Flourishing Phrases Just a Note Card

Here is the second card I have designed for my Floral and Thinlits Class for September.  It will also be a part of the samples I show at my Open House in September.  Check out my calendar on my SU Blog for dates and times; Sher Huss, Independent SU Demonstrator.

The Flourishing Phrases stamp set (141534) and Flourish Thinlits( 141478) caught my attention early on.  There is so much you can do with this bundle.  I will be sharing more samples from this bundle over the next few months.  I have used the thinlits on a Christmas card for my Floral and Thinlits class.  Look for that post later today.

The card base is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 with a top fold using

SU Whisper White thick cardstock (140272).  SU 

Flirty Flamingo, one of the new In Colors, 

cardstock (141416)

is cut 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 for the accent panel.  Then,

SU Whisper White thin cardstock (100730) is

cut 5 1/4 x 4 for the front panel.

The flowers are stamped in SU Peekaboo Peach ink, another

new In Color, (141398) and SU Flirty Flamingo ink (141397).

Some are stamped full strength and most are stamped off

and are a second generation stamp.  I love these two 

colors together.  They make me happy.

There are also floral die cuts in  SU Flirty Flimingo

cardstock and SU Peekaboo Peach cardstock (141417)

using the Flourish Thinlits (141478).  The floral 

dies are accented in Wink of Stella Clear (141897).  Three 

new SU In Color Enamel Shapes (141410) are added to 

three flowers.

Inside of the card.

 I did three second generation 

flowers in the lower left corner.

The Sentiment on the front of the card is from 

the SU Flourishing Phrases stamp set (141534) and 

stamped in SU Archival Basic Black ink (140931).

The front of the envelope, SU Whisper White Medium

Envelope (107301) and has three flowers in 

the left bottom corner.  The Peekaboo Peach flower

is full strength and the Flirty Flamingo flowers are

second generation stamping.

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SU 2016-18 Watercolor card

For the class I taught in June, I had a simple sample of a watercolor card.  It was actually the birthday card for my 13 year old great nephew.  I needed a new watercolor sample for the class I was going to do for SU Demonstrators in July.  I love the new SU 2016-18 in colors and decided to use them.  I wanted to use the watercolor brush stroke stamp from the SU April 2016 Paper Pumpkin Everything stamp set.

I started by stamping the watercolor brush stroke in

each color slightly over lapping each color.  I started

with Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum,

Emerald Envy, and ended with  Dapper Denim.  

I thought I would stop there and then decided to go

one step further.  I spritzed the colors with water

first and then used a water brush to to spread the 

colors and emphasize the brush stroke.  I liked

the look and how it showed different shades 

of each color and added new colors when the 

colors blended together.

The sentiment is from the SU Layering of Love

stamp set in Dapper Denim.  I added SU Enamel

Accents in each color along the left side.  The accent 

panel is  Dapper Denim.

Many people have said that the new 2016-18

in colors don't go together.  I disagree.  I think they 

go together better than the in colors from the 

last few years.  I think this card shows how

they can go together.