Watercolor Flowers Card {Delight in Life}

This is one of my all time favorite flower images, from Delight in Life. I experimented with watercoloring and Copic coloring on Watercolor Paper, then layered the flowers for a pop up effect. The colors are a little bright: orangey-red and purple with a splash of green, but I think I like it overall.

I kept the base neutral, using barely banana layered with whisper white and Kraft colored paper from Welcome Neighbor DSP. The flowers are attached with Stampin Dimensionals, and I added some Crystal Effects in the center to highlight. The leaves are Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, adhered with glue dots.

At the bottom, I stamped the sentiment on Watercolor Paper in Basic Gray ink. I colored in the flower with Rose Red Marker and blended with an Aquapainter, then added Crystal Effects on top for highlight. The corners of the Watercolor Paper were punched with the Ticket Corner Punch, as were the corners of the Rose Red layer underneath. Using a Pumpkin Pie marker, I colored around the edges of the Watercolor Paper and then blended toward the center with the Aquapainter to tie in the orange tones of the flower.

On either side of the sentiment, I used a small rectangle punch to make slits for the Old Olive 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon. The ribbon was wrapped around the card front and the card stock was held in place with Stampin Dimensionals.

Cracked Glass Technique Card

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I was inspired by a card I saw using this stamp set and cracked glass technique. For my card, I used Very Vanilla card stock and the Leaves Awash Jumbo Wheel with Chocolate Chip ink. Then, I colored in the leaves with the Aquapainter and various colors of Classic ink pads.

Next, I followed the directions for the cracked glass technique and covered the entire surface of the card stock with Versamark and Glassy Glaze. I heat embossed the Glassy Glaze and repeated the steps 2 more times. As per the directions, I put the paper in the freezer and then cracked it in various places.

After that, I ran the card stock through the Big Shot using the Top Note Die. Please make sure your layers of glassy glaze are “dry” or “frozen” enough or bits of it will get stuck in your Top Note die!

To finish off the card, I added Circle Rhinestone Brads with the cropadile and mounted the very vanilla top note to the base with dimensionals. The sentiment is from Note of Thanks Mini Note Kit. I colored in part of the image with my Dusty Durango Marker and stamped it on Very Vanilla, punched it out with the Large Oval Punch, sponged some Creamy Caramel ink on top, then mounted it on a Chocolate Chip Scallop Oval Punch, attached with dimensionals.

The Magic Pumpkin–2 Ways

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Something about the glitter on this pumpkin just makes me smile. I think it makes the card. The image is from a clear stamp (which I swore I’d never buy again…but I had a gift certificate…and it was there…and I bought it). I stamped the pumpkin image onto Watercolor Paper with Brown Stazon ink. Then, I colored it using Aquapainter and different color inks. After coloring in the pumpkin, I added Dazzling Diamonds with my 2 Way Glue Pen. That is layered onto dusty durango card stock.

The card base is white card stock, layered with Autumn Vines DSP. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped in dusty durango ink onto whisper white card stock that I tore and sponged the edges.

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This card uses the same stamp but I changed up the colors a bit. Base is chocolate chip card stock, layered with Autumn Vines DSP, this time in a polka dot more mustard pattern.

The image layer was stamped on Whisper White card stock in Brown Stazon ink again, with just the flowers colored in More Mustard marker. I added Supernova Fine Cosmo Glitter in Orange to the pumpkin using the 2 Way Glue Pen. I then layered some dusty durango card stock, tied some Chocolate Chip Twill 1/4″ Ribbon and attached it to the base using dimensionals.

The sentiment is hand written in White Gel Pen on chocolate chip card stock I punched out using the Modern Label Punch.

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