Water Coloured Rose Wonder Birthday Card

Today I have a  birthday card using 2 of my favourite techniques: - water colouring & heat embossing.

 I used the Rose Wonder stamp set from Stampin' Up! and the lovely Shimmery White card stock  that is strong enough to water colour without distorting. 

I've kept things simple today as I'm just getting back into stamping after a 2 week break helping my daughter with her new baby. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to go interstate whenever I want, and to be able to share in my youngest daughter's joy. 

Here is the card.

The card base is Stampin' Up! Thick Whisper White. I use it for all my card bases now - it is a perfect weight to hold it's shape. Next I have an Always Artichoke mat then the embossed and painted layer of Shimmery White card stock.

I really enjoy the freedom of water colouring and love that it sometimes creeps outside the boundaries.  The flow of colour is so like some of the patterns seen in nature. 

I used Versa Mark ink and black embossing powder for the outline of the stamp, and Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Cherry Cobbler inks for the flower. The leaves are Old Olive, Always Artichoke and a splash of Cherry Cobbler.

I stamped the greeting inside the shape (both stamps are from the Rose Wonder set), and then cut the shape with a coordinating Thinlit from the Rose Garden Thinlits Dies set.

The Venetian Crochet Trim has been "dyed" using a Sponge Dauber and Basic Black Archival Stampin' Pad. 

Below you will find a list of the products required to create this card. You are welcome to place an order via my on-line store where you can be eligible for the Hostess Rewards by using the ON LINE ORDER CODE  found at the top of the right side bar. (I randomly choose one on-line order each month to receive the rewards)

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Blendabilities Ornament

It's been a while between postings this month but I have still been doing plenty of creative work. Classes and workshops, plus preparations for our annual couple of months at the Old Bus Depot Markets here in Canberra, have kept me busy. Plus I've been renovating my office at home - a very slow process that should be finished by next week. 

I am so in love with Blendabilities by Stampin' Up! 

They have many benefits, no matter what your experience or expertise at colouring. 

For example, the colour goes on smoothly and you can add layer after layer of colour without the surface of the card stock being effected.

You get 3 different shades of the one colour so blending is simplified.

You can create different effects by referring to Art Movements such as Pointilism

and 

you can work on a variety of different surfaces. 

Here is a card I made using the Christmas Bauble stamp by Stampin' Up! It is great for colouring and gives plenty of room to practice your shading techniques.

I used the Night of Navy set of Blendabilities for the colouring and punched out the centre of another image and raised it up with dimensionals. I also used the Silver Dazzling Details for highlights and a bit of glitter. This can be seen more easily in the next photo. 

The entire image is hand cut and adhered over a silver embossed sunray image from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set - also by Stampin' Up!

I've tried this image in a number of different colours but I think the blue is my favourite. 

If you would like further information or if you would like to order the products used, you may do so on my Demonstrator Business Website