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Hi everyone. I am over on Altenew blog today focusing on the new stamp set from July release – Tulip.
Do you like tulips? Some time ago I thought of them as extremely ordinary ones. Back in USSR when I was growing up almost everything was hard to get. Even very basic things. And funny enough – the same situation was on the flower market. There were only several types of flowers sold, color and breed variety wasn’t wide as well. So basically there were red tulips, red (sometimes white) carnations, gladioli, roses and chamomiles. There were other flowers of course, but not every season, in every place or were too expensive.
So tulips for me for a long time had been something very simple and usual. Until several years ago my husband and I visited Brooklyn Botanical Garden and saw how many tulips exist and how beautiful they are! Now they are one of my favorite flowers and I was super excited when Altenew released this stamp set.
For the first card I wanted to make a row of tulips of different colors and types. It required a lot of masking, a lot! I ruined several pieces before finally got one that I was happy with and that didn’t have so many flaws (like uneven or not precise stamping). Of course I wouldn’t be able to make it without my MISTI and masking paper 😉
Here I used a lot of Altenew inks (I linked them below), as I wanted to have a tulip rainbow. I finished off this card by adding a simple sentiment from the same set using Jet Black ink and several clear droplets.
The idea for the second card was in my mind for a while. I wanted to make a design reminding those herbarium pictures ones that are so popular now. When flowers are laid down in different directions. I decided to go monochromatic with this card. And the color choice here is my favorite – deep blue one, using Dusk and Desert Night ink.
I started by stamping all flowers on a card base made out of Neenah Solar White. For some tulips I only stamped the outline image and the top layer, skipping the bottom one. That way they look like white tulips with blue veins (or whatever this thing is called). Finally I added a sentiment, several sequins and gems.
And the third card is the simplest one. First I stamped several flowers on Kraft card base using Dark Chocolate ink.
Then I took those spoiled pieces I had left from the first card (I mentioned it above) and cut them out with my scissors and adhered them to the card.
Some I adhered flat using liquid adhesive, for some I used dimensional glue dots, since white or black foam squares would stand out too much against the Kraft card base and colorful flowers. Some flower details were smaller then the side of a glue dot, so I just cut them to the size. My scissors has non-stick coating so cutting an adhesive product with them is not a problem at all.
Also I colored edges of my flowers using the same inks I used for stamping, so no white is visible from the sides (yep, I’m that weird hahaha).
So here are three ways this stamps set can be used. But there are so much more. This set is so versatile. You can use outline stamps only, can do layering stamping, can only use an outline and a top layer (as I did for the second card).
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