Awesomely Artistic Friend

Continuing the theme of watercolour washes - I finally managed to achieve a lighter effect!

Watercolour wash background with Awesomely Artistic and a die cut

The colours I used for the background were Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Burst.  Once it was dry, I stamped the images from Awesomely Artistic in Basic Black ink.  I, very roughly, added a bit more colour to the foliage with Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide inks.

The base card is Basic Black followed by a layer of Lemon Lime Twist, another of Basic Black followed by the Watercolour Paper.  As a last step, I added the die cut word "friend" in Berry Burst.  To obtain this die cut, I used one of the new Lovely Words thinlits and simply snipped the word from the middle.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Awesomely Artistic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139950]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

Aqua Painters

[103954]

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

[138728]

Watercolor Wash Clear-Mount Background Stamp

[139538]

English Garden Designer Series Paper

[138440]

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]