{A Dream} new sentiment set release from Little Paper Shop!

I love the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on this stamp from the new LPS release {A Dream}. Seemed to me like it worked so nicely with a seed/flower/garden theme:

What lies behind us
and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to
What lies within us

Warning! BIG enabler alert:

I hafta be honest, sentiment sets as a whole was a stamping category I sadly neglected for the longest time. Then, I started feeling like my cards weren't saying anything...So now, I'm stoked to have

...this dreamy one...

This is {A Dream} and it's just being released today from Little Paper Shop AND today there's a SALE to celebrate World Cardmaking Day: 20% off the whole store!

Browse the LPS gallery for {A Dream} here.

The Seed Packets:

These wee seed packets are from a set I had to have called {Nature's Garden}. Browse the LPS Gallery {Nature's Garden} here.

The seed packets have a little torn top that is perfect for curling up for a quick'n'cute 3D detail. The label is perfect for glittering & glazing with Crystal Lacquer.

Seed Packet Step by Step How-to:

1) Emboss seed packet with black ink & clear e.p.
2) Colour it (I used CTMH markers & a water brush & some gel pens)
3) Glitter label with Stardust Sakura gellyroll pen
4) Cut it out
5) Cover label with Crystal Lacquer & let dry
6) Stick seed packet on white & black circles (1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle punches)
7) Add watercolour shadow
8) Stick on "seeds" (metallic microbeads) with Lacquer

The Flowah':

This vellum resist flower is made with the LPS {Butterflies and Blossoms} set. Browse the LPS {Butterflies & Blossoms} Gallery here. I'm writin' the instructions here, but I loved makin' this so I'll probably be making a photo tutorial for you sometime...

Big vellum flower:
Step 1) Emboss tulip-like flower again & again on vellum (in Versamark & clear e.p.)

Here's a wee trick: 3 steps to getting the perfect circular flower...

1) Punch a circle (or round flower) out of black/dark cardstock
2) Place it under the vellum cardstock
3) Use the circle it as a guide to stamp around (the acrylic stamp & block let you see through!)

I embossed this vellum flower in clear & that lets you colour it lots of ways: I used markers (and wiped the excess) But you can easily rub on ink or use H2Os or....

Variations:

• You can make any size this way by varying the size of the circle and adding as many petals as you need.
  
• You can make it on any paper (if you have a light box) Just put the black circle under your paper & stamp after you light it up from behind!

Center flower:

1) Emboss the center flower onto dp (black ink & clear e.p.)
2) Colour it with a marker (Copic Nile Blue BG45)
3) Emboss flower again onto white c.s. & colour in black marker

Other Materials:

Papers: Romani (Gyspy) pack from Basic Grey & SU Cardstocks: Naturals white, whisper White, Basic Black

Tools: SU circle punches (1 1/4" & 1 3/8") & Corner punch. Black marker & waterbrush to distress the main card.


Thanks for visiting!
Hope you have an amazing weekend,

P.S. I know these 4 posts were a lot to take in (it was a lot to type up, LOL) but I just HAD to show you everything so you didn't miss the sale:

20% every Little Paper Shop set for today (Saturday OCT 4th) only

P.P.S. I'm takin' Sunday off; I may sleep for 48 hours (after hitting that sale! LOL)