WLS Aug #2 Flowers - foxgloves

Good Morning everyon

Time with our mid month inspiration for We Love Stamping where the theme is 

FLOWERS

So a nice easy theme this month, but we always have the anything goes option too as long as you use stamping

Ive made a little wall hanging picture using strong printed acetate from Stamperia as the base

A5 size. I first did the background which you can see below with photos.

I then stamped the Pink Ink foxgloves onto white card, watercoloured with derwent inktense penciils and cut out.  I also stamped bee using a stamp set from chocolate baroque and cut out, I did all the stamping using purple ink so its softer than black.

I stamped the sentiment using a paperartsy JFOY cut out and adhered with pinflair glue gel.

From green brusho coloured card I die cut memory box pine foliage border twice, off set and added to the bottom so it looks like the foxgloves are growing out of it. To finish i punched holes and set green eyelets in the top and threaded with green waxed cotton so it can be hung up

The printed acetate has a lovely shine to it and adds a different texture 

I gave the foxgloves and pine border a coat of mod podge to seal them

I first cut the printed acetate to A5 size and rounded the corners with my WRMK corner chomper - I did this so that less chance of injury as its very stiff and corners quite sharp if caught.

I then added torn strips of washi tape here and there - this aall&create tape has similar tones in purples, teal and green.  Then stencilled on foliage in a vintage white matt acrylic paint this helped to break up all the glossy shine from the solid acetate.  I then stencilled on smaller foliage with green and fuchsia dora paint which has a beautiful shimmer to it.  I added some green acrylic paint across the bottom where the foxgloves would be growing out from.  

To finish I edged the whole panel with fuchsia dora paint to frame it 

This is the acetate before use  - clear prints from Stamperia range 'Sleeping Beauty'

Items Used

Stamperia 'Clear prints' 'Sleeping beauty' SBA410

Pink Ink Designs stamp set 'flourishing foxglove'

Paperartsy JOFY stamp set 'jofy14'

Chocolate baroque stamps 'honey bee'

Memory box die - pine edge (very old)

Foliage stencils

Plaid folkart matt acrylic paints

Cadence dora paint - fuschia, green

Derwent inktense pencils

aall&create washi tape #50

ranger stickles 'twinkle'

versafine clair ink 'Monarch'

Mod podge matt

Our prize this month is a fabulous £25 voucher for Personal Impressions which have lots of fabulous goodies to tempt you with

So do hop over to We Love Stamping to join in and have a chance of winning the prize

Thank you for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a good week. Emma

Id love to enter the following:

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2025/08/ellibelles-garden-party-no-6-anything.html

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https://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/addicted-to-stamps-and-more-challenge.html

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https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-stencil-fun-challenge.html - I have used 2 different foliage/leaf stencils 

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https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/beautiful-blossoms-challenge-anything.html

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https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-challenge.html

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https://paper-rocks-scissors.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-7-challenge.html  - used scissors to cut out the foxgloves and bees

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https://www.stampingsensations.uk/2025/08/august-challenge.html - bees

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https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-830.html - beginning with B - Blooms & Bees 

 

Happiness blooms from within

Good Morning everyone

I had a couple of these pink ink foxgloves coloured in from a previous session so decided to use them on DL cards.  My foxgloves are just sending up flower spikes in the garden so won't be long until they are in flower, and this last week more and more bumble bees have come out of hibernation which is lovely.

White DL (4x8") cardbase.   I raided my background drawer for some that would go with the colour of the foxgloves which id previously coloured with inktense pencils and cut out.  This background i think was made with oxide inks as its more matt in finish.  I die cut it into a panel to fit the card front and stamped the foxglove stamp so that i got all the little swirly bits from the stamp and then decoupaged the coloured in version over the top. 

I stamped the quote from the set onto white card and cut into a strip.  I had a die cut using the fancy die i used for the topper that had moved while die cutting so i just cut the lacy edges off that were useable and glued to the back of my sentiment panel which i adhered in place with foam tape.   Bumble bees  were the ideal finishing touch.

I added posca pen to the dots on the foxglove centres to help them stand out and a touch of glitter glue to the bee wings.  

Version 2 , this time i took a brusho'd background which was very lime & lemon and i felt too bright for the apricot foxgloves so i dulled down the colour using white gesso with flower stencils.  It is very subtle and difficult to capture in the photo but its just enough to mute the background enough.  Then the only over difference to the first card is butterflies instead of bees.

Lavinia butterflies stamped onto white, watercoloured with purple distress inks to be a contrast to the apricot flowers, cut out and arranged. 

Items used:

Pink ink stamps 'flourishing foxgloves'

Lavinia mini butterfly stamps

Chocolate baroque stamps 'honey bee'

Art by marlene flower stencils

DL nested die set

Derwent inktense pencils

Brush's

Distress & Oxide inks

Thank you all for stopping by again.  I hope you enjoy the rest of the week and then weekend.  Emmax

Id love to enter the 1st card in the  following:

https://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-challenge-244-wings-and-things.html

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https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/anything-goes-florals-with-optional.html

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https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-2023-anything-goes-spring.html

 

Flourishing Foxgloves

Good Morning everyone

Today is a small batch of cards made using a pink ink foxglove stamp,  this was the first outing for it and while it was out and I was colouring in I did a few of them....

The first card i made was for a family friend in France who sent a lovely present back for me with my parents

5x8" kraft card base.  I stamped the foxgloves onto white card and watercoloured with distress inks, i splattered some of the same inks on the background and mounted the panel onto the base card.  I stamped 3 lavinia stamps bee, 2 direct onto the topper panel and one onto spare white card, all watercoloured with distress inks.  The 3rd bee i cut out and added with glue gel on top of the foxgloves, adding a light touch of glitter glue to all the bees wings.

I die cut my sentiment from white card, adhered to a strip of kraft card and added that to the base.  I did a second version of this card saying hello which i forgot to take a photo of.

Just a close up, i added some dots to the foxglove centres with a posca paint pen.  Distress inks used - picked raspberry, wilted violet, seedless preserve, evergreen bough, rustic wilderness, wild honey & Lemonade

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Version 2, i decided to leave the foxgloves white and add the colour around the outside, i used my derwent inktense pencils for this and drew around where i wanted the colour and then blended out with water

5x8" white card base.  Once colouring my foxgloves and adding splatters with the same colours i cut to fit the card front, matting onto a layer of purple satin card and then the base.  I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set onto the offcut of white card after i had cut my base card to size, matted onto more of the purple satin and then the base with foam tape.  I stamped 2 lavinia butterfly stamps on white, watercoloured in contrasting tones of yellow/orange, cut out and added to the card with glue gel, leaving the wings free.  Touches of glitter glue on the butterfly wings and the sentiment strip.

Version 3 

 we have some apricot foxgloves in the garden so coloured these similar

5x8" white cardbase.  I watercoloured the foxgloves with distress inks - dried marigold, honey, bundled sage, evergreen bough, forest moss, shaded lilac, violet, blueprint. Matted onto burnt orange satin card and then the base.  The butterflies coloured in a contrasting purple. 

Just a close up, you can make out the burnt orange satin better here, it really comes to life when the light hits it. 

Items Used:

Pink Ink stamps 'flourishing foxglove'

Lavinia stamps butterflies

Chocolate baroque bee stamps

Derwent inktense pencils

Alpha dies - unknown brands

Anna-marie birthday print card

Ranger stickles glitter glue

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you all have a brilliant week. Emmaxx

Id love to enter my first card in the following:

https://papercraft-challenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-90-anything-goes.html

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http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/02/week-714.html   I Love pink ink stamps & foxgloves