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New Stamps and some Inspirations .

Hi there , after giving you a little taste of my new stamps from Creative Expressions last week , I thought that I would show you some finished cards over the next few days .
All the cards were created using the new sets of stamps that I designed for the nice people at Creative Expressions. They are all hand drawn .
I'm not going to give long descriptions of how they were made , just show them to you as inspiration for what you could do with the stamps .

Firstly , Creative Expressions Clear Stamp Set , Waterlily , CEC885.

Secondly , Creative Expressions Stamps , Mixed Posy , CEC889 .

I hope you like these and  maybe want to have a go with these new stamps .

Over the next few days I'll share some more designs with you .

If you would like to see what other members of the DT are doing go to Creative Expressions

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Hi there , today I am going to tease you with some sneaky peaks at some of the cards that I have made . They are all made using six new sets of floral stamps just released by Creative. All the designs have been hand drawn by me and I hope that you like them .
So , here are a few pictures , more soon .

If you want to see all the sets look on the Creative Expressions website . 

I'll be back with more pictures soon .

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ALittle bit Vintage .

Hi there , this is rather late but finally here is my latest offering for you . I have a tendency to use cool colours because I like them , but today I have gone for some soft vintage colours .
The project is a deep frame which I painted inside and out with a mixture of Clotted Cream and White which made a soft cream colour . I also painted a piece of card cream .
To create the background for the inside of the box I used my favourite technique of patting various colours onto the card using a wet wipe . Just dab the paint randomly onto the card . Use the different colours and allow them to blend together until you like the effect . I started with Cocoa Praline and added Clotted Cream and Flushed Cheeks, finishing with more of the mixed cream colour .

For the frame I stencilled texture Paste through a stencil and once dry I painted a layer of the cream paint over it . I finished with some gilding polish onto the raised areas .

The stamping on the background was done with Potting Soil Archival ink .

I used Clear Stamps , Watch the Birdie for the words and Portraits for the leaves and flowers . I added a few leaves from Rustic Birds .

Instead of using this for the background of a frame a similar effect would make a good background for a card .

On another piece of painted card I stamped the leaves , dragonfly ( from Beautiful Wings ) and create ( from Woodware stamp Vintage Inspiration ) with the same ink . I triple embossed the Create and framed it . The other two designs were attached behind Tim Holtz Fragments, but they could also be triple embossed.

I cut a piece of hessian and rubbed the Gilding Polish over it .

Finally I put all the elements I had made into the frame along with some lace and flowers .

The project when finished looks like this .

Here is a list of Creative Expressions products that I used in this project:---

CE Acrylic Mixed Media Paint, White , Clotted Cream Flushed Cheeks and Cocoa Praline. 

CE Gilding Polish, Chocolate Bronze and Red Bronze .

CE Stamps , Beautiful Wings, Portraits, Watch the Birdie, Rustic Birds, Wild Flowers. 

Woodware Stamps  , Vintage Inspiration.

That Special Touch Mask, Peacock Mask .

Ranger Archival ink , Potting Soil.

Cosmic Shimmer Ultra Thick Embossing Crystals, Clear .

Creative Expressions, Pearl Topped Stick Pins , White .

If you want to see what other CE Design Team members are doing go to Creative Expressions