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| Stampin' Up! Painted Seasons - Mixed Media style |
Today I'm sharing something a little different from the usual clean cut Stampin' Up! design and yet I'm still using Stampin' Up! products. I've taken the Painted Seasons stamp set in another route to create a different look and I really enjoyed tinkering with inks, sponges and watercolour. I'm also participating in a mini blog hop with my lovely friend and fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Shannean Moncrieff in Australia. She has some Home to Roost stamp set ideas to share with you to give you some inspiration for two sets which are part of the super FREE gifts available this month from Stampin' Up! with a qualifying order.
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| A different look for Painted Seasons |
I started by stamping the images onto a piece of watercolour paper and then spritz gently with water to get the ink to run and blend. I quickly dabbed off excess water with kitchen towel and heat set it all with my heat tool. I stamped the mini stars over the top and also added some gold embossed stars. With sponges I added extra colour to fill in the white space and also to define the edges of the watercolour paper. I used Melon Mambo, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green inks and lightly, free hand stamped the flowers again to add some detail back to them. Torn edges of scraps sponged to deepen the tones create interest at the bottom of the card and allow for a touch of sponged Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper to be added along with a torn extract nearer to the top.
My matting layer is a piece of whisper white card which I sponged to get a 'softer' shade of Melon Mambo and having defined the edge of the watercolour paper with sponging I also flicked my Versamark ink pad along the edges to add random smudges of gold embossing to define it further before adding to the matt layer.
The sentiment is partly die cut in gold foil card and the remainder stamped with Versamark and heat set with white embossing powder on black card stock. The sentiment is from the awesome Stampin' Up! bundle Well Said which is so worth the investment!
I've entered my card into the Craft Stamper Magazine Take it Make it Challenge also. You can join the challenge HERE
The second half of the bundle is a pack of beautifully hand painted then printed designer series papers. You can see the whole bundle in my Stampin' Up! Online Shop
Now check out Shannean's design for another take on this gorgeous stamp set bundle.
Thanks for visiting Zoe x
4 comments:
I love this card and the multi media approach - it’s burating with colour and texture; exactly what you want from a beautiful card. Thanks for sharing
So colourful Zoe....just love it you look as if you have had great fun creating...must have a look at that sentiment set...hugs xxx
Absolutely gorgeous Zoe, such a wonderful watercolour look, beautiful colours too, Kate x
This looks fab ..... I love the colours. Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx
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