In the Garden

Hello Everyone! 

This week's Tuesday feature is titled "In the Garden".

If you've taken a look at the catalogue over at Prickley Pear, you've probably noticed that flowers are a favorite. There's an entire Flora & Fauna category in red rubber, or if you prefer the clear sets, check out the Flowers category.

Our Design Team often shows a fondness for flowers in their work. Here are a few new projects using the some of the many floral options at Prickley Pear. 

Michelle's sweet card provided the inspiration for our In the Garden feature. She made this adorable garden scene with a variety of Prickley Pear clear sets, including Blobby Flowers 2 and Flowers 2.
(Sentiment: Spring Flourished Oval)

 
 Of course, florals aren't the only thing in the garden. These adorable stamp is Singing Bluebirds. But wait, isn't there something extra? Heidi points out that Stacked Bluebirds is exactly the same size, allowing her to give this card some extra interest and pop. 
(Sentiment: 1 Corinthians 5.17)

Irit made this beautiful canvas. She's used the Build a Bird 2 stamp set and matching die, along with the Leaf die set.

And finally, this creation, also by Heidi. Those who have seen the recent box office hit, Beauty and the Beast will know that this love store starts with a single rose in the garden. Be Mine Forever, indeed.


 

I hope you enjoyed our In the Garden feature this week. Swing by the Prickley Pear store and find out what could be in your garden.

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Designer Highlight with Irit Shalom

Hello, Prickley Pear Fans!

This week, we've got a Designer Highlight with Irit Shalom! Irit recently created this gorgeous canvas and I was curious about some of the techniques she used.

So, I've asked Irit to share with us some of her secrets.

Irit first covered the canvas with gesso, then applied texture paste used with her chosen stencils. To get the bubbles, the texture paste was dried with a heat gun. After that, acrylic paint was used to paint the canvas and the other stenciled areas.
(Image: Bicycle for Two)

Next up was adding the stamps. Having a hard time getting your sentiments and images added? Irit first stamped her images onto white tissue paper with Archival Ink, then tore the tissue and applied it to the canvas with gel medium.

(Sentiment: Creativity)

This also provides the opportunity to change the images a bit. This girl with flowers is half of the original stamped image. The other half was carefully torn away from the tissue. 
(Image: Love You Mom)

Additional stamps were stamped directly onto the canvas, such as flowers and the small butterflies near the the top of the canvas. 
(Flowers: Circles Set)

Chipboard was added after being painted and, in some cases, covered with crackle glaze.
(Butterflies: Butterfly Clear Set)

Next, splatters were added with a mix of mists over the dry painted canvas. Finally, the butterflies were stamped, die cut and glued onto the canvas. 
(Butterflies Cut with the Butterfly Die)

My goodness! Irit makes it look so easy. 


These aren't the only Prickley Pear sets that would make gorgeous canvas works of art. Check out the entire inventory in the Prickley Pear store for more great options.

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Thursday Inspiration!!

My favorite thing about Thursdays might just be that they come right before Friday...or maybe it's the new projects here on the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps blog. 

Are you as excited as I am to find out what the Design Team has been up to this week?

First up this week is the second new Designer we welcomed to the team this month, Irit. Welcome Irit!

Irit's first project with us is this gorgeous spring card. There are so many wonderful products on this that you'll have to swing over to Irit's blog for the complete list. In the meantime, I spot the Flourished Eiffel and Flower Silhouettes along with the Flowers 2 clear set and Circled set sentiments. 

 

Michelle also welcomes spring with this adorable card featuring Penny (who is also available in a smaller size, if you like). That sentiment comes from the Build a Bird clear set.

  
And while we wait for spring to laugh in the sunshine, let's take time to Live, Dance, Laugh among the flowers. Michelle has paired the sentiment with the Butterfly Sentiments and Flowers 2 sets. 
The matching Butterfly Die and Flowers die makes these images a snap to cut out.

 

 Heidi has also used a smaller version of the Live, Dance, Love sentiment, which you can find in the Flowers clear stamp set. She has paired it with the Flower Silhouettes, a red rubber stamp.

And, the floral theme continues with Heather. Here she's used the new Shamrocks red rubber and Happy Birthday to Use sentiment.



I love the variety of color in everyone's projects this week! Makes me hope think that spring is out there, just around the corner! 

We'll be back soon with more great projects from the Prickley Pear Design Team. Check out the entire selection of high quality stamps in the online store. 

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