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Week 38 – Parakeet Party

As we complete the first month of Saleabration, have you maded the most of the extra freebie products or joined as a demonstrator to get the extra benefits?

Today I feature the Watercolor Melon stamp set, one of the free items you can choose for free with a $90+ product order. I mean, who doesn’t love getting something for free and watermelon during the hot days of summer?!!

I stamped the whole watermelon and the slices onto Basic White card using Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet and Black Memento inks. These were fussy cut with Paper Snips and the whole one was cut using the Modern Oval Punch, how easy is that?

On a piece of Basic White card, I sat the pieces on top to work out how to display them. Once I found the right layout, I stamped the greedn foliage 3 times, before adding a piece of Sweet Sorbet Bordered Ribbon across the front and adhered to the back. Then a smaller piece is tied in a knot to one side, but it could slide across the ribbon to find the perfect spot if needed. T watermelon pieces are added on dimensionals, starting with the larget one and placing the others around it.  I took a clear block, added a little Parakeet Party ink and squeezed my Wink of Stella into it to make it quite runny, then tapped it against my finger to splatter some gorgeous sparkle over the card. I also added it to the rind of each piece to really make it glisten!

To finish off, I wanted to add the sentiment by inking up part of the stamp to add the ‘with you’ in the bottom corner and then clean the stamp and repeat by inking the top part of the stamp. In th process, I got a dreadful black smudge right where I was going to stamp, argh… has this happened to you? Right as you are almost finished and something silly like this happens? I was so mad at myself, so I ended up fussy cutting the sentiment and gluing it flat to the card. It looks a little silly, but accidents happen, right?

I took a Sweet Sorbet card base and added the decorated layer allowing for a decent border.

On the inside, I aded another white layer with a piece of watermelon with a big bite out of it!

Card 2
The Enduring Beauty bundle has a stamp set, Dies and 5 Masks. The Thick White card base is stamped with the large floral image towards to bottom of the card with Black Memento ink. The masks are then used with Blending Brushes to colour the image. Mask 1 I used Fresh Freesia ink lightly to colour the flowers. Mask 3 does the detail which I used Gorgeous Grape ink. Mask 2 is the leaves and I used Parakeet Party ink lightly. Mask 4 is the detail of the leaves and I used Parakeet Party again, but a heavier amount.

I placed Mask 1 back over the card and used the Versark ink to cover the exposed area. Add Clear Emboss Powder and melt it with the Heat Tool. This then seals the ink blending of the stamped image. Repeat this process with Mask 2 so the entire image is sealed with clear emboss powder. Next, I started with Fresh Freesia and covered the entire card front, then used Gorgeous Grape ink over the top. Wipe the excess ink off the image, as it was sealed with the embossing.  I stamped the Rays of Light stamp with White Craft ink over the front of the card and wipe the excess off the image. The bottom of the card was partially die cut with the coodinating die.

On the inside I added a dry embossed layer with the Merry Melody 3D TIEF, then a circle (Stylish Shapes dies) of Basic White card to write a message. The sentiment (Seasonal Branches) and a die cut leaf were added. I saw this idea on Jennifer Maguire’s YouTube channel with different products.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Petal Pink.

Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Di Furniss.

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Product List
Stamps: Watercolor Melon, Share a Milkshake, Seasonal Branches, Enduring Beauty*, Rays of Light
Dies: Enduring Beauty*, Stylish Shapes
Paper: Basic White, Sweet Sorbet, Thick Basic White
Inks: Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Black Memento, Versamark, Craft White
Other:  Sweet Sorbet Bordered Ribbon, Modern Oval Punch, Merry Melody 3D TIEF, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems, Clear Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Iridescent Pastel Gems, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder

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