Hello and welcome! Today I am thrilled to be hopping along with the fabulous teams at Hero Arts and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. We've joined forces for one big happy blog party! You should have stopped here by way of Janette Kausen's beautiful blog. If not, head back to the Scrapbook Adhesives blog to start at the very beginning!
I am a huge fan of the basics from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L - their adhesives and foam squares. I use them on pretty much everything I make! And I also use them at the classes I teach, when we provide the adhesive. The people at Scrapbook Adhesives are so kind, I love joining forces with them!
For today's projects, I used the Hero Arts Artistic Peony Frame Cuts in a bit of a different way. This die set was designed to be used to cut out the Artist Peony woodblock stamp.
The stamp is GORGEOUS, but I thought it would be fun to use the die by itself. Turns out, with a little liquid watercolor, the result as a stand alone die is gorgeous, too!
I painted the flower on the left with Strawberry Liquid Watercolor, and the one on the right with Mulled Wine. The flower centers are Dandelion. I die cut the flower again, and trimmed into "leaf" shapes, and painted those with Moss. I love that the centers are a separate die cut - I popped those up with 3D Foam Squares White Mix, and the leaves were attached using my favorite adhesive - the E-Z Runner Grand Refillable Dispenser. A little Diamond Stickles in the flowers centers made me swoon even more!
Eventually I'll put these flowers onto cards or other projects, but for right now they are making me happy just hanging out on my desk where I can look at them!
Now onto the good stuff....
There are two fabulous prize packs up for grabs today. Each prize pack is valued at $35 - one sponsored by Hero Arts and one sponsored by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Winners will be drawn from the entries collected on Rafflecopter - you have until Sunday, June 24th at 11:59PM Central to enter. Click HERE to enter and follow each step. Good luck! Winners will be announced next Tuesday, June 26th.
Now let's get hopping. Next on the list is Linsey Rickett! I can't wait to see what she made! Here's the entire hop list.
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®
Hero Arts
Amy Tsuruta
Christine Meyer
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Janette Kausen
Libby Hickson (you are here!)
Linsey Rickett
Margie Higuchi
Michelle Short
Shannon Morgan
Shellye McDaniel
Teri Anderson
Terri Burson
Tracy McLennon
Valerie Ward
Yvonne van de Grijp
Thanks for stopping by!
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Absolutely WOW.
ReplyDeleteLove how you colored your diecut!
ReplyDeleteWow... that turned out amazing. I love the look.
ReplyDeleteSuch a gorgeous card. Your watercoloring is amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing...
Just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOMG I would have never dreamed of doing it....love it thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea just using the die! It came out just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I love the peony. Colors are gorgeous. Great job.
ReplyDeleteWow! Fantastic card!
ReplyDeleteIn love with the watercolor technique and the sparkly stickles in the centers. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteVery unique idea. Turned out beautifully!
ReplyDeleteStunning!
ReplyDeleteLove how you colored these peonies! They are gorgeous
ReplyDeleteIs this on a plate??? So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSo creative and clever!!!!
ReplyDeleteAlways interested in trying new products.
ReplyDeleteThose would absolutely make me happy to see on my desk! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers!
ReplyDeleteWow! You did an amazing job coloring those peonies! They will be lovely on a card someday.
ReplyDeleteWow--these are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are gorgeous. Fabulous coloring.
ReplyDeleteNever would have thought to use the die like that. Wow, they are stunning!
ReplyDeletePRETTY FLOWERS! Such a BEAUTIFUL job water coloring the flowers!
ReplyDeleteWOW - love those flowers Libby - beautifully coloured/shaded. Rafflecopter and I have never seen eye to eye so I will simply carry on my merry way!
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Maxine
Gorgeous...loved it...thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are beautiful. They are colored so realistically. Poping up the centrs was a nice touch.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing with us all how to use our dies in another way! your flowers are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and love
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leaves.
Carla from Utah
I love your watercolored peonies! Perfectly wonderful colors and such a great way to use the dies!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous way to use the die! Love the watercoloring. Thanks for sharing. Entering on Rafflecopter is useless to me as I don't have an Instagram account and I am not going to get one so it doesn't like me, but I'll continue to hop anyway!
ReplyDeleteWow your project is stunning, your flowers looks so elegant! I love your work!
ReplyDeleteOh my! Love your stunning peonies! Colors are simply breathless!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card with a fabulous colour palette. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteYour coloring is gorgeous on these peonies!
ReplyDeleteLove the beautiful watercolor peonies! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh, Libby! They are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow, that die is so intricate. How cool that it cuts out each layer. They'll be great on a card when you get around to that!
ReplyDeleteWow...hard to believe you PAINTED those!! Far out!! Amazing work, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThose flowers are beautiful. I love the look of watercolor. Great idea to make stand alone flowers and you can use them later as embellishments for cards or scrapbook pages.
ReplyDeleteThose flowers are gorgeous! I love the look and can imagine how they must look in person. they must have great dimension! Thanks for the inspiration!
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