Hello everyone I am absolutely THRILLED to announce that I have joined the design team for Spectrum Noir and my first samples are for the BEAUTIFUL new stamp designs by Cherry Green that are launching this week as a One Day Special on Hochanda. These designs work amazingly with all of your favourite watercolour mediums including the very portable and convenient-to-use Spectrum Noir Aqua pens. I truly hope these samples inspire you to get creative with this wonderful new collection.
DESIGNER: Cherry Green
RANGE: Hydrangea and Butterflies
LAUNCH DATE: Thursday 15th June on Hochanda (show times 6pm, 8pm on Thursday and 6am, 9am, 1pm and 5pm on Friday)
Find Cherry Green at Crafter’s Companion https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/brands/cherry-green.html
All of my samples have been coloured with Spectrum Aqua pens or Spectrum Sparkle pens:
8x8" Card made using Crafter's Companion Stamps "Hydrangea Heart" by Cherry Green coloured with Spectrum Aqua Pens scarlet, blossom, sunflower, bud green, leaf green, moss, burgundy, red violet, kingfisher, peacock blue, charcoal. This set comes with a separate butterfly stamp which fits onto the main image. I have stamped and embossed this on heat proof acetate and stuck down just the body using 3d Collal glue.
8x8" Card made using Crafter's Companion Stamps "Dancing Butterflies" by Cherry Green coloured with just three Spectrum Aqua Pens sunflower, rose pink, aquamarine. The black background is heat embosses flourish stamps from the set on Crafters Companion Matt Black card, the pastel background is created by stamping the flourishes in white gesso and then applying the pens with an ink tool and glycerin. The flowers were created with a die by Sheena Douglass.
8x8" Box Card made using Crafter's Companion Stamps "Hydrangea Garden" by Cherry Green coloured with Spectrum Aqua Pens Jasmine, Teal, Red Violet, Orchid, Spice, Gold, Leaf green, Bud green, Boulder, Chestnut. I created the box from Crafters Companion Kraft card – please comment if you’d like me to give a tutorial on making box cards. The images have been heat embossed in Ivory powder onto Crafters Companion Watercolour card. There is also a “flying” butterfly suspended on invisible thread that flutters above the hydrangeas.
8x8" Card made using Crafter's Companion Stamps "Midnight Dreams" by Cherry Green coloured with Spectrum Aqua Pens crimson, orange, gold, meadow, bud green. evergreen, peacock blue, purple, leaf green, moss, desert, slate, terracotta. The background was created on Sheena Stamping Card and the Tim Holtz spritzer to give an airbrushed effect.
8x8" Card made using Crafter's Companion Stamps "Summer Solstice" by Cherry Green coloured with Spectrum Sparkle Pens Cosmos, Rose Quartz, Holly Leaf, Aquamarine, Starry sky. The butterfly was stamped onto Crafters Companion Watercolour Card in ivory embossing powder. Then a super sparkly cosmic background was created using the Spectrum Sparkle pens. Even the ribbon was coloured using the pens.
