I hope things are all good with you out there. Well, what a busy time we've had at Sheena HQ and so much fun too! Back in July Sheena launched her Flowers of Britain collection, which consists of stamps and matching dies. These are really wonderful to work with and perfect for lots of occasions. They also come with what I refer to as embellishment stamps, so this gives you the opportunity to create your own backgrounds and borders to frame the flowers.
Flowers of Wales
Daffodils are one of my favourite flowers and always make me smile. The base was created by applying ink with glycerine, once it was dry, I then sponged on watered down ink and splashed on spots of ink. The border was stamped to frame the die cut shapes (Tattered Lace). To accompany the flowers, Sheena also designed die cut flourishes, which are great cut out in mirror card. The daffodils are decoupaged and this is really easy to do as there are guidelines for cutting.
Flowers of Scotland
There was a beautiful paper pad launched with this collection, so we were able to use it to create complimentary backgrounds for our flowers. For this make, I stamped on to the sheet from the paper pad, it has a lovely sheen but still allows you to add ink. I stamped the thistles and gave them a paler wash, I then painted the die cut thistles with stronger colour to bring them more to the front.
Flowers of England
This stamp and die set worked so well with some images from the previous release, who doesn't love an English rose? I placed this wild rose against a country scene, again with the paler wash to emphasize the flowers. I created a border with the corners and vine stamps. Flowers were decoupaged on both of these and I added gold flourish die cuts again.
Crafty tip: Don't throw way your extra bits from decoupaging, you can use them in other ways, they look great tucked in behind layers to add depth and interest. 😊
Flowers of Ireland
Clover and primroses, how sweet! The paper pad was used for the background and with the Tattered Lace nesting dies, I cut some hexagons, the centre one was cut in Willow card. I created the blue marbled background by sponging inks to a wet background and then added white gesso veins. again, I decoupaged the flowers and arranged them to look natural.
And finally... I used the clover stamps and dies for this card. I set it in a scene which I thought would suit this lovely little plant and the uplifting sentiment, I wanted the imagery to say, don't worry, it's going to be ok, here comes the sun, good luck is on its way. 😊
Thought I would let you in on how I made this card.
I cut a mask from A4 card, choosing yellow, for the contrast, and a large circle. The suns rays were created using the Screen Sensation tape! This is amazing, how did I ever craft without it!? It can be used over and over again, so does not go to waste. Sheena now has her own tape too.
Painted in the sky
Mask and tape was removed, I then added a very pale yellow wash over the sun and the rays.
I used the other side of the card mask to create the hill, this was done using glycerine and ink, darker round the edge. I then had a base for my flowers.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing these blooms of Britain, there are so many ways to play with them.
Back soon.
Crafty hugs
Adele
xx
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