Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop – All Things Crafty II
Beautiful Friendship stamp set featured for the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop.
Welcome back to Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop, travelling around the world through every time zone. You may be starting here or you may have come from the gorgeous Cazz Boylan’s blog. Our guest designer this month is ……drum roll ….. EMMA GODDARD!! So excited … Emma is one of my favourite inspirations!! Can’t wait to see what she comes up with.
Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop is the brainchild of Angie McKenzie, a wonderful friend and amazing paper artist. My name is Cheryll Miller, and I am so delighted to be a part of this varied and talented group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. For this, our second hop, we continue exploring All Things Crafty … focussing on our favourite colouring tools.
The AWOW line-up
What a cute graphic showing all the designers and where they are located “Around the World”. To check out all the AWOW Designers projects and get to know a little bit more about them, check out the blog line up at the end of this post.
Using the Stamparatus as a colouring tool …
This might be a little different to your regular “colouring tool” … of course, we have amazing colouring tools such as the Stampin’ Blends, an Aqua Painter and watercolour pencils, Stampin’ Write Markers, the blender pens and regular inks. But since Stampin’ Up! bought out the Stamparatus, I love that I can apply layers of colour to my stamps using sponge daubers and the Stamparatus.
This technique works with the Distinktive style of stamp and also more solid images rather than a lined image. The florals in the Beautiful Friendship stamp set are perfect for this colouring technique.
Layer up those colours ….
I used Seaside Spray, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape and Night of Navy inks for this project, but the options are endless.
So this technique sort of ties in with my favourite technique from the first blog hop …. sponging. I do actually really colour frequently, using all the tools at my disposal, but this is really my favourite way to colour an image. And I don’t have to worry about going outside the lines!!
I masked each floral image as I stamped it, and then added those amazing fluffy sprigs and leaves with the Night of Navy and Gorgeous Grape inks. And then while the images were still masked, I used the same Stamparatus colouring technique with the Hydrangea type image to create a textured background with Daffodil Delight and Mango Melody.
Beautiful Friendship
Beautiful Friendship is one of my favourite stamp sets and I was so thrilled to see it is carrying over into the new Annual Catalogue. These sketchy flowers are elegant and artsy, and look good even if you stamp them in just one shade.
Next Blog
Next up is Satomi Wellard in Japan! The full blog hop list is below. So take a little trip around the world and check out all the designers favourite crafting inspiration.
Angela Meiritz-Reid – NZ
Tatiana Tobin – AU
Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU
Cazz Boylan – AU
Cheryll Miller – AU <<< You are Here
Satomi Wellard – JA
Melissa Gifford – AU
Danielle Kassing – NL
Manuela Geiswinkler – AT
Ximena Morales – DE
Aurélie Fabre – FR
Emma Goddard, Special Guest – UK
Mikaela Titheridge – UK
Tina Zinck – CA
Annette Ball – CA
Angie McKenzie – US
Mary Deatherage – US
Shel Anderson – CA
Chris Smith – US
Brenda Nelson – CA
Tricia Butts – US
Elaine de Montmorency – CA
Sharon Burkert – US
Teri West – US
Cheryl Hamilton – US
More examples of colouring with the Stamparatus …
Here are a few more examples of this technique.
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Cheryll
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Stunning card Cheryll and love your colours x
Thanks so much Angela! xx
OMIGOSH!!! You never cease to amaze me with your amazing techniques of coloring, Cheryll! Love how you have highlighted this gorgeous stamp set with the amazing Stamparatus! Your layering of colors with the daubers is no surprise to me at all. Thanks for your inspiration as always and for hopping Around the World on Wednesday with us, dear friend!!!
Thanks Angie, thanks for all your work in organising this hop!xxxx
Simply stunning card. I love this layering technique with the Stamparatus. So much detail.
Thanks Tricia! xx
Didn’t expect to see the Stamparatus listed as a coloring tool!! But it totally is!! Your card is so beautiful and I can’t wait to try this idea with the sponge daubers!!
Hey Cheryl, It so is, isn’t it! Remember when we used to this direct to stamp colouring but it was all “one shot only”!! I so love having the ability to build up the colour layers! And Stampin’ Up! give us these great distinktive style stamps which work so well with this technique!
This is an awesome way to showcase the Stamparatus!
Thanks Brenda …. yes, it is so much more than just a stamp positioning tool!! xx
Gosh, I don’t have words to explain how much love I have for this card, the colours are amazing. I’m very keen to give this technique a try xxx
Thanks Melissa! You are a sweetie! xx
This card is gorgeous! I can’t wait to try this myself!
Thanks Teri! xxx
Oh goodness – this is wonderful! I love to use the Stamparatus for this, too -but…I am a rank amateur compared to you!! Thank you for the detailed instructions and pictures!! 🙂
Aw thanks Mary! Great hopping with you! xx
This technique is new to me and very inspiring. Beautiful card!
Thank you Chris. It is a great technique for the Timeless Tulips too! xx
Oh-so-beautiful, Cheryll! Thanks for the tip, to use the Stamparatus in this way. It yields such gorgeous results.
Thanks Christine!! It is my favourite thing to do with the stamparatus. You can really get unique colouring! xx
Gorgeous! The colors you chose are fabulous. Love the use of the stamparatus definitely an idea to remember to use.
Thanks Sharon! xx
Oh dear ! It is truly a wonderful creation! I have never used this technique and I can’t wait to try! It gives the flowers so much depth! xX
Thanks Aurélie, this is a great use for the stamparatus and there are so many great images to try it with, especially the distinktive sets. xx
Stunning card! I love how you coloured the flowers, beautiful.
Thanks so much Teri. xx
What a beautiful card!
I really love the textured background you have created Cheryl. Great use of the Stamparatus.
Thanks Rochelle! xxx
LOVE it Cheryll! I love that technique but I’ve never done more than two colours (the base and one colour with the sponge dauber) and never thought to use the Stamparatus®! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Tania, yes, because you can just keep on placing the stamp right over the top, you can layer up as many colours as you like (until you get mud I guess)! 🙂 It works with markers too, so stamp once with ink, and then pick out any detail by colouring directly to the stamp with markers and stamping it over the top of the first image. xxx
Such a beautiful card Cheryll! I love the colour palette you have used xo
Thanks Cazz … so great to be hopping with you! xxxx