" piece of Petal Passion paper with the Stampin' Blends. It took awhile, but I think you will agree that the result is just gorgeous. From there, I cut it up into card size pieces and tried to find a way to not cover it up too much. For the card below, I added a simple sentiment with a layering scalloped circle and a piece of Night of Navy Crinkled Ribbon.

Another fun card featuring the Petal Passion paper.

• Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Better Together
• Inks: Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Stampin' Blends
• Cardstock: Petal Passion DSP, Real Red, Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Whisper White
• Accessories: Night of Navy Crinkled Ribbon, Rhinestones
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

Wonderful You

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Mother's Day card. I featured this card during April's Coloring Class. I love working with a brayer to add color to paper and DSP, but always forget I have it! For this card, I added some Melon Mambo to the Petal Passion DSP creating an ombre effect. From there I added a simple sentiment strip and a few embellishments. 

• Stamps: Better Together
• Inks: Melon Mambo, Basic Black
• Cardstock: Petal Palette DSP, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
• Accessories: Black Shimmer Ribbon, Rhinestones
• Tools: 

Brusho Triptych

Today’s card is being featured at my Coloring Class in late March and April. (Check out the Crafty Events on the homepage for full details.) I love playing with Brusho and knew I had to create this awesome Brusho triptych card after seeing a similar one on Pinterest. (Unfortunately the image had a dead link attached otherwise I would link to it.) I simply sprinkled on blue, red, and yellow Brusho Crystals to pieces of Petal Passion DSP, spritzed with water, added more crystals, spritzed, and finally let dry. When using Stampin' Up!'s DSP paper with Brusho, be careful! The paper is fairly thin and too much water can ruin it. I applied a little bit of water at a time to reach the desired effect. 

• Stamps: Party Pandas (SAB)
• Inks: Pacific Point; Brusho Crystals
• Cardstock: Petal Passion DSP; Pacific Point; Basic Black; Whisper White
• Accessories: 
• Tools: 

Brusho Bloom

As part of my preorder for the Occasions Catalog, I bought the Brusho Crystal Colour. I've been having fun playing around with them ever since! Today's card was the swap card for my demo group. I stamped the large flower image in black and then applied red and orange Brusho Crystal Colour. I then cut out the blooms. I don't have a decent picture, but I loved how each bloom looked different. From there, I added some DSP and embellishments to create this beautiful card. 

• Stamps: Beautiful Day
• Inks: Basic Black; Brusho Crystals
• Cardstock: Petal Passion DSP; Birthday Memories DSP; Tangerine Tango; Watercolor Paper
• Accessories: Love Mini Tinsel Trim; Doilies
• Tools: