GUEST ARTIST FEATURE: Gayatri Murali

Hey everyone, Gayatri Murali guesting here today. Wplus9 has been one of my top favourite company for it's designs and more so for Dawn’s colouring videos. Being a visual person I love learning through videos. Also I love, love all of Dawn’s floral themed stamp sets. I love the Beautiful Bouquet and the Modern series. I chose The Ranunculus and Modern Anemones stamp sets for my projects to share today.

I did some loose watercoloring here. I am no expert in watercoloring but I am not afraid to experiment. The loose watercoloring look appeals to me a lot and I can do that. So here is a video of how I made these cards using Zig clean colour brush watercolour markers. Hope you enjoy.

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I am working on using the traditional watercolour but Zig clean colour brush pens give me more control when watercoloring. It is ironic considering I did some loose watercoloring and there is no control needed for it. LOL! I used Bristol smooth cardstock to stamp and watercolour the images.

I love masking and stamping to make floral clusters on the background. But you could always use the Beautiful Bouquet stamp sets to avoid masking and stamping and takes less time because these sets are beautiful floral cluster already.

Spatters on the background adds to artistic feel to card. I love fine black spatters on floral backgrounds.They also add contrast and ties the other black elements together. Speaking of contrast, I love a nice contrast on, both are awesome on black cardstock. Also the watercolored floral images shows through the negative die cut which is beautiful and cuts through the big block of black panel. Similarly, the secondary sentiment from That is All stamp set is simply stamped in black on white strips of cardstock and adhered. The white Nuvo crystal drops also adds to the contrast and texture to the card.

Thank you so much to Wplus9 for giving me an opportunity to share my creativity. I feel privileged to your guest. Hope you are inspired by my projects and video.

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Modern Anemones Stamps Shop at: WP9	Fabulous Die Shop at: WP9	Beatiful Bouquet: Ranunculus Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH
That Is All Shop at: WP9

Distress Oxide Stamping w/Dawn ft. BEATIFUL BUTTERFLIES

Who doesn't love hexagons and butterflies?

I know I do. Put them together, and it's a recipe for design success as far as I'm concerned. Throw in a little watercolor and it's a trifecta of fun!

Today's cards are not only fun to create, but easy as well. I used the "stamps from dies" technique along with our new Beautiful Butterflies stamp and dies with our Clear Cut Stackers: Hexagon Die to create a modern card set with a slightly vintage feel.

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I stamped the all-over background pattern using a little water and Distress Oxide Inks in Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers and Peeled Paint onto watercolor paper. The stamped pattern looked so stunning all on it's own, that it didn't require much fuss after that to pull them together into cards.

I die cut the "BEAUTIFUL" stacked sentiment from one of the medium sized hexagons and adhered a die cut "birthday" from our Happy Birthday Die on top. I colored each using an ink blending tool and matching Oxide Ink color to match each background. I finished off the sentiment with "wishes" from our Birthday Wishes stamp set stamped in PURE COLOR dye ink in Warm Wool.

I may have found a new favorite Autumn color palette!

Thanks much for stopping by today!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Oatmeal Cardstock Shop at: WP9	EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip Shop at: SSS	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS Shop at: SSS
Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS	9 x 12 WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack Shop at: SSS	Warm Wool PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Sizzix Magnetic Platform Shop at: SSS
Birthday Wishes Shop at: WP9	Happy Birthday Die Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH	Fiskars 4 Acrylic BLOCKS SET w Storage Shop at: SSS	Beautiful Butterflies Shop at: WP9
Beautiful Butterflies Die Shop at: WP9	Clear Cut Stackers: Hexagon Shop at: WP9	Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | EH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS Shop at: SSS | EH
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Shop at: SSS | EH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEELED PAINT Shop at: SSS | EH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Shop at: SSS | EH	Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES Brush Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT Shop at: SSS

August 2018 Release: Autumn Blessings and Butterfly Mandala

Hello beautiful people!

We've got some gorgeous new products hitting the stores today and I wanted to give you a look at some of the fun I've been having with them. As well as give you a heads up on some *Limited Quantity* Bundle deals available right now at wplus9.com!

I am very excited to unveil a couple of collaboration sets we've been working on with Stephanie Low Creative. Stephanie is an amazing artist and her work fits in so well here at Wplus9! The Butterfly Mandala is a perfect example of her divine illustration skills.

There is a large mandala design featuring leaves and butterflies included in the set, along with individual stamps of each of the elements that make up the mandala. One of my favorite techniques to use with the mandala is emboss resist.

I stamped the mandala pattern all over a panel of Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock in Versamark Ink and then heat embossed using WOW! Super Fine Bright White embossing powder. I blended Distress Oxide Inks over the entire background in Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade and Candied Apple. I splashed a little water onto the background for a mottled effect.

That gorgeous sentiment is also included in the set. I used the same technique and colors for the large "Hello" and then die cut it using the companion die.I then stamped the "fill" image included in the set using White PURE COLOR pigment ink. This image fills in the open areas of the "Hello" - perfect for a two-toned sentiment. To anchor and mat the sentiment, I used the new Clear Cut Stackers: Hexagon Die. In fact, I used that die A LOT this release!

Another must have Wplus9 x Stephanie Low Creative set is the new Autumn Blessings stamps and die.

This set is packed with images! It features the large wreath, all of the individual elements that make up the wreath so that you can create your own floral arrangements, and several sentiments that fit inside the banner and frame also included in the set. Wow!

I went with a simple watercolored wreath for this one. I stamped the image onto watercolor paper using Wplus9 PURE COLOR Dye Ink in black and then did some very simple and loose watercoloring using Daniel Smith watercolors. Any watercolors would do here, but I had a few of the Daniel Smith Palettes from Simon Says Stamp right at hand, so that's what I went with. I stamped the banner and sentiment, then die cut everything using the companion die.

I stamped a Kraft card panel using the stripe from our Borders & Backgrounds 2 stamp set in Versamark Ink and adhere to an aqua card base. I then layered my wreath and banner on top, securing in place with foam tape.

Aren't these amazing? And you know what makes them even more amazing? Right now, we have a limited quantity of Bundle Sets available for both of these. The Bundles are a 15% savings over purchasing separately! This is for direct orders only (wholesale excluded), and our way of saying "Thanks for supporting us!".

The entire release really is gorgeous and I've had a lot of fun creating with it. Here is a quick overview of all of the new stuff now available.

August 2018 Release

Autumn Blessings Shop at: WP9	Autumn Blessings Die Shop at: WP9	Autumn Blessing Bundle Shop at: WP9	Beautiful Butterflies Shop at: WP9
Beautiful Butterflies Die Shop at: WP9	Butterfly Mandala Shop at: WP9	Butterfly Mandala Die Shop at: WP9	Butterfly Mandala Bundle Shop at: WP9
Hello & Thanks Shop at: WP9	Hello & Thanks Die Shop at: WP9	Hello & Thanks Bundle Shop at: WP9	So Very Shop at: WP9
So Very Die Shop at: WP9	Clear Cut Stackers: Hexagon Shop at: WP9

Thanks so much for stopping in!