Umbrella Weather Dies with a Watercoloured Rainbow Background

Hello there,
I hope you are enjoying the weeknd?! I am having a much needed break from working but I thought I would pop on here and share a card I made just a little while ago as I have about a million cards to share with you!!
I had made this watercolour background with a selection of (mostly subtles) ink pads on shimmer card previously without a particular project in mind. At first I was going to just place it behind the die cut windows but it sort of lacked any 'punch'. Then it struck me to emboss the panel with the Hexagon embossing folder! I loved the end result of this card and so I gave it to my friend for her birthday recently :-) Take a look....

 I used shimmer card for the top layer as well, stamped with the hearts from the matching Weather Together stamps. Sentiment is from the Dragonfly Dreams set.

 I love the extra deep impression the 'Dynamic' folders give. It's a little hard to see how awesome they are in a picture, but I did try - so here a few extra close photos ;-)

 All finished with a few sequins from my stash, silver thread and an enamel shape!

So, that's today's card! I hope you like it? 

Thanks so much for looking today:-)

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Products Used to create this project:

Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Shimmery White A4 Cardstock

Weather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set

Dragonfly Dreams Photopolymer Stamp Set

Subtles Classic Stampin' Pads

Watercoloured Weather Togeher by Stampin' Up! and Zig Clean Colour Markers.

Hello!
I have a watercoloured card for you today using the Weather Together stamps, which of course can be purchased with matching dies (saving 10% when purchased together) but I didn't use the dies today :-)
I also recently treated myself to some Zig Clean Colour pens and so I stamped and watercoloured this image with them. They offer a really vibrant colouring result in real life and I do hope you can tell that from the photo?

 I made a simple, pastel rainbow watercoloured background with the SU! subtles inks to go behind this bold image.

 And heat embossed the sentiment from the set in gold over the handle.

 I had a little of the watercoloured paper left over so I finished off the inside with a few thin strips.

 And one final photo for today. So, my conclusion for the pens? I like the Zig pens and the end result provide a very intense colour, don't you think? As a very ameteur watercolourist I did find them a little trickier to work with than SU! ink pads but I think that's because they are so vibrant. So I will practice and practice some more with them and I'll share some more makes with you here soon, I'm sure ;-)

Thanks so much for looking today,
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Stampin' hugs,

Products Used to create this project:

Weather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set

Weather Together Photopolymer Bundle

Subtles Classic Stampin' Pads

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Aqua Painters

All That Glitters Blog Hop using Umbrella Weather by Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog and Octobers Jem's blog hop. First of all - Wow, October? Already?!
So, this month for the hop we had the brief "All That Glitters" You may have hopped here from the lovely Sharon's blog - where I'm sure her project has wowed you! Please do continue to hop around everyone for lots of sparkly inspiration!
*all hop links are at the end of this post*

Anyway I made this fun and sparkly card using the Weather Together bundle. I loved this bundle as soon as I saw it and really haven't used it anywhere near enough yet, but this card is a start, right?
So, let me share my card for today, I added a ton of glimmer hearts to this card and it is really sparkly IRL...

This card started out because I had die cut the umbrella extra when making another card, what a happy accident ;-) Because of this I had to stamp after cutting, which I don't usually do, but as this stamp set is photopolymer it was fine ;-)

 I added some Crystal Effects (retired) to the spots on the brolly for extra shine and sparkle. You can use the fine tip glue pen for a very similar effect.

 So, I do have a few tips for making this card...
TOP TIP #1: To make sure your sentiment is straight use a ruler and your grid paper. Just rest it straight across and look through the block when stamping. And no pencil lines to erase!

 TOP TIP #2: Don't waste glimmer paper behind your image where it won't be seen, die cut a smaller circle from the centre and adhere as usual. I used this panel to die cut all those little hearts that I added to the card.

 TOP TIP #3: To make adhering all those hearts easy (after I had positioned them where I wanted them) I dropped a blob of glue from the fine tip pen onto a clear block (or use a silicone sheet), then swiped the hearts through the glue before wiping the excess off on the side of the block. Remember to clean your block before the glue dries though!

 TOP TIP #4: Finally, for that "designer" look remember to adhere your hearts over the edges, wait 'till they dry then flip the card over and trim the excess away from the rear for maximum accuracy.

And here's one final photo of todays card.

Next up you will be hopping over to the very lovely Sarah! or you can hop back to Sharon's blog :-)

 

Thanks for looking today, I have a ton of things to share with you as today is World Card Making Day, so please visit my OTHER POST HERE to view new specials launched today.

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Products Used to create this project:

Weather Together Photopolymer Bundle

Silver Glimmer Paper

Big Shot

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

Silicone Craft Sheet

Inlaid Die Cutting and a Shaker Card Combined - a Video Tutorial using Umbrella Weather Dies

Hello there,

I have a fun couple of cards for you today using the fab Umbrella Weather dies  from the new SU! catalogue. This was another set on my 'must have' list when I first saw the catalogue and I knew it would make a fab shaker card. 

I decided to team that with the inlaid die cutting technique though to make this fun card using the A Little Foxy paper pad and some sequins. This was the first version I made...

I added pink mini beads as well as sequins in the umbrella area.

So, as it's a little different from a standard shaker card I decide to make a little video tutorial. This is not a quick card to make but I always think a shaker card is worth the extra effort...

Take a look...

 and this was the one I made in the video! I used the sentiment from the Weather Together stamp set on this version (save 10% when bought with the dies). I think I like this one with the green sequins slightly more? What do you think?

Well, I do hope you enjoyed todays cards and video? Thanks so much for looking today!

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Stampin' Hugs,

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Products Used to create this project:

Weather Together Photopolymer Bundle

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

A Little Foxy Designer Series Paper Stack

Smoky Slate 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Stitched Ribbon

Big Shot