Mabel Lucie Attwell Stamps

We thought you would like to see this card from Deb Felts. She has used our Let's Talk Stamp, the colors and choice of backing paper give a very vintage feel that we like very much.

You can see more Mabel card ideas from Deb over on her Blog, click here...

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Faux stitching

The current Sprinkle challenge over at the Flower Soft Forum (FSC34) is to use Flower Soft on your cards cards that feature stitching, real or faux. I created a little scene for Charlie (In the Air stamp set), and colored him in with Prismacolor pencils. I added some faux stitching with the perforating blade on my rotary cutter. I thought he might like to jump in his little puddle, so I added some Polar White Flower Soft for texture and a little extra splash. The sentiment I used is from The Cat's Pajamas.

If you'd like to join in on the Sprinkle challenge, pull out the Flower Soft - you might even win a prize! Post your project in the Splitcoast Gallery using the keywords flowersoft (one word) and FSC34. We'd love to have you join us!

Grows with Love

This week's Sprinkle challenge over at the Flower Soft Forum (FSC29) is to use Flower Soft on cards that feature ovals. We'd love to have you join us, wherever that theme takes your imagination! I sort of missed the last challenge to make a frilly feminine card (FSC28), so I combined the two challenges.I watercolored this stamp called Grows with Love using reinkers, then cut out the image using an oval cutting template. I added dimension to the stamped piece by adding Flower Soft (Ultrafine Sage, Ultrafine Raspberry Fizz, Baby Pink); I also cut along the bottom of the dress and around the sleeve and bow, embossed from behind, then popped up those areas with foam tape.

Maybe you can see the cut and raised areas in this photo....
If you'd like to join in on the challenge, pull out the Flower Soft - you might even win a prize! Post your project in the Splitcoast Gallery by using the keywords flowersoft (one word) and FSC29. If your project is also Spring-themed, you can add the keyword FLOWERSOFTSPRING for another chance to win some great prizes. We'd love to have you join us!

Golden treasure

I swiped this stamp from my son months ago with the idea of using Gold Flower Soft as treasure in the treasure chest. A challenge at Splitcoaststampers gave me the perfect opportunity to use it, and I made this treasure tag. I love the rich chunkiness of the gold! Stamp credits:

Wood Grain - Impression Obsession

Treasure Chest - Cornish Heritage Farms

Sentiment - Sweet n' Sassy Stamps

One Layer Window card

I submitted a few cards to Vamp Stamp News a couple months ago -- this was one that didn't make the magazine, but they have added to their theme gallery for the month of May. I'm a little sad it didn't make it into the magazine... it was my favorite! This stamp image (I Love You) is from the Charlie's Ark line, and I watercolored it with reinkers. There's glitter pen on the heart, and Polar White Flower Soft in the corners of the panes. The sentiment is from Penny Black and the card is diecut with Spellbinders Labels 8.

whole or part?

Just wanted to share how versatile the Charlie's Ark "I Love You" set can be - here are two cards I created using the same set:The first card is watercolored using reinkers, as a winter scene (with Polar White snow and an Ultrafine Sage shag carpet!).

A card in the Flower Soft idea gallery inspired the second card - it was a bit tedious, but I love the results. I wanted to use just part of the "I Love You" image so I carefully colored just Charlie with a Marvy LePlume II marker. (If you didn't want to have to be so careful with a marker, you could stamp the whole image, and just cut Charlie out.) I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the bird on Charlie's finger (the bird is from one of the Moments in Time Christmas sets, called Little Friend), and also colored just his outline with a marker. I colored the image with Touch Twin Markers.

Hope this inspires you to look at your stamps in a different way today!

Dina

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

.......and a Happy New Year!

I entered this card in the monthly contest for December over at Art Impressions,...thought I'd share it here too. Five different stamps make up the little carolers scene, which I watercolored with reinkers and watercolor/Inktense pencils. I cut out the roof top and and punched the edge with a corner rounder with the edge guard removed. I used a large stylus to emboss each scallop from the back side.I added some snowy accents to the scene with Polar White Flower Soft.

Happy New Year to you!

Dina

Friends brighten our lives....

One more winter card for this last Tuesday of the year!

I stamped and masked the Singers image (from Flower Soft's 'Moments in Time' stamp line), then stamped over the image lightly with Cover-a-Card stamps from Impression Obsession, and sponged the edges. The sentiment is from smARTworks. The image is watercolored with reinkers, then shaded with Derwent watercolor pencils. Here's a close-up on the girlies... I love these stamps!

I'll see you next year!

Hugs, Dina

All that glitters........

The new Gold and Silver Flower Soft is super sparkly and dimensional, chunky and glittery - very fun stuff! In digging through my box of Christmas stamps, I found this stamp (Camel and King), by Stamping Sensations - part of a nativity set I picked up as a full sheet at a convention several years ago.

The image is watercolored using reinkers, Derwent watercolor pencils, and an Inktense pencil as well. I used some small gold rhinestones and gold Peel-Offs as embellishments too. There is also Ocean Ultrafine Flower Soft on the collar of the king's robe. The background ink is Adirondack Denim - its color components tend to separate when oversaturated with water, which I think is sort of cool. See those couple areas of purple?

In the close-up you can see the gold trim better...

For even more card details you can visit my blog!

Merry Christmas to you -----

Dina

Little Friend

I'd like to share one of the cards I made using a Christmas set from the Moments in Time line called Little Friend. I love the sentiment of this image, and look - she is feeding the bird chocolate chip cookies! So cute. The image is watercolored with Ranger reinkers, which I mixed with a drop or two of Shimmerz paints.
I used Polar White Flower Soft on the trim of the girl's hat and boots, and sprinkled some prisma glitter in those areas while the glue was still wet. Can you see it in the close-ups below? I love that extra sparkle.

This set is part of the prize packages up for grabs for our Blog Hop and Sprinkle Challenge this week - there's still a little time left to participate if you haven't yet! We'd love to have you join us!

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

Talk about colors!

We have been talking about colors this week, colors of Flower Soft that is.  And who would guess that Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft could look so neat?

The little vase and plant stamps are by PaperTrey, Inc.  The patterned paper is also by PaperTrey, Inc and the cardstock base on the card is Core Impressions by Core'dinations. It already has that great embossed design in it.  All I did was ink the vase and stamp that and then stamped those long plants to look like they are inside the vase BUT...can you see how cool that Toffee Brown Ultra Fine Flower Soft looks dabbed on the little puffs on the plant?

Here is a close-up! That Flower Soft makes the entire card, don't you think? Those plants just should be fuzzy and there isn't a better or easier way to get that look then Flower Soft. For this, all that was needed were little drops of the Tacky Glue and then I sprinkled the Flower Soft onto the glue dots. I like to shake the paper around a bit and to gently tap the Flower Soft into the glue to make sure I get a whole lot of it sticking to the glue as it dries.

Don't forget, you can still do the blog hop from Wednesday, there is a whole lot of goodness to see.

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member

Flower Soft makes it stunning

There are so many fast and easy ways to give a project a little touch of Flower Soft and the result can be amazing. 

For this card, I stamped the flower and leaves, using colored stamp pads.  The stamps are solid so when this image was stamped, there was a red/pink flower and green leaves.  All I needed to then do was to thoroughly coat that stamped image with the Tacky Glue and then add the Flower Soft to the areas with glue.  In order to keep the colors separate, I did do the flower part first and let that dry and then coated the leaves and let that dry, shaking off the excess Flower Soft before moving on to the second color. 

Because I used colored ink for the flower and leaves, you can see that color peeking through the Flower Soft that is the same color as the inks.  The inks and the Flower Soft end up complimenting each other.

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member

Just a little bit is amazing!

You can use alot of Flower Soft to accent a card or you can use a little bit and still have a wonderful little accent.

For my card that I am going to share with you today, I used Ultra Fine Flower Soft in the Citrus Crush color on the wings of my little bee stamped image. I love the finer texture of the Ultra Fine and the mix of shades of yellow are so nice in this Citrus Crush jar. I think this simple accent was a fun finishing touch to my card.

The bee was stamped on white cardstock with a Versafine Black stamp pad and then embossed with clear embossing powder. The little yellow portions were colored with a Copic marker as were the wings and then I added the Tacky Glue and the Flower Soft to give this little guy some added goodness. Don't you just love that dimension and texture?
Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member

SWEET card
Materials:
Citrus Crush Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Tacky Glue – Aleene’s®
Cardstock – Black Magic and Vintage/Core’dinations
Patterned paper and stamps – Willow Bee/Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Copic markers
Versafine black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Sandpaper
Corner rounder punch - Fiskars
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Scallop circle and circle punches – Papershapers/EK Success
Sticker letters – Thickers
Chalk stamp pad – Powder Puff/Quick Quotes
Heart brad

Birthday Sparkle

How better to celebrate a birthday then with a cupcake and the frosting is fluffy Flower Soft? Add a few penguins with little white, soft tummies.

I used this cute stamp by The Cat's Pajamas. I stamped it with black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next I did a little bit of coloring with Copic markers. All of the finishing touches to these cuties was done with a few colors of Flower Soft.

The frosting is Sweet Pea Flower Soft. The star on top of the candle is accented with the Sunshine Yellow, some Glitter 3-D Fashion paint and a rhinestone.

And the BEST part, white fluffy tummies on the penguins with the Polar White Flower Soft. I have just been looking for a chance to use this white.

I wanted to give you a side view of the areas were I added the Flower Soft so you could see the great dimension that it adds to an image. Remember to use the Tacky Glue to adhere the Flower Soft to your project and remember to be generous with the amount of glue you use.

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member

DO I SMELL CAKE? card
Materials list:
Flower Soft – Polar White, Sweet Pea and Sunshine Yellow
Tacky Glue – Flower Soft/Aleene’s
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Chic Bebe Girl: Notes Paper/Teresa Collins Designs
Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas
Copic markers
Sandpaper
Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Foam tape – 3M
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Glitter 3-D Fashion Paint - Tulip
Martha Stewart border punch
Cuttlebug embossing folder

Bouquet of Yellow Flowers

You can stamp an image, color it in and leave it at that OR you can jazz it up a bit by adding some Flower Soft! How does it get better?

It is such a simple and easy accent and it is something else the detail the Flower Soft adds to an image. Here I just stamped the flowers and then I did color them in with a yellow Copic marker. The Flower Soft gives a very thorough coverage, but for any areas where the underneath color would show through, I wanted to reinforce my color with yellow markers and yellow Flower Soft. Just be sure that you are generous when adding the Tacky glue to the areas you are going to cover.

Can you just see from this side view of my finished flowers how SOFT this accent is? I know you can't feel it but you can believe me. And, the Tacky glue is so good to use with the Flower Soft, once you have brushed off the extra flakes, all of the rest of the Flower Soft stays in place and looks amazing.
Thanks for visiting, team member, Linda Beeson

PROMISE card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Impressions and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket
Flower Soft - Sunshine Yellow
Aleene's Tacky Glue - Flower Soft
Stamp – Hero Arts
Loopy border punch – Martha Stewart
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Sandpaper
Copic markers
Rub-on sentiment – Making Memories