Dragon Fly Dreams Card - with Stampin Up Watercolour Pencils

So, it was the massive Stampin' Up! annual catalogue launch last Thursday.  One can only imagine tens of thousands of orders pouring in on one single day, including mine.  No joke.

Whilst I  wonder when my first order is gonna come, I flip through my stash of numerous unused papers, stamps and dies, and begin to use the watercolour pencils on the designer paper "Inside the Lines" (the one with flowers, dragonflies and bees).  It came surprisingly well. So I put some papers together and made a card out of it.

Again, surprisingly the detestable Hello Honey (oops did I just say that) go so well with the Blackberry Bliss.  It just goes to prove that no colour is unusable, even the undelightful Delightful Dijon, which I happen to have as well.  

The star of the card is without doubt the watercolour pencils. They came in 13 vibrant pencils and I chose Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and the lovely Daffodil Delight.  With the help of the Blending Pens all of a sudden the colours come alive and you get a beautiful result.

I suggest everyone should have a set of the watercolour pencils.  They are so easy to apply, work absolute magic and are only $27.75!  And of course you'll need the high quality Specialty Designer Series Paper like these.  The images match the current stamps and makes it simple to match and look professional with your projects.

And yes the Hello Honey ink pad is on clearance price at $4.6 (RRP $11.5) until sold out. That's the colour I used on both bees.



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Dragonfly Dreams - to My Crafty Friends

So as everyone at Stampin' Up! knows, the Sale-a-bration has just started 10 days ago and caused a shopping frenzy amongst customers and demonstrators themselves.  And I'm sure a lot of people have fallen in love already with the latest occasions products, especially the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.

It comes with coordinating dies as well.  How beautiful is this bundle! 

Dragonfly Dreams Photopolymer Bundle

And because I went to the OnStage in Brisbane, I was allowed to get this fabulous bundle in November, ahead of a lot of demonstrators and customers.  

But sadly I had to put them aside due to my busy work schedule, until yesterday. After browsing on Pinterest.  I've decided to make two different styles.

One is the distressed collage. I just put the stamps randomly to create an imperfect look, and that's the beauty of collage - it doesn't have to be perfect!  Then I diecut the dragonfly and stick it on. Done.

 Besides the Dragonfly bundle itself I also use Touches of Texture stamp set to create the collage.  It didn't involve a lot of thinking (just stamp the way I like it), and suitable to send to my friend Nathalie.


Then I carried on and made another card.  this is also a simple card but a lot softer.  I used Smokey Slate and Blushing Bride ink colours.

It's so easy it only took 20 min! Yes I know I'm slow, but this is pretty good.  And it can be an all purposed card (because I forgot to put sentiment on it)

For those who love butterflies, this dragonfly set is definitely something different and you will collect and love it.

PS: I've recently quit the DBWS system so for anyone who can't find my name in the Demonstrator Locator, just click on the directory and search my name Kimberly Hsiang, under state - VIC,  and you'll find me! 

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