Simon Says Stamp Crafty Hugs Blog Hop Day 2 + Center Cut Hexagon Floral

May 30, 2020

Hello from Scotland! Welcome to my blog and to Simon Says Stamp Crafty Hugs Release Blog Hop Details - Day 2.

Today I'm sharing ideas using the new background stamp Center Cut Hexagon Floral.

You can explore Complete Crafty Hugs release here!

Center Cut Hexagon Floral it is a beautiful 6x6 background stamp made out of red rubber and you can remove the center for more stamping possibilities.

Although the pattern in the stamps is not intricate, for some reason I associated the background image with the designs of Willow Pattern in China plates!

Miss You Card

To add color, I only used Royal Blue Karin Marker.

You can see a 30-second video on my Instagram here to see how I applied colour!

I first heat embossed the image on Arches 300 grams watercolor paper.
You can use different embossing powders colors. I used WoW Gold Rich Ultra Fine.
I used a Nuvo synthetic brush to apply water over the small flowers ( although these brushes aren't great for watercolor, I chose it because it doesn't hold loads of water and this helped me to apply just the right amount of water over the paper)
Then, I just dabbed the marker tip on the base of each tiny petal.
The ink got blended with the water creating a watercolor effect.
I use the clean and semi-dry brush to help out to spread the ink a little bit more evenly.
I cleaned the brush every time it got inked so that I avoid getting solid washes of color.
I didn't aim for perfection but just to add a very quirky and irregular wash of color.

For the sentiment, I used CZ Miss You wafer die.

I die cut the sentiment out of gold mirror cardstock and I die cut vellum for the backing panel.

To adhere the sentiment to the panel, I cut in half a couple of small square double-sided foam adhesives and stuck them behind the fonts so that they cant be seen in the front of the card.

Praying For You

I couldn't resist trying a different layout using a monochromatic panel like this one so here is another idea.

I used Crocus Flowers wafer die and the sentiment is from Sentiments Stripes Reverse Love.
I added Fashion Gold Embellishments.
To be able to add dimension to the flower, I didn't remove the leaves die-cuts and the tiny die cuts in the flower center so that I could place double-sided foam adhesive behind.

Check out more inspiration using Crocus Flowers Wafer Die here!