Watercolor Class Project

Here's another card that we did in the watercolor class last week.

We stamped the Blended Bloom stamp with Whisper White 

and heat embossed it with white EP.

Then we wet the flower with clean water and dropped some 

Pink Pirouette and Strawberry Slush reinker onto the wet petals.

The center was colored with Daffodil Delight reinker.

After the flower dried (and we had a good chat), we wet around the flower

and added some Pistachio Pudding reinker with a few spots

of Pink Pirouette and Daffodil Delight.

Stamped the sentiment and let the paper dry.

I find that stacking a couple of big books on the dry watercolor

works well to flatten it before adhering to the card base.

My friend Loll has a great tutorial on this technique.

I think this fits the Addicted to Stamps Challenge

A few days ago I posted a card very similar to this one that we did in the class.

I had a question about how I did the background.

Unfortunately, the person who asked the question didn't give me a way to answer her.

So I thought I'd post a similar card and give you a link to the

Watercolor Bokeh Technique.

You may need to be a member of Splitcoaststampers to see the tutorials.

It's free to join and very easy.

After teaching the class, I had several more backgrounds done

and decided to do one with black accents instead of white.

I can't decide which I like better.

Since I used a snippet of black for the butterfly, I'm sharing at

Pixies Snippet Playground

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Blended Bloom, Lovely Amazing  You

Ink:  Whisper White, Soft Suede

Paper:  Strawberry Slush, Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Reinkers (Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Pistachio Pudding), Corner Rounder (Fiskars), Aqua Painter, White EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Enjoy (Penny Black)

Ink:  Whisper White, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Pool Party, Watercolor (Arches), Basic Black

Other:  Reinkers (Pool Party, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight), Butterflies Thinlits, Stencil (Made from Window Sheet, Circle Collection Framelits, 1/2" Circle Punch), Sponge Dauber

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted