I wanted to create a background without any hard lines so I decided to color my stamps with Distress markers instead of a regular ink. I used a purple, yellow and green color for the flowers and colored the background with a soft blue color. I colored the stamps with the marker and stamped them onto watercolor paper. I blended out the lines with a waterbrush and added a little bit more color with the markers inside the lines of the flowers. After that I blended that color out too, so that the entire flower would get a little bit more color. If you want a really soft background you could skip this step and only blend out the lines you stamped. I only used two flowers from the stamp set and stamped them repeatedly on my background. When I stamped all the images I added the blue color around them to get rid of the white spaces between the flowers.
I liked the way the background turned out so I decided to only add a little sentiment on top of it. I stamped 'thinking of you' from the 'Peaceful Peonies' stamp set with a white ink on a black background. I cut out a little flag and added it to my card with foam tape. To finish the card I added a couple of sequins too.
- Lucinde
1 comment:
Gorgeous card--love the watercolor look! Really great background, and I like how you kept that the focus, with only a small greeting. Tfs! :) ~ Andrea
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