Blue Hibiscus Bunch

Hi everybody, its Maria here with my Friday Colourific post.

Today we have the A5 Hibiscus stamp which is available from the Colourific website for only £12.99, Which I have coloured in blues and greens.

Here's what you will need:

A5 Hibiscus stamp set
Blues/Greens/Yellows - spray inks (I used Pearlywinks vibes)
Light Blue/Dark Blue/Green ink pads - I used Harmony ink pads
White Stamping card
Embossing folder (I used a Crafters Companion Sheena one)
White card blank 8 x 8"
Black card for mounting
3D Foam Pads
3D Glue gel
Pokey tool
Blu tac
Silver Ribbon
Brads
Tacky Glue

Here's how to make the card

1. Emboss a piece of white card 7.5 x 7.5" square and glue to the centre of the 8x8 card blank.
2. Stamp out three of the large blooms in a light blue ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
3. Stamp out 3 medium sized blooms in green ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
4. Stamp out 3 small sized blooms in dark blue ink onto the Stamping Card - cut out leaving a small border.
5. Spray the Blue/Green/Yellow inks onto a blending mat and spritz with a little water - then swoosh a piece of stamping card approx. 5.5 x 5.5" into the inks and swirl it around.
6. Once dried, lightly spritz the same colours over the backing sheet to leave the speckles.  Leave this to dry naturally if possible.
7. Layer up the blooms and place on a ball of blu tac - then push your pokey tool through the middle for your brad to fit through.
8. Put one of the brads through the hole in each of the flower heads.
9. Using the large stamen stamp, stamp four stems as per the photo.
10. Attach 3D foam pads to the flower heads and place them on the top of the stems.
11. Mount the topper onto a piece of slightly larger black card, then mount this onto the embossed card on the card blank.
12. Finally, add a silver ribbon bow using 3D glue gel.

Hope you enjoy making your card, watch out for more next week.

Woof and all that Tag

A little bit of black and white today.  HereIs one of the little dogs drawn by Tracey Hey.  I used black onyx Versamark ink to stamp the image onto spare card, coloured the image using watercolours and fussy cut it out.  I die cut a black tag and splodged it with white gesso. A little bit of silver gilding wax around the outside really contrasts well with the black and white. I stamped the Woof and all that sentimentand cut it out.  Both images were glued onto the tag. Black and white ribbon were added to as a final touch.

He just needs a name now!