I love mixing script and serif fonts for my hand stamped sentiments. I think this add balance to my compositions and of course many wonderful stamps designer knows that and they create stamp sets like Mandy's Flowers! YaY!!

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So You won't believe me but I made these cards this morning after a night shift ( I work from 10pm to 7am on Saturdays)  Here in the UK we are 5 hours ahead of USA local time and I was waiting until the last minute for a watercolour paper delivery.  I had run out of it is only available online!! Nooooooo

Then  I had to use some samples of a watercolour paper  I got ... Hmmmmm I won't mention the brand but gosh it was pretty challenging to do any colouring on it.

Today  I remembered how important it is to use good quality paper to achieve good results. Check this sample here made using Arches Cold Pressed watercolour paper...  Can you spot the differences? it is just incredible. So the point here is that the paper you use for your projects is very very very important!

Arches watercolour paper is my new favourite. Applying colours is easy and quick and the results are quite rewarding... It is easier to stamp due to very little texture and hold the inks beautifully.

I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolours to add colour to the flowers and I did some colour blending using Distress Inks ( Salty Ocean +   chipped sapphire) 

I also used Deco Diamonds Background Stamp   o stamp a backing panel. I love that geometric pattern to stamp pretty much everything. 

That's all for today ... Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions. I  always read your comments and I'm happy to answer if needed.

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Bibi

Hello everyone, Simon Says Stamp have released new wonderful products and today I'm sharing a  C6 card using  Sketch Lotus flowers stamp set and coordinating die.

Explore the whole release here!

For this card, I also used Deco Diamonds Background stamp and the tiny butterflies are from the new Plantiful Puns stamp set.

Supplies

Hi there, I hope you are doing well...Today I'm sharing one of my fav colour combinations together with beautiful Simon Says Stamp supplies.
You might have seen a lot of cards here in my blog using red or pink,  yellow, green and black colours. Sometimes I just use one of these colours, sometimes two, sometimes all of them and sometimes I add extra colours to this combo.

As I'm in Copic colouring mode I  used red colours from Copics Ciao Set B  to colour the flowers.  I used different shades of green cardstock 270 grams for the leaves and gold cardstock and sequins to add accents.
The stamped images and die cuts are from   "Friends of Life Stamp Set ", its coordinating die set called "Forget me not",  Deco Diamonds Background Stamp and Wonky Rectangles wafer dies.

Sadly  Friends of life stamp set has been sold out and discontinued but its beautiful matching die set is still available and it is very versatile. You can easily add colours and details  to the die cuts using markers and pens.

Forget me not set of 6 dies

Here in my blog, I shared a couple of samples using " Forget me not die set"  click here and here to see them and I also made a card using the discontinued stamps here ( that card on that post is one of my favs ever).

On the other hand, I'm loving the geometrical pattern produced by Deco Diamonds Background Stamp is also one of my favourites not only to stamp card backgrounds but envelopes. I stamped this card background with Versamark Clear Ink and the envelope with grey ink. I also used Wonky Rectangles wafer dies to add that beautiful decorative pattern all over the edge of the front panel. It really makes a difference!

I found a couple of pictures online with some of these colours I  love but this is just as a guide as I never use pure colours. I always incorporate yellows and browns to add light, shadows or interest... and  I also use neutral colours for the card base or for any other element in the card, it could be an embellishment or a die cut.


I love an immaculate with background but red and pink work well on any neutral or dark cardstock colour. 

Below a couple of samples variations using the same colours.  You can click on the pictures to see more.

Although on this card you might see red and pink colours mainly there is a hint of yellow picking through here and there and green. I added a very soft grey halo around the flowers and the black banner and sentiment are adding contrast.

For this journal cover, the yellow colour  is more noticeable but I used the same colour scheme

Here I used pale pink, pale yellow, green and black colours and I also used a very similar geometric stamp from Simon Says Stamp as well called Centre Cut Geometric Pattern.

Depending on the amount of each colour  you use and how you use it  your projects will look completely different every time.

 Tha's all for today! I hope you like the projects and the ideas.