Black Magic Flower Card

My friend Donna told me to check out a new technique called Black Magic. I saw some samples and immediately wanted to try it! I decided to try chocolate chip instead of black and I like the result! I used the top note die and then stamped the grass and flowers from the Inspired by Nature stamp set with Whisper White Craft ink. Then I heat set them with my heat gun. Starting with the lightest color, I used my pure color pencils (you can use watercolor pencils instead) to color in the stamps.

I ran some River Rock through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and placed it on some Bravo Burgundy. I added some Daffodil Delight ribbon around the top note and the sentiment from the Afterthoughts Hostess set.

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Urban Garden Inspiration

I just got the Urban Garden DSP and I love it. How did I ever live without it? I love the color combination of baja breeze, kiwi kiss, and not quite navy. I again used Inspired by Nature and stamped the grass in kiwi kiss and the flower in not quite navy. Then I stamped the sentiment and punched it out with the large oval punch and sponged around the edges and mounted it with dimensionals. I'm still getting over a cold, so I'm off to take a quick nap before I have to take my son to soccer practice. Have a great weekend!

Inspired by Nature

This is one of those sets that didn't catch my eye at first, but then as I saw all the beautiful cards and samples everyone made with it and had to have it. I love the silhouettes of the grass and the flower and all the neat images you can stamp with them.

One of the cards I saw used the Poppin' Pastels technique. I hadn't used that technique in a while so I thought I would try it again. Having grown up in Maryland, I've always loved its state flower, the Black Eyed Susan, so I pulled out my long neglected Stampin' Pastels and sponge daubers and started with chocolate chip in the centers, with some so saffron petals and always artichoke stems and leaves.

I used the new Large Oval Punch (love it!) to punch out the sentiment and then I used two more punched out chocolate chip large ovals to mat it. Lastly, I added some of the new Alpine Ribbon from the Holiday Mini Catalog (coming Oct 1st!)