SOCIAL STAMPING | RAINBOWS

Hello and welcome to this Social Stamping Blog Host created by the fabulous Kelly Kent .  Kelly wanted to give us a platform to share our creations due to the world being in various stages of social distancing and isolation. You may have arrived from Kelly's blog,  or if you are starting here please be sure to hop all the way around, you won't want to miss any of the lovely projects everyone has to share. The theme for today is "rainbows"! Rainbows are a great symbol for good luck and good fortune as they can motivate us to continue and endure through dark times as they provide hope and motivation. Just what we need at the moment with  what we are experiencing around the world ! Here in Christchurch, New Zealand we are currently in day 17 of a 28 day lockdown. I hope wherever you are around the world you are keeping well and staying safe. To create my flowers I water-coloured pieces of the Fluid 100 paper using the various rainbow colours, the...

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AROUND THE WORLD ON WEDNESDAY | ALL THINGS CRAFTY

Welcome to the very first monthly blog hop from the Around the World on Wednesday Design Team. The Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop has been created by my lovely friend Angie McKenzie and I am so excited to be joining this group of super talented demonstrators from around the world! The Around the World Hop will go live on the second Wednesday of each month. This month's theme is All Things Crafty, focusing on what your must haves are for your creativity. For me it was an easy choice - Aqua Painters! I love watercolouring, whether it's colouring in or splashing colour around! I love how the gorgeous bold flowers from the Floral Essence Stamp Set look on the Balmy Blue water-coloured background. After embossing the Shimmery White Cardstock with the stitched die from the Stitched Labels Framelits Dies, I swirled generous amounts of water using my Aqua Painter then added the Balmy Blue ink. I love the light and dark areas created by water-colouring. The...

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SOCIAL STAMPING | THANK YOU!

Hello and welcome to this Social Stamping Blog Host created by the fabulous  Kelly Kent . Kelly wanted to give us a platform to share our creations due to the world being in various stages of social distancing and isolation. You may have arrived from my gorgeous friend Lou Kitzelman ,  or if you are starting here please be sure to hop all the way around, you won't want to miss any of the lovely projects everyone has to share. The theme for today is "thank you"!  Here in Christchurch, New Zealand we are currently in day 10 of a 28 day lockdown.   We are so fortunate to have people working in essential services keeping our country going and to these amazing people thank you! We really are very appreciative of everything you are doing for us. I am enjoying the time to experiment with ideas. For this card, I masked off an area on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock and stamped images from the Beautiful Friendship Stamp Set in Blueberry Bushel....

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