Hello Stampers,
This month our Blog Hop is bringing you the Floating Re-inker Watercolor technique. This is an easy and fun (and fast!) way to apply colour to your images.
I started with the flower from the Birthday Blooms stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue and embossed it with White Emboss powder on Shimmery White cardstock. It's best to use this cardstock because it has a coating the paper which holds up well to the water.
Spritz your entire embossed image with water. Use re-inkers (I used Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron and Daffodil Delight) with your Aqua Painter. Pick up some of the reinker and touch your brush to the wet paper. The re-inker just spreads out over the water and pools in spots (which is perfect). Continue until your image is coloured in with re-inkers. Set aside to dry.
You will end up with parts that have pooled colour and lighter areas which is what you want in this technique. Cut out the entire flower and leaves and set aside.
This is a pop up card on the inside. When you open the card the piece tucked in the fold pops out to reveal the message. I stamped the smaller bud from the Birthday Blooms Stamp set and embossed it with White. Then spritzed it with water and coloured the same way as the large flower.
Here are the supplies I used in today's card.
Alison Solven – that's me and you are at my blog
Sandi MacIver
Patrice Halliday-Larsen
Amy Koenders
Lee Conrey
Shelagh Freemantle
Marine Wiplier
Erna Logtenberg
Heather Wright-Porto
Shannean Moncrieff
Nadine Weiner
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So pretty Alison. Love the colors and the neat card design. Perfect!
Alison – this card is beautiful. So many stunning details. Such a perfect stamp image for this technique. Truly lovely card
what a fabulous card with the pop up in the inside! love the idea! xx Erna
Love how you carried the technique thru into the inside of the card as well, such a fabulous card. Have not seen that type of fun pop up card on the inside either, such a neat idea.
Love the softness of the rose!!!! Very nice!!!!
I love the color you choose ! Beautiful card !