In-colour poppies

Happy ANZAC day to my down under readers - it's a gloomy day in Auckland today but I managed to sneak in a wee bit of time in my craft room. I wanted to make a poppy card to commemorate our  fallen soldiers & colouring in with my blender pen is always therapeutic. I had a wee oopsie with some ink so added in the butterfly to cover it up but it looks pretty.

Recipe:
Stamp set: Pleasant Poppies 126480 (W) 129499 (C)
Ink: Stazon Black (101406), Gumball Green (126861), Summer Starfruit (126991), Primrose Petals (126858), Raspberry Ripple (126859)
Paper: Gumball Green (127543), Print Poetry DSP Paper Stack (129312), Very Vanilla (106550), Vellum card stock (106854)
Punches: Elegant Butterfly (127526), Bitty Butterfly (129406)
Other: Basic jewel (119246), dimesionals (104430), Glue dots (103683)

Well  I hope your day was reflective & relaxing too.

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Bleaching with Pleasant Poppies

This was the 2nd card everyone made at my techniques starting with B class inspired by the fabulous card of Sandie McIvor's HERE. Nothing tricky about bleaching except you need strong bleach & an aquapainter which remains reserved for bleaching.

Stamp sets: Pleasant Poppies, Tiny Tags
Ink: Versamark, Garden Green
Paper: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler
Punches: Jewelry Tag, handheld 1/16" circle
Other: Cherry Cobbler embossing powder & scalloped tulle ribbon (love, love this - hope it's staying as it's a Holiday mini item) & baker's twine, Watercolor Pencils, aquapainter x2 (one with strong bleach & one with water), dimensionals.

Some close ups showing the colouring (nowhere as good as Sandie's), just bleached (no re-colouring with the watercolour pencils & aquapainter) & the image stamped inside the card:

Well I think you'll be seeing some more of this fabulous stamp set real soon as everyone loves poppies - especially if you're a kiwi (or an Aussie).

I'm running Triple Time Stamping classes this week Monday & Friday nights - to see more information click on my classes tab or picture. I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.