Friday, November 24, 2017

Guest Designing at Spellbinders - Trio of Cards Using Sunflower Cool Vibes


Hello everyone! I am honoured to be guesting for one of my favourite companies, Spellbinders. Today I have three cards to share with you using just Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low. I will be showing you three ways to use this stamp set.


Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

As you can see I kept the colours same on all three cards so that it doesn’t distract you from the design. Bonus that they look nice in the photo J

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

First and foremost, I have to say how beautiful this stamp set is! The intricate details all stamped perfectly and crisp. I used both stamps from this set several times with Versamark on watercolour paper. I then used Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set it.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

Then, my most favourite part, I ink smooshed the background using Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks. When the background was still a bit wet, I went in to drop some more of the same colours in a few places to add a bit more interest.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

To add a little sparkle I rolled up some silver string, glued it on to my card front. I stamped the sentiment and popped it over the string with foam tape. I really wanted to add yellow enamel dots to my card instead of silver sequins but I ran out of them. I think the enamel dots would have looked so much better here and would’ve complimented the other two cards beautifully.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

For my second card, I stamped the Sunflower twice on watercolour paper with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I then watercoloured the petals using Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

The flower center was coloured with a variety of yellows and greens from the distress ink family. I do love to watercolour with distress inks, they flow effortlessly. After the images were dry, I fussy cut them out and started working on my card front.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

Again, I stamped the Sunflower repeatedly on to watercolour paper with Veramark and heat embossed it with Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder then heat set it. I already knew what the placement of my flowers and stamp would be, keeping that in mind I added grey watercolour to my background with varied concentration. By varied concentration I mean that the grey would appear dark in some places and light in others.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

After my card front was dry, I popped my sunflowers on foam tape. I heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock added a little more foam tape on this label so that it was on a higher level than the flowers.
I played around with the placement of all three elements till I found the perfect position.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

I then covered my stamped images and sentiment label with my hand (you can even use a piece of cardstock or do this step before adding the images) and added black and grey paint splatters. In the end I added a few silver sequins for the bling.
Now onto my final card.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

This one too has white heat embossed images and watercolouring! I stamped both the images from this stamp set on to watercolour paper with versamark in a way that it would make a corner border. Apart from this I stamped both the images again to add to the opposite corner.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

Then I watercoloured the sunflower petals with Peacock Feathers only, the center with Spiced Marmalade and the outer design with Chipped Sapphire. For the smaller medallion, I used a mix of colours. This image reminds of ceramic tiles.
After the images were dry, I fussy cut the design leaving a white border along the design.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and added paint splatters to my card front. I then popped up the two pieces I fussy cut on each corner and added a few sequins.

Spellbinders Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

There you have it! A trio of cards using just one stamp set!
That is all from my side! 
Erum

5 comments:

Naz said...

All the three cards look so gorgeous Erum, each is beautiful in it own way! ~~~Nazneen

Claudia L. said...

Wow, you make such amazing and gorgeous cards! I love your color combinations and the 3 different looks to each card. Well done!

Marjorie DUMONTIER said...

These cards are just wonderful !

Karthikha said...

These are super gorgeous! <3 I love the blue :)

Spardha said...

Wow dee!
Look at the watercolour details!
These are absolutely beautiful! :D