No, I’m not in Hawaii nor am I going to Hawaii in the near future….I just made a card that made me wish that I was in Hawaii! Ha! The Tropical Oasis Suite will definitely make you think of a tropical vacation.
Oh, my! Check out all of the goodies in this bundle! Stamp set, dies, designer series paper, trinkets, braided trim, embossing folder, new ink and Memories and More cards! Wow! You will love these products! They all coordinate and make you think tropics!
I think my favorite product in the suite (at this point, anyway…) is the embossing folder. It’s called Coastal Weave. Check it out:
Now, I can’t tell you all about this fabulous suite of products without sharing a project with you! This was my first project made with this suite and I only used the stamp set, dies and of course the embossing folder from the suite on it. It kind of makes you want to head on over to a tropical island and walk on the beach.
I must have a thing about trees. If I see a stamp set with a tree I really want it. These palm trees are what called to me when I first saw this stamp set….them and the gorgeous flowers.
To make the sandy beach I took a strip of Crumb Cake cardstock and tore one of the long edges. Then I took a Stampin’ Sponge and lightly dabbed on some Soft Suede ink. It’s hard to tell from the picture but I also did a little sponging on the sun to add a little depth to it. The trees are stamped in the Soft Suede ink and then colored with a Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blend Marker and a Light Soft Suede Stampin’ Blend Marker.
Ah….Tuesday’s Tip! You don’t just have to use Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp your images before coloring them with your Stampin’ Blend Markers. You can use any Stampin’ Up! ink pad! All of the Stampin’ Up! colored ink pads are water-based just like the Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad is!
If you haven’t heard this before, the reason you need to use a water-based ink pad is because the Stampin’ Blend Markers are alcohol-based. You want to use the opposite type of ink pad. If you used a StazOn ink pad which is alcohol-based with your Stampin’ Blends your images would smear since both the ink pad and the markers are alcohol-based. The same goes when you’re water-coloring your stamped images: you want to use an alcohol-based ink pad so when you watercolor the ink won’t bleed.
Dimensions: Crumb Cake card base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″, 3 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ Soft Suede: 5″ x 3 3/4″, scrap Pool Party: 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ Whisper White: 5 1/4″ x 4″, 2 3/4″x 3 3/4″ So Saffron: scrap
I hope you have a warm and tropical kind of day! Take care and Happy Stamping!