First play with my Watercolour Wings stamp set and a Colour Challenge!

I have totally fallen in love with my brand new Watercolor Wings stamp set which arrived this week. I adore butterflies and this set is just so versatile and full of potential! The butterflies are simply stunning... swoon!

This gorgeous two-step stamp set comprises of a total of 15 stamps, for you to make several designs of two differently-sized butterflies, three sentiments and a couple of dotty patterns. As it is a photopolymer set, it is really easy to line up the different "layers" of the butterflies (without the need for a Stamp-a-majig!). 

Here are the stamps in the set:

Watercolor Wings Photopolymer Stamp Set 139424 £23.00/31,00€

You can buy the stamp set on its own, or as a bundle, with the Bold Butterfly Framelit Dies, which will save you 15%. (140232 £32.50/44,00€) They also co-ordinate with the Butterfly Thinlits too. However, today I decided to just use the stamps on their own to make a card:

The colours used are Calypso Coral, Night of Navy and Tip Top Taupe. I love how the stamps are designed to look a bit patchy on purpose to give a water-coloured look, with no need for a paintbrush! I inked up the more solid, base stamp of the larger butterfly with Calypso Coral and then stamped it off first onto my grid paper to give it a paler look on the Very Vanilla card layer. Next was the edged-wing stamp which was straight-up Calypso Coral; then the spots and splodges wing pattern stamp was inked with Night of Navy. The butterfly bodies and antennae plus the trios of dots in the background of the card were all stamped in Tip Top Taupe.

I chose the colours to go in the Always Playing With Paper Challenge #38 colour challenge which asked for coral, navy and kraft inks. I think that Tip Top Taupe falls under the Kraft category, don't you?

 Of course I couldn't leave the inside of the card undecorated, could I? 

I had such a fun afternoon playing with this glorious stamp set. I even stamped up the smaller butterflies in the same colour-combo too onto a 5cm wide strip of Very Vanilla Cardstock too. Aren't they gorgeous? I haven't decided yet whether to make this panel into a bookmark or to add it onto a card base - I am waiting for my Ornate Tag Topper Punch to arrive (which I bought at a reduced price in last week's Weekly Deals) so I think I might use that when it arrives and turn it into a bookmark. I think it would make a beautiful gift tag too - decisions, decisions... what to do? See, I told you this stamp set was versatile, didn't I? And as usual I have more ideas whizzing around my head than time to make them all!

Hope you have enjoyed seeing my first projects made with this fabby-tastic stamp set, I am SURE that you will be seeing many more butterflies here in the next few weeks and months. I think it will become one of my "go-to" stamp sets for all sorts of occasions and it will definitely feature in a class or two I think, so watch this space!

Well, that's it for today, I'm off to make some more butterflies in different colours... Until next time, happy crafting everyone!

Lucy x

How to make some Stampin' Savings: Weekly Deals and more...

Weekly Deals for 10th to 16th June 2015:

Every Wednesday Stampin' Up! offer a selection of their current products at a discount for one week only. There have been some fantastic bargains to be had in previous Weekly Deals and this week is no exception! Come and have a look at this week's bargains:

These items are only available at these discounted prices until Tuesday 16th June 2015, so grab them while you can! Click here to view them in more detail. I really love the gold and silver ribbons and use the square framelits a lot and the diagonal plate for the Simply Scored tool is SO useful!

Remember that you can add other items to your Weekly Deal order too, to make the most of the £4.95 shipping fee - which is a flat fee, regardless of how many things you treat yourself to!

If you are after even more bargains, then the Clearance Rack is a great place to start and of course there are many new Bundles in the new Annual Catalogue which will save you 15% too. 

Don't forget to add your essentials too - mine are notecards and envelopes, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Whisper White and Very Vanilla Cardstock, Fast Fuse/refill, Dimensionals and baker's twine! Stampin' Up! Paper snips are an absolute must for any crafter too!

While we are talking about bargains - for this month only, (June 2015) you can get TWO FREE STAMP SETS if you join my team! That is on top of the £130's worth of products and £40's worth of business items that are already included in the £99 Starter Kit cost. A great idea if your wish list is big! I welcome hobby stampers as well as business-minded stampers into my team and I am part of a much larger team network too, with lots of help and advice available via our facebook groups, team training events and of course from me directly.

Click here to get more information and to join:

Hope you get yourself some bargains!

Until next time, happy crafting everyone...

Lucy x