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

Blended Blooms

When Stampin' Up! released the Blendabilites, I did a bunch of these Blended Blooms.

They ended up in the UFO (UnFinished Objects) box.

A couple of them have found a home.

I broke out the Lovely Lace Embossing Folder.

I cut some off for the first card and used the left over for the second.

Since I used markers (Blendabilities), I can take this to 

Addicted to Stamps

MAKE YOUR MARK

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

ADD A LITTLE TEXTURE

There's embossing on both cards and ribbon on the first.

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Blended Bloom, Painted Petals (card 1), Blooming with Kindness (card 2)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Razzleberry, Blendabilities (Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Skintone)

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other: Lovely Lace EF, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Blended Bloom for My Friend

This is the first Blended Bloom I did.

I finally got it on a card.

I used the Rich Razzleberry set of Blendabilities.

I really like them for coloring and the rich look they have.

But when I set it aside and proceeded to do one 

with the Daffodil set, I got splatters all over this one.

It was easy enough to fix by adding some more dots.

I've learned to take the tops off away from any work

and to leave the tops loose until I'm finished.

I can't wait until Stampin' Up! releases more colors.

And until they release these colors to the public.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

is You've Gotta  Have Friends.

I'm blessed with many and one

will get this card.

And speaking of friends,

Darnell is still holding her

NBUS Challenge

and since this was the first time I used

this stamp and the Blendabilities

and I have the added feature of being for a friend,

I'm going to enter this challenge for the 3rd time.

If  you have never visited Darnell's blog,

be sure you do.  She has a delightful way with words

(or non-words as is often the case),

 and is always very positive and upbeat.

I always leave her blog with a smile on my face

and often with a few giggles too.

I hope you'll click on the links and check out these challenges.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Blended Bloom, Blossoms Abound (retired)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Blackberry Bliss

Paper:  Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss

Other:  Blendabilities (Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted