August 2014 Release - Flora & Fauna 2

Welcome back to the August 2014 Release. Kara here to share a project showcasing the new Flora & Fauna 2 stamp set as well as the Strictly Sentiments 5 stamp set. Flora & Fauna 2 is a set full of beautiful butterfly, hummingbird, and floral images.

I was blown away by the stunning watercolors Dawn shared on Instagram and Facebook using this set. While I'm building those skills I can still achieve beautiful results by stamping the images 'as is' to create a clean and simple design.

I stamped the 3 sizes of butterflies in several shades of PURECOLOR Dye Ink, slightly overlapping from largest {at the bottom} to smallest {at the top} to create the feeling of movement or flight.

I used the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from Strictly Sentiments 5 stamped in black ink to push the images to the background and make the sentiment stand out.

Recently, I have started to pay attention to the long neglected inside of the card. I added a single butterfly image and secondary sentiment to tie the inside and outside together.

Flora & Fauna 2 has a companion die set that will be available on 8/5/14 as well. While I didn't use the dies on this project, I did use them on another card I'm sharing on my blog today. I'd love for you to come by and check it out!

I hope you are enjoying the release so far. What's your favorite set?

Giveaway Alert

Chupa has some inspiration to share with you as well over on her blog. And guess what, she's got some brand new product up for grabs too! Be sure to check out her blog for details and to enter to win!

Featured Supplies - available 08/05/14

Flora & Fauna 2
6x8" Clear Stamp Set
$21 USD

Strictly Sentiments 5
4x6" Clear Stamp Set
$14 USD

All Featured Supplies

Wplus9 Sweet Gelato Premium Cardstock Wplus9 White Premium Cardstock Wplus9 Sweet Gelato PURE COLOR Dye Ink Pad Wplus9 Flamingo PURE COLOR Dye Ink Wplus9 Sweet Nectar PURE COLOR Dye Ink Wplus9 Miami Spice PURE COLOR Dye Ink Wplus9 Wild Mango PURE COLOR Dye Ink Pad *Hero Arts Memories Rubber Stamp DYE Ink Pad BLACK AF101 *Tombow MONO Adhesive PERMANENT Tape Dispenser

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Watercolor Galaxy & Lucky Stars

Hey guys! Today I have a few projects to share featuring more of our newest products releasing on August 5, 2014.

I ended up doing a lot of experimenting with techniques for this release. I just turned on the camera and went with it. So I have several videos to share over the next couple of weeks. One of the techniques that I messed around with was this watercolored galaxy background.

I think it works perfectly with our Lucky Stars stamp set. And I just love this stamp set. The sentiments lean a little towards dark humor and are perfect for those "true blue" friends.

This is another easy technique very similar to the background wash featured in yesterday's post.

Watch above or in HD at YouTube

For the next card, I wanted take it a little more feminine, using a color combination of Miami Spice PURE COLOR Dye Ink, White and Gold.

I started by covering a panel in Miami Spice ink using a blending tool. To get the "water spots", I splattered Copic Blender Solution on it using a paint brush. I chose to selectively ink the sentiment and fill in the "you" by using the Hand Lettered Thanks Die.

I wanted to keep this one on the serious side and stamped the "I can always count on you" sentiment on the inside.

And finally, I wanted to do something a little more clean and simple, but still free flowing.

I do love how this one turned out! Even though there is a lot going on - watercolor background, embossing paste, heat embossing, stitching, sequins and mist splatters - I think the simplified color palette keeps it in the clean and simple genre. No?

What do you think? Are the sentiments pushing it a bit? LOL I know there's got to be some of you out there with a twisted sense of humor like mine!

Giveaway Alert

We've got not one, but TWO opportunities to win the Lucky Stars stamp set!

Just leave a comment below by 10:00 a.m. EST on 08/03/14 to enter. I will select one random winner from all comments. Winner will be posted on our Releaser Winners page by noon.

Kara is hosting a giveaway on her blog as well. Hop on over to her blog for the details on how to enter.

And Maureen Merritt is also hosting a giveaway on her blog for Flaura & Fauna 2. I know that many of you are excited to see this set in action, and Maureen does not disappoint! She has a lovely card to share with you today!

Featured August 2014 Release Products - available 08/05/14

Lucky Stars
4x6" Clear Stamp Set
$14 USD

Hand Lettered Thanks Die
$7 USD

All Featured Supplies

Wplus9 White Premium Cardstock Wplus9 Dove Grey Premium Cardstock Wplus9 Sweet Gelato Premium Cardstock Wplus9 Miami Spice PURE COLOR Dye Ink *Hero Arts Memories Rubber Stamp DYE Ink Pad BLACK AF101 Wplus9 Clear Cut Stackers: Stars Die Wplus9 Love Notes Die *Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD *WOW Embossing Powder OPAQUE BRIGHT WHITE SUPER FINE WL01SF *WOW Embossing Powder CLEAR SPARKLE Glitter Regular WS15R 2013 *Stampendous AGED GOLD Embossing Enamel FREG024 *Liquitex MODELING PASTE Gel Acrylic Medium *Heidi Swapp CONFETTI 6 x 6 Stencil HS00838 *Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive *Bazzill WHITE 40 LB VELLUM 8.5"" x 11"" 25 Sheets *Copic Marker COLORLESS BLENDER *REFILL Solution Sketch Ciao & Original *Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two Applicators 62191 *Heidi Swapp PRIMROSE Color Shine 00797 *Heidi Swapp GOLD LAME Color Shine 00791 *Pretty Pink Posh 6MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins *Pretty Pink Posh METALLIC GOLD Flat 6mm Sequins *ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320 *Therm O Web 3D MOUNTING SQUARES White Foam 3777 *Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549 Grumbacher Alizarin Crimson Watercolor Grumbacher Phthalo Blue Watercolor Winsor & Newton Quinacridone Gold Watercolor Grumbacher Payne's Gray Watercolor Grumbacher Chinese White Watercolor Princeton #10 Round Watercolor Brush Princeton Neptune 1/2" Oval Wash

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