It occurred to me too late yesterday that my last three projects were all in shades of blue. So when I sat down to make today's project all I had in my mind was something that wasn't blue. It was only as I looked at the open flower in the Prized Peony Stamp Set that I settled on Magenta Madness. And from there the card almost made itself. PINK PEONY The project began with the open peony image stamped onto Thick Whisper White Card using Magenta Madness ink. Then I stamped the two ... VIEW POST
Colouring A Distinktive Peony
Yesterday's pretty photo album project involved quite a lot of colouring so today I wanted to scale it right back. Not everyone understands or wants to stress over shading, and that includes me from time to time. That's when Stampin' Up!'s Distinktive® stamp images are useful. You see, Distinktive stamps are made with the shading built into the stamp image. All I had to do was colour over the top to get a great image for my card. SIMPLE START I really wanted to keep this project simple ... VIEW POST
Peony Practice Pays Off
OK I admit it, I'm a sucker for flower images and dies. I don't buy every one that Stampin' Up! brings out, but I do buy quite a few. When I first saw the 2020/21 Annual Catalogue I was immediately captivated by the Peony Garden Suite. There's pretty paper, gorgeous floral images and sentiments in the stamp set, and coordinating dies. So I got it all. It was only when I opened up the Peony Dies that I realised I had no idea how to put the 3D flower together. It didn't take long to work ... VIEW POST
