Stamping with Sian

I have never used this technique before, but I'm definitely going to use it again. It's so quick and easy to use. First I cut an A4 piece of Balmy Blue cardstock in half and then folded in half to make an A5 size card base. Then I trimmed Basic White card 14.4cm by 10cm and embossed using the Basic 3D embossing folder. On another piece of Basic White card I stamped the main image of the flower. I then picked 3 different blue inks for the flowers - Pool Party, Balmy Blue and Azure Afternoon.  Using the masks in order I coloured the main flower in the lightest colour.  Then changed to the 2nd mask and used the middle colour and finally I used the 3rd mask with the darkest blue.  This technique gives the flower more depth.   With the leaves I used Granny Apple Green and Garden Green, and again using the 4th and 5th mask. When I was happy with the colouring and I used the die to cut out the flower. To assemble the card I cut some Lighter than Air 6" DSP ...

For these cards I used the Perennial Lavender suite collection. I love purchasing the suites because everything matches and the coordinating colours are listed on the Designer Series Paper. Also each crafting product is a stand alone or mix and match with other Stampin' Up! product.  To make these cards I cut an A4 sheet of gorgeous grape cardstock in half and then folded it in half to create the card base. I then cut lost lagoon cardstock to use as a mat for the Designer Series Paper.  I then stamped onto basic white cardstock a selection of flowers using Highland Heather and Fresh Freeshia ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Also I cut some foliage in lost lagoon. Inside the card I stamped a sentiment from Everyday Details cling stamp set. I also used a strip of DSP to add some extra detail.  On the front I used some other coordinating DSP and stamped a greeting from Sweetly Scripted cling stamp set which is available i...