Watercolor Melon

Well, I fell off the posting wagon again. Sigh...I will keep trying but life just seems to happen and I don't always get to post. Since I last posted, Stampin' Up! has released the retiring lists. Watercolor Melon we knew would not return after Sale-a-bration but I have learned that Biggest Wish and Charming Sentiments are retiring at the end of April. Take a look and see if they are something you want to add to your stamping supplies.

Watercolor Melon was one of the choice you had during Sale-a-bration. My youngest daughter, Belle, love watermelon. I knew I would need this set for her to have and play with. She hasn't had any time to spend with me in my stamping room as of late but maybe this summer she can arrange a few hours to have fun stamping. 

I used Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Green for these cards. I started this one by using a blending brush to add some Granny Apple to the background. The slices of watermelon are fussy cut after they were stamped.

Watercolor Melon

I realize that it is not the right time of year for watermelon but this is one of the freebies that you could pick with a $50 Stampin' Up! order through the end of February. My youngest daughter, Belle, loves watermelon so I knew that this set would have to come home with me so that I could make her some fun cards.  I started with some thank you cards. 

This first one is a thick Basic White cardstock for the base. I added 1/4" strips of Parakeet Party, Melon Mambo, and Garden Green. This set is a two-step set meaning the melon part is a separate image from the rind and the seeds are another separate image. 

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Sale-a-bration is a fantastic time of the year! Free goodies is always the best time of the year! The sale-a-bration offerings are super fantastic.  This post is featuring one of the bundles that you could pick as free. at the $100 level.

The bright colors of this paper helps get me in the mood for spring. Not that I need much help for that! I'm ready for some warm weather, sun shine, heat and soccer! but I digress. This first card is made with Fresh Freesia as the main color. The designer series paper is from the Friendly Hello paper pack. The flower were stamped on watercolor paper and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I then spritz the flowers so that you could see water standing in the image. I placed a couple of drops of re-inker in the lid of my Fresh Freesia ink pad and picked some of that color up with a water painter. I touched the color to the image and watched as the color seeped through out the image. I repeated with the leaves and Granny Apple Green. I did fussy cut them all out and added them to my card. The re-ink spread technique can be seen HERE as a replay of my Facebook Live. Watch now!

Lily Impression 6

This is my set of cards that I made with Lily Impressions designer series paper. Today is the last day you can get this paper but you could do this with any designer series paper and have a lovely set of cards when you were done. They didn't take that much time once I made up my mind what I wanted to do!

I made another set of sympathy cards. I have had a use for them recently and needed to have more on hand.

Once again, to layer the punch, I punched from the cardstock and then cut it in half, placing each piece behind the Whisper White piece.

I stamped the small lily on the punch piece too. I used Wink of Stella on the lily to add some shimmer. I couldn't decide if I liked the punched image on the top or the bottom of the card better so I did both. Which do you prefer?

You can see the instructions for these cards HERE. You can always let me know what you think or any questions in the comments too!

Happy Stampin'!

Supplies:

tams# 42937

Product List

Lovely Lily Pad Photopolymer Stamp Set

Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English)

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

Everyday Label Punch

Stampin' Dimensionals

Lily Impressions 5

Down to 1 day left to get this paper, stamps and/dies! Sale-a-bration is winding down! Don't miss out!

I used the large lily die for these cards. I don't know about you but it seems like I always need sympathy cards but don't have them on hand. They are hard to create, in my opinion, when you need one.

Granny Apple Green, Blackberry Bliss and Melon Mambo are the card base colors for this set of cards. The lilies all have Wink of Stella on them. It makes them shiny and glittery.

You can read how I went about making these cards HERE. 

Happy Stampin'!

Supplies:

tams# 42936

Product List

Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English)

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

Pretty Label Punch

Lily Pad Dies

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Stampin' Dimensionals

Lily Impressions 4

Another 6 cards I made using Lily Impressions DSP. You may have noticed that in the first picture I used the other side of the designer series paper. I loved this look so much, I had to use it.

The base colors on these are Blackberry Bliss, Melon Mambo, and Grapefruit Grove. I move the strip of card stock up or down on the card depending on where the lilies were. 

Lovely Lily Pad is a reversible stamp set. That means that one side has the details, the petals in this case. The other side is a solid image to fill in the lined images. You can see these two sides working together on these cards.

I used the Tailored Tag punch. To get the layered look with this punch, I punched from the colored cardstock and then cut the punched item in half the long way. I adhered the two halves on the back of the Whisper White punch, giving the look of another layer.

You can see the other cards from this card making fest I had HERE, HERE and HERE. AND there is still more to come! 

Don't forget these are Sale-a-bration items and they are only available until March 31 and then they will not be available any longer. Don't miss out on this paper! It's so pretty!

Happy Stampin'!

Supplies:

tams# 42818

Product List

Lovely Lily Pad Photopolymer Stamp Set

Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English)

Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad

Lily Pad Dies

Tailored Tag Punch

Stampin' Dimensionals