Hey Stamp & Scrapbook Expo friends and fans, Becki here to share with you a stamped and painted card that I created with a stamp set from our Latest & Greatest Stamping workshops. The stamp set I’m playing with today is the Big Bloom set from Dare 2B Artzy.
I started by gathering a few of my stamping supplies. Along with the stamp set, I grabbed a black ink pad, a Versamark ink pad, some white embossing powder and watercolor paper. I knew that I wanted to use watercolors on this card. Watercolor paper is thick and holds a lot of water without warping and falling apart. I stamped the large flower twice on a piece of watercolor paper using Versamark ink. Then, I embossed the flowers using white embossing powder. This left me with white on white images that were perfect for fussy cutting. Before I fussy cut the flowers I painted them with my favorite watercolors from Illustrated Faith.
Now, I am far from being a watercolor expert! That is why I embossed the flowers. The raised lines helped me to keep the colors right where I wanted them to be. After watercoloring the flowers, I added a bit of color to the background of the card by mixing some blue and teal tones. Then, at the bottom of the card, I added the “shine on beautiful” sentiment from the Big Bloom stamp set using black ink.
This card turned out even better than I had hoped!
I love the soft delicate painted flowers with a bold sentiment.
The final finishing touch on this card is some white sequins. I wanted to add a little bit of texture without adding more color. I also wanted the focus to stay on the flowers, not embellishments. The sequins were the perfect embellishment for this card.
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Thank you for stopping by for another edition of Inspiration Station. I’ll be back next week with another round of inspiration for you. I hope you were inspired by my stamped and painted card this week. I’ll see you again soon.
So pretty. Going to try that.
Thank you, Ivette! It is a really fun technique to try. Thank you for stopping by the Weekly Scrapper blog <3
This is such a beautiful card, Becki! I also love the look of the bold sentiment with the delicate flowers. The black ink you used stamped it perfectly! I really love the colors you chose. I’m finding Dare 2B Artzy a fun stamp company with a lot of really unique sets. Thank you for your inspiration this week again!!!!!
Aww….thank you, Stacy!! It makes me so happy that you’re inspired by my card. This is the first time I’ve worked with Dare 2B Artzy stamps. They do have great stamps. I’m excited to pay with them a little more. Thank you for stopping by the Weekly Scrapper blog 🙂