Hello Sunflower

Have you seen the September Bloom Box? 

The cards are so cute and the stamp set is AMAZING!  But as with all Bloom Boxes this stamp set is only available for one month!  So, if you love the Hello Sunflower stamp set you have to get your Bloom Box right away.  You can get your Hello Sunflower Bloom Box HERE. 

I was so excited to play with this beautiful stamp set! I have yet to make the cards in my box, but I did make another card.  It all stared with a print I made on my Gel Press.  When I made it I was not super impressed with the print but then one corner of the paper got me thinking sunflowers. 

Here is the print, it is an 8-1/2" x 11" piece of card stock. 

Then I cut a piece from it that is 4" x 5-1/4" for my card front, and I chose the yellow corner. Here is what that piece looks like up close. 

And this is the card that resulted. 

I stamped the large sunflower in Black Licorice ink and colored it with my Color Splash pencils and then blended my coloring with a small Blending Brush filled with water. My favorite part is the blue around the flower!  

The crinkled piece of blue card stock is Beach Ball.  I wanted to distress it, so I wetted the card stock. Then I crinkled and scrunched up the paper.  Wading it up into a ball several times. When I was satisfied, I laid it flat and smoothed it out with my Crease Tool.  It was quite wet, so I dried it with my heat tool.  That made the paper nice a crisp again, here's what it looked like. 

After this I brushed my Whip Cream stamp pad over it, so that the higher areas of the card stock picked up some of the ink and the lower areas did not. 

I also stamped the background of the card with one of the sentiments from the stamp set, "YOU ARE Beautiful" in Kiwi Slice ink. I didn't want the sentiment to look perfect so when I stamped it I stamped it repeatedly and quickly about 3-4 times, blurring the image out a bit. 

I also splattered a little Sparkle Silk on the background too for hints of shimmer. And I could not leave the card base out, so I stamped it with the Canvas Background stamp with Kiwi Slice ink, giving it the look of texture. 

I can not even tell you how much I love making my own backgrounds for my cards with my Gel Press!  It inspires me to create cards, which inspires me to make more Gel Press prints. If you'd like to learn more about making Gel Press prints and are in the Boise, Idaho or Eagle, Idaho area I love for you to join my Gel Press class. All the details on the class and links to register are HERE. 

And if you get your September Bloom Box with the Hello Sunflower stamp set in it then you should bring it on over on 9/25/17 to my Bloom Box Club.  Then you can use all my supplies to make your 4 card kits that come in the Bloom Box.  You will also get an exclusive make and take project planned by me. And I will have new ideas to use with your kit as well!  This is a FREE event for my subscribers.  And if you subscribe with me but do not live in the Eagle, Idaho area, then I will send you the make and take projects to complete at home, just for subscribing with me.  To RSVP for my Bloom Box Club on 9/25 email me at [email protected]

Subscribe to Bloom Box HERE. 

 

GEL PRESS AND MORE ON SALE!

September's promotion is the Media Mix sale, where dozens of mixed media products are 20% off!  Shop this sale HERE.

FREE MEDIA MIX BUNDLE 

Receive a free media mix bundle worth over $100 when you join Fun Stampers Journey as a Coach during the month of September!  HERE are all the details about joining the journey and earning this bundle.

 

FREE GIFT FOR CUSTOMERS! 

During the month of September all who shop my online store and spend a minimum of $35 will get the September Coach Collective as my thank you gift.  It is a collection of 12 tutorials by 12 different Journey Coaches.  You are going to love all the inspiration and ideas in this collection!  When I get your order confirmation I will email you your September Coach Collective, take a little peek. 

Shop my On-Line Store HERE.

You can also purchase the September Coach Collective for just $15 HERE.

 

CATALOGS

In need of a Fun Stampers Journey Catalog?  Just pay the shipping and Handling fees and I will send you one, order yours HERE.  We also have a Journey Holiday catalog out now, you can get one HERE. 

Thank you for spending some of your quality time with me!  As your Journey Coach, I am here to help.  Let me know if you have any questions about product, how to use something, or about this card.  I am also here to chat if you'd like to talk about being a Journey Coach.  

Comments

[Carrie Rhoades]

You're so kind Susan, thanks!

[Carrie Rhoades]

Thank you so much Laura!

[Susan Starks]

Absolutely Lovely!

[Laura williams]

Such fun background and coloring! Way to go!