Weekender with Wanda – Taylored Expressions Wildflowers!

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Welcome back to another edition of Weekender with Wanda here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! Happy to see you here today – and happy weekend! It’s the last weekend before September and my studio is quickly transitioning over to Autumn crafting. It’s still warm, and there are still lots of flowers in our yard, but I can feel the light changing and I can feel the cool morning breezes too. My card for today is sort of a seasonal transitioning card. Pretty wildflowers, in muted tones of gold, purple and olive green for Fall. Today I’m featuring stamps from one of our favorite companies – Taylored Expressions! One of the stamp set lines they make are beautiful bouquets. And each bouquet stamp has a perfectly matching die! Gotta love that too! CLICK HERE to see them all!

One quick note about Weekender with Wanda! Stamptember starts next weekend so there will be a break in my column for the next month as we celebrate with all kinds of festivities! But, don’t worry, I’ll be back soon!

I chose the pretty Wildflower Bouquet stamp set and die and created a sweet birthday greeting. I colored the image with Kuretake Zig Clean Color Brush Markers on watercolor paper. Here is the finished card.

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I started with a nice white card base. Then I layered yellow cardstock. I cut a piece of kraft cardstock and then made it into a frame using the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles Dies. When I put the card together I used foam tape to raise the frame up from the background layer. This creates a good focal point for the bouquet.

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I stamped my image and die cut it out using the matching die. I used Kuretake Clean Color Brush Markers to color the flowers and the pretty jar vase. The brush markers have such a nice small tip on them – makes it very easy to get into the small spaces of this image. I used water to soften the color and create a watercolor effect. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite ways to watercolor!

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I tied a pretty little twine bow around the jar and then attached the jar to my card using more foam tape. I stamped the sentiment and die cut it with a small Stitched Circle Die. The background was created by lightly water coloring with Broken China Distress Ink and clean water. I thought it needed just a tiny bit of color behind the main image.

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This image would be really pretty in pinks and reds too…hmmm. Maybe I should have made another one! And, this is a good card sketch layout to remember for when you have one focal stamp. As I’ve been known to do…I added a few enamel dots to complete my card. Do you think I should buy stock in enamel dots? LOL!

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Thanks for visiting with me today! Get ready, because STAMPTEMBER is coming soon! Hooray! Lots of celebrations are on the way!

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  1. Beautiful. Love the raising of the frame. Very true this brings attention to the stamp. Great Zig coloring. I love using them also. TY for sharing your tips and art.

  2. Love this card design and how it showcases the focal image. I’m also crazy about the Taylored Expressions bouquet stamps. Your coloring on these flowers is amazing! I’m going to give that a try.

  3. Love the color combo. That yellow card stock really made your colors pop. silly me – I thought you stamped each flower individually.

  4. A jar of gorgeous flowers; oh, to have those in real life, sitting on my kitchen table! Thank you for the smile today!
    ~carol

  5. Love your sentiment treatment–something I often have trouble with! Gorgeous card, Wanda–I love my Zigs, too, but still need to try this kind of coloring instead of just the “messy watercoloring.” Thanks for the inspiration!

  6. Super gorgeous card..LOVE the layout!!
    Here it feels like the Summer has just started..nice warm weather!

  7. Love these colors paired with kraft paper! Nice depth too and FABULOUS coloring! I think that pinks and reds would look great with too! See you after ‘Stamptember’ :)

  8. Lovely card. Perfect color combination. I like the raised frame panel and jar/flowers. The enamel dots add that extra special touch.

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