Accented Blooms / Stamping With Melva

Accented Blooms

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

On Saturday I attended a wonderful stamping event held by the Vancouver Island Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. It's always fun to get together with other demonstrators to share and create! We also did a swap of cards.

My card features the Accented Blooms stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. I love this stampset - it's perfect for the beginner stamper, the casual stamper and the avid stamper. I'd say my card is for the avid stamper as it incorporates heat embossing.

For this card, I stamped the image in VersaMark and then sprinkled by with Black Embossing Powder and heated. I sponged the flower images with Poppy Parade using a Sponge Dauber and coloured the leaves using Pear Pizazz using a Blender Pen.

Did you notice the ribbon and wonder where Poppy Parade ribbon came from? Here's my new favourite technique! You can colour any ribbon using a Stampin' Blends alcohol marker.

Instructions

Cut a piece of Basic Black card stock (4 1/4" x 11") in half to form a card base.
Use the Embossing Buddy to a piece of 3 3/4"x 3 3/4" Whisper White card stock. Stamp the flower image in VersaMark on a piece of Whisper White.
Sprinkle with Black embossing powder and use the Heat Tool to "melt" the powder.
Sponge the flowers with Poppy Parade ink using a Sponge Dauber.
Colour the flowers using Pear Pizazz with a Blender Pen.
Stamp the sentiment using Poppy Parade and punch out with the Tailored Label Punch
Adhere to the embossed image using Dimensionals
Adhere to Poppy Parade card stock (4" x 4")
Adhere to the card base
Colour a piece of Silver Metallic thread using the Dark Poppy Parade Stampin' Blend. (TIP - make sure that you put a piece of paper underneath your ribbon as the ink will bleed through).
Adhere around the card base using Snail.
Adhere 3 Faceted Gems over the seam.
Stamp the inside sentiment using Poppy Parade ink on a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White cards stock.
Adhere to the inside of the card.

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Please be sure to use the current Host Code FGVKUG26 to receive a free gift from me in February. When you place a $50 order (before shipping and taxes) using the Host Code, I'll send you four cards and instructions by mail as a thank you. If your order is over $200, please do not use the Hostess Code as you'll qualify for Stampin' Rewards, but I'll still send you the 4 free cards!