This month's Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog theme is Floral theme. I knew right away which set I was going to use - Paint Fusion Stamp Set - Tulip!
I started with coloring the sky using Distress inks and a blender tool onto Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock - this is my base piece. I made the cloud template with a scalloped die cut.
I stamped the flower images over the sky, now worrying about overlap as I knew I was going to paper piece over the base. I stamped the images second time onto Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock.
Next I colored with Distress ink pads and a stylus tool, blending colors by lightly building color directly on the cardstock. Starting with the lightest color, I colored the entire image. Next, I added the darker color and darkest color, then came back in and blended with the lightest color. I colored both the base and pieces to be cut out. As you can see, I didn't worry too much about staying inside the lines for the images I was planning to cut out. :o)
I colored the stems with my Spectrum Noir Markers, CG1 and CG2.
Distress ink pads used:
leaves: shabby shutters, forest moss
pedals: mustard seed, spiced marmalade, fired brick
After cutting out the pieces, I edged them with a black water-based marker. I adhered the pieces at bottom portion of the image. After it dried, I bent them up. This adds wonderful dimension to a single layer base. I trimmed the base layer to allow some of the tulip and leaf to go outside the boarder - I dig going outside sometimes!
Shout Out: My design was inspired by a video by Vicky P. She's so creative and has great tips! You can see the video here.
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