Materials Used:
- Violet Notecard, Memory Box
- Wildbloom Viola paper, Memory Box
- Violet Gingham paper, Memory Box
- Neenah White Cardstock
- scrap of cold press watercolor paper
- G1857 Chrysanthemum Frame stamp, Memory Box
- Distress Inks in Dusty Concord, Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, and Mowed Lawn
- 3 purple gems
I inked up the stamp with Seedless Preserves and Mowed Lawn inks and stamped it on the watercolor paper. Because Distress Inks are reactive with water, I used a watercolor technique using a tiny brush and water to pull the ink colors from the stamped outline into the empty spaces. I then smooshed the four ink pads onto separate areas of my craft sheet and used a wet brush to pick up additional color which I added to create the final watercolored image. This is a great technique to use with any of the Memory Box floral stamps. The effect looks like an original watercolor! When I am ready to send this card, all I need to do is stamp an appropriate sentiment onto the watercolored tag with an Archival ink.
Happy Crafting!
Very pretty and a great idea to have a card ready for any occasion!!!! I love using watercolor techniques on cards!
Posted by: barbara lassiter | 02/25/2013 at 09:42 AM