Watercolour Stamping Tutorial for paper crafting

Hi friends how's your week been?  Here I've been busy enjoying time out with friends,  walking dogs and enjoying son being home for a few days.  I've also been busy creating and really enjoyed tinkering with ink and water to create this month's Totally Technique card.  Annette my lovely dutch friend set the task for us to share watercolour stamping and it is fun. 

I really like the differing looks that just using these mediums can create and add in embossing folders and dies and there's lots you can do. 

The measurements are as follows

Fluid 100 watercolour paper whole sheet

Lost Lagoon card base 29.8 x 10.5 cm scored at 14.85 cm

Lost Lagoon matt layer embossed 9.7cm x 14cm

Lost Lagoon die cut rectangle start with 10.5cm x 14.8cm

All the extra details are included in the video.  If you enjoy watching please do subscribe to my channel and share with friends.  

You can use ribbon, rhinestones and die cut card to embellish or add some tiny bee trinkets and hand torn stamped two-tone cardstock.  Which do you prefer?

Enjoy your weekend

Hugs Zoe x

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Supplies used

Natural Botanicals stamp set

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Painted Stripes background stamp 

Lost Lagoon cardstock

Ink/water spritzer

Tiny Bee Trinkets

Collage Stamping

 

Hi friends join our Totally Techniques blog hop for lots of ideas about collage stamping.  We have a fabulous selection of different ways to incorporate this technique into your paper crafting.  

Today though I don't have a video as I managed to somehow delete it after filming my make so I'll explain a few ideas for you.  

Start by creating a watercolour wash background and let it dry thoroughly.  You can then stamp onto it using your chosen stamps.  Mine are from the Cheers and Sips set along with the  splatter stamps from Elements of Text.  Both sets are online exclusives with the Cheers and Sips launching on 6 May.  You can create different effects by stamping with full ink or stamping some off first on scratch paper and then using second generation ink.  Once stamped I created my own stencil using the lemon and olive dies from the Cheers and Sips dies to create it using a piece of acetate that comes in with your stamp set. It's thinner than window sheet and so not a problem for dies to cut.  Using the stencil you can add embossing paste to enhance your project with texture.  

I also used blending brushes to add colour to white card to create the glass, umbrella and strawberry.  Be sure if you then emboss your image that you allow the ink to dry before stamping and use an embossing buddy to avoid excess powder on your image that is difficult to remove.  

You can also use glue dots once all your elements are completely dry to add gold leafing dots.  Stamp a simple sentiment in Secret Sea ink onto white card for an effective but easy option and a matt layer dry embossed using your favourite embossing folder.  Mine is Forever Plaid .  

Thanks for stopping by.  See you again soon and check out my youtube channel to learn more techniques.  I will do another video for this technique soon.  

Keep stamping

Zoe x

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 Supplies Used

Elements of Text

embossing - texture paste

mini glue dots

blending brushes

Layering Stencils for different inking technique

Hi there friends and happy weekend especially for those of you in the UK as it is a long weekend here. Tell me if you live elsewhere if you have Monday as a holiday too. 

At Totally Techniques this month we are sharing double stencilling. I used shades of green and created a circle stencil using a piece of vellum and a circle die and also used one of the Basic Patterns masks for my other layer of stencilling.  

I began with embossing the flower onto white card using clear embossing powder.  I then used a blending brush  ( shh they are back in stock if you want some add a gentle layer of Soft Succulent ink before moving on to add more  ink using the spotty stencil and a blending brush  and then over inked using the circle stencil I created.  

I left the circle stencil in place to add the text stamp in Evening Evergreen ink to make it appear to only be on the circle.  I added some splatter stamping and also some gilded leafing using versamark and heat and stick powder with a heat tool.  

The finishing touch was to add second and third generation stamping of the small flowers and love stamp before adding a stamped die cut tag and a fussy cust stamped flower.  The flower I stamped three times and cut along different petal edges to lift each one differently and add dimension.   

 All the stamps are part of the Quiet Meadow stamp set which is part of the bundle including the Meadow dies.  The shades of green are both from the new 2021 - 2023 in colours and you can see more the dies in use on my earlier stamping scene post.

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Mixed Media Flowers

Hi all how are you holding up?  We continue to be busy with our new and slightly older puppies and are made to laugh by the two of them constantly.  At the moment it is fun to steal each other's beds.   My card today has a message for everyone.  You are all wonderful and even when the chips are down you can do it!  Hang in there everyone hopefully we are heading to brighter days and a little more freedom.

My card is for the Moving Along with the Times  and Craft Stamper monthly challenges.   I've gone for something a little off the wall having decided to experiment with Stampin' Up! pigment sprinkles and shaving foam.  This process didn't work out quite how I expected, but it did create a very bold background paper which I then played about with.  I also got some less bold papers created with the same pot of foam and used it to stamp and create my 3D flower using the Painted Poppies stamp set from the Spring mini.  I stamped several flowers and fussy cut them out including cutting to the centre of the flower to create individual petals. I used a bone folder to curl these petals.  I've layered different pieces of the main flower and also added two smaller flowers in the background.   I also used some masks to create stencilled patterns onto the background and some embossing paste for texture.  I used another mask to add ink to my matt layer also blending Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry ink.

I've added some deconstructed white bakers twine and some Noble Peacock rhinestones along with an embossed sentiment from Rooted in Nature which I also fussy cut around and stuck on with black dimensionals which are just great when you are adding a dark colour and don't want your sticky pads to show.

Don't forget to check out the Last Chance to buy list on the Stampin' Up! website and you might find a bargain or certainly get your favourite stamp sets before they retire at the end of the month.   I send out thank you treats to all who order in my online shop and complimentary catalogues if you've spent at least £25 with me in the past 6 months.  Please get in touch if you don't have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and would like details of catalogues and products.  I'm at zoetant@live.co.uk or you can find me on Facebook and Instagram. 

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Thanks for checking in here with me and keep safe and stay well.

Hugs Zoe x

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