Pink Cosmo

Hello crafty friends.  I'm glad you stopped by today!

I had this stamp set out to use the sentiment.  I've used it lots for the sentiment, but

I don't think I'd ever inked the flowers.

They were so much fun to color.  I don't know why it took so long to play with them!

I put the stamp in my MISTI and used a combination of Distress Ink and 

Distress Markers to ink the outline stamp. 

I pulled color into the petals with my waterbrush and added color where 

I needed extra by picking up ink swiped on my palette.

When I was finished coloring, I pulled some of the pink from the edges

of the flowers to create a soft wash.

I used the stamp again by stamping with embossing ink

and heat embossing with white powder.

Then I blended Distress Oxide ink with my brushes (thanks, Trina).

I colored it dark at the top and faded it out toward the bottom to create an

ombre look.

Then I used a damp waterbrush to lift color from the petals.

I loved the soft contrast!

The centers were done with a Copic marker.

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Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Cosmo (TT)

Ink:   Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Aged Mahogany, Crushed Olive, Fossilized Amber, Gathered Twigs (DI and DM), Early Espresso (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media, Basic Black (SU), Neenah

Other:  

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Cosmo (TT), Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad, Picked Raspberry (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Damp Waterbrush to remove color, Yellow Copic Marker, Pearl Thread, Dew Drops