Rare Earth new flower stamps

The Rare Earth flower stamps come in sections so you can layer them and get different effects. I love the way the new sets of stamps come with a set of sentiments, including the names of the flowers in a beautiful flowing script. I also like the outlines that allow you to try a number of different effects. The stamps give beautiful water-colour effects and could be used for a variety of cards.

I used pearlescent water colour paint to stamp the cornflower onto a background paper created with the Rare Earth inks. The card shape was made with Tattered Lace book dies.

The cornflower was stamped onto a water-colour wash and mounted onto a bag. The background paper was created using a gelli plate and a  mixture of  Rare Earth and distress inks.

The cornflowers were die cut and mounted onto an oval shutter card by Tattered Lace. The lovely Best Wishes stamp is one of the Rare Earth sentiments.

I love foxgloves. They are one of my favourite flowers because of the wonderful shapes pf the flowers and leaves. having grown up near the New Forest they delighted me as a child; and still do now. Pixie powders were used to create the background. The  flower embellishments were created with Tattered Lace dies.

The foxgloves were stamped with a mixture of pearlescent water colour paint and water colour marker colour pens, which were lightly sprayed before stamping.

The background was created with the Rare Earth harlequin background stamp. \You can see that the layered stamps allow you to build up a depth of colour.  The frame was cut using  the Holly craft a card collection by Tattered Lace.

The peony was stamped using water colour marker pens onto an orange background I had already created.

The stamped peony was mounted on the diamond shutter card, by Tattered lace. The side panels were from one of the Tattered Lace embossing folders, highlighted with gilding wax.