Lotus Flower 2/28/2024

 Lotus Flower

Hi it's Sue here today.

Have you ever made a tent fold card?  It's easy, and a little different than our everyday cards.  

In this close up you can see how the stamped layer sticks up above the folded card.

In the side view you can see even more how the card stands, with the stamped image sticking above the card.

You can see more at my blog here.

stamps and products used on these cards

Blank Page Muse Lotus & small dragonfly clear stamp set 

Blank Page Muse Cyan Consortium paper pack by Pam Bray

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Lotus Flower Beauty

 Hello BPM Fans! DT Betty here today! 

The lotus flower is one of the most significant flowers in the Chinese culture. The lotus flower grows in muddy waters, but it will rise and bloom into a beautiful flower. This symbolizes perfection and purity of both the heart and mind. In addition, the lotus represents long life and honor. For this reason, it's a perfect flower to put on a birthday card. Today I am sharing a card I made using a stamp from Blank Page Muse Art Rubber Stamps called "Lotus Flower on Stem with Small Dragonfly." This is a red rubber stamp. This is a single flower stamp, so I stamped it twice. I used the Happy Birthday Phrase Stamp for the sentiment.

Supplies:

• Blank Page Muse Stamp: Lotus Flower on Stem with Small Dragonfly and Happy Birthday Phrase
• White cardstock 6" x 6" for card base
• Black cardstock 5-7/8" x 5-7/8" to mat card base
• Patterned paper 5-3/4" x 5-3/4" to mat card base. Use any paper to match the colors of your flower.
• White cardstock 4" x 4" to stamp image
• Gold cardstock 4-1/8" x 4-1/8" to mat stamped image
• Black cardstock 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" to mat stamped image
• White cardstock 3"W x 1/2"H to stamp sentiment
• Gold cardstock 3-1/8"W x 5/8" H to mat sentiment
• White cardstock 3-1/4"W x 3/4"H to mat sentiment
• Masking tape: 4" x 4"
• Scrap bond paper or light weight cardstock: 4" x 4"
• Embellishments of choice - I used Pearl rhinestones
• Your favorite adhesive
• Stamping block or stamp positioner
• Your favorite coloring medium. I used Copic alcohol markers.
• Flower: Pink - R85, R83, R81
• Flower: Yellow - Y17, Y15, Y11
• Flower: Brown - E1, E15, E13
• Dragonfly: YG13, V25, V22, V20
• Background: B000

Instructions:

• Stamp the lotus flower stamp onto the 4" x 4" white cardstock
• Put the masking tape over the scrap bond or light weight cardstock and stamp the lotus flower. 

• Fussy cut the flower, then place the mask over the stamped image

• Ink the stamp then wipe the ink from the dragonfly using a baby wipe or wet paper towel. Only one dragonfly is stamped on the card. 

• Stamp over the exiting lotus flower that has been masked and then remove the mask. The flower that was just stamped will appear behind the first flower that was stamped.

• Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment 
• Color your stamped images with your favorite coloring medium
• Adhere all the layers as shown with your favorite adhesive

• Adhere the pearl rhinestones and the card is finished

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you give this card a try. It is a very versatile stamp so you can use it for many occasions. Have a creative day! 

~Betty~

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Wonderful Spring Art Tag by Guest Designer Sandhya of Sanju's Creations

Hi friends! I am aback again with another fun project for this month’s challenge, that is not a card. This time I used the Lotus Flower on Stem with Small Dragonfly Stamp to make a mix-media style tag. This would be a fun little addition to gifts that I wrap in my hand stamped kraft gift wrapping paper and is super easy to make!

I started with a tag I die cut from Bristol Smooth cardstock. Then, I stamped my image with Versafine ink and heat embossed with a sparkly clear embossing powder from WOW!, called Singing in the rain. I watercolored the flower and dragon fly as well as the background with Arteza real brush pens and I did a fun wet on wet technique where I let the water do my background blending. I love the effect it created. Then I went around the tag with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxides and then distressed the edges with Black soot Distress Oxide.

I added some black details to my flower using a Sharpie fine liner. Finally I partially inked a scripty stamp from Hero Arts and stamped irregularly over the background. A little pink paper twine tied into a bow completes my tag for today. I hope you liked my tag for today and are inspired to give it a go! Thank you!

Love these Spring colors! Thanks so much Sandhya!
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No Line Coloring Mother's Day Card

 Hi everyone! Charlotte here, and today I am sharing a striking Mother's Day card that uses a  no-line coloring technique.

Blank Page Muse products used:

Big Bold Blossoms Flowers & Sentiments by Daniella Hayes

(Available individually - Lotus Line Drawing Flower)

(Shop now and save! Use code BPMDtCharlotte2019 to save 15% off your total order!)

Other materials:

Watercolor card

Stamp positioning tool or acrylic block

Pale pink ink - I used Spun Sugar Distress Ink

Watercolor pencils

Clear glitter brush pen

Scissors

Mother's Day sentiment

Anti-static powder tool

Embossing ink

Ivory Pearl embossing powder

Clear pink iridescent glitter adhesive strips, narrow

Foam squares

Instructions:

First stamp the large lotus flower image onto a piece of watercolor paper using the pale pink ink.

Use watercolor pencils to add color and shading to the lotus flower. Start by using the lightest shade to map in the shadow areas.

Once the shadow areas have been ascertained, use the darkest shade to define the shadow areas.

Continue adding color to each flower using the medium watercolor pencil. Work in flicks to help the colors transition from one to the other. Then use the lightest shade to finish coloring the pencil. Repeat the process for as many layers as are required to provide the desired depth of color.

Use a clear glitter brush pen, or alternatively a plain waterbrush or paint brush dipped in water, to soften and move the pigment laid down with the watercolor pencils. This will blend the color smoothly. Work with one petal at a time, starting in the lightest areas and moving towards the darkest areas to prevent muddying.

Allow the image to dry completely then carefully fussy cut it out, right to the edges of the coloring, using a pair of scissors. Set the fussy cut image aside and work on the card base. 

Use an anti-static powder tool on the black card base then stamp the chosen Mother's Day sentiment with embossing ink. Add Ivory Pearl embossing powder and heat set. Add a narrow clear pink iridescent glitter adhesive strip to each edge of the card, slightly inset to create a frame.

Back the flower with dimensional adhesive and carefully adhere into place on the card base.

I hope you enjoyed my blog post! No line coloring can be tricky, but flowers are very forgiving for the technique. I hope you'll give it a try, and I look forward to seeing what you make!

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