Flirty Flowers on Glossy Watercolour

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I managed to tear myself away from the Embossing Paste long enough to  play with some ink and glossy paper again.  There was some Pacific Point and Melon Mambo ink on my craft mat after a (failed) attempt at a technique that's new to me.  So, I spritzed the craft mat with water and grabbed some pieces of Glossy Paper to smoosh in the puddles.  Waste not, want not!  I'm still thinking about what to do with my failure (other than introducing it to the bin!)

A black silhouette is very effective against a watercolour background

This was the smallest piece and when it was dry I stamped the image with Basic Black ink.

I stamped the greeting with Pacific Point ink onto Whisper White cardstock and cut it out with one of the Stitched Shapes dies, layering it onto a scalloped circle of Pacific Point that was cut with one of the Layering Circles. 

Lastly, I added a bow and tails of Fresh Fig Sheer Ribbon.

Thank you for your visit.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Flirty Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143872]

Hello Friend Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144059]

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Pacific Point A4 Card Stock

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Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[126948]

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[126951]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon

[144174]

Wild About Flowers on Watercolour Background

Being very short of time this week [been busy making video tutorials! ;) ] has forced me to think of ways to create a card quickly.

For this one, I combined a simple background with a silhouette and then used layers of cardstock and paper to give it a lift.

I think the layers give a bit of grandeur to something very simple

I used the English Garden Designer Series Paper with Pumpkin Pie and Mossy Meadow cardstock for the layers.

For the background: I inked the Watercolour Wash background stamp with Pear Pizzazz and Pumpkin Pie inks and spritzed water onto a piece of Shimmery White cardstock before stamping onto it.  I let the colours run a bit and then dried it with my heat tool.

Once the background was dry I used Archival Black ink and the Wild About Flowers stamp set (another generous gift for advancing to Silver - thank you again, Kylie Bertucci!).  It's a two-step stamp set but oh so quick and simple to do!

I added some Blackberry Bliss ribbon for good measure - this particular version is retired now (I don't use my ribbon fast enough!) but some of the Rich Razzleberry Cotton Ribbon would have done the trick if I'd had some.

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time
Stephanie

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Product List

Wild About Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Watercolor Wash Clear-Mount Background Stamp

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English Garden Designer Series Paper

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Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock

[108601]

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

[133683]

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[126945]

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]