Hello Everyone ~ an easy watercolor technique is up today with my Stampin’ Up You’re Inspiring in Watercolor.
Today I have a workshop this morning for a make up class. I also have 2 different sets of workers here to finish up the final things that need to be addressed from the inspections. This will then take care of all items and we will be set for closing next week. I have finished all packing in the upstairs bedrooms. There was only a little left up there and I had to get more boxes to finish it. I will be working on a few more design team requirements so they are completed. I also finished another stamp set on my Catalog Journey which leaves me with 5 sets. I am hoping to do another set today as well as do some more packing or my closet or the stamp room. I will also have the girls this evening and tomorrow evening as Jess is going to Texas for a long weekend to visit her best friend. Kay will have the girls Saturday and Sunday as they are going to the water park with my other sister and her grand kids. Kay will have a full house with all those kids! I get the girls back on Sunday evening and will take them to preschool on Monday. Jess gets back on Monday and will have them after that. It will be a busy weekend for us!
I ran across another watercolor technique that I decided to use for my card today. For this technique I added ink from a Crumb Cake pad to the bottom portion an acrylic block ~ I used an E block. Then I added Garden Green in the middle and ended with Daffodil Delight at the top. The key to this is to add just a small stripe of each ink as too much ink and you don’t get the nice blending. After you have the ink on your block, you need to take a spritzer bottle filled with water and generously spritz the block. You want to see the ink move and some what blend into each other. Once the ink has moved and basically covered the entire block you want to flip the block upside down to the side of your paper ~ this ensures if the ink drips it does not drip on your card stock. Then you want to set the block down on top of your Whisper White card stock. Leave the block there for the ink to transfer to the paper. You can watch this happen and if need be gently twist/move the block so the color covers the entire card stock. Do not press hard as you will get dark blotches which does not give you a good look. Set your paper aside to dry. When the paper is totally dry, ink your stamp up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamp it onto the card stock. I stamped my image so the flower heads were where the Daffodil Delight ink was, the leaves where the Garden Green ink was, and the bottom in the Crumb Cake ink. This panel was mounted onto a piece of Daffodil Delight card stock. The Nature’s Twine was wrapped around this panel and tied in a knot. This panel was added to a panel of Crumb Cake which was then added to a Whisper White card base. Here is my Stampin’ Up You’re Inspiring in Watercolor card.
inside of card and envelope
Stampin’ Up supplies used for my creation
Thanks for visiting me today and I hope I inspired you. I have to get outside and do some weeding in the flower beds. I did some last night and still have a little left. I have to do it in the evening when it is cooler. Have a Great Day and I hope you liked my Stampin’ Up You’re Inspiring in Watercolor creation.
