Water color background

Happy Thursday!

Today's card is pretty fast, even if it doesn't look like it is. Get ready to break out the stamp pads and aqua painters.

Supplies:

Wisteria Wonder card stock

Basic Black card stock
Whisper White card stock
Calypso Coral stamp pad
Lucky Limeade stamp pad
Wisteria Wonder stamp pad
Island Indigo stamp pad
Upsy Daisy stamp set - retiring 5 /31/12
Scallop oval punch
Large oval punch 
Island Indigo marker
Aqua Painter
Dimensionals

• Adhere Basic Black card stock to the Wisteria Wonder base.
• Fill Aqua Painter with water.
• Smoosh (yes that's a technical term) the tops of the stamp pads to the stamp pad while it's closed. This will put ink on the "lid" and allow you to paint with it.
• On your Whisper White card stock, paint streaks of color. Be sure to clean the brush of the Aqua Painter between colors.*
• While waiting for the water colored piece to dry, punch one scalloped oval out of Basic Black.
• Using the Island Indigo marker color in the "Thank You" portion of the Thank you message stamp in the Upsy Daisy stamp set.
• Punch Thank You out with the large oval punch.
• Adhere Thank You to the Basic Black scalloped oval.
• Once water color background is dry stamp the Upsy Daisy image using Island Indigo over the color streaks.
• Adhere to card.
• Adhere scalloped oval to card using dimensionals. 

* To clean Aqua Painter brush between colors just squeeze out water drops until the drops become clear.

Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Reminder

Today is the last day to order from the 2011-2012 catalog. To order from the retired items list click the icon at the top of the list on the right.

More Color Resist

Here's another card I made using the Color Resist Technique. I'm loving this technique right now. There's something therapeutic about rubbing ink on a card and watching the color change in just the right spots. I talked about this technique in this post. 

This is longer card than an A2 card and it isn't too tall. It would fit inside a check size envelope.

To make my card you need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

Tempting Turquoise card stock
Basic Black card stock
Whisper White card stock
Basic Gray ink
Versamark ink
Tempting Turquoise ink
Upsy Daisy stamp set * retiring 5/31/12
En Francais stamp
clear embossing powder
Heat gun
Beautiful Wings embosslit
Big Shot
Sponge Dauber
Glue Dots
Snail Adhesive

Adhere the Basic Black card stock to Tempting Turquoise card base.
Stamp Daisies from set with Versamark ink. Cover with clear embossing powder and heat.
When embossing has cooled, ink En Francais stamp with Basic Gray ink. Stamp once lightly on scratch paper then on to Whisper White layer.
When ink is dry, remove ink from daisies with a paper towel in a rubbing motion.
Ink edges of stamped layer with Tempting Turquoise ink apply more to the edges and using a lighter touch in the center. Remove extra ink from the daisy with paper towel.
Run Basic Black paper in Beautiful Wing embosslit through the Big Shot.
Adhere the stamped layer to the Basic Black layer.
Adhere the butterflies using glue dots.


If you haven't tried this technique before I highly recommend it. Get out your supplies and have some fun creating something today. Please leave me a comment if you'd like me to create a video on how do the Color Resist Technique.

Upsy Daisy in Wisteria Wonder

I was sooooooooooo sad to learn that the Upsy Daisy set would retire at the end of this catalog, May 31st. I had just gotten the set when the retirement list was released. So I've decided to showcase stamps that will be retiring. If you're want to check to see if that stamp set on your "wish list" will still be around June 1st, click on the "Retired" icon on the right to visit the list and my store.

Here's today's card:

• The base is a standard 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 piece of Wisteria Wonder card stock, folded at 4 1/4.

• The Upsy Daisy image is stamped in Wisteria Wonder, with the edges colored in with Island Indigo using a marker for more control.

• The background of the Whisper White card stock is sponged with  both Wisteria Wonder  & Island Indigo.

• Sponge Wisteria Wonder first and sponge Island Indigo in just a few places as accent.

• Adhere to card base.

• Stamp the sentiment from the Upsy Daisy set on a scrap of Whisper White.

• Punch sentiment out with Modern Label Punch.

• Take a scrap of Wisteria Wonder paper and punch out a second label with the Modern Label Punch.

• Cut the Wisteria Wonder label down across the width of the label  from end to end (<------>).

• Adhere the Wisteria Wonder label to the Whisper White label so that the edges of the Wisteria Wonder label show a bit. 

• Using the Paper Piercer, poke a hole in each side of the Modern Label, through both layers and put a  Clear Rhinestone Brad in. 

• Attach to card.

• Using a scrap of Wisteria Wonder paper and the Beautiful Wings Butterfly Embosslit - run through Big Shot.

• Use one of the butterflies to accent the flowers, adhering with glue.

• Accent flowers and butterfly with Dazzling Details.

Have fun with your supplies today and make something!