Subtles for Eden's Garden and Shaded Summer

 Happy New Year everyone.  I hope it is a much better year for everyone in all respects. It would be so good if we get to see more of our family and friends and travel freely. 

Today for the Moving Along With The Times challenge and for the month of January our lovely team leader Diane has set the challenge for everyone to share cards for ladies and girls so a very easy challenge and we look forward to seeing all your designs.  

For my card I combined the Eden's Garden Suite with the Shaded Summer stamp set and whilst you may have fallen in love with Eden's Garden prior to Christmas using it for festive cards it is also a gorgeous choice for subtle colours and cards for the ladies and girls in ours lives.  

I chose the colour palette of Pool Party, Pale Papaya and Very Vanilla using my blending brushes to add very subtle colour to some parts of my design.  I also used alcohol markers, Stampin' Blends, to colour some basic pearls to tone in with my design.  By using second and third generation ink I added some soft background stamping to add depth and more interest to the die cuts.  

Don't forget to join our challenge over on the challenge blog throughout January and enjoy the last few days of the new year bank holidays.  

Keep safe all and keep stamping

Hugs Zoe x

Christmas Card Club - Christmas Wreaths

 

Hi lovely crafty friends so close your eyes for a moment and pretend it's Sunday and then open your eyes and join me and the girls for our fortnightly Christmas card share.  I'm late, but the weekend was so busy with all sorts going on and i made this yesterday with poor light for taking any pictures.  It was a great weekend though and the week has started slow for me as like many I'm fighting off a cold which I'm hoping won't knock me out. Hope you are all well and ticketty boo!

For my card I've used an early release set of dies from the Spring, yes shocking to be thinking of that already, catalogue and I love it.  The Collection is called Eden's Garden and currently includes papers, gorgeously lush gems, cotton paper (like a stiffer tissue paper!) and a stamp and die bundle.  You can see additions here from Forever Flourishing dies and my sentiment if from Words of Cheer and simply embossed in gold.  

I've mixed Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent card and added some brushed metallic gold die cuts too. I just love this brushed foil.  It changes shade as the lights catch it from different directions.  

To add to the Christmas feel I've added some of the new limited release Garden Gems which are Cherry Cobbler and Soft Succulent, and coordinating ribbon to finish.  This die makes a wreath so easy and offers a variation on the theme of the traditional circle. 

I'm using the papers from this suite in class this week so will share more, but do note the papers (DSP), Garden Gems and cotton paper are all only available while stocks last and won't actually feature in the Spring catalogue.  

Hope the week continues well for you all.  Keep warm as they report it getting colder and keep well.  

Keep stamping

Hugs Zoe x

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Spritz and Splatter techniques using Eden's Garden from Stampin' Up!

Welcome lovely crafters to our Totally Techniques blog hop from Stampin' Up! demonstrators all around the Stampin' Up! world sharing spritz and splatter techniques for you to use in your card making and scrapbooking.  

I've used a brand new stamp set with coordinating dies to share the Eden's Garden Suite with you. It launches on 2 November and includes beautiful papers, gems and cotton paper along with this gorgeous bundle.  NB the patterned papers, cotton paper and gems are only available whilst supplies last and will not be in the Spring catalogue. 

Here's how I made my card. 

1. Use a blending brush to add Soft Seafoam Ink to one side of white card 9.5cm x 14.3cm.

2. Add the same colour ink to a text stamp, I used the one from Very Versailles, and smudge off some of the ink with your finger or a piece of kitchen towel then partially stamp it onto the card.

3. Use a stampin' write marker and flick the nib inside the pen top to create splattering across your design. I also used a drop of re inker bottle ink on a stamping block mixed with a drop or two of water from my large water painter and then dipped the water painter brush into the inky solution and tapped the brush with my finger over the blended area to add extra splatters. 

4.  Stamp a sentiment onto a die cut white card from the Eden dies and remove one decorative end to be able to tuck it under a clear heat embossed die cut wreath of Evening Evergreen card. Before sticking this sentiment strip gently blend ink onto the piece.  I used the other decorative end to add heat and stick powder and gilded leafing to tuck behind this layer. 

5. Add a gold die cut and a die cut butterfly stamped in black with a black baker's twine bow. 

To finish the card I stamped the text in the corner of the base card before rolling the top left hand corner of my design layer.  I stuck all of this piece then onto the card base and added some Eden gems coming next month.  

Detailed, but CAS (clean and simple) all at the same time!

I can't wait to share the new Eden's Garden Suite with my class attendees as it is so beautiful.  I hope you think so too.  Enjoy the hop.

Keep safe and keep stamping

Hugs Zoe x

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