1 Stamp, 2 Looks * Blossom

I needed two birthday cards for two different color-personalities which led me to use such different palettes on these cards. 

CARD ONE SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  flower and sentiment - Stampin' Up! sets 'Bring on the Cake', 'Fifth Avenue Floral' (not sure how old the set is but it has been retired for years)

INKS: Versamark, Stampin' Up!

WATERCOLORS: Grumbacher

OTHER: white detail embossing powder, paper flowers, half pearls, LuminArte metallic paint, colored pencil

CARD ONE TECHNIQUE

1.  Stamp flower on watercolor paper with Versamark ink.  Emboss with detail embossing powder.

2.  Wet paper and using a paintbrush, float watercolor (2 shades) out from flower as shown.  3.  Paint in flower.  Let dry.

4.  Add colored pencil low-lights . 

5.  Add shimmery highlights at petal edges.

6.  Mask flower and splatter dark brown watercolor over background.

7.  Stamp sentiment in corresponding ink.

8.  Trim some flowers into leaves and apply them to panel with flowers.  

9.  Apply half-pearls.

CARD TWO SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  flower - Stampin' Up! 'Fifth Avenue Floral', sentiment - The Angel Company (TAC)

INKS: Versamark, Stampin' Up!

WATERCOLORS: Prima

STENCIL: Printworks

OTHER: white detail embossing powder, paper flowers, half pearls, flat-back sparkle bubbles, white gel pen, Wink of Stella pen

CARD TWO TECHNIQUE

1.  Stamp flower on watercolor paper with Versamark ink.  Emboss with detail embossing powder.

2.  Wet paper and using a paintbrush, float watercolor out from flower as shown.  

3.  Paint in flower.  Let dry.

4.   Add shimmery highlights to petal with Wink of Stella pen.

6.  Mask flower and stencil dots over background.

7.  Use white gel pen on to add mini dots to stenciled dots.

8.  Stamp sentiment in corresponding ink.  Trim and mount to colored cs panel.

9.  Adhere sentiment to image panel as shown

10. Apply flat-back sparkle bubbles.

Playing along with:

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - February

Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes

Retro Rubber Challenge #129 Anything Goes

Lavinia World Challenges #21

Thanks for stopping by!

May you be blessed today, and may you be a blessing...

Nancy

1 Stamp, 2 Looks * Pear

Welcome back!

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  Pear, leaf, sentiment - Stampin' Up! ALL NATURAL and BLOOMING WITH KINDNESS sets, Merci - Crafters Companion FRENCH GREETINGS set

INKS:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Inks, Versamark

DIES:  Momenta set #32265

OTHER:  white detail embossing powder, paintbrush, Perfect Pearls, burlap trim, Stampin' Up! embossing folder

CARDSTOCK:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb

STEPS - CARD ONE:

1.  Stamp sentiment repeatedly in various shades of ink on white cardstock.

2.  Stamp the same sentiment on black cs with Versamark ink and emboss with white powder.  Trim as shown and adhere to panel.

3.  Stamp pear on white cs scrap and use paintbrush to spread watered-down black ink on it.

4.  Use black inkpad to edge pear panel.  Apply image panel over sentiments as shown.

5.  Emboss front of white card base and adhere sentiment panel

STEPS - CARD TWO:

1.  Ink white panel with pear image using Versamark, and emboss with white detail powder.

2.  Smear various ink pads over embossed panel and spritz with a mixture of water and Perfect Pearls. Allow panel to dry.

3.  Stamp background panel with Merci in brown ink.

4.  Die cut word twice from white cs scrap and glue together.

5.  Adhere burlap trim, die cut word, and leaf as shown.

6.  Mount image panel to brown cs, and this to a white card front.

Playing along with:  

Twofer Challenge #24 Fruit

Crafty Cardmakers - Embossing

What a fun idea!  The Twofer challenge blog is new to me.  The idea is to use the same stamp for different occasions to get two separate looks.  I was so inspired by Darnell's DT card with the wonderful grey sketched-look card, and also an older video of Jennifer McGuire's for the background, where she sprays the ink with a Perfect Pearls and water mix. 

Thanks for stopping by!

May you be blessed today, and may you be a blessing...

Nancy