Bloom Girl Peyton in a Vintage Christmas way

Hey everyone!

DT Stephanie here with you today to present Bloom Girl Peyton! As the holidays season approaches, I wanted to show you that all the Bloom Girls (and boy!) can be turned into a Christmas ornament, gift, home decor, and of course, cards! So this is the first of my (hopefully) long list of ideas!

As always, I stamped my image first, coloured it, and fussy cut with sharp scissors the parts I wanted to keep. You don't have to use the full image/design if you think something can't fit what you have in mind! Then, it's up to you to figure out a sketch for your card, starting with your favourite christmas patterned paper, and stunning pops of colours added by your embellishments.

Supplies used :
Bloom Girl Peyton stamp
Copic markers
Cryogen White cardstock
Memento Black Tuxedo ink
Mushroom weave trim from Prima, 577100
Metal embellishments - flowers from Prima, 960339
Peace and holly flowers from Prima, 584408
A Victorian Christmas 6x6 paperpad from Prima, 990541

Hope you like Peyton turned this way and make sure to share your own version on our Facebook Group!

Watercoloured Free Spirit on Canvas

Good morning everyone!

DT Stephanie with you today to show you a bit of watercolouring on a canvas that I created with Bloom Girl Free Spirit and a couple of awesome products from Jamie's line at Prima.

List of supplies I used :
12x12 canvas
6x12 Stencil-Phrases, 655350980436
1 Color Bloom Spray (colour of your choice)
1.5" Thread Letters-LOVE, 655350980474
A4 Watercolor Paper Pad, 655350980269
Bloom - Cling Stamps - "Free Spirit", 655350980184
Sentiment from the Bloom Cling Stamp - Quentin, 655350980337
Bloom- Art Book,  655350980009
Large Doily
StazOn black ink
Watercolour pencils (Prima's and Inktense by Derwent)
Waterbrush pen
Two kraft tags
Brown ink for distressing
Coral Gelato stick from Faber-Castell
Tiny square stencil
Gel medium
Modeling Paste
Twine

Here are the steps to complete this project :

Start by putting a thick layer of modeling paste on your preferred word from the phrases stencil and some tiny squares, too.

Remove stencil and let dry complete. You can do this project over a couple of days, or you can use a heat gun to fasten the process.

Spray some Color Bloom here and there, moving the canvas to try having droplets. 

Remove two pages from your Art Book and gently tear them in large pieces. Stick the first pattern on your canvas by using gel medium.

Add your doily in the center, again glueing it with gel medium.

Ink both kraft tags and put on top of the doily. We're building layers!

Add thread letters wherever you want. If the letters try to move when handling the canvas, add a thin coat of gel medium to their back.

Stamp sentiment on two pieces.

Stamp your Bloom Girl on watercolour paper.

Start adding colours to her face first, by using Prima's hair and skin set. You can easily do the rest with your Inktense pencils or any medium you like, as long as she gets completely coloured,

Add some twine as a hairband, if you want.

Take the second page out of your Art Book, tear it, glue it on top of the rest.

Spray some Color Bloom again.

Place your Bloom Girl on the layers using either double-sided tape or 3D foam dots.

For a nice finishing touch, grab your gelato and rub some colour at the corners of the canvas.

Here's the look without the sentiment on.

A close-up...

And our finished piece!

I hope you liked this canvas, as it was totally out of my comfort zone. How about YOU do something different the next time you create, too? :-)

CAS your Bloom Girls tutorial by DT Stephanie

Good morning everyone!

Stephanie with you today to show you how you can create two Clean & Simple cards with the Bloom Girls, perfect and ready for every occasion!

Here's what you'll need:

Two Bloom Girls images stamped and coloured (I used Joy and Paige)

Neutral flowers

3 sheets of cardstocks

2 sheets of patterned papers

Some twine

3D foam adhesive

First step is to cut your coloured image to a decent size for mail. Standard cards are 4"x6", however I usually do 5.5" square, but the idea remains the same ; cut it at 3/8" from the measurements of your base.

With the tip of a black marker, carefully trace the edges as a finishing touch.

Now, cut your patterned paper at 3/16" from the measurements of your base, fitting right under your image.

Adhere everything together with double-sided tape.

You could also pop up your image with 3D foam dots, for more dimension.

Add a row  (or two, or three!) of twine and stick it behind your image before adding the whole layer to the cardbase.

That's it, we're done! Add one or two flowers in a corner and you can do the same process with your second image.

And here's the final look!

Please note that I jazzed things up a little bit on the second one by adding a red cardstock between the base and the pattern paper. I couldn't resist, but it's still very CAS!!

Thanks for coming by :-) xx

Bloom Girl Catrina card on video by DT Stephanie

Good morning Bloomies!

DT Stephanie is here and I'm back with a Bloom Girl project on video! This time, it's our gorgeous Catrina who's being featured! I just love her mantilla and the big roses all around her.

For this card, I first stamped my image, coloured her with alcohol markers, and die-cut her before starting to shoot the video.

Next step was to cut some patterned paper, distress the edges, mat them with different cardstocks, add some brads, trims, flowers and that's it!

A couple of close-ups...

The inside...

And the video on how to create this beauty!

Products used:
Bloom Girl - Catrina, 980290
Welcome to Paris 6"x6" paperpad, 845117
Flowers, 577766
Flowers Puccini, 561239
Flowers, 577742
Mini Sachet Sure Flowers, 565598
Wood Icons - The Archivist, 579586
Vintage Mechanicals - Mini Brads, 960384
Wheat Jute Trim, 576875
Distressing tool, 890940

Thanks for listening to the video and make sure to share your take on our Bloom Girls Creative Group!

Christmas Card Loveliness with Stephanie and the Bloom Girls

Today I would like to share with you a beautiful card by Stephanie!!! She has such a way with Copics and the Bloom Girls :)


Good morning Bloomies!

Stephanie here on the blog today with another Christmas card inspiration for you! This was a tricky one, as I was challenged to use only Prima products, but I didn't have any holiday papers left :-S So I decided to put the focal point on the gorgeous Paige, stamped in Memento ink and coloured with Copic markers. 

You can also spot these items, all from Prima:

980054 Bloom Girl - Paige stamp

846961 6x6 Epiphany paperpad

576875 Jute Trim - Wheat

577018 Lace Trim - Cloud

577094 Weave Trim - Oatmeal

891084 Resist Chalk Edger - Branch Bark

577780 Paper leaves - Rodanthe - Neptune

911041 Mini Julie Nutting Dolls - Wood Embellishment and trim from the packaging

564674 Metal Paper Clip - Lifetime

So what do you think, are you going to try and give a Christmas mood to your own Bloom Girls?

REMINDER!!!

 OH and did you see?! Our sweet Jamie is having a dt call! Be sure to share your creation using the Bloom Girls products on our creative group, you never know if you might end up with an invitation from Jamie herself to be on the team, woohoo!!

Thanks for visiting us today, and don't forget to check in on our Facebook group to see sneaks and many other fun things about the Bloom girls.