Lovely Lotus Flowers

My lovely lotus flower cards combine the Lotus Flower pre-coloured digital stamp from the Hello Lovely digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store with the "Beautiful Day" digital sentiment from the same stamp set.  I sized the image and sentiment to fit on a 5.5" square panel, printed on smooth white 300gsm Letter sized cardstock, making it easy to score and trim to create a 5.5" top folding card.

I added some ripples of water around the Lotus image to anchor the flower and leaf stems to the card.  Although the cardstock is NOT “alcohol-ink-friendly”,

the Copic markers blended quite nicely, giving a watercolour effect.

The markers I used were BG70, BG72 and BG75.

   

*** WARNING ***

I love this image and sentiment, love the "water" too, so there are lots of photos. 

   

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INGREDIENTS

Hello Lovely digital set from the Beccy's Place store

Lotus Flowers pre-coloured digital stamp

Beautiful Day - digital sentiment

300gsm smooth white cardstock - for card

scoreboard & bone folder - for card fold

sharp craft knife + self healing cutting mat + steel ruler

- for trimming the card to size

Copic markers - BG70-BG72-BG75

to add water under the lotus flower and leaf stems

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I have entered my cards in the following challenges:

October Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges

There's a Wren in the Mirror . . .

No, you're not seeing things, I shared a wren card earlier today.

This new card is the "same-but-different", with the wren image mirrored

to give a different look.  You have got to love how digital stamps

make changes like these so quick and easy.

Funny how images and words trigger memories ... on one visit to my parents' place, a vibrantly coloured male wren took an intense dislike to the equally vibrant male he saw in our car mirrors.  It was exhausting watching the one-sided battle, so we quickly covered the mirrors to bring peace to Wrenland.

Anyway, enough of my trip down memory lane, let's get creative.

My card combines the Superb Fairy Wren pre-coloured digital stamp from the Superb Fairy Wren digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store with the "a happy hello" digital sentiment from the Limited Edition digital stamp set, also from Beccy's Place.  I sized the image-sentiment to fit on a 3.8" square panel and mirrored it, so that the wren was facing left instead of right, same-but-different.  I printed on smooth white cardstock then added some more shadow to anchor the wren to the card with Warm Grey W0-W1-W3 Copic Markers.

Next came a touch of Wink of Stella sparkle to the blue feathers on the wren,

as you move the card around, there is a flash of vibrant blue sparkle,

just like the wrens that visit with my Mum when she sits in the garden.

Here is the same card, the Wink of Stella clear glitter has been applied but

the light is not capturing the shimmering sparkle, just an odd spec of sparkle.

I trimmed the image panel, matted with black cardstock and trimmed to a 1/16" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler, matted the layered panel Marine cardstock and trimmed to a 1/8" border, then added the panel to a 5 1/2" square top folding card base made from the same smooth white cardstock.

In the pic below, you can see that I put the 3/16" edge of the Perfect Layers Ruler against the edge of the image panel, giving a 1/8" Marine blue border.

   

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I have made two cards same-but-different using this Superb Fairy Wren image.

This card used I the mirrored the Super Fairy Wren image.

My first card used the Superb Fairy Wren image straight from the stamp set.

You can read all about my first card HERE or click on the photo below.

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INGREDIENTS

Superb Fairy Wren digital set from the Beccy's Place store

Superb Fairy Wren pre-coloured digital stamp

Limited Edition digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place store

a happy hello - digital sentiment

textured cardstock - American Crafts - white-black-marine

300gsm smooth white cardstock - for card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to make card base

sharp craft knife + self healing cutting mat + steel ruler

- for cutting image panel and matting layers

Helmar 450 Quick Dry -

liquid adhesive - to adhere the layers

Perfect Layers Rulers - for matting layers

Copic markers - W0-W1-W3 - to add shadows under the wren

Wink of Stella clear glitter brush - to add sparkle to the wren

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I have entered my card in the following challenges:

October Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges

 

Superb Fairy Wren

My card combines the Superb Fairy Wren pre-coloured digital stamp from the Superb Fairy Wren digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store with the "a happy hello" digital sentiment from the Limited Edition digital stamp set, also from Beccy's Place.  I sized the image-sentiment to fit on a 3.8" square panel, printed on smooth white cardstock.  I added some more shadow to anchor the wren to the card with Warm Grey W0-W1-W3 Copic Markers.

Next came a touch of Wink of Stella sparkle to the blue feathers on the wren,

as you move the card around, there is a flash of vibrant blue sparkle,

just like the wrens that visit with my Mum when she sits in the garden.

I trimmed the image panel, matted with black cardstock and trimmed to a 1/16" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler, matted the layered panel Marine cardstock and trimmed to a 1/8" border, then added the panel to a 5 1/2" square top folding card base made from the same smooth white cardstock.

   

As I look at the card now, I'm thinking that I might

add some pretty black pearls or sparkling gems.

Add them or stick with "less is more"?

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I have made two cards same-but-different using this Superb Fairy Wren image.

My first card uses the Superb Fairy Wren image straight from the stamp set.

For my second card I have mirrored the Super Fairy Wren image.

You can read all about my second card HERE or click on the photo below.

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INGREDIENTS

Superb Fairy Wren digital set from the Beccy's Place store

Superb Fairy Wren pre-coloured digital stamp

Limited Edition digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place store

a happy hello - digital sentiment

textured cardstock - American Crafts - white-black-marine

300gsm smooth white cardstock - for card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to make card base

sharp craft knife + self healing cutting mat + steel ruler

- for cutting image panel and matting layers

Helmar 450 Quick Dry -

liquid adhesive - to adhere the layers

Perfect Layers Rulers - for matting layers

Copic markers - W0-W1-W3 - to add shadows under the wren

Wink of Stella clear glitter brush - to add sparkle to the wren

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I have entered my card in the following challenges:

October Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges

Ulysses Flutter - 4

For my fourth card today, I combined the Ulysses pre-coloured digital stamp from the Butterfly House digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store with the Life Wonderful digital sentiment Shabby Chic Roses digital stamp set, also from the Beccy's Place store.  Unfortunately this digital stamp set now discontinued but you can read more about it and see creations shared using the stamps and sentiments HERE on the Beccy’s Place Blog.

I sized the butterfly to 2" high (nearly 2 1/2" wide) and rotated it slightly to fit on a 4" square panel.  I added the sentiment then printed the image panel on textured white cardstock.  I also printed an extra copy of the 2" high butterfly, to fussy cut.  I trimmed the image panel, matted with black cardstock, trimmed to a 1/16" border, matted with Mermaid cardstock, then trimmed to a 1/8" border.  I adhered the matted image panel to a 5 1/2" square panel of white textured cardstock then adhered the multi matted image panel on to a 5 1/2" square top folding card base made from 300gsm smooth white cardstock.

I created the 1/8" border by putting the 3/16" edge of the

Perfect Layers Ruler against the edge of the image panel.

   

Next came some fun modifications.  I fussy cut the extra butterfly, added black ink to the edges then inked the back of the butterfly with the same black ink.  I added Wink of Stella sparkle to the coloured parts of the butterfly wings. Then I carefully added sparkle to the Mermaid matting layer, luckily the brush tip is so fine and easy to control.  The sparkle is so pretty but a challenge to capture with the camera, just like how difficult it is to photograph these beautiful butterflies out in the rainforest, don't ask how I know, all I can say is that our first visit to Cairns was before we had a digital camera, the olden days when you had to wait for films to be developed...

   

I adhered the body of the butterfly to the printed image panel

and gently folded up the wings for fluttery dimension.

   

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I have made four cards same-but-different using this Ulysses Butterfly image.

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This post is about my fourth card, it is matted with Mermaid cardstock, a shade that matches the dark accents in the butterfly wings.  It has the added bonus of Wink of Stella sparkle and fluttering fussy cut dimension.

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My second card was also matted with Mermaid cardstock,

a shade that matches the lighter accents in the butterfly wings.

You can read all about my second card HERE.

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My third card was matted with the Capri cardstock,

a shade that matches the lightest accents in the butterfly wings.

It has the added bonus of Wink of Stella sparkle and fluttering fussy cut dimension.

You can read all about my third card HERE.

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INGREDIENTS

Butterfly House digital set - from the Beccy's Place store

Ulysses pre-coloured digital stamp

 Shabby Chic Roses digital stamp set - from the Beccy's Place store

Life Wonderful digital sentiment

Unfortunately this digital stamp set now discontinued but you can read more about it and see creations shared using the stamps and sentiments HERE on the Beccy’s Place Blog.

textured cardstock - American Crafts - white & black

textured cardstock - Kaisercraft - Capri

300gsm smooth white cardstock - for card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to make card base

sharp craft knife + self healing cutting mat + steel ruler

- for cutting image panel and matting layers

Perfect Layers Rulers - for matting layers

Fiskars Micro Tip Scissors - for fussy cutting

Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Tip Marker

for inking fussy cut butterfly

Helmar 450 Quick Dry

liquid adhesive - to adhere the layers

Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive

liquid adhesive - to adhere the fussy cut butterfly

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I have entered my card in the following challenges:

October Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges