Stampin' Up! Painted Seasons Mixed Media Style

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. 

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.  

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Celebration Time with easy watercolour wash technique

It's time for me to finally revisit Moving Along with the TImes design team. I'm beginning to get some crafting done as my leg gets stronger.  You can join in our sentiment only card challenge for MAWTT here. 

I've been busy making celebration cards as it's always nice to send a card to someone who has had some success and brighten their day and join in their celebration.  For this particular one I did a watercolour wash background before die cutting the 'celebrate' out and adding a silver foil celebrate in its place.  

I used colours from the Stampin' Up! Brights collection including Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana.   I let each colour dry or rather dried with my heat tool, before adding the next.  I've also added some sequins from the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue called simply Sequin Assortment and also a little silver glitter which is adhered with dots of fine tip glue.  Just be sure to let these glittery spots dry before you do much else with your card.  

The sentiment is from a Demonstrator only set called Stamping Your Way to the Top. It's great for someone in a new job too!   I just used versa mark and white emboss powder on black card and then fussy cut the banner.

This card has gone with a bundle of goodie to one of my team who recently promoted and so I hope she likes it.

You can try the colour wash with any colours you choose, just be careful that you don't end up with brown.  Use watercolour paper and paint the first part with water using an aqua painter.  Then create a pool of ink in the lid of your ink pad by squeezing your ink pad when closed. If you have the new Stampin' Up! pads then place it face down (while closed!) on your work surface and gently push down with the heel of your hand on it and you'll create a pool of ink.  Using your aqua painter lift some of the ink and put into the water pool on your paper and move it around. When you are happy absord excess water lightly with kitchen paper and then heat set.  Repeat with your chosen colours.


Thanks for popping by and remember you can purchase the products in my online shop anytime.  There's also a selection of free gifts with qualifying purchases available until the end of March , but be quick some have proved super popular and have now gone.

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Zoe x

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