I’m back today with another Picket Fence Studios card! I’ve taken quite a break from crafting and social media the past few weeks, because I’ve decided to take on some studies and simply had to try to catch up a bit! I’m starting to get a bit more on track, so hopefully the posts will be more regular again!
Anyway, today’s card features the new Royal Sweetpea stamp. Isn’t it pretty? I wanted to mix things up a little and made a tall slim line card. The sentiment is put down the side of a card, because sometimes it’s fun to do something a bit different. The die cut is half of the Slimline Happy Birthday die set, and I’ve coupled it with parts of one of the stamps from The Flower Shoppe set. To get the text raised from the paper and coloured flowers, I’ve layered the die cut several times. The sequins are from the Peacock Tails sequin mix
I have made my first post for the Picket Fence Studio blog today and because of that I’ve made a new colouring video! In the video I am colouring up Early Tulip Bouquet (this and following links are affiliate links). To make the flowers really pop I’ve used kraft paper and my Prismacolor Pencils, as usual.
I have used the following Prismacolor Premier pencils: Yellow: 914, 916, 1011, 1002 Orange: 1003, 118, 922 Pink: 928, 929, 1030, 937 Green: 989, 912, 109
There is a new Picket Fence Studios (this and following links are all affiliate links) release out today and guess what?! I’ve been playing with stencils, inks and paper glaze. So yeah, this is going to be a long post. You might as well grab a cuppa before scrolling through.
First up I have a simple card where I started off by using masking tape to leave a stripe on the side. First I ink blended with various pink oxides to create a gradient effect, and then I used the Pathways 6×6 stencil together with the Paper Glaze Luxe Pink Magnolia. I applied it with one of the tools from the Mixed Media Spatulas tools package and I love the effect.
I coloured up one of the stamps from the Animal Crackers Caring Friends stamp set and because I had a cup of tea in a cup with blue flowers on at the time I simply add to add that to this cup as well. Before popping on the card with foam tape I used one of the bigger sentiments from the same set and added it towards the bottom of the card. A few pretty sequins from the Vintage Bulbs sequin mix finished off the look this time.
You can see how the glaze is raised off the card base and that it is quite glittery.
Here you can see the great sparkle and shine in the glaze. Isn’t it pretty? I love it and I don’t even normally like adding sparkles to my cards! You can also see how beautiful the sequins are!
Why stop at two cards, right? Of course I had to make one with my usual “mash up” as well. I’ve used both of the above stencils, Slim Line Flower Burst and Pathways 6×6, for this together with two different distress oxide colours. I used a different stamp from the Animal Crackers Caring Friends set and popped it up on foam tape over a hello die cut, from the Double Stitched Layering Rectangle Dies set, which is like six die cuts glued together for dimension. I coloured up a small paper strip to match the green chair and finished off with a smaller stamped sentiment from the same Animal Crackers Caring Friends set and some sequins from Chicks in the Grass embellishment jar.
Here is a close-up of this card as well!
Here are links to all the products used for the above cards:
Another fairly large stamp from the most recent Picket Fence Studios release is the Flower Shoppe stamp. I opted for a dark coloured shop to make the pink and yellow flowers pop. I opted for two different shades of brown for the wood work and the pots, and then the same greens throughout. It was a fun project to colour up, for sure!
The embossed sentiment is from the same stamp set, and, to make sure you won’t miss it, I put it on bright pink card stock. A few sequins from the Bunny Honey sequin mix finished off the look this time.
