One of my favourite retiring stamp sets is ‘Beautiful Day’ it is one of the sets that I reach for again and again. I love the butterfly and flower and the ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment is a perfect size for the front or inside of the card. It is a set which can be used in a variety of techniques, from Watercolouring, embossing and colouring with Blends or markers. I made a video a while ago showing the cards I had made with the different technique options.
For a long time I have wanted to play with Beautiful Day and one of my favourite but probably most unloved items in my stash, Indigo Blu’s mega flakes. These were one of the first things I bought on my stamping craft journey. I wanted to use some on my sisters wedding invitations, however, she went with a travel theme so I didn’t use it. I love that these make your stamps in to gorgeous gilded flowers, I think it makes a different pop to heat embossing. I have managed to loose some somewhere but found my Lancashire Rose flakes. They work perfectly with their flitter glue and scoochy.
The video below shows how I made the Pretty Peacock version. The flitterglue shouldn’t affect your stamps. I recommend having some of Indigo Blus Easy Peasy stamp cleaner to ensure that all the glue is removed. A container of cold water close to were you are stamping is important too.
Dimensions
Rich Razzleberry/ Pretty Peacock - 14.5cm x 21cm scored at 10.5cm to create 14.5x 10.5 card
Whisper White for inside - 13.5cm x 9.5cm
I love how the cards have turned out and have been playing with more stamp sets with the Mega flakes which I will share with you soon.
