A warm spring like welcome from Cambridgeshire, UK and to the Let’s Get Hopping Blog Hop, where this month we are showing our love for Very Vanilla.
I’m very much a Whisper White girl, loving clean and fresh designs, so here’s a challenge. This month at Let’s Get Hopping, we are sharing our love for Very Vanilla. Now you may well have already hopped on over from my good friend, Eimear. She is a very talented crafter who I’m sure will have inspired you with what love she is sharing for Very Vanilla.
During last month’s class, one of my ladies wore a top that I couldn’t stop looking at. The colours, the pattern and the base colour of vanilla had me thinking. Yes, I was planning on using it as inspiration to create a card to share with you today.
I don’t really know what it was about this top, but using the Beautiful Bouquet I set to work and created this card for you.
I’m really quite pleased with the colour combination that I’ve managed to recreate. Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide, Dapper Denim and Berry Burst.
The base card is Very Vanilla and of course the colour of our Watercolour paper, is also more very vanilla than white.
Very Vanilla Watercolour Spritz Technique
If you randomly stamp your images around the edge of your watercolour paper, you can then add your sentiment panel across the middle. Before mounting it, you want to spritz it with water using our Stampin’ Up! Spritzers. Depending upon how much you do, will depend upon the effect that is created. the paper may temporarily buckle, so I weighed mine down in the middle with an acrylic block, before then gently heating the back to dry it off. You can then mount it to the next base layer adding embellishments as you see fit.
It offers quite a messy whimsical look, but I really quite like it. I also liked the edge of the Very Vanilla 1/2″ Lace Trim that I’ve added. The sentiment banner is from the Home Life Stamp Set and Framelit bundle.
Something quite different for me, but something that I really enjoyed making. I just wonder now if Audrey, who’s top was my inspiration, will love it as much as I do? I’ll have to send her a copy through the post.
I do hope you’ll hop on over now to see what very vanilla special Verity will have whipped up for us. I can’t wait to see myself.
Happy Hopping and do let us know if you like the vanilla twists that we’ve shared with you.
Nina McMillan says
April 5, 2018 at 2:52 amIt’s Beautiful! and so neat that you used an article of clothing as inspriation, I tell my stamping friends all the time that something someone is wearing looks like a great card!
Mikaela Titheridge says
April 5, 2018 at 11:28 amIt’s all around us Nina. We just have to open our eyes and often, it’s fashions and home furnishings that being on trend, will work better than other things x
Jennifer Frost says
April 5, 2018 at 3:05 amSo pretty! How awesome you drew inspiration from that lovely tee!
Mikaela Titheridge says
April 5, 2018 at 11:28 amThank you so much Jennifer. Isn’t it a beautiful print on her top. I’m pleased to say that she loves the card too x
Sherry says
April 5, 2018 at 3:08 amGreat interpretation of your inspiration photo!
Mikaela Titheridge says
April 5, 2018 at 11:13 amThank you Sherry. I just loved the colours in Audrey’s top and knew I had to try recreating something using it. I’m pleased that you like x
Tanya Rees says
April 5, 2018 at 3:58 amWow. YOu nailed it. This card is THe perfect REPRESENTation OF the top. I haven’t tried this technique before, I’m definitely going to have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing
Mikaela Titheridge says
April 5, 2018 at 11:14 amaww Thank you so much Tanya, I am delighted that you like it and you should so go and give this technique a try. It feels strange to beautifully stamp on watercolour paper and then spritz to mess it up, but it’s really therapeutic too x
Mo Rootes says
April 5, 2018 at 8:35 amMikaela this is gorgeous and the colours work so well with very vanilla x
Mikaela Titheridge says
April 5, 2018 at 11:15 amThank you Mo. I said I’d create something and I did. I’m chuffed to bits with it too x
Verity biddlecombe says
April 5, 2018 at 9:18 amWhat a beautiful background you have created!
Mikaela Titheridge says
April 5, 2018 at 11:16 amThank you so much Verity. I’m so pleased you and others like it too. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea being less crisp and clear, but it’s really quite different, which I liked x
Tracy Bish says
April 5, 2018 at 11:11 amGrorgeous card, lOve how you Came up witH the colours, inspiration isall around uS!
Mikaela Titheridge says
April 5, 2018 at 11:17 amInspiration most certainly is all around us and I’ve been taking it from everywhere of late. I’ve really been keeping my eyes open and photographing what I want to use. So pleased you like x
Melanie Morris says
April 5, 2018 at 1:54 pmWow! What a match to your top. Lovely card!
Mikaela Titheridge says
April 5, 2018 at 7:31 pmThank you so much Melanie. I’m really pleased with how it worked out and I’m delighted that so many like it including you xx
Teresa Brown says
April 29, 2018 at 2:31 amWow love your card its so magical. Amazing well done