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Make It Monday | Acrylic Block Stamping

Make It Monday Video Tutorial watercolour acrylic block stamping with Picture Perfect from Stampin' Up!

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Welcome to Make It Monday! I was looking at what I could film for this weeks Make It Monday video tutorial, and I realised that I hadn’t looked at any techniques for a while, and seeing as this is one of my favourites, I thought I would share it again today!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial watercolour acrylic block stamping with Picture Perfect from Stampin' Up!

As regular readers will be well aware I love a spot of Watercolouring! and for me that is any technique that mixes ink and water. This card was totally inspired by a card in the most recent edition of Stampin’ Success – the exclusive Demonstrator magazine (one of the many benefits of being part of Stampin’ Up!), and I used the same colour combination; Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo and Basic Black.

One of the most important things to remember when using ink and water in your card making, it getting the right card stock. Stampin’ Up! have 3 great options; watercolour paper, Thick Whisper White card stock, and Shimmery White card stock – which is what I have used here. Shimmery White has glitter embedded in it, and it is so pretty in real life but its tricky to pick up in photos.

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Acrylic block stamping watercolour with Picture Perfect from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for checking out my Make It Monday post this week. Do check back to my blog tomorrow for the start of something really cool!

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Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set

£24.00

Clear Block C

£6.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

£7.25

2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes

£8.25

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Picture Perfect Starfish

Picture Perfect Starfish using Stampin' Up! UK products

Last week I shared a couple of cards using the Picture Perfect stamp set, and I couldn’t wait too long before making a card with the other image in the set – a fabulous starfish!

Picture Perfect Starfish using Stampin' Up! UK productsThis card is super simple! You all know how much I love a super simple, quick and easy card. The sentiment could easily be swapped for a birthday, or maybe a going away type of theme, but I have used one from the same stamp set as the starfish – Picture Perfect

The starfish is stamped in 2 layers, the first in Delightful Dijon, with Calypso Coral over the to to create a dimensional sea creature.

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Product List

Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set

£24.00
Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock

£6.50
Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Picture Perfect Humming Bird

Humming Bird Card featuring Picture Perfect from Stampin' Up! UK

This card was totally inspired by the fabulous Brandy Cox, a few weeks ago she created a great card using this humming bird in a similar colour combination as well as creating a bird with two wings. I loved it and just had to have a go to!

Humming Bird Card featuring Picture Perfect from Stampin' Up! UK

This bird is stunning! I will admit that I bought the Picture Perfect stamp set purely for the Rose stamp (Which I used in my Make It Monday video yesterday!) but once it arrived this bird just made my heart sing! I have so many ideas for this one, and so little time to play with it! There are so many colour combinations that would make this bird look awesome, here I have used Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black and Delightful Dijon. I never even thought of using Basic Black on this bird until I saw Brandy’s sample, but it really works!

The humming bird stamp actually only has one wing, but I really love the idea of adding a second to really make the bird appear as if in flight. I simply stamped an extra bird and just fussy cut the wing, then added the second wing behind the fussy cut bird with a dab of Tombow glue

Picture Perfect Humming bird from Stampin' Up! Uk

I had to use my favourite embossing folder on this card too! My Lovely Lace embossing folder looks worse for wear, I really need to buy a new one, but it still works – even if it is held together by parcel tape! (on an important note; this is why I don’t advise you run your embossing folders through the big shot sideways too often, or you will need parcel tape too!)

Measurements:

Card Base – Delightful Dijon – Half A4 folded in half

Tempting Turquoise – 14.3 x 10 cm

Very Vanilla – 13.8 x 9.5 cm

Tempting Turquoise – 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Very Vanilla – 7 x 7 cm

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Product List

Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set

£24.00
Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

£7.00
Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50
Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock

£6.50
Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock

£6.50
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£7.25
Paper Snips Scissors

£9.00

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Make It Monday | 2 Step Stamping

Make It Monday Video Tutorial 2 Step Stamping Picture Perfect from Stampin' Up! UK

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Welcome to another week of Make It Monday!

I have been loving playing with the Picture Perfect stamp set recently, and have a few cards to share with you using this stamp set over the next week or so. I am so pleased that this stamp set is in our new Annual catalogue too. (I do have a few spare catalogues, let me know if you want one!)

Make It Monday Video Tutorial 2 Step Stamping Picture Perfect from Stampin' Up! UK

How pretty is this rose? Little known fact about me, one of my middle names is Rose – I rebelled against it for a LONG time, but these days I love it and really embrace the Rose in my name. James went through a period a few years ago of buying me heaps of Roses (flower not chocolates, although he has bought me plenty of those too!) but recently I haven’t had any flowers, maybe I should send him this blog post as I reminder!

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Back to the stamping …. These roses look really complex, but are super simple to stamp. They are a 3 layer stamped image, which means that there are 3 stamps stamped one on top of the other, in different colours to create the full flower. The leaves are the formed in the same way. You can see exactly how to stamp these in the video tutorial below

I adore this colour combination, Rose Red and Crumb Cake. The roses are stamped in Blushing Bride and Rose Red, while the leaves are a combination of Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive.

Make It Monday Featuring Stampin Up Picture Perfect Video Tutorial

I arranged the flowers before I stuck everything down, I do this a lot when I’ve fussy or die cut elements, just to check my composition works. I found that this card was missing something, Stampin’ Up! have some great stamp sets for this event, but Gorgeous Grunge is my favourite! So I added some Crumb Cake spatter using Gorgeous Grunge, and that was the card complete!

Measurements:

Card Base – Rose Red – 14.85 x 21 cm (half a sheet of A4) Scored at 10.5 cm

Crumb Cake Layer – 14.3 x 10 cm

Whisper White Layer – 13.8 x 9.5 cm

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Product List

Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set

£24.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

£18.00

Paper Snips Scissors

£9.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

£6.50

Rose Red A4 Card Stock

£6.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

£3.75

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Just a Picture Perfect Note

Stampin' Up! UK Picture Perfect Just a note card

Not all cards we send are for happy events, birthdays or congratulations. A handmade card can say more than words when sent for a different event; sympathy or just a simple Thinking of You. This past week we got some slightly scary news about my grandfather, who at 94 has already battled cancer once and is now having to undergo tests to see if its come back. My grandfather lives 300 miles from me, but has been a massive part of my life, I spent many many days and weeks at his house when I was very small. I really need to get my backside in the car to go and see him, but trying to get a few days off with James to go is tricky. So, I’m made him a card…. now I just need to work out what I’m going to write in it!

Stampin' Up! UK Picture Perfect Just a note card

I’ve been trying to find a card for this bird for a while. Its a stunning image, but it’s so pretty and detailed I needed to find a card that could really let it sing. All the images in Picture Perfect are designed to be stamped in several different layers, and I’ve used 4 different inks on this bird; Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Lost Lagoon and Island Indigo. I will admit that the layers aren’t stamped perfectly, but I really don’t think it matters, it’s still gorgeous!

I’m still trying to work my way through my mountain of Designer Series Paper, and I managed to get a goodly sized piece on this card. The Matt behind the layer of Very Vanilla card stock is a piece of Designer Series Paper from Farmers Market, just that fabulous pop of yellow really sets off the simplicity of the card.

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Product List

Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set

£24.00

Farmers Market Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

£6.50

Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Picture Perfect….

The brand new Spring / Summer catalogue launched in the early hours of this morning, and I’m totally in love with all of it! There is definitely something for everyone here, from cute images and dies that are great for children’s parties, to birthdays, and more thoughtful occasions, We have it covered this season

I have another reason to celebrate today, its my Birthday! and I have to say I have been well and truly spoilt by the husband; three new dresses, a mountain of bubble bath and bath bombs, chocolates and a new daylight lamp for my craft room. I am a lucky lady!

Dream without fear - 2

I have had my hands on some of the new products for a month now, and a couple of bits and bobs a little longer (It was killing me not being able to show you what I brought home from Brussels!). This stamp set jumped out at me from the moment I saw it back in November; although one of my fellow demonstrators thought this gorgeous rose looked like a cabbage! I love it!

I’m a totally sucker for all things technique-y and this set is designed for 2 step stamping – layering one stamp over another – the rose is actually 3 different stamps, and the leaves are 2. There is also a beautiful bird stamp and a really unique starfish in this one too.

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The rose is stamped in Wisteria Wonder, some layers stamped off more than others. While the leaves are actually in Mossy Meadow, and both leaves and the rose are fussy cut (it didn’t take as long as you might think!) I pulled out my most loved embossing folder for this one, Lovely Lace, and embossed a piece of Wisteria Wonder card stock, before mounting everything together onto a Pear Pizzazz card base.

Have you got your copy yet, I’m off to Staples to get some more envelopes (bad planning, more catalogues then envelopes!) and I will be popping some more into the post later on today

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