There must have been some magic...

Winter is the perfect time for Polar White Flower Soft - whether you're adding snow to a scene, or fluffy trim to a warm coat, the texture and dimension are perfect. On this card, I worked in both! These are stamps from Impression Obsession's latest stamp release.Have you entered the "Think Snow" challenge yet? There's still time...!

Thanks for looking!
Dina

Pumpkin Cupcake

Our American customers are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving this week! We wish you a joyful celebration. We truly all do have so much to be thankful for.Speaking of celebrating, and food......... have you ever used Flower Soft to add realism to your stamped images of food? This pumpkin cupcake would be a tasty Thanksgiving treat... I added Sand Ultra Fine Flower Soft to the cupcake wrapper for some crumb texture. All stamps are from Impression Obsession.
Thanks for looking!
Dina

Lavender Gate Fold

Here's a card I made for the Hope You Can Cling To card drive at Splitcoaststampers last month - this is a gatefold card using the Lavender Papercraft Kit. This kit coordinates with Spellbinders dies, and they're so easy to line up - I don't have the scalloped ovals, but the classic ovals work just as well. I used Lilac Flower Soft on the focal panel, and the sentiment comes from Impression Obsession.

Thanks for looking!
Dina

Circle Shaker

Have you played along with our Circle challenge yet? There's still time! For my card, I created a shaker card using a Shake-It pouch and stamps from Impression Obsession. I used Earth Ultrafine Flower Soft and some coffee grounds for my filler. I used a brown Blo-Pen for a quick spritz of speckles across the card.
You can click over to my blog to see how I created the word border around my circle opening! Remember, if you'd like to join in on the Sprinkle challenge, pull out the Flower Soft - you might even win a prize! Post your Circle project in the Splitcoast Gallery using the keywords flowersoft (one word) and FSC36. We'd love to have you join us!

Autumn Accents

Flower Soft can add a seasonal touch to any image. For the card below, the bucket was stamped a second time and shaped. It's popped up with foam tape, and I tucked some Autumn Mix Flower Soft in the top. I'll have to try this image later with Polar White snow in the bucket for winter, and flowers in the bucket for Spring! (Spring Mix? Sweet Pea? Heather? Lavender?!)
All stamps are from Impression Obsession... they carry Flower Soft too! I used inkpads to color my background panel using a direct-to-paper technique, and the image was colored with Prismacolor pencils.

Fluffy winter trim

On this card I used Polar White Flower Soft to fluff up the trim on these sweet Snow Angels. Speaking of white........ do you know about Ultra Fine White Flower Soft?!! It's available now in the UK, and will be in the US soon. Can't wait. All stamps are from Impression Obsession, dies from Spellbinders and Lifestyle Crafts. The image is colored with Touch Twin Markers.

sweet Easter greets

Polar White Flower Soft not only adds texture, but blends into the color it covers - I used it here to fluff up this sweet little Easter cupcake from Impression Obsession - I sprinkled glitter over the Flower Soft area while the glue was still wet for a little extra sparkle. Here's a close-up on the focal image, which was watercolored using chalk inks.

Thanks for visiting today - come back tomorrow for a list of our challenge winners, and a new Sprinkle challenge!!

Tutorial: Die Cut Dimensions - adding dimension

Thought I'd show some photos of the process of creating the focal panel on this card. You can find other card details by clicking here.

This concept is one I have used on many stamped images lately to add dimension... the bonus here is having the cuts already made for you! Hope this gives you some ideas for your dimensional projects!

Die Cut Dimensions

I'm sure there will be much more information coming on these new products in the near future, but I wanted to share this card I made with the new Die Cut Dimensions Wildflowers! This is a super-versatile preprinted die-cut kit that will stretch to embellish many, many projects. I'll have a photo tutorial soon, to show how you can add realistic dimension to your flowers. For now, here's my card! All stamps are from Impression Obsession. I used glass microbeads and Polar White Flower Soft in the flower centers to add texture and dimension.

Keep your eyes peeled for more new products coming your way soon... there are some sneak peeks at Flower Soft's Facebook page!

Flower Soft and Card Positioning Systems

This little guy is from Flower Soft's Moments in Time stamp line - the set is called Best Fishes. I did my watercoloring with reinkers, and I attempted a little lake scene behind him as well, then stamped Porcelain Crackle (Impression Obsession) over the whole scene for a vintaged look. The little border I tucked in is cut with a Fiskars rotary cutter. I used the sketch from CPS (#200) this week - Flower Soft is this week's sponsor, so if you're looking to increase your stash of fluffy stuff, check there for another chance to win!

I used teeny strips of paper to 'thread' my buttons... I did use Flower Soft on my card, but only a tiny bit - right at the 'splash' where his fishing line meets the water, there's a pinch of Polar White.

Come visit us tomorrow for another Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge!

Dina

Happy holidays!

Hi, everyone, it's Dina.....! It's my first time posting over here, so I feel a little funny... but you'll be seeing me every Tuesday here at the Flower Soft blog now, so I hope you like what you see! Since we're moving into December (where did the year go?), I thought I'd share a holiday card - this is a stamp from Impression Obsession called Goldie on Ornament. I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils.Because I didn't want to lose the detail of the ears, I used the Ultra-fine Sand Flower Soft a bit more sparingly than normal so some of the shading and lines would show through. I used Polar White Flower Soft on the rim and ball of his hat...I've found that I like the look of a couple of layers of Polar White - after the first round is dry, you can go back and add more glue and Flower Soft over the top for more dimension. (Note - do wait until the glue from your first layer is dry, or you will end up with a fluffy mess at the tip of your glue bottle. Don't ask me how I know.)

Happy crafting!

Dina

Flower Soft makes the fruit look touchable!

I hope you went on the blog hop that the Flower Soft team did with the Impression-Obsession stamp team this last wednesday. If you didn't, it is not too late. There is so much inspiration on using both the stamps and the Flower Soft and there are prizes to be had!

I wanted to share with you the card that I did for the hop. I know you did see it if you went the entire hop, but if you didn't have time, here it is.  I love the Refreshment set of stamps that I was able to play with. This is just two of the stamps in the set.  I stamped the pitcher with black ink, embossed it with clear embossing powder, colored in portions with Copic markers and then added in my Ultra Fine Flower Soft here and there. 

I just loved how well these Cosmo Cricket patterned papers went with my theme. 

Notice I only added the Flower Soft to portions of the various fruit pieces and the umbrellas? That way my images showed and you get still the great look of the Flower Soft accents. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member