Floral Statement Swap Cards

The theme this month at one of my Yahoo groups is "flowers".

Normally I would make 3D flowers but because I need to make 3 identical cards the postage would be prohibitive. So I opted to use "Floral Statements" stamp set and color the images with diluted Brusho crystals.

Using Black Memento ink, the background "Sheet Music" stamp set was stamped onto Whisper white card stock

The floral image was black embossed directly onto the sheet music background and colored with diluted Brusho crystals using an aqua painter.  This paint was applied in thin coats and allowed to dry between layers. To get the shade of colors I wanted I mixed some of the colors together  For instance, the flowers were painted with Yellow Brusho, but accented with a mixture of Yellow and Gumbage.  Yellow was also added to Mossy Green on the leaves.

This focal piece was trimmed and the edges sponged with Basic Gray ink before being matted with Daffodil Delight card stock and then Basic Black.  Some 3/8" mini chevron Crushed Curry ribbon was wrapped around the bottom of this piece and a bow adhered with a glue dot.

This was adhered to the card base - layers of  Daffodil Delight base, Basic Black and then Whisper White card stock.

To finish the card, I added 3 Crushed Curry glimmer enamel dots.

Again, no card is complete without glimmer, so some Clear Wink of Stella was applied to all the flowers.

Supplied Used
Stamps:  Floral Statements, Sheet Music

Inks:  Versa Mark, Basic Gray, Brusho Crystals (Yellow, Gumbage, Mossy Green)

Papers:  Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories:  Black embossing powder, Aqua painter, 3/8" mini chevron Crushed Curry ribbon, Clear Wink of Stella, Crushed Curry glitter enamel dots

Brusho with Floral Statement - Hello

I've been playing with Brusho Crystals this week and tonight I thought I'd try my hand at water coloring an image using this medium.

The Floral Statements stamp set, which is being carried over into the new catalogue, was perfect for this.

After black embossing the image on Whisper White card stock, it was coloured with diluted Brusho Crystals using an aqua painter.  The colour was applied in layers allowing the paint to dry between applications.

The art piece was matted with Basic Black card stock and some 1/4" white organza ribbon and bow added to the bottom before it was adhered to the card base layer with dimensionals.

Some self adhesive Tutti Fruiti sequins were added to provide a bit of bling.

Supplies Used;
Stamp:  Floral Statement
Inks:  Versa Mark, Brusho Crystals
Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories:  Stamparatus, Black Embossing powder, Aqua Painter, 1/4" white organza ribbon, Tutti-fruiti self adhesive sequins, dimensionals.

Cards using Brusho Crystals

I'm still getting used  to working with the Brusho crystals and managed to make 2 cards, each using Brusho but in different ways,

For the first card I used Brusho to create a background on watercolor paper, and using the Stamparatus, stamped an image on it and made it into a Sypmathy card.  I used "Sheltering Trees" as the stamp set.

For the second card, I actually coloured the floral images from "Floral Statements" using the crystals.  Using the Aqua Painte, water was added to small areas at a time on an image.  Brusho crystals were added and the Auqa Painter was used to blend the colours one area at a time.

Hello Friend - Paper Players #358

I love to watercolor, so this week's challenge at The Paper Players was right up my alley.

This week the challenge is a clean and simple one - sometimes difficult for me because I do like to fuss- and to get colouring. Keeping it clean and simple means limited layers and embellishments.

For this week's challenge I pulled out my watercolour pencils and aqua painter.

I stamped the image onto Whisper White card stock, and before colouring the image, I applied liquid masking solution to completely cover it. After that was dry, I stamped the background stamp "Sheet Music" using Smoky Slate ink over the masked image.  I then peeled off the now dry masking (it's like peeling off sunburned skin) and coloured the image with watercolor pencils and an aqua painter

Some Basic Black card stock was added to both ends and the art piece was added to a Calypso Coral card stock card base at and angle..  The sentiment "Friend"  from Awesomely Artistic" is embossed with Black Embossing powder and added to the art piece using dimensionals

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Floral Statement, Awesomely Artistic, Music Sheet

Inks:  Black Memento, Watercolour Pencils, Versa Mark, Smokey Slate

Papers:  Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories:  Aqua Painter, Black embossing Powder, gold and clear glitter.